State Road Overload Enforcement Moves Forward in Florida
The Florida State Road Department to halt and weigh trucks at strategic highway points. Deputies will assist inspectors in arresting violators as authorities push stricter enforcement of gross weight limits on trucks. Certificated carriers may exceed 16 000 pounds up to 24 000 pounds subject to road capacity.
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Bentley
Landis
Railroad Commission
Florida
State Road Department
Pythian Sisters Bazaar Planned for Mount Dora Hotel
The Pythian Sisters announce a bazaar to be held next Tuesday all day in the Kiwanis room at Hotel Mount Dora. Proceeds support lodge activities and community aid.
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Pythian Sisters
Kiwanis
Mount Dora
Waterfowl Plan Urges Continental Cooperation Across Borders
The American Game Conference hears a Calgary leader argue waterfowl decline requires cross border action. He calls for a continental approach with Canada focusing on breeding grounds and the United States on refuges, plus harmonized bag limits and seasons. Delegates from Florida chambers discuss reforestation and future meetings in DeLand January 8.
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Canada
United States
Calgary
Alberta
Canadian Fish and Game Protective Association
American Game Association
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
Hayden
Reforestation Effort Prompts Community Planting Program
The Forestry Department offers trees at $3.00 per thousand to organizations and individuals. Meeting attendees pledge to urge school boards and others to adopt the program, boosting local economies and adding beauty to central Florida. The speaker notes school efforts will be a small but positive first step.
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Forestry Department
Florida
Montverde Grapes Draw Florida Growers Convention
The Montverde meeting drew large turnout from the Florida State Grape Growers Association with about 900 acres of local vineyards noted. Attendees included Prof. E F Lord and A P Spencer, dinner hosted at Montverde School. Community notices include visitors in town, Union Missionary Society officers elected, and the birth of Eloise Marie Peters on December 4th.
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Montverde
Florida State Grape Growers Association
Aap
Epee
Central Florida Grape Corporation
Truskett, Neville and Dickson
Mount Dora
E. F. Lord
Gainesville
State Association
A. P. Spencer
Florida
John C. Lochner
Lake County
James A. Norris Dies at Mount Dora Home
James A. Norris, longtime Mount Dora resident and respected citizen, died at his Tremain Street home on December 3, 1931 after declining health. Born June 4, 1858 in Columbiana County Ohio, he taught before entering furniture and pottery business in East Liverpool. He married Della Patterson in 1883. six children were born, four predeceased him. The Norris family moved to Mount Dora for health reasons and built a home on Tremain Street.
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James A. Norris
Mount Dora
Tremain Street
Norris
Columbiana County
Ohio
Lisbon
East Liverpool
Della Patterson
Presbyterian Church
Church Triumphant
Obituary Notice for A P Sidel and Family Tributes
The obituary notes floral tributes and survivors including his widow and two children. Remains were taken to East Liverpool Ohio by his son William for interment in Riverview cemetery. The family has the community's sympathy.
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A. P. Sidel
D. H. Bishop
W. E. Lackey
Zellwood Church Plans Fund Grants and Elections
The Zellwood Methodist committee set to allocate funds for needy children, gave ten dollars to the Florida Children's Home Society. About 20 members attended the afternoon meeting where officers were reelected: Mrs. R. W. Vincent president, Morton vice president, Newton treasurer, Mrs. H Goolsby secretary.
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Montverde
Methodist Church Committee
Florida Children’s Home Society
R. W. Vincent
Atc Aes
Five Realty Sales Clinics to Be Held
Guy Ellis of Detroit, sales counsel for the National Association of Real Estate Boards, announces five all day sales conferences in Florida under the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards. Sessions in Orlando December 14, St Peters burg December 15, Miami Beach December 16, Jacksonville December 17, and Pensacola December 18. Real estate boards in host cities coordinate through the state office. Florida boards are invited to have members attend free as a service of the national group.
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Guy Ellis
Detroit
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Florida
Florida Association of Real Etate Boards
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Miami Beach
Jacksonville
Pensacola
State Office
National Association
State Realty
Ellis
Economy in Tag Department Aims Full School Fund Benefit
Governor Doyle E. Carlton and Automobile License Commissioner W. S. Melvin push a thrift program in tag distribution. The plan raises over 96 cents of each license dollar for the state school fund, with $6,000,000 expected from auto license sales. The department reduced staff and operating costs, saving hundreds of thousands yearly, while issuing 23 license plate types this year. The added state revenue plus a one mill levy and trust fund interest complete the $7.5 million appropriation to support county schools and eight month terms.
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Doyle E. Carlton
Commonwealth
W. S. Melvin
Tag
McLin
Carlton
Foreclosure Suit Aimed at Lake County Property Interest
The Circuit Court of Florida requires unknown defendants Mary E Gale and George Prentice Gale to appear January 4 1932 in a chancery foreclosure action led by Charles Edgerton. The land described lies in Lake County section 34 township 19 south range 27 east. The Mount Dora Topic reports the public notice of the motion and decree pro confesso.
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State OF Florida
Mary E. Gale
George Prentice Gale
Circuit Court
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Lake County
Florida
Lake
Sheriff Sale Notice in Lake County Florida 1932
The sheriff delivers a notice of sale of a stallion like motor vehicle to satisfy a writ against L. H. Fitzsimmons. The sale is January 4, 1932 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm at the front door of the Circuit Court House in Tavares Florida. A. Cassady is the sheriff, with D A McClellan as deputy and Thomas H. Cooley attorney for plaintiff.
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L. H Fitzsimmons
Circuit Court House
Tavares
Lake County
Florida
L. H. Fitzsimmons
A. Cassady
The
D. A. McClellan
D. S. Thomas
Foreclosure of Special Assessment Liens Mount Dora Land
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Lake County Florida Mount Dora municipal corporation seeks foreclosure of special assessment liens on land in Lake County described as Block 402 Section 32 Township 19 South Range 27 East Mount Dora according to the town plat maps records. Named defendant A G Hough resides at 4342 Main Street Batavia New York. The suit targets the property north of the stone way within Mount Dora.
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Circuit Court OF the
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora
State OF Florida
A. G. Hough
Main Street
Batavia
New York
A. D
Circuit Court
State of Et Agra
Lake
State of
Lake Ensede
Mount
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