Local Socials and Church Events Highlight Winter Park
Tavares residents attended a bridge gathering in Winter Park with Mrs. Paul Colbert winning high score and Mildred Lantz taking the prize as guests included Miss Osborne, Miss Hatfield, and other community members. Henrietta Schuur hosted Y W A members for a Christmas night at her home. Florence Willingham Circle reports church study completion and the Baptist church notes in Monday and Tuesday gatherings. Mrs. Sewell of Smyrna and Mr. Prevatt visited local families while Miss Ruth Hughs of Monticello plans a two week stay with relatives here. The Methodist Missionary Society met at the church for a regular devotional and business session.
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E Llums
Paul Colbert
Mildred Lantz
Xie Osborne
Estelle
W. B. Roberts
Paul
Geneva Duncan
Wildred Lantz
Kramer
Florence Willingham
the Baptist Church
Community Notes From DeLand And Nearby Areas
Election results feature Try as president and Barksdale as vice president with Marion Duncan as treasurer. Social scene includes a FW Bridge Club gathering hosted by Mrs. C Duncan. high score won by Millard. Relatives and guests visit in DeLand Howey and Weirsdale as families travel for weekends and conferences.
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Emen Try
E P Ed Barksdale
Dent
Marion Duncan
Targee
J. W. Hunter
Mount Dora Declares Bird Sanctuary in 1931 Protection
Mount Dora is declared a Bird Sanctuary prohibiting killing trapping or destroying bird nests within town limits with fines for violations. Audubon Society and Gainesville specialist Mr Frank Brumley spent days in Lake County meeting growers to discuss cost records while over 50 grove records will be kept for 1931.
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Mount Dora
The
Audubon Society
Frank Brumley
Gainesville
Lake County
Hiatt
Tangerine Doubleday Hosts Corn Party and Civic Meeting
Tangerine residents held a corn party at Miss Doubleday’s home with a key business meeting. Officers were elected led by Mrs. C. H. Estey as president and Mrs. Ernest Dahlin as secretary. Citrus County programs featured speeches by local and regional leaders and Tangerine led county points in a civic contest.
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C. H. Estey
Jennie Marot
Ernest Dahlin
Harriet Parkhurst
Women Do Fine Work for Children's Home
The Wo man’s club work committee led by Mrs Estella Clark organized weekly sewings at the Community church for the Jacksonville Children’s Home. November shipments included 68 garments. last week a Christmas box had 100 toys and many garments.
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Woman’s Club
Estella Clark
Chilren
Jacksonville
Man Nearly Bleeds To Death At Mount Dora Hospital
George Nelson arrived at Mount Dora Hospital after a bottle shattered over his head at Moore Construction Camp. Surgeons tied off the temporal and occipital arteries and removed glass slivers from his eyes. Also treated were Napolian Jackson with head wounds and George Dahlin whose finger was crushed but not amputated.
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Mount Dora Hospital
George Nelson
Nelson
Moore
Richardson
Little Napolian Jackson
Tangerine
Napolian
George Dahlin
Birth Announcements From Mount Dora Area
Dr. Richardson reports eight days of November births. An eight pound daughter to Mr and Mrs Clifford Lee Mount Dora on November 22. A nine pound son to Mr and Mrs George Detten Mount Dora on November 28. An eight and a half pound son to Mr and Mrs William Gordon Mount Plymouth on November 30. All mothers and babies fine and fathers happy.
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Dr. Richardson
Mount Dora
Clifford Lee
East Liberty Street
George Detten
William Gordon
Mount Plymouth
Winter schedule to Florida routes announced by Merchants & Miners
Beginning January 6 the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co will launch its winter schedule from Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore to Jacksonville and Miami. The line attracts thousands of tourists yearly and advertises extensive all expense tour offers at low rates to Florida amid steady bookings despite the current economy.
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Merchants & Miners Transportation Co
North
Florida
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Miami
Merchants & Miners Line
Merchants’ & Miners Transportation Co
Holiday Dance at Silver Lake
The first of two holiday dances will be held at Silver Lake Country Club Leesburg on Tuesday night December 23 dancing from 9 30 p m until late. Neill McNeill and his Orlando orchestra provide music with ten skilled southern musicians offering varied dance numbers. Organizers expect many Leesburg and nearby residents to attend.
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Silver Lake Country Club
Leesburg
Neill McNeill
Orlando
Tampa Eight Acre Factory Siting Near Michigan Approach
Eight acre Tampa factory site reported south of the west approach to Michigan in the coastal industrial area. Local planners note potential traffic and zoning implications as development proceeds.
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Tampa
Michigan
Orphanage Thanks Mount Dora for Octagon Coupons
Rev. D. B. Sweat of the Methodist Orphanage in Benson Springs thanks Mount Dora residents for Octagon soap wrappers and coupons. He notes a 725 Ford two ton truck received on the 10th and a goal to raise enough wrappers for a kitchen range. The orphanage, with 120 boys and girls, seeks continued participation and offers to collect wrappers for forwarding.
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D. B. Sweat
Benson Springs
Mount Dora
Winter Haven to Host Third Florida Orange Festival
Winter Haven Florida Orange Festival Inc awarded a contract to build exhibition halls platforms and other buildings for the third annual festival to be held January 17 to 31 in the city.
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Winter Haven
Florida Orange Festival, Inc
Notice of State Tax Certificate Sale in Lake County
Competitive bids in writing for the purchase of tax sale certificates held by the State for taxes for 1927 or earlier will be received at the Clerk's Office Court House Lake County Florida on January 19 1931 and each business day for thirty days. Bids must not be less than face value plus omitted taxes to 1930. Preference given to landowners if identical bids. otherwise first bid filed. GEO J Dykes Clerk Circuit Court Lake County.
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Court House
Lake County
Florida
Geo. J. Dykes
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Tavares
H. P. Johnson
Barns
Winter Park
Henrietta Schuur
Christ
O. T. Sewell
Smyrna, Ga
J. W. Henry
Atlanta, Ga
Will
R. el
Outh
Pat King
Mount E . Prevatt
Ruth Hughs
Monticello
D. H. Moore
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Tuesevening
Eustis Theatre
Perfect Talkies
Hearst News
Jack Mulhall
Lila Lee
Outward Bound
Fox News
Hoot Gibson
DeLand
Elton Smith
Uni
A. Walton
C. Duncan
J. L
Millard
R. C. Peeples
Blane
Ne. Nickle
W. M. Kennedy
C. B. Treadway
Mrs
Mrs. Colberts’ A
Weirs
Earnest Moore
Miss Ruthoune
Howey
Friay
Goldsboro
North Carolina
Mr. Leslie and
Paul Thompson
Eudell McCollum
N. G. Smith
Apopka
G. C. Tilley
Wildwood
W. E. Veal
Lois Veal of
J. D. Murry
Lakeland
Marion Alice Rogers
Carolyn Kennedy
Sylvan Shores
J. B. Prevatt
Dauhter
Ruby
Mt Plymouth
P. J. Lowrie Co., Inc
Eustis, Fla
Mass
North Brookfield
Worcester
Ee County Ber of Commerce
Olivia Park
Gotha
William Edwards
Karl Lehmann
Franklin D. King
J. J. Parrish
Titusville
James L. Giles
John T. Alsop
Orange County Chamber of Commerce
John W. Jepson
Lehmann
Ocoee
the Improvement Society
Silver Lake
Orphanage
Ablyn Mary—Dress and Fur Shop
the Coooteam Piterntd
Com
NEW Heavy
Goodyear Pathfinder
ABE
Gps
Hristimas
Girs
Detroit Gas
Fostoria
Mi Dora
Ompany
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