Havana Cruise Highlights Havana Visitors See City Landmarks
A Havana cruise excursion describes the Prado shoreline, central park, cream buildings, and wide boulevards. Highlights include side streets, a cigar factory reading daily papers, an orphan asylum, a distillery tour, tropical gardens, night spots, and a Maine memorial on the Malecon. Participants from Mount Dora Winter Park and St. Petersburg joined the group led by Mrs. Hanscom, with notes on Morro Castle and the fortress tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prado
Havana
Orphan Asylum
Morro Castle
Coquina Rock
Malecon
Maine
Hanscom
Grace Emerson
James H. Brydon
Gaillard B. Fuller
Lake County Fair Hosts Dog and Cat Shows Plus Parade
Lake County Fair and Poultry Show features dog and cat shows with a first time parade. Cat judging Tuesday morning with national judge. Siamese and Persian entries noted. Dog show runs Feb 23–24 with two judges and breed judging Thursday at 2 pm and finals Friday at 4 pm. Veterinary presence. entries invited. Contact Mrs. Frank Finzel Mount Dora for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Fair and
le Son
Frank Finzel
Mount Dora
South Highland Avenue
Miss Taylor Delights as Notable Impersonator at Club
Jessie Ray Taylor, a remarkable entertainer, wowed audiences at the Tourist Club season program in Community Building with skillful male impersonations. Her turns as Judge Priest and a returned soldier drew praise for depth and accuracy, alongside Mrs. Wiggs and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Five more winter acts are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ray Taylor
Judge Priest
Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Cher
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Sign On Polk City Road Repaired And Brightly Painted
An attractive direction sign with three blue flags on Polk City road south of Groveland and Clermont points travelers to Jacksonville via Clermont Orlando or to Montverde Astatula Tavares Eustis Mount Dora and via Groveland Leesburg Ocala Gainesville with a map. The sign, erected four years ago and maintained by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, has been repaired and repainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk City
Groveland
Clermont
Jacksonville
Orlando
Montverde
Astatula
Tavares
Eustis
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Ocala
Gainesville
Lake County
Lakeside Inn hosts parties and social notes at Mount Dora
Lakeside Inn calendar: contract party in the sun room, prizes for Mrs Pat, Mrs Mollineaux, Mrs McDonal and Hallowell Mollineaux. Mr and Mrs Arthur Jones host family guests. bowling popular with John Dexter and others. Visitors from New York City Philadelphia Brockton and Rockford mingle, with birders, color photographer Neff, and Dr Lawrence T Cole among guests. Several marriages anniversaries and sightseeing trips noted along with new registrations. Wildlife and river bird life feature in reports from Homosassa trip and Mount Dora area.
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Porter
Pat
Mollineaux
H. A. Baggot
Lakeside
John Dexter
Sterling
Morse
Dillenbeck
Hutchinson
Hallowell
Will Jones
Judge Crouch
Homassassa
Gulf of Mexico
Mrs. Myers
New York City
Mount Dora
Homosassa
George C. Purdy
Rockford
Illinois
John P. Neff
East Orange
N. J
Joseph E. Walworth
Andover
Mass
Neff
H. G Morse
Brockton
Roland Morse
Paul Jones
Gertrude
Mr. Jones
William L. Holmes
Louis Buehn
Philadelphia
Saturda
Moore
Shaw
Howell Jones
van Ness
Lawrence T. Cole
Trinity School For Boys
Cole
Mr. Folger
Gordon Folger Inn
Nantucket Island
Edgar J. Goldsmith
Cincinnati
Ohio
R. K. O'Connor
George Sweetman
Villa Dora notes of summer guests and club events
The Villa Dora neighborhood diary highlights visitors from Newton Centre and Cleveland enjoying Mount Dora's flowers and golf at Lake County Country Club. Applauded performances from Apollo Boys Chorus and Rollins Trio delight locals, with plans for a Villa Dora bowling club challenge and a Kiwanis frolic ticket push.
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Villa Dora
Fishernge
de Laks
Stoner
McClintock
Capt. Wise
Mount Dora
Lake Griffin
Augie
Thomas
Gertrude Ryer
Newton Centre
Mass
W. R. Caldwell
Cleveland
Ohio
Florida
Lake County Country Club
Lakes and Hills
Betty Stephenson
Arizona
Sunshine State
C. H. Gere
F. W. Kneeland
Northampton
R. J. Cone
Albany
N. Y
Gere
Kneeland
Apollo Boys Chorus
Alabama
Rollins College
Gretchen Cox
Hila Knapp
Eobo Testi
Rollins
Americas
Dorothy Orton
New York City
Elizabeth Hawley
Dora Gledhill
Proxy Thomas
Lakeside
Notice of Sale of Tax Certificate Mount Dora Florida
Town of Mount Dora offers for sale Tax Certificates 2858 2369 223 2847 2284 for unpaid state and county taxes from 1926 1939 on Guller's Homestead Lots 5 11 and 6 12 plus other described parcels in Lake County Florida. Sale at Court House door in Tavares February 27 1939 at 11 o'clock. Official seal GEO. J. DYKES Clerk.
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J. G. LaDue
Agt
Orida
Dora Manor
Court House
Tavares
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court
Lake County
Florida
A. J Harnage
D. C
Mary Harris
Geo. ES
H. T. Fenn
Mount Dora
Lake
State of Florida
Guller
Mt. Dora
Palma Cera
A. J. Harnage
W. B
Grace M. Tuttle
County of
T. 1938
R. BE
May Wiley
Belmont Heights
Minnie Permenter
Sorrento School District to Hold Biennial Election March 7 1939
Notice announces regu lar election for trustees and voting on a special tax millage in Sorrento School District No 15 to be held at the School House in Sorrento on March 7 1939. Officials named include Clerk Ralph Battle and inspectors Theodore Moore Ira Conner and Chester Boyd. Publication required four consecutive weeks in Mount Dora Topic. Meeting held January 30 in Tavares Florida signed by A M Davis and D H Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorrento
Ralph _ Battle
Thapedore
William Moore
Ira Conner
Chester Boyd
Mount Dora
Wekly Newspapr
Lake County
Florida
Board of Public Instruction
Tavares
A. M. Davis
D. H. Moore
Lake County Board of Public Instruction
Mount Dora School District millage election notice
The biennial election for millage for Mount Dora School District No. 16 will be held at Mount Dora Town Hall on March 7, 1939. Officials include Clerk Otis L. Hale and Inspectors C. E B Brooks W. J Ferris Leslie F Jackson. Notice signed by A M Davis, Chair, published weekly in Lake Public Instruction.
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Mount Dora School District No
Mount Dora
Town Hall
Otis L. Hale
C. E B. Brooks
W. J. Ferris
Leslie F. Jackson
Lake County
Florida
Board of Public Instruction
Tavares
A. M. Davis
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J.J. West Realty
Herschel Avant
Charles W. Pickett
Grant Sipp
Mary B. Johnson
Charles W. Brock
Alfred Hathaway
Nelson G. Richmond
J. J. Stetzel
Wilmot
John Partridge
Florence G. Hanscom
W. E. Osborn
Elizabeth Elrod
Winter Park
St. Petersurg
Lake County Fair
Miss Taylor
Polk City Road
Kiwanis
Princess Theatre
Fri
Kipling
Pha
Sam Jaffe
Eduardo Ciannelli
Joan Fontaine
Pandro S. Berman
George Stevens
Ban Hecht Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Doe Sayre
Fred Guiol
RKO Radio
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Lakeside Inn
Sanford Heraki
Breyer
Holmes County Advertiser
Lake Kase Seale
Evergiaton
Ween
G.M. Hunter
Drager
New Sylvan Shores
H. A. Stein
Webaeul
DeLand
A. H. Brinkman
Orlando, Florida
Orange Ave
Florence
Crane Furniture Co
Cee
T. S. Kennedy Realty Co
Tavares, Florid General Real Estate
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