Mount Dora Bowling Club Gains Praise from Florida Winter Visit
Breck reports New Canaan and Mrs Adams visiting New Smyrna Beach this winter and planning Mount Dora bowling. Willard Bryant notes a Thistle Club 18 end game and Arthur G Smith joining a Florida trip. He praises Mount Dora club and its members and invites members to a December 19 Christmas party at 8 p.m. with admission as a small gift.
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John
Adams
New Canaan
Mount Dora
Breck
Bess Nelson
Dr. James
Wilmot
J. Nelson
Daly
Chapdelaine
Tradinger
Seiger
Nelson
Arthur Bigelow
Lake County League Meeting Set for December at Gables
Winter gathering of the Lake County League of Municipalities will convene on Wednesday December 13 at the Gables in Clermont. President J Keener Mizell of Leesburg announces.
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Lake County League of Municipalities
the Gables
Clermont
J. Keener Mizell
Leesburg
Mount Dora invents uniform rink sander and regulator
Kellogg and Rehm design a simple iron welded machine to plane sand on rink surfaces. A diagonal blade precedes two rollers and another blade then a full width roller to press sand evenly. The device, pushed or pulled, reduces rink conditioning work. Kellogg is a General Electric engineer and Rehm a sand expert.
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Kellogg and Rehm
Kellogg
General Electric
Rehm
Nelson
Determined Candy Maker Learns Secrets Across U S Shops
The man left his job to join a firm making hard candy, driven to learn every aspect of the trade. From 1905 to 1924 he worked as a helper in various shops, often accepting lower pay to gain skills, saving $5 weekly to buy formulas for his own future business.
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United States
Candy trouble shooter’s tale from earthquake ordeal and career start
A man seeking knowledge finds a San Francisco candy factory job but endures the 1906 earthquake that collapses his hotel room wall and buries him in dust. He survives, moves east, marries Laura Gordon, and begins his candy career in 1924 with Heavenly Hash in New Orleans overseeing candies and ice cream.
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San Francisco
California
East
Laura Gordon
New Orleans
Walker's ascent and move to Groveland in 1928
The article traces Walker rising in prestige at Park and Tilford Co as a technical expert while Mrs. Walker managed the chocolate dippers. Strenuous travel and self-denial began to erode his health, leading to a 1928 decision to retire to Groveland as a quieter phase in his career.
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Tampa Tribune
Central Florida
W. B. Stoddart P
Tavares
Fla
Rigdon
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Flake Coun
W. Main ST
Florida
Santa Claus
Horida Power Corporation
Leonard Barker
Optometrist Glasses
S. Orange Ave
Orlando
Sylvan Shores
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
First Baptist Church
First Methodist
Kiwanis Club
Arene
Couth
Groveland
A. D. Johnson
Ingram
J. G. Ray, JR
Chum VL NY
Apopka
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