Mount Dora Baseballs Surprises Fans With Strong Season Start
Gene Downs reports Mount Dora shows 25 percent improvement over last year with thrilling games. Dudley leads with five homers, Fisher shines on the mound, and Mount Dora beats Apopka in 11 innings while losing a 12 inning heartbreaker to Umatilla.
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Mount Dora
Gam
Apopka
Umatilla
Fisher
Dudley
Tom Cooley
J. Hooten
Horne
Thomas
Walker
Conner
B. Salter
Hale
Slaven
Holland
P. Hooten
Green
Mosteller
Slaen
Eustis
Bailes
Morris and
Andrews
Sweiger Tells Of Double Ten-Pound Grouper Catch
Local butcher Sam Sweiger of the A and P recounts a Gulf fishing tale near Clearwater where he allegedly tied two lines to his knees and dozed off. A ten pound grouper struck each line simultaneously, nearly toppling him into the sea, though he still landed both fish.
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Sam Sweiger
A&p
Sam
Gulf
Clearwater
Ray announces birth of baby boy Grover Ray III
Mr and Mrs J G Ray Jr announce the birth of an eight and one half pound son at Umatilla Hospital on Thursday morning June 30 The baby has been named Grover Ray III both mother and child are doing nicely
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J. G. Ray, Jr
Umatilla’ Hospital
Grover Ray, III
Grape Show at Montverde Declared Success and Gatherings
The Florida Grape Growers Association held the Montverde convention on June 30 marking the largest Florida event to date. E L Lord was named emeritus and A E Pickard of Orlando promoted. K W Loucks became vice president and R E Norris secretary. Frank W Davidson treasurer. The show featured many grape varieties and grape by products, with demonstrations by Mrs Lucie K Miller on culinary grape uses.
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Florida Grape Growers Association
Montverde
E. L. Lord
A. E. Pickard
Orlando
K. W. Loucks
Leesburg
R. E. Norris
Tavares
Lake Cony
Frank W
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Grape Growers Convention
Dodge Taylor
C. E. Lester
Grand Island
Grape Growers Association
Charles Demko
Altoona
R. W. McQuaig
C. F. Evans
Pickard
Florida
Charles Korlby
Lakeland
Florida Chain Stores Association
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Frank W. Davidson
Mount Dora
Lake County Diversifies Agriculture Keeping Twelve Month Market
Lake County Florida reports a twelve month stream of farm products to markets. Citrus leads with oranges grapefruit and tangerines from September to May while plums ferns peppers cucumbers beans cabbage tomatoes and strawberries run November to April. Watermelons move March to June followed by grapes in June and Sea Island cotton in August and September. The effort aims to spread risk by diversifying crops across the year.
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Lake County
Florida
United States
Boston
Sea Island
Lake
Mount Dora Eyes Summer Sports Plan
Businessmen show strong interest after a Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday night, backing a summer sports program. Initial events include men’s singles and doubles and a mixed doubles tournament, with more events possible if interest remains. The Chamber plans a directors’ meeting early next week to decide on sponsoring the tennis tournament.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Florida Motor Lines Boosts Summer Travel Traffic
Florida Motor Lines reports a surge in summer travel as streamlined pullman buses carry thousands of passengers to all sections of Florida, expanding service and boosting tourism activity across the state.
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Florida
Florida Motor Lines
Epworth League Opens New Membership Drive
At a regular meeting the Epworth League announced a new member drive led by D. H. Bishop and Robert McMurray. The first summer social is tonight at Bishop's home with invitations for prospective members, followed by a 5 30 fellowship hour before league services Sunday.
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Epworth League
D. H. Bishop
Robert McMurray
Lanchion
Maben Purchase of Dolly Hayden Home on South Grandview
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Maben bought the Dolly M. Hayden home on South Grandview Street. Former Mt. Kisco residents now living in Mount Dora, they arranged the deal through A. C. Quixley Realty Co. Mrs. Hayden remains in New York City.
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Alfred Maben
Dolly M. Hayden
South Grandview Street
Maben
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
Mount Dora
Hayden
New York City
Pendon
H. A. Scott Secures National Dry Cleaner Prize
Harold Scott of the Golden Triangle earned second prize nationally in a dry cleaning problem contest run by the American Dry Cleaner journal. He had previously won honorable mention a few months earlier in the same competition.
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Harold Scott
Golden Triangle
Scott
American Dry Cleaner, Trade Journal
Paul Conrad Earns Sigma Xi Honor in Iowa City
Dr. Paul Conrad of Iowa City Iowa son of Mr and Mrs W A Conrad has been elected to membership in the Sigma Xi national honorary scientific society Election based on excellence in science He is on the University of Iowa staff for the summer teaching program at the university.
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Paul Conrad
Iowa City
Iowa
W. A. Conrad
Sigma Xi
Paul
University of Iowa
Another Safe and Sane Fourth for Mount Dora
Mount Dora reported no casualties on the Fourth with quiet celebrations and only an occasional firecracker. A tree limb fell on a Piggly Wiggly sign when Harold Overhiser sawn it, briefly noting the day’s highlight before residents joined seaside festivities.
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Mount Dora
Harold Overhiser
Margaret Champ Earns Scholastic Recognition at Stetson
Margaret Champ daughter of Mrs R S Champ of this city was one of four Stetson University students to finish the 1937 38 year with straight A grades the top academic record at Stetson She received her BA degree at June commencement and was active on campus as Alpha Xi Delta Theta Alpha Phi Torch and Scroll The Honor and editor in chief of the 1937 Hatter yearbook
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Margaret Champ
R. S. Champ
Stetson University
Stetson
Charles G. Smith
Miss Champ
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Theta Alpha Phi, Dramatics Fraternity
Torch and Scroll
The
Honor
Hatter, Setson
Brothers reunite after 27 years in Mount Dora visit
Curt and Eric Minkley, who left Germany as children and grew up in Milwaukee, reunited in Mount Dora after 27 years. Eric arrived with his wife and son Howard to surprise Curt, who once lived in Manatee and later moved to Mount Dora. They spent the week sharing childhood memories and life stories.
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Curt
Eric Minkley
Germany
Eric
Milwaukee
Florida
Manatee
Mount Dora
Howard
Florida youths rush to build Orange Box sailboat
Twenty five Florida boys and girls have applied for entry in the Florida Orange Box Regatta and have secured plans and specifications for the official Orange Box sail boat approved by the Florida Waterways Congress to be used at the regatta next fall.
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Florida
Florida Waterwaysngress
Ground Broken For Mount Dora High Gymnasium
Ground was broken Tuesday for Mount Dora High School’s new 32000 gymnasium funded by a Federal government WPA grant covering three quarters of the cost. The project includes a manual training room and home economics room with completion targeted in six months, using WPA labor for most work.
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Mount Dora
L. J. Drawdy
Florida
WPA
Telephone Co Campaign To Add New Subscribers
The Florida Telephone Company launches a 15 day drive from July 8 to July 23 offering prizes to employees who sell the most telephones. No installation charges during the campaign for new or extra bedside or upstairs phones. Max E. Wettstein says results should surpass last year’s drive and value of service grows with more telephones.
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Florida
Conpeaten
Aoe Een
Cape Ida
Max E. Wettstein
Town to seek PWA water grant and new library board
Town Council approved applying for a 45 percent PWA grant to fund a water system upgrade estimated at $20 000, aiming to improve supply and fire protection and raise class status. Net bonded debt stands at $196 000 after adjustments. A life‑term library trustees board was created and an ordinance set license fees for alcohol beverages above one percent.
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PWA
WPA
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora High School
D. D. Roseborough
H. Stiles Bradley
Francis A. Poole
Madeleine Milner
W. L.E. Barnett
Doctor Brodie Improves After Mayo Clinic Visit
Dr A M Brodie reports improved condition from Onekama Michigan after Mayo Clinic stay. He and Mrs Brodie expect rest and careful diet will restore health in a few weeks. They plan a California trip in fall if health allows and hope to return to Mount Dora in October.
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A. M. Brodie
Onekama
Michigan
Esther Wyatt Tapped for Florida State College Chorus
Esther Wyatt, noted local musician, named a member of a newly formed 28 voice summer school chorus at Florida State College for Women. The chorus, directed by Miss Koch, will debut July 17 at a vesper program with a Bach Palestrina Mendelssohn selection and a talk on Music in Religion.
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Esther Wyatt
Fine Voices
Florida State College For Women
Atlantic Coast Line Shops Reopen in Tampa Boosting Payroll
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad shops in Tampa, closed since last April, reopened last week and add $30,000 to the city payroll.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Tampa
Bob Quixley Passes Real Estate Board Exam
Notice last Friday confirms Bob Quixley has passed the State Real Estate Board exam as a real estate salesman. He plans to work this summer in his father A C Quixley Realty Co. office before returning in fall to complete his law studies at the University of Florida.
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Bob Quixley
State Real Estate Board
A. C. Quixley
Correction: John D. Secor Home Address Updated
A news item corrects the sale of the John D. Secor home to fix the address from Eleventh and Donnelly to Eleventh and MacDonald. The purchase occurred last week and the update ensures accurate location details.
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John D. Secor
Donnelly
MacDonald
Kiwanis News Highlights Public Safety Talk and Health
Kiwanis luncheon featured Public Safety topics led by Public Affairs Committee chair G B Hurlburt. Dr G A Richardson discussed Social Diseases with emphasis on health exams for infections. Dr R W Dickson noted points from the Grape Growers Convention in Montverde and a German boy’s prayer for America was read by George J White. Local attendance prize went to C C Mooread.
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P' At Kiwanis
G. B. Hurlburt
G. A. Richardson
R. W. Dickson
Montverde
America
George J. White
Kiwanian White
J. V. “Eeey
C. C. Mooread
Carl Graves Faces a Sweeping Maine Fish Tale Challenge
Joe Etchells forwards a Biddeford Daily Journal item from Kennebunkport Maine describing nine and ten year old Dick and Buddy Curtis catching a 48 pound cod at Kennebunk Beach. The boys hauled the three foot fish to Uncle Bob Dennis for dressing as locals prepared cod chowder.
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Villa Dora
Carl Graves
Joe Etchells
Kennebunkport
Maine
Carl
Joe
Biddeford Daily Journal
York County
Kennebunk Beach
Melford
Mass
Buddy” Curtis
Ralph Curtis
Great Hill
Atlantic
Bob Dennis
Walgreens on Fifth Avenue to Close for Summer Break
Cashwell's Walgreen Drug Store on Fifth avenue will close on the 11th and reopen October 15 with entirely new winter stock. Operated by Messrs. Lee and Taylor in conjunction with Mount Dora Pharmacy, they urge customers to direct former Walgreen trade to the Pharmacy.
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Cashwell
Walgreen Drug
Fifth Avenue
Messrs. Lee and Taylor
Walgreen
Mount Dora
Donnelly
Walgreen’s
Southern building boom boosts June total to 68 million
The June construction outlay in the South reached 68 million dollars, up 53 percent from May. Federal funds releases are cited as fueling the rise, with expectations of further increases in the coming months during the recession.
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South
Construction Daily Bulletin
Manufacturers’ Record
Citrus Marketing Talk by W G Meal Set in Orlando
W G Meal assistant chief of general crops section AAA division of Markets and Marketing agreements will discuss the citrus marketing problems of Florida in the Memorial junior high auditorium Orlando on Friday July 8 at 8 00 pm Lake County and Orange County growers will attend this talk.
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W. G. Meal
AAA Division of
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Memorial Junior High School
West End
Lake Eola
Orlando
Lake County
Orange
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Winter Garden
Oan Apopka
Dorans
Dean
Dora
Seeener
Rigdon
R. Miller
B. Miller
L. Webb
Sweiger
Tangerines
MR. and
Mrs. Maben
Dolly Hayden
H. A. Scott
Council Proceedings
Brodie
Real Estate Board
Kiwanis News
Cashwell’s
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