Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce year in review 1945
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce reports a 1945 membership of 172 at $10 each and outlines activities from tourist entertainments and Community Club sponsorship to local business guidance. It details National Defense cooperation, service with highways and signs, booklets and ads, and support for the high school band and local clubs. Grace E. Burke signs the financial report noting assets and receipts and praising civic cooperation.
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Paul Milner
J. A. Nelson
J. E. Fortner
O. M. Simpson
D. F. Crane
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Carl S. Graves
George J. White
Woman's Club
Parent-Teachers Association
Kiwanis Club
Shuffleboard Club
Lawn Bowling Club
Gra Dora
New York Tribune
Boston Globe
Philadelphia Bulletin
Newark News
Cincinnati Inquirer
Chicago Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Apopka Canal
Lions Club
Manuel J. Sedano
Lake County
Treasury Department
Boy Scout Council
Harry-Anna
C. Keller
Mainees
Grace E. Burke
Lake County bids for road funding at State Road budget meeting
A large Lake County delegation attended the State Road Department budget session in Tampa on February 18, 1946 to press for county road needs. Attendees included Chairman Frank E. Owens and County Commission members along with Senator Harry Johnson Representative Tim Seller and others from Leesburg Eustis Umatilla Groveland and Clermont. The drive for 500 memberships begins today with a call for every person to join.
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Lake County
State Road Department
Tampa
Frank E. Owens
Eustis
J. W. Hunter
Harry Johnson
Tavares
Tim Seller
Leesburg
H. H. Hethcox
Umatilla
L. Day Edge
Groveland
Cleanup campaign urged for health restrooms statewide
The State Board of Health calls a cleanup campaign to improve filling station restrooms and other facilities. David B. Lee notes restrooms at stations are often the first and last impression on visitors and urges coordinated action by health units, groups, and citizens to address unsanitary conditions. The drain on personnel due to armed service service hinders an effective program.
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State Board of Health
Department
Health Departments
Armed Service
David B. Lee
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
Lee
Mexican Life Laid Bare in Vivid Folklife Novel
Mount Dora Public Library Committee praises a Mexican life centered novel for its authentic blend of folk traditions and high tension fiction. It follows festivals, revolutions, weddings, funerals, and social chaos through sympathetic, human storytelling.
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Nicoll
Winell
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Mount Dora Public
Southern Manufacturing Expansion From 1940 to 1944
Southern facilities expanded with 4.775 billion dollars invested from July 1940 through May 1944, with over 1 billion dollars spent by private enterprise, reflecting wartime industrial growth.
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