Zellwood Fair Exhibits Highlight Local Talent And Community Efforts
The Zellwood fair booth showcased first and second place winners in work and poultry categories led by Agnes Vincent and C. M. Bell with strong support from L. B. Vincent. Gratitude was expressed to M. H. Guise, Albert Rife, and Mano r Karl Lehmann for their role in the exhibit and orchestration of festivities. A community social at the school auditorium featured music, talks, and a fundraising offering for hymnals at the Methodist church. The report notes wedding, adoption, and charity activities, plus plans for 500 Slee trees planting, and a forthcoming revival at the Methodist church led by Rev. T. Wright Carlton with Dr. Clark speaking next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. McGraw
Agnes Vincent
L. B. Vincent
M. H. Guise
Albert Rife
Karl Lehmann
Zellwood
Methodist Church
Personal notices recount trips and motor boat outing
The item describes a Grand View motor boat trip to Dora and nearby spots on the 24th, noting rain on Tuesday but promising compensation with visits to the Brewer Estate of Winter Park and other excursions to Howey and the Boys Rock, mentioning Miss Helen Gallimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View
Dora
Tes
Helen Gallimore
Brewer
Winter Park
Howey
Governor Inspects Citrus Juice Plant
Governor Carlton visits the National Juice Corporation plant in Tampa praising Florida’s new orange juice industry. He notes strict sanitation, cull fruit discarded, and a strong distribution system aiding growers and consumers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Carlton
Tampa
O ‘Ational Dairy Products Corporation
National Juice Corporation
D. Collins Gillette
Opata
National Dairy Products Corporation
Mount Dora Chamber Plans Tourist Picnic at Trimble Park
Chamber of Commerce details for a March 4 picnic at Trimble Park with a boat shuttle from the Yacht Club Dock starting at 10 am. Free hot coffee citrus juice and pickles provided. picnickers urged to bring own baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Central Florida Exposition
Trimble Park
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Sorrento Social Notes Show Local Visits and Trips
Sorrento residents share weekend visits and travels. Allen returns from Jacksonville. families welcome relatives. Katheleen Galloway substitutes in Mount Dora. Bolinger buys a Ford Lux. groups tour St Augustine and Tallahassee. residents repaint homes, repair roofs, and fish trip yields 90 speckled. Reverend Vernon resigns due to wife illness.
Obituary: Anna Patience Bradley of Portland dies in Mount Dora
Anna Patience Bradley wife of Judge William Bradley of Portland Missouri died suddenly Friday morning February 27 from a stroke. A winter visitor for five years with her husband at the Villa Dora Hotel she was beloved by many in Mount Dora and hotel guests. She is survived by her husband and their son George who is arranging the burial in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Patience Bradley
William Bradley
Portland
Villa Dora
Mount Dora
George
Seminole War Origins Tied to White Springs Ambush
The first Seminole War began after a white man tried to ambush Seminole chief Osceola at White Springs in Hamilton County and killed one of Osceola’s children. Dr. John Gorrie, noted inventor, is mentioned in connection to the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
White Springs
Hamilton County
John Gorrie
Mrs Carrie S Moore Dies After Illness In Florida
Mrs Carrie S Moore of Mechanicsburg, Pa died Thursday morning at the Florida Sanitarium after a several week illness. She had spent the winter in Mount Dora with sister Mrs Lida Sceva and cousin Mrs Minnie Griffin. Funeral services were held at Eiselstein Undertaking Parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie S. Moore
Mechanicsburg
Florida Sanitarium
Moore
Mount Dora
Lida Sceva
Minnie Griffin
Eiselstein
Tangerine community event features citrus booth and winter scenes
A Tangerine Society entertainment at the Community Hall showcased summer hotel sports and winter ice scenes. Local residents and visitors attended as coffee and dough nuts were served. Tangerine earned third prize in citrus fruit display and fourth for attractiveness at the Central Florida Exposition booth competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank John Farrington
Center Low- Me
C. H. Estey
J. W. Jepson
E. W. Dahlin
Tangerine
Jepson
Tangerine Booth
Foreclosure Suit In Lake County Chancery Court
In Lake County Florida in the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit a chancellor suit to foreclose a chattel mortgage is filed by Lake County Finance Company against S W Binker. The case concerns a mortgage on personal property and seeks to enforce repayment and lien relief through the circuit court process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
State OF Florida
Lake County
Notice of Master's Sale in Lake County Florida
Under a 1931 Final Decree Judge J C B Koonce Master will sell on March 6 1931 at the Court House Door in Tavares Florida the property of S W Binker including The Baby Golf Links in Mount Dora and its fixtures furnishings and goodwill except radio equipment as described in a Lake County Finance Company mortgage dated May 29 1930. Proceeds to satisfy the mortgage with costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. B. Koonce
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
A. D
Lake County
Florida
Lae County Finance Company
S. W. Binker
Paris
Mount Dora
Lake County Finance Company
Lakeside Arrivals List of Guests and Visitors
A long roll of arrivals lists numerous individuals and couples visiting or staying in Lakeside, including Mrs. C. Zabriskie, Mrs. Howard S. Williams, Miss J. Watson, W. G. Selby, and many others from New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, and beyond. The roster notes addresses in cities such as Rochester, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, and Jersey City, reflecting a wide regional guest presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Zabriskie
New York City
N. Y
Howard S. Williams
Philadelphia
J. Watson
W. G. Selby
Sarasota
Fla
H. E. Stockbridge
Rochester
Jean D. Ridley
Boston
Mass
M. Rosenfeld
N.Y
Chris Rapp
Joseph H. Pattison
Indianapolis
Ind
Blodgett
Framingham
W. F. Crosby
Frank L. Clough
Swampscott
Edw
J. Edwards
Paterson
N. J
Henry Heinz
T. L Turney
Yonkers
H. H. Schoonmaker
Anne L. Glass
E. Orange
Phoebe Ann Gutelius
Montreal
Can
Addie M. Dion
Cambridge
J. B. Coleman
Toronto
H. S. Carpenter
Frank E. Clark
Boston Mass
Orion Banks
Lawrence Barry
Brookline
O. R. Blanchard
Jersey City
Wm Barnes
F. C. Barnes
Montclair
H. P. Berger
Lebanon
Grand View Arrivals in Winter Park and Florida
Among those registered at the Grand View Hotel are Miss Esther Forman Mr. Kisco N Y Mr. Fredr Forman Mr. Kisco N Y Mrs S M McIntyre and Mrs B L Putnam Winter Park Fla Commodore and Mrs Spinney West Palm Beach Fla Mr Earl Gresh and Howard Hays St Peters burg Fla
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View Hotel
Esther Forman
Kisco
N. Y
Fredr. P. Forman
S. M. McIntyre
B. L. Putnam
Winter Park
Fla
Commodore
Spinney
West Palm Beach
Earl Gresh
Howard Hays
St. Petersburg
Speed Record Set At Daytona Beach
The world speed record for motor cars topped just over 200 miles per hour at Daytona Beach last year, with a new mark reported from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
No More Rats or Mice With RAT-SNAP Guarantee
Old farm pest ad for RAT-SNAP claims a sure rodent kill with no odor. Sizes 35¢, 65¢, and $1.25 offer coverage from home kitchens to farm buildings. Sold by MOUNT DORA PHARMACY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Final Settlement in Estate of Jane P. Hoaxie
Executor James H. Richardson seeks approval of final accounts and discharge in Lake County Florida. Ancillary administration proceeding before County Judge E. M. Tally in Tavares on April 30, 1931. Attorney J W Hunter represents the Executor with address in West Warwick Rhode Island. The notice also references a Florida chancery matter involving Tracy Tyson and James Tyson, with a non resident affidavit filed by the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane P. Hoaxie
E. M. Tally
Lake County
Tavares
Same
Maple Ave
West Warwick
Rhode Island
J. W. Hunter Tavares
Fla
Circuit Court OF the County
Chancery
Tracy Tyson
James Tyson
State OF Florida
James, Tyson
Court Order Issues March 30 Response Date
The court requires the defendant to answer the bill of complainant by March 30, 1931. If not, the allegations will be ordered and a copy of the order will be published in Mount Dora Topic weekly for four weeks prior to March 30. Witness the seal of the court February 24, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Gerieg Bewit
Wellsville
Ohio
Mount Dora
Iida
Geo. J. Dykes
Circus Court
Lake County
Grace Hawthorne
D. C
Notice of School Elections in Mount Dora and Sorrento
The Mount Dora No. 16 and Sorrento No. 15 school districts hold elections March 4, 1931 at City Hall for three trustees and millage for two years. Officials named include J J West clerk and inspectors J A Cowart and T J Boyd. Publication in four issues of Mount Dora Topic is ordered by the Lake County Board of Public Instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora No
Sorrento
Mount Dora— City Hall
Sorreno
J. J. West
Trigg Tuttle
Owen Simpson
Elizabeth L. Evans
J. A. Cowart
T. J. Boyd
Dixie Royal
Carl Dees
Mount Dora
Lake County
Florida
Board of Public Instruction of
D. H. Bickers
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A. J. Te Oest
Wm. Robinson
St. Louis
T. W. Carlton
G. R. King
Benson Springs
Iona Faber
The
Methodist
Gale McAllister
Sanford
New Methodist Church
T. J. Pugh
John Morton
Carrol Pugh
Bobbie Morton
Winter Garden
G.W. Oliver
Carl Henderson
Miller-Meilen-Schaeder Groves
Children’s Home Society
Jacksonville
Edith Davenport
C. Allen
C. M.bell
Eee Ree
Fairvilla
T. Wright Carlton
Fred Dixton
National Juice Corp
Allen
Mr. Peer Wet
Santer’ Bel
Walter Cooper Sr
Glenn Brown
Miss Mary Battle
G. C. Battle Sr
Mr. Rabun Battle of
Ft Meade
Core Ruby Ae
Theary
Artor
Leesburg
Katheleen Galloway
Mr. Bolinger
Ford
Ida Battle
A. H
Hazel Burbank
St. Augustine
T. A. Battle
Mrs
Carl Battle
Titusville
Mrs. W. Stevens
Mrs. Brown
Buffalo, N. Y
Mrs. Cowart
Miss Allen
Goodwin
Cleveland
Mr. and
T. E. Henrietta
Mrs. Flint
Laura’ and
Abbie Flint
Eeeeeyompson
Plymon
Vernon
Presbyterian Church
Claud Ferrell
Harrold Paeee
Stewart
Bawa
Alice Meese Mass
Estey Home
Estey
Alice Merse
Rogram
Orlando
Eustis
Charles Rice
Worcester
A. R. Key
Lakeside
Grand View Arrivals
James H. Richardson
Jane P. Hoxie
D. H. Moore
Lake View Pharmacy
Mount Dora, Florida
Goodyear
the Everglades
Miamian
Gulf: Coast, Limited
Palmetto Limited
Neughday
Cme
E Quibbe
New York
Akon Ape
J. G. Kirkland
Hillsboro Hotel
P. W. Turrentine
Green
Havana
P.S. Low
Atlantic Coast Line
Standard Railroad OF the South
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