Lake Beau Claire and Tropic Tales From Florida Letters
A nostalgic column recalls a Florida visit with Rev Joseph Vatcher and Adelaide Conner and family. It notes hush puppies, homesickness of Patsy Conner at Camp Junaluska, and a Lake Beau Claire spelling debate with a poem from 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly
Joseph Vatcher
Leslie Jacksons
Conner
Hushand
Adelaide
Florida
Raymond Colado
Cincinnati
Patsy Conner
Adelaide Conner
Camp Junaluska
Wales
Beauclaire
Claire
Charles Marsh
Starke Lake
Orange Co
Fla
Man Shot by Guard Regains Freedom After Swamp Escape
Mears Letts, 24, trustee at Lane Park camp, was released from a State Road Department sentence after being wounded by a guard during a swamp search for escaped prisoner J. W. Music, 31. Letts, injured in the left arm, was treated at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital and discharged. Music fled into the swamps near Tavares after climbing the camp fence at 4 am, prompting a dog and guard search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mears Letts
Tavares
State Road Department
Lane Park
J. W. Music
Letts
Miami
Allison
Charles Dean
Eustis ‘Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora Man Bets On FM From Upside Down Radio
A Mount Dora man claimed he could obtain FM by turning a radio upside down. He attempted the trick but reports indicate he did not actually receive FM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Orlando Central Florida Growers Cooperative Forms
The Central Florida Growers Cooperative Inc. based in Orlando began operations with R. D. Robinson and John Ariko as temporary officers. Offices are at 60 W Robinson Ave. Members gain a voice and one vote each, with the Dr. Phillips organization as a member casting a single vote. The cooperative offers access to modern facilities and an established marketing system for selling canned fruit juices citrus pulp orange oil and other by products along with fresh fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Florida Growers Cooperative, Inc
Orlando
R. D Robinson
Dr. P. Phillips Organization
John Ariko
W. Robinson Av
Robinson
Co-Op
Dr. Phillips Organization
Notable Names in Estate Proceedings List Assets and Executors
A long roster of individuals and trustees appears in the estate notice. Names include MUTUAL C.M. Gudgeon as Trustee, Ada line, Ada line, and a wide group of heirs, executors, agents, and related parties such as Katharine Kirby, Mary Lindman, Esther M. and Lilburn Allen, J. B Mills, Ruth Camp Smith, William P. Wingler, Willard Wadsworth, and several others. The document references trusts such as Kimball Estate and Mitchell Estate and mentions entities like Oklawaha Nur series and Wadsworth-Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaline
H. Gawthrop
Stephen Gregor
Edna Wirgman Clark
Frank Haas
J. L. Hronek
G. B. Hurlburt
Ella Jackson
Kimball Estate
R. S. Armstrong
Katharine Kirby
Mary Lindman
Henry Land
J. B Mills
Mary Agnes Merker
Frances McFayden
O. E. McGuire
Mitchell Estate
Esther M. and
Lilburn Allen
A. T. Milham
Ruby M. McMichael
C. B. Nolte
Oklawaha Nurseries
W. K. Newman
C. H. Partridge
H. S. Rowe
W. G. Shipley
A. A. Stanley
Ruth Camp Smith
J.A. B. Swift
L. C. Smith
H. M. Spaulding
O. M. Simpson
Josephine Simpson
David S. Simpson
S. M. Shepard
Sadie M. Trimble
C. R. Javens
C. R. Withoven
Richard Unger
Eddie Thomas
William P. Wingler
Alice R. Whitcomb
B. F. Williamson
W. G. Wells
Willard Wadsworth
Wadsworth-Cooper
D. A. Blanchard
William R. Barnett
Eddy & Barton
George Church
S.C. Colley
Lewis Carroll
Jack. Groves
Norma. Jackson
W. M. Kennedy
Baron O. Mills
W. O. Reise
Mary G. Truskett
Taxpayers in Lake County near full 1948 payments
Lake County tax collector Mrs Pearl L Cullen reports 98.75 percent tax payment completion with minor adjustments needed to reach 100 percent. The roll totals 713374.29 while collected taxes amount to 704483.35. She notes Lake Countians have also paid 1948 tags promptly during January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Pearl L. Cullen
Cullen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Owen Conner
Walter Drake
America
Cox
Artwars
Crane Furniture Co
Lake Beau Claire
Isle of Palm
Tropices
Florida Power Corporation
Sheedese
Ray Daniels
Jack Keller
Eighth Ave
Philco
Am&s Sales & Service
Elizabeth Evans
Lake County Home Demonstration Club
Am&s
Donnelly St
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