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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1940
Page
8
Lake County Tax Collector's Office handles large volumes including more than 2,000 automobile titles and 7,500 tax receipts. The office processes 12,000 tax notices, issues 90 beverage licenses and 700 occupational licenses, and oversees delinquent taxes, with annual remittances to state and eleven county accounts.
Mr and Mrs Carl S Graves attended the Florida State Hotel Association annual meeting last week in Havana Cuba. The trip explains the missing MY DAZE from last week but inspired an unusually lucid DAZE this week.
A tribute recalls a Scot by birth known as Uncle Jack, Mount Dora and Havana visitor, first to arrive and last to leave, famed for ready smile and quirky sayings. The note laments his passing and honors his friendship, noting farewell messages from many winter guests and locals.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Esmay joined Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pease for a St. Petersburg weekend. Eight park members enjoyed a Silver Springs boat trip. Rhode Islanders left for Newport summer homes while others plan departures north. New arrivals include L. W. Baldwin Yonkers G Bucherbaum Yonkers H Sherwood Toronto G McPhaul Atlanta J Behneto Hollywood.
Negro schools in Lake County staged an art exhibit and field day at Mount Dora Junior High on Friday April 19. Directed by Lucile Davis the Jeanes teacher of Mount Dora the event showcases works funded by the Jeanes foundation and state funds with judging led by Mrs. Lucie K. Miller Lake County home demonstration agent.
Sunday schedule features Mount Dora at Tas El Py E, Zellwood, Winter Park at Clermont, Winter Garden at Eustis all 3 30. Winter Garden officials register umpires and Spaulding laws govern calls. Mount Dora shows strong squad potential and seeks fan support as the season opens with a printed official schedule.
The library adds novels by Elizabeth Corbett W Somer set Maugham Alice Tisdale Hobart Pearl Buck Given Bristow Leslie Ford and E Phillips Oppenheim. Nonfiction includes American Stakes Kathrene Pinkerton Jerome Beatty and more. Gifts include Temple Bailey Florence Barclay Clarence Day Buell Gallagher and others.
Rollins College in Winter Park led Florida colleges in Civil Aeronautics Authority aviation courses. Eliot Kerlin of Minneola mentors about forty students, with high efficiency ratings and strong graduation prospects next June. Kerlin, a Lake County aviation enthusiast, operates a private airport at Minneola and serves as vice chairman of the local airport committee.
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