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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
1
APOPKA TAKES WEIRD CONTEST BY 22 TO 11 OVER MOUNT DORA THURSDAY IN A GAME DESCRIBED AS A PUTRID DISPLAY OF NATIONAL PASTIME. THE AGGREGATION, MAINLY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS FROM Apopka, BURLESQUED THE TOWN FOR HOURS, WITH FANS LEAVING EARLY AND DESCRIBING THE ACTION AS CARNAGE ON THE FIELD.
Charley Stapleton will wear a Mount Dora uniform when the team travels to Ocoee next week. The former free agent can play again as the state league has disbanded and no Lake Orange league rule bars his return. Fans expect a boost to local baseball enthusiasm.
The article describes a battered team unable to find form after a key departure. It notes the squad’s slipping momentum, comparing it to a broken engine and a failing baseball program.
Ocoee edged Orange County Huskies 4 to 3 in eleven innings as a string of errors hampered the home team. Adkins held the Huskies in check for five innings while Reid and Porcher contributed timely hits in a chaotic scoring parade.
J. C. Cooper tops the Chamber of Commerce bass contest with an 11 pound 8 ounce fish caught Thursday in Lake Shepherd. He recently took two basses weighing 8 7 and 8 2 pounds. Mrs Cooper previously won the gold prize for the season’s largest fish, over 12 pounds.
A heated Umatilla vs Mount Dora game ended 11 to 9 after a chaotic brawl in the stands and on the field. Brock was attacked by Wilson, Osborne struck Jake Cowart with his mask, and fans swarmed as players intervened.
Mount Dora Kiwanis will entertain Tavares and Eustis Kiwanians on Thursday July 12 at Villa Dora hotel after a three club attendance contest won by Tavares with 99 percent Eustis 98 percent and Mount Dora 93 percent The noon event aims to accommodate at least 100 Kiwanis members and follows a club meeting that discussed school athletic coaching improvements including better training for basketball baseball and football and the role of athletics in citizenship.
Col. W. J. Sanborn reports discovery of a wild coffee plant near Montverde Lake County. The plant, identified by H. G. Gardner and confirmed by Prof. R. A. Young and S. F. Blake, is a variety of wild coffee known as Psychot. The find surprised the U S Department of Agriculture which initially doubted coffee could grow wild in Florida.
Mount Dora merchants plan a July 13 meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to elect officers and set the year’s program. A postponed Tuesday session discussed trade problems and advertising as business conditions showed marked improvement over last year.
The Florida Republicans invite all to Howey-in-the-Hills on Thursday July 12 for the ratification of Mr Howeys nomination for governor of Florida. Lake County Republican Committee leads the program with brief speeches music and refreshments. Mr Howey just returned from the north after Kansas City convention and Washington talks. Ample parking will be arranged and the event runs from shortly after noon onward.
Mount Dora and Lake County golfers will contest five events in the 1928-29 season funded by the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce Recreational Bureau. The St Andrews course at Mount Plymouth hosts the tournaments with dates spread from December to March. Current leaders include George Malone and Wilbur West with other titles held by Alex Ganor and Nelson McIntyre. The Mount Plymouth course undergoes major improvements with carpet grass being installed on all fairways.
The Mount Dora city council accepted the 1928 assessment roll and read two ordinances on July meeting agenda. One creates inner and outer fire limits with a city plumbing code, to be advanced to a second reading next month.
The Lake County Poultry Association plans an afternoon meeting July 12 at Ben Hargis’s farm between Umatilla and Altoona. The Florida American Poultry Association executive committee meets at 2 p.m. Earl Brown of DeLand is president and Howard Hull of Winter Garden is secretary. The county business session starts at 8 p.m. N R Mehrhoff will speak on state poultry extension topics. The event invites all poultry enthusiasts.
Friends report the death of Charles Stokley Jr in an auto accident near Fort Lupton Colorado. He was taken to a hospital in Greely where he died Sunday. His brother Jerry accompanied him and was not seriously hurt. Stokley, in his early twenties, formerly lived in Mount Dora and was traveling through the west.
Ray A. Frame former publicity director for the W J Howey company and editor of the Howey Tribune drowned while swimming near Plant City in a phosphate pit. He disappeared after canoeing with friends and was found three days later after lake dragging and dynamite charges. Survived by his widow. formerly with Howey. recently joined Gulf Fertilizer in Tampa.
The Chamber of Commerce reports tourist traffic through Mount Dora is fully double what it was a year ago. Most visitors come from northern states seeking Florida’s warmth, praising cool weather and Florida highways as superior to those in other states.
Fire sparked by a faulty film projector gutted the theater and damaged the block, with total losses around 25 000 dollars. The building owned by Charles G Woodbridge of Lynn sustained 10 000 to 15 000 dollars in damage, while fixtures and equipment owned by manager W J Gorman added about 5 000 dollars. Households of Gorman and a barber shop within the building also suffered losses. Firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze for over an hour, aided by mayor D C Sherman.
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