Kiwanis Event Hosts High School Graduates and Speaker
Kiwanis members host the graduating class with their faculty adviser and mother present. Coach Mencent championship basket team, Miss Frances Pemberton, Karl Lehmann, and Geo J White organize remarks while Giles F. Lewis delivers an approxcemory talk. A C Quixley speaks on War's Expense. Frank M Hadlock attends. G B Hurlburt wins the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Frances Pemberton
Karl Lehmann
Giles F. Lewis
Kaveeee
Geo. J. White
A. C. Quixley
Frank M. Hadlock
G. B. Hurlburt
Mount Dora Scouts Seek 150 Donation Drive
Mount Dora Boy Scouts sponsor drive supports Central Florida Boy Scout Council led by Harold Pace Orlando as Scout Executive. Kiwanis sponsors note Mount Dora needs 150 dollars to fund council mortgage and activities including Camp Wewa. Local solicitors Fletcher Crane Carl Graves Tracy Kramer Lee French Alfred Baum Gerald Hurlburt Warren Story William Johnson urge contributions. if missed, leave a dollar with Miss Schonenberger at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Camp Wewa
Leesburg
Eustis
Mount Ia
Fletcher Crane
Carl S. Graves
Tracy Kramer
Simpson
Lee French
Alfred Baum
Gerald Hurlburt
Warren Story
William J. Johnson
Former Amoco Station Becomes Texaco Outlet
Beginning today the Amoco station at Fifth Avenue and Alexander Street becomes a Texaco site selling Sky Chief and Fire Chief gas and Texaco lubricants. Manager Lem Downs and assistant Charles Norris promote Texaco products and aim to run the cleanest service station in Mount Dora. Norris attended the Texaco lubrication school at Daytona Beach to learn the Marfax system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoco
Fifth Avenue
Alexander Street
Texaco
Sky Chief
Lem Downs
Charles Norris
Downs
Mr. Norris
Norris
Daytona Beach
Lem
Charlie
Mount Dora
Dr C C Bryan to Speak at County Citrus Schools
Dr O C Brayn will discuss Applying Science to Grove Management at the Lake County Citrus Schools meeting series. Growers are urged to attend sessions in Groveland, Tavares, Umatilla, Leesburg, and Clermont on June 6 and 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Bryan
O. C. Brayn
Lake County
Lake County Horticultural Association
Groveland City Hall
Tavares
Court House
Umatilla
Leesburg
Clermont City Hall
Penny Cafeteria Supper at M E Church
The Ladies Aid will serve a Penny Cafeteria Supper at the M. E. church on Tuesday night June 6 at 6 p.m. in a local community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Ladies Aid
Baptist church holiday plan names visiting preacher
Rev. R. W. Acree leaves Sunday for a short vacation in Blackville South Carolina. The pulpit will be supplied by Rev. Bennett Hall of Eustis for two Sundays June 4 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Acree
Blackville
S. C
Bennett Hall
Eustis
Lions Club Plans Charity Milk drive and Educational Film
The Lions at the Yacht Club voted to provide milk to needy families named by the King’s Daughters and sponsor a free educational lecture at the Princess Theatre on Thursday at 11 oclock. The event, under County Medical Society guidance led by Dr. Pierce, covers syphilis prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leindert
Yacht Club
Princess Theatre
the County Medical Society
Pierce
Tavares
Lions
Bruggs Kennedy
Sylvan Shores Serenaders
Mount Dora Club
Eustis
Lake County Country Club
Vacation Bible School Opens Next Monday
The Methodist church Vacation Bible School begins Monday June 5 at 9:00 a.m. for children ages 6 to 14. Mrs. R. Haun is general editor with Miss E. F. Davenport as course supervisor and a list of staff including Mrs. G. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Storer, Miss White, Mr. F. M. Kauge, Mrs. C. Rae, H. S. Birt, Miss V. Bardine, Miss W. Craig, Mrs. C. Parker, Mrs. George Malone as narrator, and numerous assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Aew
R. Haun
E. F. Davenpoigt
Pong Ho
G. Rogers
Marjorie Loveless
Winifred Harding
Robert Burkart
Robert Good
Deeper Waterways Attract Boaters To Central Florida
Mr and Mrs R J Morse plan a short Brockton Massachusetts visit then return with a large cruiser. He supports lake deepening proposals hoping lakes attract pleasure boats away from the coast boosting lake region communities and real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Morse
Brockton
Mass
Florida
Tax Delinquent Notice Warns of June 5 Payment Deadline
County Tax Collector Boyce Williams warns in this paper that Monday, June 5, is the final day to pay 1938 state and county taxes to avoid publication in the Delinquent Tax List. Neighboring counties publish their lists and will hold sales in June. Lake County had given an extra sixty days after April first, but the deadline now approaches for overdue taxes to trigger public sale of delinquent properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce Williams
Lake County
Grapes Near Readiness in Lake County
Lake County growers in the Lady Lake area report Niagara grapes almost ready for markets within a week. Niagara grapes ship poorly, but varieties with better shipping qualities are expected to mature soon after the Niagaras are ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Niagara
Lady Lake
Townsend Club to Host Dance at Community Building
The Mount Dora Townsend Club plans a dancing party at the Community Building on Monday evening starting at 8 o clock. Music is promised and guests from nearby cities are expected. The club also meets regularly at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Townsend Club
Reid and Green Add New Lubrication Service
The Reid and Green Standard Oil Service Station at Fifth avenue and Alexander street unveiled the Auto-Rock lubrication system. The device lifts the car body off the chassis on a contact jack and rocks it with compressed air to simulate road conditions, enabling thorough lubrication, discovery of high friction points, and freeing frozen shackles without crowbars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid and
Green Standard Oil
Fifth Avenue
Alexander Street
Mount Dora vs Tavares softball at Heim Field
Mount Dora faces Tavares in a Lake County Softball Association schedule game at Heim Field tonight at 8 p.m. Earlier today the field hosted a 3:30 p.m. baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares
Mount Dora
Heim Field
Lake County
Baseball Today
Baseball News From Winter Park and Mount Dora Rivalry
Local fans hailed a pitcher dual as Winter Park edged Mount Dora in a scoreless ninth before Walton and Brown delivered the only runs. Box score lists Wellman Overstreet Grier Walton Brown Harper Whitaker Mack Adkins and others with notes on hits and errors. Mount Dora’s Webb Miller Chapman Adkins and Shipes contributed in a hard fought game. sponsor omission noted for Mount Dora Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Brown
Stevens
Webb
Stephens
Mack
Apopka
Mount Dora
Winter Park
Hoon
Wellman
D. Overstreet
T. Grier
Bee Brown
Harper
Whitaker
Grier
M. Overstreet
G. Mack
Ab R Hpoa E Biel ci LU
Cpankocesseoptene Esparagnia
Aoeeeee
UN Green
R. Miller
Simpson
Booley
Overstreet
Miller
Win Park
Adkins
Morris
Kirby
Pierson
Morrison
Johnson
McCain
Q. Moore
Chapman
Shipes
Hale
Clermont
Shewey
Morris and
Bishop
Dorans
Moore
B . Seeedaee
Hardin
F McCain
Avene
M. Morrison
P L. Moore
Peeres Shewey
P. Rf
Green
Rf Stevens
Eoeanses Bbcoesens
Dean
Inoculation Drive for All Dogs This Saturday
Police announce rabies inoculation for all dogs at Frank Drake's home at Seventh Avenue and Alexander Street this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost is $1.00 with no extra license fee. Deadline is June 17. unvaccinated dogs will be impounded. Owners may inoculate elsewhere and bring the certificate to city hall for license and tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Drake
Seventh Avenue
Alexander Street
Leesburg Student Pilot Killed In Crash At Eustis
A student pilot from Leesburg died when his plane crashed onto a pavement near a church in Eustis. The crash damaged the aircraft beyond repair. no other injuries were reported. Civil Aeronautics Authority inspector William Hutchins led the investigation, with a report due weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Eustis
Church
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Jack
J. R. Searcy
Leesburg High School
Have You Read The Story of Rosabelle Shaw
D. E. Stevenson, related to Robert Louis Stevenson, crafts a pastoral set in old Scotland around the turn of the century. John Shaw, a farmer of Edinburgh ties, marries the lawyer’s daughter. a ship wreck survivor is adopted. Rosabelle falls for him and alters their quiet community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosabelle Shaw
D. E. Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevnson
Scotland
John Shaw
Edinburgh
John
Rosabelle
Shaws
Did You Happen to See By F M Whaley or Mr Shipes
A fragment from a local page lists social vignettes from Mount Dora events. It mentions a Sub-Deb Hawaiian Dance with a lively crowd, a young lady selling theatre tickets, Mount Dora baseball players drinking beer, a girl testing a new stop light, and a young man courting sleep on a date. The brief notes hint at school Baccalaureate preparations.
Senior girl presents gift to Mount Dora High School
Shirley Coen, a Mount Dora High School senior, gave twenty five dollars for new fiction books for the library. The county school board will match funds, bringing the total to fifty dollars. Books will be ordered and ready for use when the next school year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Coen
Mount Dora High School
Shirley
Theciah Tumans
Free Wasserman tests at Mount Dora clinic to stamp out syphilis
An urgent announcement promotes a venereal disease clinic run by the Junior Woman's Club opening Tuesday June 6 at 2 PM. Free Wassermann tests and low cost treatments aim to detect and treat syphilis, urging households to ensure employees and caregivers are healthy and to seek physician testing immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Woman's Club
Wasserman
United States
Pasaucua
Gardenia
Mount Dora
Memorial Day Services Held by American Legion and Community Groups
Memorial week services were conducted under the American Legion. A Sunday night union service in the Community Building featured Rev. M J Bouterse. Memorial Day included a cemetery service with talks by W T Comer and Mrs Gillian McClure, closing with Taps and firing squad. A parade from Legion Hall marched to the cemetery with Eustis High School Band leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Dora High School
Glee Club
Toe American Alliance
Elouise Glass
Eveline von Herbulis
American Legion Auxiliary
R. M. Goodman
Mount Dora Unit
American Legion
Dave Wiley
Mount Dora Post
Legion Americanism
Knights of Pythias
Wm. P. Winger
D. T. Johnson
Eustis
M. J. Bouterse
W. T. Comer
American Legion Department
Gillian McClure
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Eustis High School
Yatlow
Heelinees
Joe Legion
Lesign
Boy Scouts
Masonic Notice for Mount Dora Lodge Meeting
Mount Dora Lodge No. 238 A. M. holds a stated communication on June 1 at 6 06 p m with Fellowcraft Degree work. Sojourning Masons are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Lodge
Mount Dora man charged in 1934 truck theft
Cecil Drawdy of Mount Dora was arrested in Auburndale on charges of stealing a 1934 truck from A. N. Calhoun of Okahumpka. Deputy Sheriff Marshall O Nea l made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Drawdy
Mount Dora
Auburndale
Stanly
A. N. Calhoun
Okahumpka
Marshall O’neal
Bright February Sunshine Shines Over London Area
About four days of sunshine in the London England area this year made February one of the brightest on record. In Florida, similar sunless days would set a record.
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London
England
Florida
Swift Novelty Co. Widely Distributed From Mount Dora
The Swift Novelty Company of Mount Dora operated by J B Swift and Newcomb Fuller produces twenty two novelty gift items from Florida woods including cypress and gum. The firm sells through jobbers nationwide and shows at three gift shows annually in Birmingham Atlanta and Jacksonville.
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Lake County
Florida
Swift Novelty Company
Mount Dora
J. B. Swift
Newcomb Fuller
Tangerine Road
Joe Swift
Eastern Airlines
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jacksonville
New and
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Columbia
Armistice Day Gift From Paris War News Page
Capt. Dave Wiley preserves a World War I Armistice souvenir from the European edition of The New York Herald dated November 12, 1918. The front page proclaims The War is Won with the Armistice signed at 5 40 and hostilities halted at 10. A two column item, Paris victory, plus Kaiser and Berlin notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Wiley
American Legion Post
New York Herald
Wiley
Paris
Holland
Berlin
Legion Hall
Bachert Home Robbed In Early Morning Break In
At about three o clock Thursday morning a thief robbed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bachert of 801 Grandview street taking about 65 dollars from Mrs. Bachert s purse. The couple awoke as the intruder entered by forcing the screen and unfastening the hook. Mr. Bachert believes he brushed the thief s arm as light was turned on and the dresser was found in disorder. The couple were preparing to leave for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Bachert
Grandview Street
Mrs. Bachert
Mr. Bachert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis News
Boy Scout
Texaco Prod
Baptist Church
Lions News
Vacation Bible School
Townsend Club
Shirley Joy Coen
Zera Inez Dean
Elouise Jeanette Glass
William Roberts McCown
Stuart Tees Sadler
LaVerne Townsend
Eveline Amelia von Herbulis
Mildred Agnes Bartlett
Lillie Mae Beasley
Julian Elbert Drawdy
Helen Grace Driver
Evelyn Gwendolyn Futral
Thomas Hurlburt
Howard Blair Kramer
Harold Lane
Thomas Francis McCabe II
Clifford Mildred McCaughey
Eleanore
Aline Minkley
Esther Carolyn Stevens
Donald Olsen Thompson
Thomas Ralph Townsend
Martha Elizabeth Treadwell
Robert Gurden Wells
Knights of
Pythias
Honor High School
Visitations
Eustis Lodge
Orlando
DeLand
O.C. Powell
Welcome Lodge
W. P. Wingler
Reid and Green
Gene Downs
Dr. Jas
Untra
Clermont Weseeee Apopka
F. M
Buster
Whaley
Swift Novelty Works
Lake Jem Road
Swift Novelty Co
Bachert
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