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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
10
John Everington returns to the Local Tourist Club for a travel talk on the Netherlands. His lecture and vivid pictures showcased canals windmills and aerial views, highlighting the hardy people and wholesome life. The audience filled the room and left impressed by his world travel experiences and storytelling.
The Florida Waterways Congress Board met at Lakeside Inn on Tuesday February 21 with a large turnout and an overflow accommodated at Mount Plymouth Hotel after a S. R. O. dinner seating of thirty. A contract party followed at The Picket Fence for Mrs. Edward Blackburne of Waban Massachusetts with prizes awarded to several guests. The Lakeside district noted popular sports of golf bowling and fishing and reports Mr Will Jones caught a record 11 1/2 pound bass served at dinner while Mr and Mrs Charles Bennett hosted a Lakeside dinner with guests from Kansas City Clermont and other areas.
Mrs. Mary Bates Hoffman invited about thirty friends to a contract party and tea at Lakeside parlors. Mrs. John Sterling hosted forty to the Princess Theatre for Gunga Din. Dickens enthusiast Mr. Frank Guy Armitage performed, followed by a travelogue by Edward Steinmetz. Eight contracts and three hearts were played. prizes were exchanged. Many registrations from across the U.S. and Canada joined events.
Charles Poole of Clermont has paid $37,500 for the New York World's Fair winery concession to sell wines from Florida citrus. State inspector John S. Rowland says Poole now holds 41,800 gallons of wine in his Clermont winery.
A long, sprawling diary of social events at Villa Dora Hotel in Mount Dora shows weekly gatherings, bridge parties, boat trips on the Dora Canal, a Sanlando Springs picnic, and a moored sense of community. It mentions visitors from Leominster, Lancaster, Shelton, and Auburn, Maine, plus bandied remarks about winter and impending March winds.
Lake County and its chambers of commerce ran a series of broadcasts across three stations in two days. Frank W. Stebbins and M. F. Bunnell led talks on Eustis and Lake County via WFLA Tampa Studio.
A social guidance note suggests increasing genuine friendliness can boost mutual liking and social rapport. It emphasizes kindness, listening, and positive body language as practical steps.
A compact reflection argues that ongoing instability risks permanent imbalance and unresolved debts of time and order. The speaker notes urgency for swift resolution to avoid a lasting, irreversible drift in world affairs.
Plans for New Smyrna Beach tenth annual Outboard Speedboat Regatta on Sunday March 5 under Smyrna Yacht Club auspices are forming. Invitations mailed to national owners and drivers, American Power Boat Association sanction received, seating and dockage arranged, fights for trophies like Sir Thomas Lipton and Dave Shultz stated. Admission is free as civic groups prepare entertainment for visitors and dignitaries.
Lake City reports heavy tourist flow with about 1,200 out of state cars daily and 125,000 visitors monthly. Local restaurants cater to hundreds daily while over 1,000 tourists are assisted each night as the Orange Blossom Trail draws travelers through Gainesville Ocala Mount Dora Orlando and beyond to Florida’s East and West coast attractions.
Bertha Rivers has filed a written request to offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash Tax Certificate No. 2322 of 1983 representing unpaid State and County taxes for 1932 to 1939 on E 165 ft 8S 258 ft of W 165 ft Block 146 and all Block 147 Mt Dora Lake County Florida. Sale at the Courthouse door in Tavares on March 20 1939 at 11:00 AM. Dated February 28 1939. Official Seal Geo J Dykes Clerk of Circuit Court Lake County Florida. By A J Harnage DC. 9-3te
J G LaDue agent files to offer for sale Tax Certificate No 1698 of 1931 for unpaid state and county taxes 1930 1939 on Lot 3 Block H Dora Manor Lake County Florida. Sale to highest bidder for cash in Tavares on March 6 1939 at 11:00 A M. Dated March 14 1939. Official seal and court clerk signatures.
Tax certificates for various years on multiple Lake County parcels in Florida will be offered for sale by B. Q. Kilroe. Certificates include Nos. 530 1119 1120 8154 893 236 105 1284 with unpaid state and county taxes from 1928 to 1939. Sale is at the county courthouse in Tavares on February 28, 1939.
A writ of execution from the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in Lake County directs the sheriff to sell on April 3, 1939, at the courthouse in Tavares, certain Leesburg real estate belonging to defendant G L Anderson to satisfy a 1927 judgment. Properties include Palmera Park and Palm Avenue parcels. Attorney for Don Oliver, assignee of the judgment, Crager Building, Leesburg.
Mary Harris files Certificate No. 937 of 1982 for tax sale of county taxes from 1931 to 1939 in Florida. Auction to be held for cash at the Court House. Dated February 14, 1939. Clerk GEO J Dykes and Deputy Clerk A J Harnage.
Notice: regu lar biennial election for trustees and voting on the special tax millage will be held at Sorrento School House on March 7 1939. Officials: Clerk Ralph Battle. Inspectors William Moore Ira Conner Ester Boyd. Notice published four weeks in Mount Dora Topic. Board meeting in Tavares Florida January 30 signed by A M Davis and D H Moore.
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