Governor appoints Pearl Cullen Lake tax collector in May Florida
Mrs Pearl Cullen Lake is named tax collector in Tallahassee to succeed Boyce Williams who resigned to head the Florida Industrial Commission. She has long service in the office since 1917 and is noted as Florida's first woman tax collector. The appointment lasts until the 1942 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Cullen
Spessa
Hel
Tallahassee
Boyce Williams
Florida Industrial Commission
Cullen
Tax Collecor
W. G. Long
Long
Florida
Riley's Park News Highlights Local Social and Fishing Rush
Fishermen gathered in large catches fueling weekly fish fries. Toledo pair J Hamer return after two Florida weeks. Several trailer residents attend west coast conventions T C T and A T A. Trapshoot winners A Peterson Virginia Ill and C Audritt Minneapolis Pa. New arrivals include Nelson Boston Ind Tagger Houston Tex Aldritt Excelsior Minn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hamer
Toledo
Ohio
Miami
Mr. A. Peterson
Virginia
Ill
Mr. C. Audritt
Minneapolis
Richie
A. F. Nelson
Boston
Ind
A. L. Tagger
Houston
Texas
C. G. Aldritt
Excelsior
Minn
Vernon
Herset
Stewartstown
H. Shaw
B. L. Peterson
Wooster
Pilgrimage to Ste Anne Shrine Planned for Feb 9
Rev. A. J. Salois Shrine director announces preparations are complete for the mid winter pilgrimage to Ste Anne Shrine. The annual religious event will be held Sunday Feb 9 at Ste Annes des Lacs several miles east of Lake Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Anne Shrine
A. J. Salois
Ste. Annes Des Lacs
Lake Wales
Lawn Bowling Club Members List Names 43 Women Included
A club roster lists 43 current season members of the Lawn Bowling Club including numerous couples and individuals such as Mrs Arthur Blackburne, Dr Robert W. Dierks, Major Charles L. Mayo, Rev Floyd Morse, Miss Clara Wilmot, and John West among others. The document records a wide membership with varied titles, emphasizing female and male participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonmnett
Charles Artine
Arthur Blackburne
Pawate Bradley
Henry St Brown
Richard M. Bryant
Willard M. Caley
Mathias Cary
George F. Church
George D. Clark
James C. Converse
Edward A
Jack) Cornelius
George M. Crockett
Frank F. Dendroeder
M. Lewis Dexter
John A. Dickson
Robert W. Dierks
Herbert Dillenbeck
Clark Dixon
John W. Kekie
Elmer R. Edwards
Ralph H. Engelhard
August M. Ferguson
W. F. Ford
William H. Furber
Charles F. Gould
Robert T. Gould
Jessie Graves
Carl
Hindsall
Miles L. Haskins
Henri D. Hathaway
Danforth Hawley
D. B. Ilelat
Db. Sutchinsen
George E. Jones
Gilbert W. Jones
Edward Jones
William 8. Kerr
Alexander Landis
John Dr. Litton
George Maben
Frank Patterson
William T. Poole
Francis A. Radcliffe
Walter W. Randall
Winfields. Reed
Harry W. Rehbaum
Alfred Richards
Mabel Richardson
Gerald Rogers
Kenneth G. Lawin
Farwell L. Schoeninger
Julius H. Sheldon
Walter A. Skeele
John C. Welch
Aml Mes
John West
John J. Whitney
Clara Wilmot
Eardley Wryer
Cornelia
Florida Orange Festival tops 100000 in 17 years
The Florida Orange Festival closed Saturday night February 1 reporting attendance over 100,000 for the first time in its 17 year history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Masarykto’ Czech settlement hosts annual officer election dinner
A large gathering from Orlando Tampa St Petersburg and nearby areas attended a Sunday dinner after Masarykto’ Czech settlement held its annual officer election. The event brought many Caachaslo vakian visitors to the community near Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masarykto
Tampa
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Fair Premium List Published for Lake County Fair
The Lake County Fair Association outlines premium categories across livestock poultry 4-H youth crafts and flower shows with cash and ribbon awards. Officeholders and directors are listed including L L Polk G W Pringle and K W Loucks with tickets sold in advance for reduced prices. copies available from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Stin Haselton
Eustis
R. E. Norris
Tavares
G. T. Huggins
Claxton Parker
W. R. McQuaig
Montverde
Lucie K. Miller
Leesburg
R. N. Walker
Lake County
A. A. Kurfiss
Groveland
J. Earl Myers
Henry B. Smith
H. K. Stokes
Clermont
Mount Dora High cagers post mixed week in district play
Mount Dora High School basketball teams had a varied week. Leesburg handed the Hurricanes a 42 29 defeat while Dora teams won 12 10 in a preliminary. They swept Ocoee 26 15 and 23 19 in a double header. At Winter Garden they won 25 20 while the preliminary lost 35 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Hurricanes
Leesburg
Dorans
Ocoee
Mount Dora
Winter Garden
Dora
Winter Garden Boys
Hurricanetts
The World's Great Letters at Mount Dora Library
Mount Dora Public Library offers a new volume titled The World's Great Letters selected by M L Schuster. The collection spans figures from Alexander the Great to George Washington including Columbus da Vinci Shaw Mann and Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Schuster
Alexander the Great
St. Paul the Apostle
George Barnard Shaw
Thomas Mann
Christopher Columbus
Leonardo da Vinci
Samuel Johnson
George Washington
Mount Dora Public
Lake County Officials Report About Five Thousand Net Income
Lake County officials reported typical net incomes around five thousand dollars for 1940 in reports to the county commissioners. Judge A S Herlong Jr posted a net of 5188 with receipts 9206 and expenses 4061 plus a 201 refund. Sheriff B A Cassady showed 5034 net after 17216 receipts and 12158 expenses with a 23 refund. Tax collector Boyce A Williams net 5069 and refunded 46. Tax assessor J Beall earned 4985 while Circuit Court clerk George J Dykes had 2755 net on 17868 receipts and unspecified expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
A. S. Herlong, Jr
Boyce A. Williams
B. A. Cassady
J. Beall
George J. Dykes
Brother Bryan remembered and Lake County mourns
A heartfelt obituary memorializes Rev. James A. Bryan known as Brother Bryan. The piece also notes the deaths of local figures Bill and Boyce Williams, with tributes to their service. The Kiwanis Frolic at Princess Theatre promotes Philadelphia Story on Feb. 12 and 13 for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair
N. J
Mary Shreve
Contoocook
N. H
Bryan
Brother Love
James A. Bryan
Birmingham
Ala
Brother Bryan
Lake County
Tom
Sam
Boyce Williams
Lake
Florida
Best
Holland
Bill
Kiwanis
Philadelphia Story
Princess Theatre
Philadelphia Main Line Society
Lake County News February Feature Issue
Lake County News for February is off the press with 5 000 copies mailed from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce in the court house at Tavares. The four page issue highlights progress in Lake County over the past year with articles by R E Norris on climate and crops and S H Bowman on taxes. A piece by J J Nuttall covers Lake County recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
R. E. Norris
S. H. Bowman
Clermont
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Lake County Recreation
J. J. Nuttall
Groveland
Lake County News
Florida State Fair livestock show aids Kiwanis charity
Bovine beauties with aristocratic lineage form Florida State Fair’s annual livestock exhibition from February 4 to 15, highlighting Florida’s top beef and dairy cattle. A Philadelphia rag sponsored by the Kiwanis Club at Princess Theatre benefits Underprivileged Child and Boy Scout activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Florida
Great West
Florida State Fair
Philadelphia
Kiwanis Club
Princess Theatre
Florida Faces Penalty Over Gas Tax Diversions in 1937
Atlanta reports Georgia diverted gas tax funds from highways, risking one third of annual federal aid under the Hayden Cartwright act. Florida narrowly avoided similar penalties in 1937 when Comptroller J M Lee blocked local gas tax withdrawals, saving over $2 million in annual federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Uncle Sam
Lorida
J. M. Lee
Lee
Florida
McDonald
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Sorrento Social Notes Include Birthday Surprise and Visits
In Sorrento Presbyterians hosted a birthday surprise for Miss Stevenson with about twenty guests and gifts. Visitors in town include Mr. and Mrs. Barnett and children, Ray Register from Jacksonville, and Loomis with Mr. Miller from Bowling Green Ohio. Others tied to the community frequent the manse, Clermont, and surrounding areas, sharing news of illnesses and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stevenson
Presbyterian Manse
Chas
Barnett
Gainesville
Ray Register
Jacksonville
Lola Kennedy
Loomis
Miller
Bowling Green
Ohio
Florida
Bessemer
Alabama
Sorrento
Regional Meeting On Child Welfare Planned In Orlando
The Lake County committee promotes a regional child welfare meeting set for February 14 in Orlando. Vice chair is L E Pringle of Leesburg. Dr M G Hunter chairs the county publicity effort. county committee includes Mrs K W Loucks and others from Astatula Cler mont Fruitland Park Groveland Howey Lady Lake Paisley Tavares Umatilla and Leesburg. Local chairmen urge every civic club in the county to appoint two representatives to the regional gathering. A New Yorker quote on Katharine Hepburn in Philadelphia Story is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Orlando
L. Pringle
Leesburg
M. G. Hunter
K. W. Loucks
Appoe County
Astatula
D. W. Smith
Clermont
Robert Sims
Jin Kirkland
Fruitland Park
Mark L. Flemming
Groveland
L. G. Thomas
Howey
C. M. Pinkerton
Lady Lake
Beulah Vallee
J. L. Wilson
Paisley
Euclid Parker
Tavares
Milton to Get Ribbon Plant With 125 Jobs
Citizens anticipate a ribbon manufacturing plant in Milton within months. The plant will employ about 125 people and be funded by a $30,000 bond issue approved for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Special Master's Sale In Lake County Circuit Case
Special Master W. M. Kenney will sell the property described in Mary L. Hood versus G. A. Speenburgh et al at cash auction February 10, 1941, 11 45 A M, in the A L Rehbaum store Mount Dora Florida. sale is in equity matter in Lake County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Kennedy
A. L. Rehbaum
Mount Dora
Florida
Lake County
Mary L. Hood
G. A. Speenburgh
W. M. Kenney
D. BH. Lawrence
County of
Lake
State of
Sey
Sma
Mary 8. Warren
Tavares
Fla
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Mount Dora Dairy
Schneider’s Creamery
Pearl Cullen Lake
Riley’s Park
Lawn Bowling Club
Edison
Holmar
Sheila Spilky
J. J. West
Nan J. Stuart
J. J. West Realty CO
Lake County News Out
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. 8
Highway 441
Crane Furniture Co
New Yorker
Katharine
R. Ke, Berryman
Agnes Elisabeth Berryman
Martha A. McNeal
Unness
Geo
J. Dykes
Court of
A. J. Harnage
D.C
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