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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1938

Page

4

Display Advertising Rates For Classified Ads

The notice lists advertising pricing terms. Display ads cost 35 cents per inch and classified ads charge 1 cent per word with a minimum 25 cent charge. Ready deadline and contact details are implied.

Whimsical Bits From The Times and The News

A collage of quirky observations and quips on topics from tax exemptions and Florida tales to phrenology and silly legal woes. The piece riffs on life in Illinois and Florida, blending humor with light social commentary and topical jabs.

Key West Florida Coral Highway Opens April First

The Florida mainland to Key West highway will open April 1, featuring over 80 miles of bridges and islands. The Pigeon Key Bridge spans several miles, believed to be the longest over water. The roadway is set to become a premier Florida attraction and boost Key West as a tourist center.

Florida Key West Pigeon Key

Tomatoes Rise From Poison Myths to Nation’s Favorite

The article recalls how tomatoes once thought poisonous and linked to witchcraft are now a staple food. It notes the love apple origins, long held cancer fears disproved by science, and highlights tomatoes as a major revenue source for truckers and canners with over twenty million cases canned annually in the United States.

United States

Driving Hint at Fifth and Donnelly Right on Red Rules

Yes you may turn right on red at the Fifth and Donnelly crossing but the car on green has the right of way and rushing ahead is discourteous and unsafe.

Fifth and Donnelly Avenue

Plea for Child Safety From Eufaula Editor

The Eufaula Tribune editor pleads for drivers to slow down near schools and intersections. He recalls his seven year old daughter heading to school and asks readers to protect children from careless driving, emphasizing that parents rely on others to keep kids safe. The Tampa Tribune notes it as a powerful editorial with a clear safety lesson.

Eufaula Ala Tribune Coot Hall of Learning Santa Claus Elizabeth The Tampa Tribune

Wild Life in the Everglades Highlighted by Florida Exhibit

Fred Fletcher’s Everglades blimp survey reveals dense white ibis flocks wood ibises deer and turkey and huge fish schools in Shark River headwaters near Cape Sable Florida’s World’s Fair exhibit will use a Florida sky ceiling with cloud machines UV lighting from Westinghouse A Lakeland figure J E Ballenger elected president of the American Road Builders Association in Miami Road No 230 progress from No 64 to Pinellas Point in Pinellas County with traffic caution urged.

Everglades Florida Florida Wilds Fred Fletcher Stuart News Turkey Shark River Cape Sable Earl W. Brown Westinghouse Electric Company New York American Road Builders Association J. E. Ballenger Lakeland Miami Pinellas Point Pinellas County

Pepper opens campaign for re election in Florida

Senator Claude Pepper opened his Pensacola campaign reviewing a productive Senate record. He contrasted public service with serving special interests, urging progress for wages conditions capital housing education and jobs. Florida grape industry in Lake County poised to become a major state industry with growing production and early market timing. State Road 13 relocation shifts traffic northeast of Maxwell in Duval County from Jacksonville to Baldwin via Maxwell.

Washington America Florida Lake County F. W. Davidson Maxwell Duval County Jacksonville Baldwin

J H Long 76 Dies At Home In Tavares Florida

Joseph H Long father of State Beverage Commissioner Thomas Long died suddenly at his Tavares home. Born in Columbia County he served as Hamilton County Tax Collector 1909 to 1913 and later moved to Lake County to raise citrus. Funeral held Monday at 3:30 p.m. with ministers J E Jenkins and J Alvin Inman officiating. Interment in Tavares cemetery. Survived by widow son sister and a brother C E Long.

Joseph H. Long Thomas Long Tavares Mr. Long Columbia County Florida Hamilton County Lake County Methodist Church Masonic Lodge Long W. N. Cone Lake City Cone W. G. Long C. E Campville J. E. Jenkins J. Alvin Inman

Boston Anecdotes and Oddities Stir Local Street Scenes

A bustling column recalls a crowded hotel boxing chatter and a Bostonese duchess at S. S. Pierce. The narrator glances at market turmoil, public mood, and civic signals as traffic lights red light and a STOP sign frame urban life.

Flower Show Set For Tuesday and Wednesday

Community reminder invites residents to attend the flower show to be held here next Tuesday and Wednesday featuring displays from local horticulture clubs and vendors.

Self timer makes group photos easy with folding cameras

Van Guilder explains how a self timer accessory lets you join group pictures. Set focus and exposure, place camera on a stable surface, time your walk into the shot, then the timer buzzes and takes the photo. It fits over the cable release button and works with tripod setups.

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Mrs Gilbert D Murray obituary in Umatilla

Mrs Gilbert D Murray died March 10 at Umatilla Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Katharine Winston of Scranton Pa before marrying Dr Murray a railway surgeon. Survived by husband and four children G Donald Murray Jr William Murray Mrs E W Freeman and John Alden Murray. Services were held in Reinbaum parlor with Dr W S Randall officiating. Remains taken to Manasquan N J with relatives.

Gilbert D. Murray Ag Umatilla Hospital Murray Katharine Winton Scranton Pennsylvania Dr. Murray Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway G. Donald Murray Jr Public Service Corporation of New Jersey William Murray Fox Films, Inc E. W. Freeman Merion

William Guy Birkbeck Dies After Short Illness

Mr. William Guy Birkbeck aged 50 died Thursday at his daughter Mrs. C. C. Jacobs home in Hackett Court after visiting in Orlando. Survived by widow Leta Jacobs of Mount Dora, his father Wm A Birkbeck, two sisters and four brothers of Ohio. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Carey Hand Chapel in Orlando.

William Guy Birkbeck Ronan C. C. Jacobs Hackett Court Birkbeck

Death of Dr. Fred R. Marsh at 59 in Florida

Dr. Fred R. Marsh, 59, died at his home near Eustis after years of poor health. Survived by widow Lucille, an aunt in Brattleboro, and several cousins. A Bowdoin graduate and Princeton and Berkeley Theological Seminary alumnus, he served as pastor in Houston Jacksonville Winter Park Tavares and Tangerine, taught Bible and Greek at Rollins College, and received a Rollins D.D. in 1916. Funeral conducted at Tavares Congregational Church with burial in Greenwood.

Fred R. Marsh Eustis Lucille S. Marsh Elizabeth C. Marsh Brattleboro Marsh Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine Princeton Theological Seminary The Theological Seminary Berkeley California Denver Col Houston Texas Florida Jacksonville Winter Park Tavares Tangerine Washington, D. C Rollins College Rollins Phi Beta Kappa D.K.E W. S. Randall Mount Dora Tavares Church Ant Greenwood Cemetery Tis

Morning and Evening Services at First Methodist Church

Morning service at 10 45 with sermon titled A Bird's Eye View of the Great Galilean's Earthly Min 6 30 p m Epworth League 7 30 p m Evening hymn sing with a ten minute interpretation of II Cor II

First Methodist Episcopal Epworth League II Cor. Il

Rev Neslie Underwood Leads Sunday Schedule at First Church

Reverend Neslie V. Underwood presides as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 and classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11 00 followed by evening service at 7 30. B Y P U meets at 6 30 and mid week service is Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Strangers welcome. all without a regular church home invited.

Neslie V. Underwood Sun Sunday

St Thomas Episcopal Fla Service Schedule

St Thomas Episcopal Church Florida holds Sunday School at 9 45 a m Holy Communion at 11 00 a m with a sermon by Rector D T Johnson.

ST. Thomas Episcopal Fla D. T. Johnson

Church of Christ Service Schedule at Lake Franklin Park

The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street Sanford Road invites tourists to worship each Lord's Day with Bible School at 10 AM and services at 11 AM and 7:15 PM. Prayer meeting and song service Thursdays. Preacher Lawrence Mize.

Church OF Christ

Catholic Services Schedule for Clermont and Eustis

Reverend Patrick Doyle presides services at 8:00 a.m. in Clermont and 10:00 a.m. in Eustis. First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m. at Grove Street and Badger Avenue, Eustis, Florida.

Grove St Badger Ave Eustis Fla Patrick Doyle Clermont

Church of God Sunday Service Times

The Church of God invites people to regular worship with Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Sunday School at 10 a.m. A prayer meeting is held Thursday at 7 30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Church OF God Bayim

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mount Dora, Florida Edith Edeburn Keller George C. Keller Snevneng Eugene L. Downs Florida Press Association Soumard Vluida Illinois Dallas, Texas Morning News the Times-Union Socialist Party In J. H. Long Villa Dora Ladeez Herr Gottheim Alonzo Tony Gustave S. S. Pierce Parton Lemuel F. Parton World News Front Gilbert D. Murray MR. W. Guy Birkbeck W. M. Kennedy Mount Dora, Fla Andrew Mc Brodie D.D Florence Gilbert Hanscom Organist Bible School ST. Mary’s OF the Lakes C. L. Quixley Post First Church OF Christ Scientist Grove Street Lemon Avenue Fountain Inn Eustis Street Harold Wilson Mount Dora Hardware Co Bob Jones N. Tremain Street C. M. Gudgeon Ugda H. A. Stein New Sylvan Shores, Inc Sylvan Shores Hotel Fifth Avenue Elias Seccombe Alice M. Davis Donnelly St Mary B. Mouring Grandview Street East Town Sylvan Shores E. M. Taylor Main St Kennebunk MacDonald Avenue Louis R. Tremain Donnelly Ave Ray E. Daniels Perrydell Daytona Beach Orlando P.O Dixie Highway Rio Vista Rehbaum & Co DR. Richardson Alfred Rehbaum M. Wells First National Bank Thos. H. Cooley Donnelly T. H. Evans Watchmaker and Jeweler Watch Inspector Seaboard Airline Railroad East Pine Street Orlando L. A. Tremain J. M. Smith Nan J. Stuart J. J. West
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