Leesburg Life notes local growth and civic plans
Leesburg opens a Williams Company branch in Eustis led by Joe M. Wolfe with sixteen years in wholesale and retail grocery trade. Free mail delivery expands in Leesburg with new routes and extended limits. Summer Thursday half days cut to five months, among chamber and merchants actions. Local youths head to training camps, Kiwanis luncheon features Sam Luffer, and Chamber membership grows as drive plans unfold. Rotary Kiwanis and Chamber outline city canvassing for March. William L. Wilson, Panama City candidate, foresees Gulf Coast Highway linking northwest and central Florida to boost agriculture, commerce, and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis
Williams Company
Leesburg
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred W. Smith
Leesburg Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Rotarians
Legionnaires
Lake View Hotel
Florida
Civic Forum
Rotary
Kiwanis
William L. Wilson
Panama City
Congress
Wilson
Florda
Con
Florida talks on staple crops and Gulf ports growth
A speaker urged exchanging staple crops from northwest Florida for fruits and vegetables from semi tropical areas. The talk highlighted the value of using the north Gulf Coast ports in world commerce and industrial development, as Florida moves toward diversification. A larger audience heard the speaker than at prior events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tral
Florida
North Gulf Coast
Mr. Wilson
Tavares Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Residents and guests fill the week with arrivals and departures. Mr. and Mrs. Wooten of Detroit rent an apartment at Lake Side Inn. Mrs. Bayard Kennedy and children return from Eustis. Several families and individuals from Orlando, Ocala, Grand Rapids, and Auburndale visit Tavares and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. W. Wooten
Detroit
Mich
Tavares
Lake Side Inn
Mrs. Wooten
E. A. Williams
Auburndale
W. M. Cloud
Texarkana Guests Attend Orlando Events
Texarkana residents joined Judge and Mrs. E. M. Tally and Mr and Mrs Leonard Barker plus Mr and Mrs Fred Lagerquist on a Thursday evening drive to Orlando. Pearl Longe and Helena Nutt were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Irving Burleigh. Bridge games capped the evening. Mere Rees Iliff Couger Ted Estey and Paul Daniels traveled to Orlando on Friday for the Scottish Rite meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Tally
Leonard Barker
Fred Lagerquist
Orlando
Irving Burleigh
Mere Rees
Iliff Couger
Ted Estey
Paul Daniels
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Leesburg Life
Post Office Department
W. G. Ross
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Fort Screven
Georgia
Russell Casson
A. L. Cowles
George R. Hunt
R. W. Pattert
G. W. Lawton
Orange
W. B. Powel
Magnolia Ave
Western Union
Eustis Fla
John Miller
C. E. Hannah
Rufus Wilson
Tennessee
Summerall Park
Cliff Couger
Umatilla
J. E. Hammond
William J. Rogers
Lloyd Tally
Bushnell
Katie Mae Fagleston
Essie Chaddix
Dr. C. S. Ball of
Ocala
Christian McFerron
W. J. Sims
Palatka
W. Regan
Babson Park
C. J. Post
Paul Harber
Walter Burleigh
Tampa
Mrs. M. McGee
Elizabeth, N. J
Lydia Bond
C. R. Watkins
C. W. Ford
Texarkana, Texas
Pearl Longe
Helena Nutt
DR. M. Wells
Mount Dora, Fla
New Bank
H. A. Eckholdt
Alexander and 8Th
J. W. Hunter
Tavares, Florida
Thomas
Cooley Attorney At Law
Dora
Elizabeth Waller
Ap‘t
Rehbaum & Mallory
William Jenson
Emory J. Close
Tavares, Fla
Rehbaum & Co
KEENE
Optometrists
Mfg
Eee Keene
Keen Light
Stokley’s Drug Store
Mount Dora
C. Minkley
7Th Ave
Mt. Dora
Fila
Buick
O. B
G.M.A.C
Buick CO
Eustis, Fla
Fla. C
M. Paden
Qenew
Europe
America
Servic
Fia
Sylvan Shores
Sylvan Shores Company
Sylvan Shores Properties
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