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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1942
Page
8
Lake County calls for book donations to aid troops and the Red Cross. Miss Annette Edmunds chairs the campaign in Tavares acting for the Victory Book Campaign to supply fiction and non fiction titles to soldiers sailors marines and defense centers nationwide.
Mount Dora residents are urged to donate used textbooks and notebooks spanning subjects from algebra to ballistics and travel from the past decade. Books include mathematics calculus shorthand and musical topics and may be left at the J J West Realty Company rear office via the Alexander street back door for pickup.
Residents with station wagons or panel trucks are urged to register them for use in emergency first aid efforts by the Lake County Defense Council. Registration points include Dr. R. H. Williams or the Eustis Chamber of Commerce. Mount Dora contacts William Jay Barker or the local Chamber. Tavares at the Lake County Chamber of Commerce office in the Court House. Leesburg and Clermont stations. Groveland via Mr. M. L. Roberts, council director.
In colonial days a fashionable dish featured sausage links boiled in chocolate, reflecting creative culinary experimentation of the period.
The Mount Dora Roll of Honor lists numerous service members including Maj. Thomas Cooley Percy Da Felton Deen Lieut. Robert W. Dickson Jr Jerald Drawdy Julian Drawdy Lieut Caneat Downs Arnold Durham Lieut A Lee French Jr L C Green Toby Green Lieut Harry Hopcraft Thomas Hurlburt James Jones Lieut Don Kimball John F Knight Howard Kramer Harold Lane Leon Mortensen Curtis Minkley Jr Lieut Mortimer McCown Jr Wm McCown Daniel McKinley Walter McWhorter Charles Norris Roger Pinkston Charles Pohlman Robert Pohlman Bayard Roberts Edward Sadler Mid Stuart Sadler Richard Shipes Jr Lieut Frederick Sleight Ralph Snow Lieut William Stewart Cecil Stevenson Tommy Sumeral Tom Caldwell Jr Donald Verigan Owen Verigan plus additional Mount Dora names Ralph Townsend Arnold Durham Cecil Stevenson Navy entries include Ralph Wilson Shaw Monroe Woodward Army and Lake Jim Donald Verigan Owen Verigan also listed in Navy.
Central Florida Exposition will run in Orlando February 23 to 28 marking its 33rd anniversary. Col. R. M. Shearer says rumors of cancellation due to war are false and the fair will emphasize defense with Florida’s war effort highlighted. Prizes totaling about $10,000 in cash will be offered for civilian defense and war garden efforts.
The American Insurance Company Florida home office and Lee French in Mount Dora announce that every new fire insurance premium will be used to buy United States Defense Bonds. A Victory streamer will certify the premium funds are supporting the war effort. The company, with 15 years of service, emphasizes full time representation for policyholders.
Short cuts save time when rinsing greasy dish cloths after frying pan cleanup. Wipe grease with paper towels into the wastebasket to avoid a messy cloth. A chef's trick boosts onion juice for salads by sprinkling salt on the onion exterior and scraping with a knife for more juice and fewer tears.
In the Court of the County Judge Lake County Florida probate matter creditor notice for the estate of Winfield S Randall deceased late of Lake County. Creditors must file claims with Hon A S Herlong Jr County Judge in Tavares within eight months from first publication or be barred by law. Executrix Katie P Randall signs the notice dated January 14 1942.
Notice of regu lar meeting January 6 1942 to consider a proposed ordinance prohibiting loud music or radio within Mount Dora Florida. The measure allows band concerts and certain commercial music between midnight and seven am with venues like restaurants and dance halls excepted. Public inspection and a February 3 1942 council meeting are noted.
The H. S. basketball schedule lists games against Eustis Clermont Umatilla and Tavares Leesburg Winter Garden and Ocoee with locations noted HERE and THERE. Postseason events include the Conference District and State tournaments from February through March.
Notice under fictitious name law that MRS. GRANT COWLES will register the fictitious name Hotel Simpson and Whitney Rooms in Lake County Florida. Business is at Fifth and Donnelly Avenue Mount Dora. Dated January 9 1942.
Dixie Royal holder of part tax certificate No issued September 4 1939 has filed for tax deed. Property described in Lake County Florida section 24 township 19 range E encountering NE and SE parcels will be sold at the courthouse door Tavares on March 2 1942 at 11 00 AM unless redeemed. Clerk Geo J Dykes seal.
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