Florida Waterways Association Formed in Leesburg Meeting
A Florida Waterways Association formed after a Leesburg meeting attended by 114 delegates from central Florida towns. A. F. Knotts as president, Geo. W. Parkhill vice president, Dr. J. H. Therrell treasurer, Jefferson Thomas secretary, plus several directors. Constitution and bylaws adopted, speeches by civic leaders, temporary officers elected, and efforts to advance coastal and interior waterways discussed.
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Florida
A. F. Knotts
Geo. W. Parkhill
Jacksonville
J. H. Therrell
Deala
Jefferson ‘Thomas
Leesburg
W. J. Howey
Howey-in-the
F. M. Sacks
Tampa
S. S. Er
Joe H. Scalesberry
Geo. R. Sims
New St Richey
Tourist Club hears lecture by Jose Bueno on South America
A large crowd at the Tourist Club meeting in St Tabernacle heard Jose Silvada Bueno describe South America, tracing his experiences from Sao Paulo coffee trade to his army service and university years. George A. Bunte, a noted orator, is slated to speak tomorrow evening on The Get People I Meet and the Many Things I Hear.
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St Tabernacle
Jose Silvada Bueno
South America
Ueno
Sao Paulo
Brazil
S. Hall
Mrs. Nice
George A. Bunte
Mr. Te
Benefit Card Party At Villa Dora Hotel
A benefit card party will be held at the Villa Dora hotel at 30 p.m. on Wednesday January 16 under the auspices of the Ladies of St. Mary of the Bridge and proceeds will go to the church choir and parish activities.
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Villa Dora Hotel
Ladies of St
Buffalo Party Plans Two-Week Visit to Local Lakes
Ten prominent Buffalo residents will spend two weeks in Mount Dora late January. Arrangements are through the Chamber of Commerce. They will tour by motor boat on canals to Lakes Apopka Eustis Griffin Harris the Ocklawaha River and Silver Springs.
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Buffalo
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Apopka
Eustis
Griffin and
Harris
Ocklawaha River
Silver Springs
Picture of Mount Dora Yacht Club Highlighted in Motor Boating
Clarence E. Bosworth reports an outboard cruise through Florida inland waterways from Jacksonville to Miami via the St. Johns and Ocklawaha rivers lakes Griffin Eustis Dora Beauclaire Apopka Kissimmee and Lake Okeechobee. Three men navigated, bass fishing praised, a crewman injured at Moss Bluff required eye treatment on arrival. Drawbridges and the Moss Bluff lock posed delays.
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Mount Dora Yacht Club
Clarence E. Bosworth
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
St. Johns
Ocklawaha
Griffin
Eustis
Dora
Beauclaire
Apopka
Kissimmee River
Lake Okeechobee
Moss Bluff
Mount Dora
Winter Park Symphony Announces Second Concert
The Winter Park Symphony Orchestral Association plans a Sunday afternoon concert at 4 o clock in Recreation Hall Rollins College. More than fifty local amateur and professional musicians will perform a program including works by Nicolai Wagner Dvorak Bizet with harp and flute solos by Mrs Hila Knapp and Mr J T Coleman.
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Winter Park Symphony Orchestral Association
Recreation Hall
Rollins College
Doctor Nice
Orange
Lake Counties
Nicolai Fantasie
Victor Herbert
Risnsi Isedupahes
Wagner Largo
New World Symphony
Dvorak
Bizet Bizet
Hila Knapp
J. .T. Coleman
Mount Dora Chamber Names Officials at Annual Meet
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce board names officers led by J Grover Ray as president and Frank H Heath as secretary. Heath receives a formal resolution praising his year of service and community programs. Committees for year include audit finance membership parks and playgrounds education tourism highways streets city beautification lakes and waterways and retail merchants.
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Ray
C. C. Dooley
C. J. Helms
G. W. Malone
T. H. Dooley
G.W. Malone
Charles Edgerton
Dan Bishop
D. D. Roseborough
Frank Weidman
A. ©. Quixley
Carrie True
Organization meet sets city council officers and committees
At the organization meeting the new city council named officers for the year. A. P. Sidel was re elected president with Alfred Rehbaum as vice president. New committees include Light and Water A C Quixley Streets H W Andrews Health Dr Miller Wells Building A Lee French Fire N W Morley. Health officer Dr O L Callahan. Board of Health members Dr Callahan Dr Wells D C Sherman. City Attorney Thomas H Cooley. Auditing committee Miller Wells H W Andrews A P Sidel. Heim Field committee A Lee French. George Dahlin reappointed marshal Cliff Palmer night watchman. S M Lewis reappointed assessor with N W Morley and W J Johnson town clerk committee assist.
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New City Council
A. P. Sidel
Alfred Rehbaum
A. C. Quixley
H. W. Andrews
Miller Wells
A. Lee French
N. W. Morley
O. L. Callahan
Board of Health
Princess Theatre Mount Dora Opens This Saturday
The new Princess Theatre in Mount Dora will informal opening Saturday with interior finishing and seating underway. Manager Gorman says first show will proceed Saturday night possibly with a matinee and a formal opening with program and music will be announced soon.
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Princess Theatre
Mount Dora
Gorman
Mt Dora Boy Joins U S Navy
Roland M. Bevill of Mount Dora was selected to represent Orlando for the January navy quota. He left for Hampton Roads Virginia after meeting weight requirements, having applied six months earlier and been placed on a waiting list. Applicants for February and March quotas are now being accepted at the Orlando recruiting station.
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Roland M. Bevill
Mount Dora
United States Navy
Orlando
Naval Training Station
Hampton Roads
Bevill
J. R. Tucker
Williams Stock Company Gives Fine Performance
The Williams Stock Company opened a week at the Mount Dora tent theatre under the Mount Dora American Legion Post. Each evening features a four act drama with vaudeville and classical numbers. Leading lady May Blossom Williams and comedienne Marie de Gafferally receive particular praise for their versatility and scene mastering.
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Williams Stock Company
Mount Dora
Sunnybrook Farm
Williams
May Blossom Williams
Marie de Gafferally
Comedienne
Miss. de Gafferally
Forum Opens With Dr Howe as Lecturer
The Mount Dora Forum opened its eighth season with Dr. Harrison E. Howe of Washington D C delivering Our Age of Choice. He argued that despite standardization choices remain vast if one has the price, citing advances from science and industry. Next week Mrs Nancy Schoonmaker returns to discuss What America Means to the World from the European viewpoint.
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Mount Dora Forum
Harrison E. Howe
Washington, D. C
Howe
Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Dr. Howe
Nancy Schoonmaker
Forum
America
Bank Sponsors Essay Contest in Mount Dora Schools
The Mount Dora schools prize three top essays on Spirit of America in a contest sponsored by the First National Bank of Mount Dora. Prizes are 10, 5, and 2.50 dollars in gold for students from the sixth grade through high school. The Rockwell painting features a Boy Scout with famous Americans like Roosevelt Lindbergh and Washington, and a calendar border symbolizing progress, displayed in classrooms and around town.
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Mount Dora
Spirit of America
First National Bank of
Norman Rockwell
Roosevelt
Franklin
Lindbergh
Washington
First National Bank
Victory Meeting Planned at Local Methodist Church
A victory meeting is set for Wednesday evening January 16 at the Methodist Church to celebrate the ninth birthday of the 18th Amendment. Charles Nicholson of Eustis will speak, known in Lake County as a public advocate on current issues.
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Methodist Church
Charles Nicholson
Eustis
Lake County
First National Bank Has Annual Meeting
Augustus T. Davis of Portland Maine spends his third winter in Mount Dora at Lakeside Inn. A 77 year old veteran of 52 years in Portland retail shoe trade, he is senior partner in Davis and Cartland, pioneer shoe shop in the Falmouth hotel block. His son joins him in business. Davis urges northern visitors to enjoy Florida warmth despite recent cold.
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Augustus T. Davis
Portland
Mount Dora
Mr. Davis
Davis and Cartland
Pioneer
Falmouth
Florida
Lake County C of C Sends Recreation Booklets Far and Wide
Lake county Chamber of Commerce mailed over 1600 copies of a new 16 page recreation booklet to inquirers list. Additional quantities were sent to tourist bureaus railway offices steamship line agents and other distributors. The booklet highlights lakes highways hotels golf lakeside scenes and outdoor attractions with brief descriptive material and health and recreation notes. After replies are answered the names are bulletined to every community for further literature distribution.
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Lake County
County Chamber of Commerce
Paul T. Harber
Umatilla
Harber
Chamber of Commerce
Tourists to Hold Star Hike This Tuesday Night
Members of the Tourist club sponsor a star hike next Tuesday night. The Nature committee invites all who wish to study the stars to meet at 8 at the corner of Fifth and Donnelly.
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Nature
Fifth and Donnelly
Boys receive 20 minute plane ride over Mount Dora lakes
Ben Heath and his cousin Heath Marston of Fond du Lac Wisconsin were guests of Orville Brown flying manager of Orlando airport on a Saturday flight in a Waco plane. The duo flew about 2,500 feet then west of Orlando to view lakes around Mount Dora.
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Ben Heath
Heath Marston
Fond du Lac
Wis
Orville Brown
Orlando
Saturda
Waco
Mount Dora
Simpson Re elected Head Of Institution At Mount Dora Bank
The First National Bank of Mount Dora held its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday with strong attendance and optimism for the bank’s future. Vice-president White reported solid progress in the past year, and directors elected for 1929 include George L. well, Robt W. Dickson, Lo Heim, G D Jackson, H H Jory, Alfred Rehbaum, James Simpson, E E Truskett, A J Waltz, J J West and Geo J White. The plan to charge fees on loss-making accounts was discussed and approved for the board’s discretion. James Simpson was named president for 1929 with Geo J White as executive vice-president and L R Heim, Alfred Rehbaum as vice-presidents, J M McCown as cashier, and Ellen Jarrett as assistant cashier.
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First National Bank of Mount Dora
White
Geo. L.iwell
Robt
W. Dickson
Lo. Heim
G. D. Jackson
H. H.jory
Alfred Rehbaum
James Simpson
E. E. Truskett
A. J. Waltz
J. J. West
Geo. J. White
Florida
iewGuties
Board of Directors
Mount Dora High School Accreditted by Florida Board
A letter from Tallahassee informs Mount Dora High School that it has been officially accredited by the Florida State Board of Education. The package includes a certificate of standardization from the state department and the Mount Dora region’s rating, signed by state and county education officials.
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Tallahasse
D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora
D D. Roseborough
Dora Fla
Florida State Board of Educatio
M. R. Hinson
Scho
Depa Public Instruction
Town Licenses Due and Tags Ready for Distribution
Notice that all Town licenses including occupational, dog, and Automobile to Hire licenses are now due. Dog tags and auto plates will be ready for distribution the first of next week at the Town clerk's office. Tax collector W. J. John announces.
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W. J. John
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Florida Waterways Association
Youngberg
Gilbert A. Youngberg
United States
Hills, Youngberg &Luce
Jose Bueno
Benefit Party
Yacht Club
Mt. Dora
Winter Park
Heath
Lake Orange
U.S. Navy
Dolly of the
Chemistry Journal
BANK
County C. OF C
Simpson
Florida Board
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