Urge Better Coaching for Mount Dora School Teams
Kiwanis club members urged improved athletic coaching for Mount Dora high school. They cited weak basketball and baseball seasons as proof and proposed a campaign to secure a qualified coach for multiple sports, with funding discussed among local business leaders. The plan aims to place a capable coach on the school board’s faculty roster.
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Mount Dora High School
Kiwanis Club
Heath
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Florida
Gun Club Weekly Meeting At Mount Dora
Eleven trapshooters took part at the Mount Dora Gun Club on Tavares road Tuesday afternoon. Scores show improving skill and promise higher than novice ratings with top marks including Morse 33 of 50 and Sadler 38 of 50. All interested are urged to attend weekly matches.
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Mount Dora
Local Growers Sign Clearing House Contract Near Mt. Dora
E C Stovall reports 47 citrus growers from Mt. Dora and nearby areas have signed the clearing house contract. The drive aims for 95 percent participation, signaling strong support for the Clearing House Association with several dozen named signatories from Mt. Dora Sorrento Tangerine Lake Jem and nearby firms including Ocklawaha Nurseries Inc.
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Mt. Dora
Clearing House Association
Clearing House
E. C. Stovall
Winter Haven
Stovall
H. W. Andrews
Ellen Adams
Sorrento
J. E. Beerbower
J. G. Christie
T. Cleary
Tangerine
M. H. Chamberlain
O. L. Callahan
C. H. Estey
J. R. Fenton
T. S. Hufford
C. J. Huckins
Victor Lent
Tampa
W. R. Battle
D. A. Cant
L. J. Carder
J. J. Chapman
H. H. Chamberlain
James Crawford
J. P. Donnelly
Charles Edgerton
John Finzel
Mrs. R. W. Hunt
Ohio
R. J. Trimble
Lake Jem
Ocklawaha Nurseries, Inc
Auto Crash Injures Woman and Girl at Intersection
A collision Tuesday morning at McDonald street and Tavares road injured a woman identified as Mrs. W. H. Reynolds of Eustis and her daughter with severe cuts and bruises. They were treated by Dr. O. L. Callahan. Reynolds and Cecil Buie of Mount Dora, driver of the light truck, were uninjured. No arrests were made pending investigation.
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McDonald Street
Tavares Road
W. H. Reynolds
Eustis
O. L. Callahan
W. H Reynolds
Cecil Buie
Mount Dora
Reynolds
Buie
County C. of C. To Hold Annual Meet
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting tomorrow afternoon in Altoona. The primary order of business is the election of officers for the coming year. The nominating committee includes C. C. Dooley, Mr. Dora, W. M. Igon, Eustis, J. W. Lawrence, Howey, Ben Hargis, Umatilla, and C. C. Roe of Clermont.
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Lake County
Improvements Under Way in Donnelly Park
The Mount Dora Park Commission reports progress on Donnelly Park upgrades ahead of the fall tourist season. Work on the court includes new coping, upgraded stop nets, and two Cahill light poles. A durable multi-surface material will replace clay, allowing volleyball, tennis, and basketball play in one day, with plans for two Lakeside Park courts and more installations in Orlando and St. Petersburg.
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Mount Dora Park
Mount Dora
Lakeside Park
Florida
Orlando
St. Petersburg
Putnam County grape growers tour Lake County vineyards
The Putnam County Grape Growers Association with 116 members in 29 autos toured Lake County vineyards Monday. Fifteen Putnam communities joined the motorcade, leaving Palatka at 7:30 am and stopping at Silver Springs for lunch. Leaders included Charles E. Harris and L. E. MacRea. They visited Dr. W. A. Mackenzie near Leesburg and the Dickson Truskett vineyards at Montverde, discovering about 900 acres of grapes in the area.
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Putnam County Grape Growers Association
Lake County
Putnam County
Palatka
Silver Springs
Charles E. Harris
Welaka
Gold Honor Medals Awarded to 42 Boy Scouts in 1927 1928
National headquarters reveals that 42 Gold Honor medals were awarded by the National Court of Honor from March 15, 1927, to March 15, 1928, for supreme bravery in saving others, with 66 Certificates of Honor also issued. Records show 18,538 total awards since 1910. Three Scouts died saving others during rescues, and medals were presented to their parents.
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Boy Scouts
National Court of Honor
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
Harold Herman
Tenderfoot
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ross Smith
Mendota
James Anderson
Sidney
Mrs. J. H. Kimball Dies In Daytona
Mrs. Margaret Kimball died at her Daytona Beach home this week. A winter visitor in Mount Dora for forty years she was born in Harrison County Ohio in 1839 and married James H. Kimball in Perry Illinois in 1858. Funeral services were held in Daytona and the body sent to Rosamond Illinois for interment. She leaves eight children, 26 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
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Margaret Kimball
Daytona Beach
Lake County motorcade to visit grape vineyards
An Orange County Chamber of Commerce sponsored motorcade will tour Lake County on Thursday June 21 visiting Clermont Montverde Howey Tavares Eustis Altoona Mount Dora to inspect grape vineyards and purchase fruit at nominal prices. Karl Lehman leads. banners fly. local committees urged fair pricing for visitors.
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Orange County
Howey
Tavares
Eustis
Altoona
Mount Dora
Montverde
Lehmann
Leesburg
Fruitland Park
Florida League of Municipalities
Chamber of Commerce
Daytona Body Arrives Here on Auto Tour
A Daytona Beach motorcade led by a Boy Scout bugle corps and decorated cars stopped in Mount Dora on its tour to promote Volusia Summer Frolics July 1 to 4. Local greetings and literature distribution followed as Daytona Beach publicists press to attract Floridians and South Georgians to the Atlantic coast festival.
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Atlantic
Volusia
Daytona Beach
Boy Scout Bugle Corps
Mount Dora
Frank L. Huffaker
America
Rockefellers
Florida
Georgia
Marathon Swim Plans For Mount Dora Chamber Cup
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce annual marathon swim will be in Lake Dora this July from the Ta Var es municipal pier to the yacht club pier, a six mile course. Harold Jones the prior winner abstains due to being in the north, returning the cup with regret. Amateur swimmers statewide may enter and the exact date will be announced soon.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Mount Mountaineers Clinch Lake Orange Title With 14–1 Win
Mount Mountaineers exploded for 14 runs at Winter Garden, routing 1927 pennant winners 14 to 1 to seize the first half crown. Stokes clan powered a near flawless defense and offense, while Tavares and Ocoee split wins in other league games. The crowd marked the flag-raising event as Mount Dora memories resurfaced from last September.
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Mount Mountaineers
Lake Orange
Mount Dora
Mountaineer
Winter Garden
Stokes Clan
Tavares
Ocoee
Apopka
Adkins
Adams
Kiwanis Ladies Night June 18 at Vi Dora Hotel
The Mount Dora Kiwanis Club will host All-Kiwanis Ladies Night Monday June 18 at the Vi Dora hotel. A banquet for members and their ladies begins at 7 oclock followed by a varied entertainment program planned by Frank H. Heath committee chairman. The exact acts are undisclosed but singing and dancing are expected with additional fun segments.
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Vi Dora
Frank H. Heath
Heath
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Thomas Cooley
GUN Club
County C. of C
Donnelly Park
Mr. Heath
Putnam County Grape Club
J. H. Kimball
Daytona
Daytona Body
Champs
Wintergarde
Kiwanis Ladies
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