Lions Club weighs crisis talks and war defense urges
The Lions Club debate covers democracy defense and avoiding hysteria with quotes from Orlando Morning Sentinel about Nazi agents in civil clothes. Tom McKinney urges immediate war declaration to aid Britain, noting available troops planes and long-term costs while acknowledging varied viewpoints.
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Orlando Morning Sentinel
Orlando
Tom McKinney
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Italy
England
al Rehbaum, Jr
Lake County 4H Girls Shine at Tallahassee Short Course
Thirteen Lake County girls returned from the Tallahassee 4H Short Course with several blue ribbon wins. Patsey Blanton of Leesburg won the blue in school dress, Susie Carter of Groveland won in Lee sport dress, and Lasty Groveland earned blue in school dress. Joyce Stewart of Leesburg became treasurer of the State 4-H Club Council.
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Tallahassee
Lake County
Lucie K. Miller
Patsey Blanton
Leesburg
Susie Carter
Groveland
Lee
Lasty
Education Trend Returns to Old Fashioned Methods
An education conference in Washington, D C, recalls how modern schooling once cut spelling and grammar from curricula. The shift back to fundamentals emphasizes reading writing arithmetic and history, with stories of King Alfred Bruce and Richard the Lion Hearted cited as moral examples.
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Washington
D. C
Alfred
Bruce and the
Spider
Richard the Lion Hearted
Patrio
New Jersian Buys 6000 Acres in Lake County
B F Colburn of Collinswood New Jersey has purchased 6000 acres along the We kina River in Lake County. He had prior interests there with a Cincinnati man. The initial plan is timbering with later development into agricultural tracts.
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B. F. Colburn
Collinswood
N. J
Lake County
Wekina
Cincinnati
Dr. H G Holland Physician Founder of Theresa Holland Hospital
Dr H G Holland born August 8 1896 in Henry County Alabama became a noted physician in Florida Lake County since December 1925. He owns the Theresa Holland Hospital in Leesburg and is a past president of the Leesburg Rotary Club a Knight of Pythias Elk Mason and Shriner.
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H .G. Holland
Phivaision
Howard G. Ho
Henry County
Alabama
Lake County
Florida
Theresa Holland
Leesburg
Devil’s Stairway cave near Brooksville explored by Tampa scholars
University of Tampa geologists led by Prof. Willard B. Phelps report a vast cave near Brooksville containing a subterranean lake, 10,000 bats, and long passageways. The entrance known as The Devil's Stairway leads to a 150 foot descent with pools, drops, and a half mile lake chamber, bat activity, and mixed limestone formations dated Miocene to Eocene.
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University of Tampa
Willard B. Phelps
Brooksville
Tampa
Prof. Phelps
Profeel
West Coast
Florida
Phelps
Hawthorne
Hawthorn
Ocala
Weather Warnings Underscore Hazard of Clear Skies
The Travelers Insurance bulletin notes 1939 data showing 86 percent of fatal crashes occurred in clear weather on dry roads. It says drivers speed and become careless when roads are dry, while rain snow and fog contribute fewer fatalities though slippery streets cause other mishaps.
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Travelers Insurance Com
Mosquito Behavior Cited By Washington File Expert
An expert from a Washington department records notes that a mosquito prefers horse flesh over man when feeding. The fragment urges caution at picnics and humorously mentions carrying a spare tire and avoiding bites, closing with a misquoted Atlantic Ocean reference.
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Coe
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Bering Straight
Tax Deed Notices for Weeks Properties in Groveland
Two notices of application for tax deed are published for Mrs Lotta M Weeks. Each notice covers a separate tract in Florida land records Sec 24 and Sec 23 in Township 19 South Range 26 East. Certificates issued listed Henry A Jackson as owner.
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Lotta M. Weeks
Groveland Graphic
Henry A. Jackson
Boys State to Open in Tallahassee this Saturday
Two hundred boys will assemble in Tallahassee on June 22 to learn about state government at Boys State. Sponsored by the American Legion and Auxiliary with clergy civic and educational groups, they will convene at Reynolds Hall Florida State College for Women to simulate government.
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Tallahassee
American Ion and Auxiliary
Reynolds Hall
Florida State College For Women
Supreme Court
Lowrys Plan Three Week Trip to Connecticut and New York
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lowry of Montverde depart by car for a three weeks vacation to Connecticut and New York. They will visit friends Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Chase in Milford Connecticut and tour the World’s Fair in New York during their trip.
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J. M. Lowry
Montverde
Connecticut
New York
Harrison Chase
Milford
Conn
Antiphanes Quip on Love Drunkards and Truth
A fragment quotes Antiphanes noting what a man cannot hide: his drinking, his intoxication, and his love. The aphorism reflects classical humor on hidden truths and passions.
Local Estate Lawyer Appointed for Mount Dora Administrator
W. M. Kennedy of Mount Dora Florida appears as attorney for the administrator in a probate matter. The case references the 25th day of the fourth month and details are filed with the court.
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Florida
Illinois
Waukegan
Illins
John H. Washburn
Lake County
A. S. Herlong, Jr
Clinton F. Washburn
Elliott Timme
Wil
John W. Cody
Penser
Herlong, Jr
Tavares
Benjamin F. Cody
Thomas H. Cooley
Charles W. Keith
A.S. Herlong, Jr
Lake Nw
A. D
A. C. Quixley
Charles Wate Ananaena
Use, Ututeeru
W. M. Kennedy
Mount Dora
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