Lake County Commerce notes and local industry updates
Lake County Chamber events announce John Tigert of the University of Florida will speak Friday at two. Lake County commerce leaders Hosmer and Lochner meet at Villa Dora. Local farm activity includes Shaidon bean crops, Jersey sweet potatoes, and a new Woodruff Pecans business. Miss Hilda Hall earns health honor in Chicago contest. Clermont enacts an 18 000 pound truck limit on paved streets.
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John Tigert
Ty of
Florida
Gainesville
Lake Wares
Tigert
George E. Hosmer
Lochner
Lake County
Gause
Lake
Maceitiel
Dou
Astatula
Shaidon San le
Ohathine
Joe
Hilda Hall
Eustis
Chicago
Florence Smock
County Chamber notes and regional business growth
Long report highlights Clermont Leesburg Mount Dora progress with Chamber of Commerce events. Speeches praise county value, touring speakers include G. G. Ware Harry Stokes and Eustis officials. Real estate activity upticks as Lochner Taylor home sale and five Mount Dora families welcomed. Lake County receives nearly twelve thousand dollars from state gasoline tax amid band plans and civic initiatives.
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Willis B. Powell
DeLand
Powell
G. G. Ware
Leesburg
Harry Stokes
Clermont
H. C. Brown
George E. Hosmer
Eustis
A. W. Newett
The
Leesburg Ledger
S. H. Bowman
Karl Lehmann
Sanford
Don Peabody
Coral Gables
W. H. Richey
W. L. Yancey
Umatilla
Harry Duncan
Tavares
J. B. Neal
W. M. Igon
Mr. Hunter
Clarence Woods
Sidney, Ill
Don M. Lochner
John S. Taylor
Clermont-Minneola School
Florida Dog Hero Wins Bronze Medal
Cocoa a small black toy bull dog owned by Mrs. O. W. Kerschner of Hollywood has been named Florida s most heroic and intelligent dog and will receive a bronze medal December 1. The award honors Cocoa for saving Mrs Kerschner s son from a venomous snake. Judges were Cap tain Will Judy Mrs Charlotte L Hunt and Clarence E Richard.
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O. W. Kerschner
Hollywood
Florida
Kerschner
Will Judy
Dog World
Charlotte L. Hunt
Chicago Humane Education Society
Clarence E. Richard
Donny
Cocoa
Mrs. Kerschner
Richard
Butter statue of Washington to stand at fair exhibit
In recognition of George Washington birth bicentennial, officials announce a life size statue of Washington and his horse modeled entirely in butter. Sculptor J. E. Wallace will create the refrigerated butter figure for display at the South Florida Fair and Gasparilla Carnival from February 2 through February 13.
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George Washington
Congressional Commission
Gasparilla
J. E. Wallace
Christmas Seals Support Tuberculosis Campaign At Red Cross
Christmas seals are offered to aid the public health drive against tuberculosis. The Mount Dora Branch Gift Shop sells them and red Cross memberships are accepted. Donations can be given to Miss Margaret Lewis or Mrs. George Keller.
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Red Cross
Mount Dora
Margaret Lewis
George Keller
Paralyzed hunter bags 28th deer from rear-seat hunt tale
In Ocala National Forest known as the big scrub Mr Giles, wheelchair bound after injury, uses a two wheel cart to hunt. On Monday November 30 he shot an eleven point buck from the rear seat of his car marking his 28th deer killed this way within the forest bounds.
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Giles
Ocala National Forest
Lake County
Marion County
Florida Exhibit Plans Approved for Century of Progress
The Florida Commission approved tentative exhibit plans for the 60 by 100 foot Florida display at Chicago with a colorful diorama, tree motifs, and a Spirit of Florida figure. A budget committee will meet December 18 in DeLand and a December 29 West Palm Beach meeting will discuss financing.
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Earl W. Brown
Florida Commission
Tampa
Brown
Florida Building
W. C. Hodges
Nathan Mayo
A. H. Wagg
West Palm Beach
M. O. Harrison
Palmetto
J. W. Turner
Cedar Key
Geo. W. McRory
Sanford
Fred B. Nordman
Ormond
Dwight W. Rogers
Ft. Lauderdale
John A. Mackintosh
Agricultural Department
W. B. Powell
Chas. Plastow
Rotary Club
DeLand
Florida
Chicago
Court of States
France Recovers From War Ruins With Massive Rebuilding Effort
The New York Herald Tribune notes France’s postwar comeback as it reports 8,000,000 acres laid waste, barbed wire and trenches, population drop from 4,790,183 to 2,075,067, destroyed factories in Aisne Meurthe et Moselle and Vosges, 83 percent of arable land damaged, and mine flooding. Rail and canal repair, water pumped from mines, and a government outlay of about 85.5 billion francs aim to restore normalcy and property.
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New York Herald-Tribune
France
Aisne
Meurthe-et- Moselle
Vosges
Red Cross memberships still Brauich plea to donate
A fragmented plea urges readers to give to the Red Cross, urging support and a donation to aid relief efforts. The message mentions Miss Brauich and appeals for charitable funding through membership or cash gifts.
Our Personal Yoo Hoo to Prosperity
A reader laments misplaced priorities amid prosperity talk. He contrasts buying a Ford and a radio with farm needs, noting past missteps from 1928 to 1930, and describes hard times, cash shortages, and a busted cotton cloth market in local patches.
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O. K
Gift Shop Sells Seats to Aid TB Fight This Christmas
Christmas fundraiser at the Gift Shop offers seat purchases to support tuberculosis relief efforts. Donors buy seats and contribute to a campaign aiding patients. Funds directed to clinics, outreach, and preventive programs. Community members urged to participate and give.
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C. Comment
Grand Island
I H. Bayless
Tad
Euben Hatcher
Ireland
Reuben
Ivania
Woodruff Pecans
Woodruff
Ring Circus
Sarasota
Gene Leesburg
Ocala Daily Star
Thompson
D. H. Moore
Emmet Safay
American Legion
J. Ray Arnold
Groveland
Mrs. Arnold
Charles C. Giles
Eustis Theatre
Dog Hero
Washington
Mount Dora Brauich
OUR
Luxury Initiative
First National Bank
Federal Reserve System
George L. Hanscom
Elizabeth Evans
C. Rollin Javens
L. C. Jerue
Alfred Rehbaum
WM. J. Johnson
General Electric
Winchester
MilJora Hardware Company
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