Lake County Boosted by Chevrolet Leaders Move to Mount Dora
Lake County attracts Chevrolet executives led by W E Holler as boosters. Phil Baugh buys 256 acres near Leesburg for a citrus grove and plans 50 acres of clearing yearly, while Nimnicht and Brown praise Lake County. A local editor recounts Holler’s choice of Mount Dora for a home, with a letter from Dallas Los Angeles and recruitment news from Orlando Vocational School for wartime shipyard training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Lake County
Phil Baugh
General Motors
Linden
New Jersey
Navy
Leesburg
Mr. Heller
G. G. Ware
A. E. Holler
Lake Dora
Mount Ra
Tom F. Brown
Chevrolet Motor Division
Kansas City
Numnicht
Holler
Mount Dora
John Lochner
The
Tavares Citizen
Mr. Holler
Mr. Lochner
Citizen
Bill) Holler
United States
Dallas
Texas
Los Angeles
Alice Ten Broeck
East Eighth Avenue
Orlando
Florida
United Nations
Miss Ten Broeck
Walter J. Patton
Patton
McDonald Street
Service Club Reopens Plans for Weekly Singing Bee
The Service Men's Club reopened with Mrs H T Fenn as senior hostesses chair and Mrs L C Downs as junior hostess chair. About 15 boys joined a Sunday singing bee at the Yacht Club and 113 boys were entertained in the first week. Community cooperation is hoped to keep the club a welcoming place for the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Men’s Club
H. T. Fenn
L. C. Downs
Yacht Club
Hanscom
Have We A Nazi In Town
At Mrs Honour's home on Baker Street and Seventh Avenue a flame vine covers the ground and its branches form a V. Each morning she finds the runners displaced ruining the Victory symbol, and she places them back before the next day’s repeat act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honour
Baker Street
Seventh Avenue
Cadets to Receive College Training Air Corps Enlisted Reserve
Young men of 17 who wear blue and silver wings join the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve for five months of pre flight training in a college or university. They study English geography modern history physics and civil air regulations while undergoing basic military training including infantry drill and physical training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Corps
Big Increase In Postal Business In Mount Dora
Mount Dora postal receipts for the quarter ending June 30 1942 were 21052.98 dollars and rose to 29154.92 dollars this year an increase of 8101.94 dollars about 38 percent. The money order department led the gain rising about 100 percent along with insured mail and registry. Stamp sales and stamped matter also climbed 17 percent while box rents remain near peak winter levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
C C. Dooley
Mount Dora Water Declared Satisfactory by State Health Board
A bacteriological examination of Mount Dora water received July 8 shows all three samples negative on the presumptive test and rated satisfactory. Samples were taken July 7 by H D Overhiser at the well before chlorination, at the well after chlorination, and from a central town main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
State Board of Health
Jacksonville
Board of Health
Notice to Owners of Delinquent Tax Property
County notice in Mount Dora Topic and other Lake County papers under 1943 Tax Law warns owners of delinquent 1940 taxes. Obtain redemption statements from Geo J Dykes Clerk Circuit Court Tavares Florida with precise property descriptions.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Geo. J. Dykes
Tavares
Florida
Local Canning Kitchen Reaches 1400 Cans by 27 Women
The Mount Dora canning kitchen reports nearly 1400 cans of vegetables produced in a few weeks by 27 local women under Dr Mildred March supervision. Corn tops with 750 cans while black eyed peas follow, with plans to add wax beans and more limas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred March
Canning Club
Frank Silver
Fenn
Andrews
C.E. Brooks
Frank Finzel
William Williamson
Vacation Notice for Sylvester Georgia Police Chief
Police Chief W L Story is on a week long vacation at his old home in Sylvester Georgia. He plans a second week off duty later in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Story
Sylvester
Georgia
Fat Waste Note Highlights Military Supply Risk
A terse warning notes that wasting small amounts of used fat could impact rations and equipment for troops. The message links modest waste to potential shortages in military logistics and ammunition preparation.
Baked Goods Sale By Methodist Church Ladies
The ladies of the Methodist Church plan a sale of baked goods on Saturday July 10 in the store room on Donnelly Avenue south of the drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Donnelly Avenue
Observation Post News Signals Code Change and Updates
Mount Dora observation post code number changed effective midnight. Old code may cause confusion until observers memorize the new one. Notices urge readers to review bulletins and stay current on procedures for AWS Ground Observer Corps injuries benefits.
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Mount Dora Observation Post
Ground Observer Corps
Defense Council
Clearwater
Germany
AWS
Army
Tavares
Brown
Tampa
Post
Eyes of the Air Force
WDBO
Columbia
Westbrook van Voorhis
Four Mount Dora Scouts at Camp WeWa for Two Weeks
Four boys from Mount Dora Troop 19 in the Central Florida Council attend Camp WeWa near Plymouth for two weeks. The scouts are Bobby Allen L G Simpson Clyde Mosteller and Bart Jones.
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Mount Dora
Boy Scouts
Camp
WeWa
Central Florida
Plymouth
Bobby Allen
L. G. Simpson
Clyde Mosteller
Bart Jones
Mrs McMurray Beauty Shop Owner Returns From Vacation
Mrs Carolyn McMurray, proprietor of the Carolyn McMurray Beauty Shop, has returned from Daytona Beach where she spent her vacation. Mrs Alberta Wilson, her assistant, is now on vacation and will return to work August sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn McMurray
Daytona Beach
Alberta Wilson
Kiwanis Meeting Notes Honor France As Bastille Day Timers
Miss Margaret Barker discusses Our Oldest Ally France at Kiwanis in commemoration of Bastille Day July 14. Celia Stein Claflin sings The Marseillaise. Debate on the War Relocation Authority and interned Japanese workers prompts caution. Manuel Sedano recalls Daytona Beach Kiwanis Bible quiz win. Clermont's S. H. Bowman attends as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Barker
France
Kiwanis
Celia Stein Claflin
War Relocation Authority
Caxton Doggett
Manuel Sedano
Daytona Beach
Ministers of the Gospel
S. H. Bowman
Clermont
Lightsey Named District Commercial Manager for Florida Exchanges
Max E. Wettstein of the Florida Telephone Corporation announced J. R. Lightsey, previously in the Leesburg general office, has been promoted to district commercial manager for ten exchanges. Lightsey will base at Eustis and oversee Eustis Umatilla Tavares Mount Dora Apopka Winter Garden Clermont Groveland Kissimmee and St. Cloud, with customers urged to contact him for district matters. The move aims to bring closer contact and better service by segmenting territories and assigning dedicated district managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max .E Wettstein
Florida Telephone Corporation
J. R. Lightsey
Leesburg
Florida
Wettstein
Mr. Lightsey
Eustis
Umatilla
Tavares
Mount Dora
Apopka
Winter Garden
Clermont
Groveland
Kissimmee
St. Cloud
Lightsey
Band Concerts Start July 24 In City Center
Bandmaster Manuel Sedano announces Saturday night concerts begin July 24 in the business district and run through the summer. Sedano, who just returned from Daytona Beach, has been guiding rehearsals in preparation for the weekly performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Sedano
Sedano
Daytona Beach
Vacation Bible School Planned at Baptist Church
Plans are underway for a Vacation Bible School at the Baptist Church from July 26 to August 6. Classes run weekdays 9 to 11 for children ages 5 to 17. all are invited. A fuller announcement will be issued next week.
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the Baptist, Church
Notes About Our Men In Service
Captain Robert W. Dickson Jr. of the Army Air Forces, a Mount Dora High School and University of Florida engineering graduate, returns from Panama to duty in the Northwest. Lieut. Thomas Hurlburt and Samuel Gould Sadler receive promotions. others, including Edward Sadler, Chester Martensen, Leon Cheek Jr., William Stewart, Bert Hollingsworth, Herself Haskins, Elmer Sadler, and Otis Hale, are noted with assignments and furloughs.
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Robert W. Dickson, JR
Army Air Forces
Mount Dora High School
Riverside Military Academy
University of Florida
College of Engineering
Detroit
Mich
American Blowers
Pittsburgh
Sewickley
18Th Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guard
Camp Lee
Air Corps
Porto Rico
Panama
Nicaraugua
States
North West
Mary Jane Boothby
R. W. Dickson
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J. Edwin Baker
Robert Lee Nix
Thomas Vergil Ferguson
Charles Earnest Dye
Herman Clarence Caldwell
Thomas Francis Logan
Jessie D. Spence
Charles John Ea Carlton Dozier Smith
Thomas Bailey Hubbard
William Robert Thompson
Herman Chester Joyner
Ralph William Fryer
Edward James Rogers
John Beman Kirkpatrick
Irvine Ercelle McCall
William Edward Crews, Jr
William Blankenberg
Julian Doyle Rowe
Astatula
Edwin James Cox
Albert Alexander Basher
Charles Newton Gentry
Robert Stephens Webb
Howard Eugene Parks
Chester Norman Julich
Montverde
William Sylvester Smith
I. J. Spires, Jr
Walter Littleton Tucker
James Getzen Beach
Wm. E. Holler
General Sales Mgr
W. E. Holler
William E. Holler
Service Club
Aviation
Verona
David L. Wiley
Florida State Guard
David B. Wiley
U. S. Navy
Port Hueneme
California
Wiley
St. Petersburg
Bay Pines Veterans’ Hospital
City Water Satisfactory
Observation Post
MRS
Kiwanis News
Telephone Company
Vacation Bible School
Thomas Hurlburt
Samuel Gould Sadler
J.g
Glendy G. Sadler
Miami
Edward O. Sadler
Camp Hoten
Mukden
Manchukuo
Chester
Martensen
Camp Edwards
Mass
Cape Cod
Leon B. Cheek, Jr
Camp van Dorn
Miss
William Stewart
Artillery School
Fort Sill
Okla
Camp Howze
Bert B. Hollingsworth
San Antonio Aviation Center
Haskins
Chicago
Elmer
Boca Raton
William C
Brugs) Kennedy
Marine Officers School
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Dora
Grenier Field
Manchester
N. H
Carl Mortensen
Otis Hale
Stewart Field
West Point
N. Y
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