Mount Dora Building Progress and Local Renovations
Community development continues in Mount Dora with demolition of an old building, new tourist cottages planned at Riley's Trailer Park, and multiple homes undergoing renovation. Local residents and firms coordinate remodeling, rentals, and seasonal preparations ahead of fall tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olunteer
Riley
Triangle
Win C. Sleight
Sylvan Shores
R. J. Morse
Fifth Avenue
Kil-Kare Lodge
G. Raymond LaBreck
Donnelly and
Ninth
Ed Redditt
Donnelly
Vernon G
Woodland
Tremain
Louis R. .Tremain
Tremain Court
Robert Gould
Jessie Gould
Baker Street
J. J. West Realty Company
State Agencies Cooperating To Propagate Quail and Fish
The State Commission of Game and Fish and the Forest and Park Service jointly manage a Federal land near Munson used for quail and fish propagation. The 640 acre deer corral and six two acre fish rearing ponds operate with no rental, funded by state maintenance expenses. Aimed at low costs and broader conservation, the program includes distributing quail through junior conservation groups and 4H clubs to protected lands and continuing wild quail restocking from breeding grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commission of Game and
Bene
State Foret
Park Servicee Eee
Inta Rosa
Munson
State Forest and Park Service
Resettlement Administration
Commission
Frank J. McNamara
Soil Conservation Service
Forest and Park Service
Kennedy
Blackwater River State Forest
Blackwater River
Florida peanut crop set for diversion to oil in 1940
The Surplus Marketing Administration releases a 1940 price schedule for diverting surplus Florida peanuts into oil production. The program aims to reduce acreage before 1941, with conferences with peanut growers planned to coordinate acreage allotments with the diversion plan. The Florida crop is valued at about 1.5 million dollars for growers under the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surplus Marketing Administration
Florida
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Field Day Draws 400 Farmers to Chinsegut Sanctuary
More than 400 farmers from numerous peninsular Florida counties attended the sixth annual field day at Chinsegut Hill Sanctuary near Brooksville. Visitors toured the experiment station beef cattle herd, poultry flocks, pasture plots, and woodlands, spoke with University of Florida agriculture leaders, and enjoyed a barbecue lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsular Florida
Chinsegut Hill
Brooksville
University of Florida College of Agriculture
Wilmont Newell
University of Florida
Nathan Mayo
Lunc
W. F. Ward
Chinsegut
Ward
Military Highway To Cross Florida Now Being Sought
Florida Route 9 supporters urge a center-peninsula high speed corridor to serve as a feeder for defense facilities. The plan extends Route 19 from Miami to Leesburg linking Ocala High Springs and Georgia line. If approved pavement would widen to 26 feet to Federal standards, easing troop and equipment movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Aes
Unds
Paraiso
Okaloosa Sraky
Camp Blanding
Clay County
Route 9 Association of Florida
Miami
Leesburg
Ocala
High Springs
Georgia Ine
Florida Times- Union
Lake Amateur Champion Earl Lumpkin Beams at World’s Fair
Monroe Lumpkin of Eustis won the Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce Amateur Contest and traveled to New York for the World's Fair. He received prominent publicity including radio and television broadcasts arranged by J Oliver Riehl for the Florida Exhibit under Earl W Brown, showcasing Eustis and Lake County to millions in the Greater New York area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Lumpkin
Eustis
Orlando
Greater
New York Area
Lake County Custard From Home Grown Rice
Yalaha resident M A Coleman reports an eighth acre of lowland muck rice planted April 1 has grown to five feet tall with full heads. Harvest planned around Labor Day. Most of the crop will feed cows and chickens, with small portion for family table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalaha
Lake County
Coleman
Lutheran League Plans Florida Camp Convention
About 100 members of the Lutheran L uth er League from Florida will attend the state convention at the Luther League Bible Camp near Groveland from August 30 to September 2. Zion Lutheran church members in Groveland are expanding facilities including an assembly building dining and kitchen area and another dormitory. A diving tower rises at the lake bathing hole while a deep well is added. An attempted swim from Bimini to Palm Beach by marathon swimmer Paul Chotteau ended with an arm ligament injury after 36 hours and 114.44 miles completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Lutheran Churches of
Bimini
Palm Beach
Paul Chotteau
Labor Day Closure Reminder for Shoppers
Monday is Labor Day and all stores will be closed. The notice advises doing shopping on Saturday to avoid openings.
Southern Senators protest tents at Camp Blanding and southern camps
Senator Pepper announced that Southern Senators will protest the use of tents to house about 39 400 troops at Camp Blanding near Keystone Heights and at southern camps including Fort Clark Fort McClellan Camp Jackson Fort Sill and Camp Robinson. He noted Mississippi would have the largest tent camp and urged building barracks in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Senar Pepper
Cale
Wee
Camp Blanding
Keystone Heights
Texas
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Blanding
Shelby
Mississippi
Navy Bases Expansion in Florida Near Forty Million
Senator Pepper said construction at Jacksonville Key West Miami and Pensacola will total about 40 million dollars by the Bureau of Aeronautics. The plan estimates 10000 officers and men plus student fliers will move to Florida, needing roughly 6000 extra housing units costing nearly 20 million dollars for families and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepper
Jacksonville
Key West
Miami
Pensacola
Bureau of Aeronautics
Florida
Army Air Base inspection eyed three new sub training bases
An army inspection board including Major W. H. Hale Colonel Arthur G. Campbell and Major W. L. Bartley completed visits to West Palm Beach Ocala and Tallahassee to evaluate three aviation sub training bases for McDill Field Tampa with an estimated total cost of 14 million dollars The first base at Orlando is under construction for about 900 thousand dollars Senator Pepper said the West Palm Beach Ocala Tallahassee bases would cost roughly the same as Orlando
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Army Inspection Board
W. H. Hale
Army Air Corps
Arthur G. Campbell
W. L. Bartley
West Palm Beach
Ocala
Tallahassee
McDill Field
Tampa
Orlando
Pepper
Weevil Infestation of Sea Island Cotton Doubles in Week
Florida cotton growers face intensified boll weevil control as Sea Island crops show a doubling infestation to 24.4 percent last week per State Experiment Station and US Bureau of Entomology reports. all six Lake County fields infested with 1 to 9.8 percent. Also, St Augustine marks 375th anniversary with La Fiesta Grande set for September 7 8 9 featuring a large pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island
Florida
State Experiment Station
United States Bureau of Entomology and
Lake County
St. Augustine
Florida Exhibit Hosts World's Largest Citrus Juice Bar
The Florida State Exhibit in New York features the largest citrus juice bar. A massive juice squeezer built by the Food Machinery Corporation of Dunedin pours a steady river of juice from fountains for thousands of visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida State
New York
Food Machinery Corporation
Dunedin
War Department Transfers 23rd Group and 118th Squadron
The War Department announced the transfer effective Sept 1 of the 23rd composite group and the 118th Air Base Squadron along with their medical detachment from Maxwell Field to Orlando Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Department
23Rd Composite Group
118Th Air Base Squadron
Maxwell Field
Orlando
Florida
License to Become a Free Dealer for Lucille Tremain
In Lake County Florida a special master reports on Lucille B Tremain a married woman and the circuit court confirms the master’s report granting her license to manage control and become a free dealer in all respects. Court order issued in chambers at Tavares on the 16th day of Arent A. DD. 1940. Judge J C Koon presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille B, Tremain
Lucille B. Tremain
Tavares
Lake County
Florida
B. Koon J. C, CE
William Henry Meyer
Hageie Meyer
van Zant Road
College Hill
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clara F. Sehneider
Efhneinnati
John W. Meyer
Jacob Leroy Pohlman
Rey Pohlman
Marion Vohlan
Barton Street
Hildur E. Nelson
Oscar H. Nelson
Morton
Grove
Illinois
the Central Trust Company
Floorida
William Henry Meer
Maggie Meyer
Clara FP
Byron King
Circuit Court
Monn Dora
TOPIC
Geo. J. Dykes
Grace H. Fox
D.C
Thomas H. Cooley c. HH. Liebliter
van Zant Read
Clara F. Schneider
Jacob
Leroy Pohlman
Roy Pohlman
Marion Pohlman
Hildur EB. Nelson
Oscar Lt. Nelson
Box
Morton Grove
The
Central Trust Company
Clara’ F. Schneider
Hildur BE
Nelson
Central Com Est
Floyd M. Irvin
Trude M. Irvin
Lake Count
Mount Dora
Said Lake County
Senty
Ciri Court
Lake Ee
Notice of Tax Deed Application for Florida Lake County
The Fifth Judicial Circuit Court in Lake County Florida in chancery receives an application for tax deed under Senate Bill No 163. Proceedings specify parcel details and deadlines for claim or contest under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court OF
Fifth Judicial Circuit
State OF
Florida
Lake County
Circuit Court OF the Fifth Judicial Circuit
Courts OF the
Chancery
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J. J. West
Nan J. Stuart
J. J. West Realty CO
Lewis Are Bean
Sunny Corner
Harry E. Allen
Cleveland
Tenth Avenue
Allen
Ashave
Spaul
An Do Lakin
Orange Avenue
W. J. Patton
Laura McLane
Lake Franklin Park
H. L. Machen
Baltimore Sun
Homer Morris
Texaco
Eustist
Mount Dora Road
U. SS. Highway 441
Chinsegut Sanctuary
Lake County Custard
Lutheran Camp
Crane Furniture Co
Army Air Base
Hosford
Jackson Bluff
Liberty County
Chase Naval Bank
York
WM. J.townis
LB. Williams
State of Florida
Lesved
Lake Co, Bldg & Loan Assa
Uniess
Court House
Fla
Gev. J. Dykes
A. J. Harnage
D. C
Plaintiffs
Lafayette Pohlman
Ella Elsesser
John Meyer
Charles F. Jones
Endicott Street
Newton Highlands
Massachusetts
Grace II
Cox
D.C. Thomas
Cooley
HH. Libhliter
Lake Con Iy
Lake Dora
Tremain Street Shore Lots
Toppear
J. Dykes
Grace H. Cox
V. Byron King
Et al
Floyd. M. Irvin
Trude M.irvin
Elia’ Elsesser
John. Meyer
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