Sorghum Time in Lake County Brings Large Cane Syrup Batch
On Hartley Hethcox’s Paisley farm Lake County begins sorghum processing with 1,400 gallons of syrup planned. Cane is cut and milled, juice filtered and boiled to syrup in cast iron kettles. Production per acre ranges 30 to 400 gallons, reflecting Florida’s long growth in sugar cane syrup.
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Lake County
Hartley Hethcox
Paisley
Hethcox
Lake
Marion
Florida
Floridan Country Club Opens Nine Hole Golf Course
The Floridan Country Club in Honey–in–the–Hills opened a renovated nine hole course last Saturday. Golfers from several county towns attended and 85 reservations were made for an informal supper. Harry Kinnell of Edgewood Valley Country Club LaGrange is the season pro. The former Floridan Hotel has undergone $10 000 of renovations and landscaping after the opening.
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Honey-in-the-Hills
Harry Kinnell
Edgewood Valley Country Club
LaGrange
Country Club
Floridan Hotel
Local Parent-Teacher Club Leader Named Manager
Sadie Baxter of the Baxter Hotel Lake Mahopac New York is named the manager of the club at the front of the we and or shuffleboard bowling. The head of the owning company is G V Griffin of Howey with ties to The Groves and the Vaughn Griffin Company. Dodge Taylor serves as vice president and general manager of Howey Company interests.
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O Mediaanet
Asso- Sadie Baxter
Baxter
Lake Mahopao
N. Y
H Groves
Vaughn-Griffin Company
G. V. Griffin
Howey
Dodge Taylor
Howey Company
Seed Seeded in Lake County Leads Florida Cotton
Lake County's Sea Island cotton seed dominates Florida production with over 2300 bushels from local growers and 650 from other Lake County farms. Certified seed, sold at 2.50 per bushel, undergoes inspection and germination tests, with availability via Lake County Seed Growers Assn and local agents.
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Sea Island
Florida
Lake County
R. E. Norris
U. S
State Department of Agriculture
Sea Island Cotton Growers Ass'n
Norris
M. N. Walker
Leesburg Experiment Station
Pillans & Smith
Ocala
Reading biography inspires a life worth biographers notice
A compact reflection from the Times Union on the value of biography and living a life that earns the attention of future biographers. It frames self improvement as a lasting pursuit and hints that purposeful living outshines mere advertising.
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Times-Union
Birthday Celebration Aids Fight Paralysis Fund
Harold Hi County plans a birthday celebration through a local campaign chaired by Chester B. Treadway to raise funds for infantile paralysis research. Joe Pe assists in forming committees of Lake City citizens for charity events, dances, and sports as part of a nationwide drive including a January 30 countywide ball. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis backs local efforts with a sports council featuring Grantland Rice Ted Husing and Henry McLemore among others.
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Birtstey Arene
T'S
Chester B. Treadway
Holland
Guess -Deuker Wiens
Joe Pe
Hippler
Lake Ity
Pepper
Claude Pepper
Paw York
Cote Simne
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Treadway
Grantland Rice
Ted Husing
Henry McLemore
United Press Association
Florida Democratic Inaugural Special Plans Announced
Preliminary plans outline a Florida Democratic Inaugural Special to Washington for President Roosevelt’s inaugural on January 20. Earl G. Gardner and Harry E. Smith named co chairmen of the State Transportation Committee to oversee arrangements. train on Seaboard Railway departs Jacksonville January 18 at 7:00 a.m. and arrives in Washington January 19. James C. Lanier will coordinate rail, Pullman and hotel reservations in Washington and Annapolis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jacksonville
Earl G. Gardner
Harry E. Smith
State Transportation Committee
Spessard L. Hell
Seaboard Railway
Gardner
Smith
Florida Governor Extends Invitation for Reservations
Governor Holland invites all Floridians to accompany him and his party on a special trip. The early request stresses imperative reservations for the event.
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Holland
Florida
Lake to Send Fourteen More Draftees Soon
Lake County will send fourteen men for a year of military training under the Selective Service Act on January 10. The group will include six negroes and eight whites with several undergoing physical examinations. Six men from Lake County have already served, with Oak land Collins the first negro rejected due to bad teeth.
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Lake County
O. B. Koonce
Oakland Collins
Roscoe
M. D. H. 8S. Basketball Schedule 1940 41
Alumni games listed for December 27 and January dates across Oviedo Winter Garden Umatilla St James Weirsdale Tavares Leesburg and Eustis with boys and girls matchups. Admission details include season and single game prices. home games at 7 30 p m.
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Oviedo
Winter Garden
Umatilla
St. James
Weirsdale
Tavares
H. S
Lake County officials inspect new health department HQ at Tavares
Lake County Commissioners surveyed progress on the Seana County Health Department headquarters in Tavares. Present were Manuel Sloan George Single tary H. K. paradh n J. Hetheox Burk Burke Chester county sanitation officer Frank George J. Dykes and the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Seana County Health Department
Tavares
Manuel Sloan
George Singletary
H. K. Paradh
N. J. Hetheox
Burk Burke
Chester
Frank George J. Dykes
Circuit Court
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Central Florida
Eustis
J. Edwin Baker
Karl Lehmann
Secre
Frank S. Wright
Gainesville
C. Harold Hippler
International Committee On Public Affairs
United States
Simeon Doyle
Tallahassee
Fount Rion
Palatka
S. H. Bowman
Clermont
Ormund Powers
Orlando Sentinel Star Reporter
Floridan C. C
Seaboard Air Line
Webster Dictionary
Mount Dora
Topic
Mount Dora, Florida
Harold Hi
J. J. West
Nan J. Stuart
J. J. West Realty
D. H. Moore
Boyce A. Williams
Moore
Court House
Frank J. Banning
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S. Highway 441
Crane Furniture Co
Stockholders Meeting
First National Bank of
Moun Dora
George J. White
Judge's Court
Earl W. Gilbert
A. Herlong, Jr
Delbert Vrooman
Florid
William J. Ferris
Herlong, Jr
Clarence M. Gudgeon
R. K. Gudgeon
Thomas H. Cooley
Licniprer Attorneys
Part Certifcate
State of
Pla
Gro
J. Dykes
Circuit Court Lake
A. J. Harnage
Trougles
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