Leesburg News Recap: death, new doctor, rate talk, water plans
Obituary notes Mrs Opie Read dies in Chicago at 73. Dr L Furlow opens Leesburg offices. Florida Telephone rate request unsettled with modest revenue impact. U S district engineer orders Moss Bluff water discharge and canal flow to Lake Griffin. Leesburg votes on an ordinance restricting future delivery deposits with bond guarantee and penalties.
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Leesburg
Opie Read
Chicago
United States District Engineer
Jacksonville
Moss Bluff
J. R. Peyton
Peyton
Lake Griffin
Social Soirees At Lake Shore Drive And Local Parties
Mrs J L Millard hosted a bridge gathering with guests, prizes, and tea at Lake Shore drive featuring zinnias and ferns. High score went to Mrs Paul Johnson of Mount Dora. other attendees included Mrs Rogers Wells and Mrs Charles Diehl. The Duncan family plans a two month North visit to Yellowstone and Canada. Daisy Scott hosted Joker club with high score won by Hazel Entz at the Inn. Mrs B A Kennedy marked daughter Mary Katherine’s ninth birthday with a party for ten young guests.
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J. L. Millard
Bridge
Lake Shore Drive
Paul Johnson
Mount Dora
Rogers Wells
Millard
Charles Diehl
Clifford Hiatt
H. P. Johnson
C. W. Green
C. L. Bassett
Lawrence McCollum
Russell Peeples
Bruce Morton
Donald Gardner
A. J. Wismer
Daisy Scott
Joker Club
Hazel Entz
Miss. Scott
B. A. Kennedy
Mary Katherine
Leesburg Considers Sales Ordinances to curb bankrupt auctions
An ordinance on first reading imposes a 500 dollar fine or up to 90 days in jail for noncompliance. A second measure requires that before any store sale in Leesburg the complete inventory be filed with the city clerk, carrying the same penalty.
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W. R. Hood
Leesburg
Social gathers and travels recount in small town week
The report notes a day of games and contests followed by a Lake Johanna swim for the girls with ice cream cake and candy served in the afternoon. It lists out of town visitors and multiple family travelings and relatives visiting Orlando Zellwood Daytona Beach and Albany Georgia over the weekend.
Tangerine Notes Show Local Residents Traveling
William Niles leaves Monday for Massachusetts to visit relatives for several weeks. Edith Burnside is confined home due to illness. William F. Bloodgood heads to Chicago for a period. Frank Heard, daughter, and Mrs. Bates visit Tangerine for the weekend. Donald MacWhinney departed for a month to visit relatives.
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William Niles
Massachusetts
Edith Burnside
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leesburg Life
L. Furlow
Brooksville
State Bank
Dr. Furlow
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Florida Telephone Corporation
Leesburg Exchange
Railroad Commission
Chiropractic
Robert E. Angell
Ada G. Angell
Telephone
Bay Street
Eustis
Florida
Tavares
Harry C. Duncan
Geneva
Virginia
Harry Jr
Yellowstone National Park
Canada
Mary Caruthers
Ida Newell
Will Long
Perry Sanders
Bay Port
J. C. Thompson
N. C. Hardman
Daytona Beach
Charles Dick
Doris Hunter
Zellwood
J. B. Kline
Ella Kline
Miami
Mr. Kline
J. C. Kline
Emma Orth
Orlando
Haze
Margaret Entz
G. W. Entz
Mrs
Fred Hardee
Mr. Hardee
Albany, Ga
H. B. Milton
Lacoochee
J. C. Caruthers
Evelyn Caruthers
William F. Bloodgood
Frank Heard
Bates
Donald MacWhinney
Rela
First National Bank
Federal Reserve System
United States
Tives
Fredonia
N.Y
TERRO
Senoret Chemical CO
ST. Louis
U.S. A
MT. Dora
Rehbaum & Co
Bijur
Houdaille
Lovejoy
Nash
HIE
TOP Motors Co., Inc
Mount Dora, Florida
Mt. Dora Lumber Company
McCormick & CO
Baltimore
Consolidated Warehouse Dock
Leesburg State Bank Bldg
ELGIN
W. E. Lackey—Jeweler
Eastman Films Developing and Printing
Mt. Dora Ice Company
George Olsen
Fox
Coon-Sanders Orchestra
Cliff
Henry Thies
Linton
Roger Wolfe Kahn
Lake County Publishing Co
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