Lake-Orange games halted by heavy rain across league
Heavy rain disrupted three Lake-Orange games last week with only Apopka-Umatilla reaching completion. Tavares beat Winter Garden 4 to 2, leading the standings alongside Umatilla, while Mount Dora's Ocoee matchup was interrupted. New signings and league openings reshape rosters as teams push toward postseason play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Heath
Monsieur Jupiter Pluvius
Mount Dora
Clermont
Arkansas
Tavares
Winter Garden
Umatilla
Ocoee
Helmfield
Stokesmen
Chamber of Commerce
Eustis
Leesburg
Lake- Orange
Lake-Orange
Central Florida
Ochee
Wildwood
Tharley Stapleton
Mt. L. A
Sanford
War Declared On Solicitors For Magazines In Mount Dora
Florida Commercial Association declares war on magazine subscription solicitors. Mount Dora residents report aggressive methods used by youth agents. Chamber of Commerce says such solicitors should be licensed and questions a combined rate scheme hurting legitimate local agencies. The notice warns that hard times spur grafters seeking profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Commercial Association
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Leesburg Church Adds $38,500 Edifice Nearing Finish
In Leesburg a new Christian Science Church at Line and 13th streets is nearly completed with total cost about $38,500. The project advances as workers install interior and exterior features of the religious building expected to serve the local congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Christian Science Church
Line and 13Th Streets
Proclamation Calls Mount Dora Businesses Closed July Fourth
A proclamation orders all business houses in Mount Dora to close all day on Wednesday July 4 in observance of the Republic’s birthday. Citizens are urged to display the national colors on the occasion.
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Mount Dora
Florida Grape Growers Open Orlando Convention
The Florida State Grape Growers Association opens its two day convention and grape show at the San Juan hotel Orlando with state officials horticulturists and Lake county growers among attendees. The public grape show begins at 1 pm with 100 varieties on display and free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida State Grape Growers’ Association
San Juan
Orlando
Florida
Nathan Mayo
L. M. Rhodes
E. L. Lord
University of Florida
Col. J. C. Sellers
Florida Times-Union
Lake County
E. E. Truskett
Truskett
H. G. Brown
Clermont
County Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Stover
Fruitland Park
Charles Demko
Altoona
H. G. Gardner
Montverde
Legion Survey Under Way in All Counties
The American Legion conducts a statewide survey of indigent crippled blind deaf or dumb people through county chairmen and workers. Public help is urged to identify those in remote areas, to aid current relief and to push future state legislation for ongoing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion
Ocklawaha Nurseries Builds Lake Jem Nursery
Construction proceeds rapidly on a new nursery packing house at Lake Jem by Ocklawaha Nurseries. Local contractors handle the work under way with steady momentum and crews on site.
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Ocklawaha
Lake Jem
Davis Chosen as Arbitrator for Lake Orange League
Lake Orange League officials appoint John Red Davis of DeLand to decide protests. Davis, a well known Central Florida umpire and DeLand Evening News sporting editor, accepts the assignment with approval from league officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Orange League
John “Red” Davis
DeLand
Davis
Central Florida
De-Land Evening News
Clyde Line Ends St Johns River Service Between Jacksonville Sanford
The Clyde Steamship Co will discontinue the Jacksonville to Sanford river steamship service on the St Johns River effective July 1 after a railroad commission hearing in Sanford. The loss over three years and competition from truck lines and motor buses drove the decision. Sanford interests plan to continue motor driven freight craft on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Steamship Company
Jacksonville
Sanford
St. Johns River
Railroad Commission
Heath
Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Line
Sanford Interests
Prizes Announced for Mount Dora Base Ball Team
Mount Dora Base Ball Club names a five member fan committee to pick the season MVP who will receive 10 in gold. Rehbaum Hardware offers a merchandise award for best batting average and Lindman Hardware for best fielding average. Mount Dora Pharmacy donates a $10 pen set to the player with the most home runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Orange
Mount Dora Baseball Club
Mount Dora
Rehbaum Hardware
Lindman Hardware Company
Mount Dora Pharmacy
Florida to Begin Caloosahatchee Bridge Project This Summer
The Caloosahatchee river bridge in Florida will start around August 1. Bids opened by the state road department named Central Station Equipment Company of Miami as the low bidder. The bridge will span over a mile in length.
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Florida
Caloosahatchee River
State Road Department
Central Station Equipment Company
Miami
Mount Dora Sees Surge in Inquiries as Winter Residents Return
Chamber of Commerce reports a sharp rise in information requests about Mount Dora, with northern residents returning for summer relief and Chicago and Newark correspondents seeking brochures. Letters praise the literature and hint at winter plans, apartments, and cottages for seasonal stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Dora
New England States
Mount Dora
Florida
Chicago
Newark
N. J
Tam
Scout Camp Welcomes Col. Sanborn as Guest Speaker
Boy Scouts at Camp Wewa gathered around a camp fire for an evening of songs and entertainment when Col. W J Sanborn was announced as a guest. He shared stories of the old west and urged boys to pursue worthwhile goals, citing Charles Curtis's rising political stature. He invited scouts to visit his home to view his world travel curiosities and recounted western life connections with figures like Buffalo Bill. The event closed with a crowd-pleasing address followed by a diverse program of scout activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wewa
Col
W. J. Sanborn
Col. Sanborn
Charles Curtis
United States
William Cody
Buffalo Bill
Retail Merchants to Plan Summer Sales in Mount Dora
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce merchants division meets at Villa Dora hotel to elect officers and discuss a summer sales campaign. A. J. Waltz is current president. a July big bargain sale day is considered. Last year’s Saturday sales boosted advertisers. improved newspaper advertising may be used again.
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Merchants’ Division
The
Mount Dora
Heath
A. J. Waltz
Counties Prepare for Girls Camps Across Florida
From Pensacola to Miami home demonstration club girls plan summer camps for two thousand participants across 25 counties. Miss Flavia Geason notes the emergency need for more camp support, with Miss Carrie Scandrett and Mary Ruth Murray joined to run sessions. Camps stress sanitary conditions water supply fresh milk swimming and pest protection as girls and leaders share health and nutrition lessons and extend state course learnings to county programs. Counties hosting exclusively girls camps include Holmes Taylor Columbia Walton Santa Rosa Leon Hillsborough Lee Citrus Polk Palm Beach Dade Orange Putnam St Johns Volusia Alachua Okaloosa Lake and Hillsborough east.
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Pensacola
Miami
Flavia Geason
Carrie Scandrett
Mary Ruth Murray
Florida State College For Women
State College For Women
State Office
Holmes
Taylor
Columbia
Walton
Santa Rosa
Leon
Hillsborough
Lee
Citrus
Polk
Palm Beach
Dade
Orange
Putnam
St. Johns
Volusia
Alachua
Okaloosa
Lake
Miss Connor Hurt After Vehicle Skid and Crash
Miss Dorothy Connor daughter of Mrs R J Trimble Lake Jem narrowly escaped death Friday afternoon when her car skidded between Plymouth and Zellwood after a front tire blew out. The vehicle left the road overturned into a fence and she was rushed to Eustis with a sprained back and cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Connor
R. J. Trimble
Lake Jem
Plymouth
Zellwood
Miss Connor
Eustis
Lower Postal Rates To Take Effect Sunday
Rates change July 1 will cut costs for Mount Dora tourists and local merchants. The souvenir card returns to one cent, bulk mail uses a one cent flat rate for identical pieces of 200+ weighing at least 20 pounds. Second class mail halves to eight cents per eight ounces, and air mail after August 1 becomes five cents per ounce first then ten cents each additional ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Mrs J N Eddy Dies in Iowa at 85
Friends of Miss Bertha Eddy and Samuel H Eddy recall the Mount Dora winter visitors mourn their mother Mrs J N Eddy who died at her Waukon Iowa home She was born in 1842 in Yarmouth Nova Scotia and moved to Iowa in 1853 She married John Nelson Eddy in 1868 and he died earlier Funeral services were held at the Eddy home and the body laid to rest in Oakland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Eddy
Samuel H. Eddy
Mount Dora
J. N. Eddy
Waukon
Iowa
Eddy
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
John Nelson Eddy
Oakland
Sanford City Suit Dropped
E. H. Ashcraft as receiver of the defunct Seminole county bank in Sanford was told by state comptroller Ernest Amos to withdraw the suit seeking to block the validation of 608000 dollars in refunding bonds. A Sanford mayoral statement says Amos action settles the matter and sets steps toward July 1 bond payments due under the refunding issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Ashcraft
Seminole County Bank
Sanford
Ernest Amos
E. F. Housholder
Amos
Mount Dora Man Held on a Theft Charge
E J Slack of Mount Dora was arrested by Orange County deputies on theft charges tied to a dismantled auto ring. Police traced parts from an A J Camp car stolen in front of the Baptist Tabernacle to a grove near Tangerine where cars were dismantled. Slack, in junk business, faced a 1500 bond as investigators seek other ring members and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Slack
S. D. Starr
Frank Karel
Orange
George Dahlin
Mount Dora
A. J
Baptist Tabernacle
Win
Slack
Abo
Lake
Orange County
Funeral held for Dr. H Seem in Mount Dora
Funeral services for Dr. H Seem of Mount Dora were conducted at his brother in law ward Crosby's home with Rev Harold Willis of St Mark s Ep Church West Orange. Interment followed at Rosedale cemetery. The physician born December 17 in M Creek Pa practiced in Bethlehem and with Sharp Dohme before relocating to Mount Dora five years ago to work for Mount Sales company. He leaves his widow Elizabeth M Crosby and sisters Florence and Laura Ma Seem of New York.
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H. Seem
N. J
Ward Crosby
Harold Willis
St. Mark’s Ep Church
West Orange
Rosedale Cemetery
Seem
M Creek
A. K. Seem
Lafayette College
Jerson Medical College
Topic office schedule note for July holiday
Owing to the Fourth of July holiday the Topic office will close all day. The paper will be issued on Friday July 6 instead of Thursday the regular publication day.
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Mt. Dora - Clermont
Tilt
D. C. Sherman
Florida Grape Growers
DR. Seem
Orange, N. J
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