Local Fire Fables: Five Venturers Battle Pants Factory Blaze
A whimsical chronicle recalls 'Lville fire brigades from five volunteer companies battling a pants factory fire. Amid bungled tactics and tangled hoses, the pants foundry burned, and fines, feats, and farce shaped a new fire marshal tradition. The Chamber of Commerce praises the departments despite the chaos.
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Chambers of Commerce
Lville
George Washington
Lville C
Topsy
Fact
Reliance
Hibernia
Eagle
Mainstay
The
Elks
Odd Fellows
Tory
Eagles and
Hibernians
Eagles
Lville Pants
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Dora Lore and Lake Mystery Recalled by Donnelly
John Donnelly recounts Lake Dora’s history and local legends amid a long walk. He notes the lake’s coffee color, Dora Ann Drawdy’s role, and the Apopka Canal drainage project that shaped the marsh and water flow toward Lake Dora.
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Lake Dora
John Donnelly
United States Engineers
Florida
Dora Ann Drawdy
B. F. Williamson
Dora
Lake Gertrude
Apopka
Apopka Canal
Fatal bridge tragedy shocks East Town community
In a Saturday night accident on a bridge near Eustis, Ed and wife Hence perished after their car went over an open bridge curve. The couple, longtime residents, left behind children including Theodis Hence. Funeral services were held at Gethsemany Baptist Church with widespread mourning. The report notes local religious events, NAACP planning, and a 1948 tax reminder, ending with a community reporter signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hence
Ee Eadhates
Gener Te Slocm
Eustis
Lees
Sr Aduc de Gai
Mies
Hence
Gethseminy Baptist Church
Theodis Hence
Wildwood
Florida Public Service Company
Mr. Ars
Primitive Baptist Church
A. L. Russell
Gethseming Baptist Church
Theodis
Wildwood, Fla
St. Mary
M. D’nary
Jorden
Russell
Cry the Beloved Country reviewed by Mount Dora library
A Mount Dora library committee praises Alan Eaton's Cry the Beloved Country a first novel set in South Africa. The tale follows an elderly Zulu parson searching for his missing son and sister in Johannesburg. The father remains steadfast as the family reconciles toward a hopeful return to village life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Eaton
Johannesburg
Mount Dora
Florida’s forests mapped in historic land shift
The narrative recalls Ponce de Leon naming Florida and notes a historical forest extent of about 27 million acres, exceeding present coverage by roughly 4 million acres, highlighting long term changes in land and woodland.
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Ponce de Leon
Florida
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Ernest Chamberlain
I express sincere appreciation for the cards and notes of thanks received from friends at the passing of my beloved mother Mrs. S. H. Fertie in Kissimmee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Fertie
Kissimmee
Ernest Chamberlain
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Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
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John Alden Murray
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Maalnga
Lake County
Villa Dora
Two Lakes
Lakeside Inn
John P. Donnelly
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Arse Wat
Lake Apopka
Ocklawaha
Judge Spear
Milton Bryant
Lake Beauclaire
Charley Perry
Simpson St
East Town
Denson
N. Grandview
Orlando
Evening Star
F. L. Rose
N.A.A.C.P
Harmonette Gospel Singers
Mt. Olive Ame
Hellen Ferguson
Christine Mcqueen
Bethel Free Methodist Church
Miss Ferguson
Mrs. Mcqueen
T. M. Thomas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Antes
ABC Dial
Branty-Gudgeon Electric Co
Highland St
Atlanta, GA
Birmingham
Ala
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New York, N. Y
Philadelphia
Nashvillle, Tenn
Cleveland, Ohio
Chicago, Ill
Miami, Fla
Jacksonville, Fla
Tallahassee, Fla
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