A P Phillips Jr Seeks Florida Democratic Delegate Nomination
A P Phillips Jr announces his candidacy for a seat at the Democratic National Convention. He supports pure democracy and public preference polling. The Phillips Company has mailed twenty thousand double post card ballots from its Orlando headquarters to gauge constituent wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Phillips, JR
A. P Phillips Company
National Advertising Agency
Orlando
Phillips
People of
Florida
Sun District
Lake County 4H Girls Set Achievement Day in Tavares
The Lake County 4-H Achievement Day for girls is on May 4 in Tavares at the Home Demonstration Kitchen and 4-H Club Building. The program begins at 2 PM with exhibits, a dress uniform contest, and scholarships handed to Short Course winners by Frank Owens.
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Lake County
Tavares
Lucy Belle Settle
Gainesville
Frank Owens
Board of County Commissioners
Tallahassee
Lake Couny
Lucie K. Miller
4-H Club
Screw worm infestations warn stockmen and dairymen
Stockmen and dairymen should watch for screw worm infestations as warmer weather returns. Keep benzol or pine tar oil on hand and inspect stock regularly, applying fly repellant to any skin abrasions. Bloody secretions signal infestation. treat with appropriate material. County Agent offers control information. An effective mole cricket bait combines Paris Green with dog food pellets placed at cricket holes.
Azaleas and Dogwoods Spark Central Florida Planting Fever
Lake County residents embrace a flowering push with Florida Nursery and Landscape Company supplying over 30,000 azaleas for Central Florida. Kiwanis of Tavares sold 500 plants, Eustis groups planted 1700, Leesburg Kiwanis sold 2500 in 25 minutes plus 200 dogwoods, Mount Dora Chamber moved 800 azaleas and 300 dogwoods, while private owners added thousands more plants across the region.
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Lake County
Florida Nursery and Landscape Company of
Leesburg
Florida
Orlando
Kiwanis Club of
Tavares
Woman’s Club
Woman’s Club Pa
Eustis
Eustis Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Leesburg Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
Florida Dominates World Phosphate Supply
Florida produces about 80 percent of the world’s phosphate with Polk County identified as the greatest pebble phosphate producing area on the globe. The claim highlights Florida’s dominant role in phosphate.
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Florida
Polk County
Clermont Passes Bond Refunding Under Wilcox Act
Circuit Judge J C B Koonce signed the decree approving a bond refunding for Clermont. George Westbrook and T C Cork led the deal through Leedy Wheeler Co of Orlando for 884 800 dollars of 6 percent bonds swapped for 442 400 dollars in refunding bonds to run thirty years. Interest drops from 6 to 2 to 5 percent over the term and past interest is paid in notes redeemable at 15 cents on the dollar. over 75 percent of holders approved. Finalizing actions were taken with Mayor H C Brown and Clerk Russell House and TC Cork and George Wi.
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Clermont
J. C. B. Koonce
George Westbrook
T.C. Cork
Leedy & Wheeler Company
Orlando
H. C. Brown
Russell House
TC Cork
George Wi
Clearwater Seville range houses world’s largest peafowl collection
Clearwater's Seville range hosts more than 500 peafowl. Officials believe this is the largest such collection globally, drawing interest from researchers and visitors alike.
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Clearwater
Seville Range
Lake County prints local high school annual Panther 1940
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce lauds The Panther annual from Eustis High School as a near perfect locally designed and printed yearbook. Secretary Karl Lehmann emphasizes keeping school printing money in Lake County.
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Lake County
Karl Lehmann
Lake County writer Wilmer Bassett Jr leads 4-H Club news
Wilmer Bassett Jr former assistant county agent of Lake County wins a scholarship and a year of study in the National Capital. He writes a monthly column for the National 4 H Club News and is a recognized leader inspiring Lake County boys and girls and their leaders through his service.
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Lake County
United States
Wilmer Bassett, Jr
National
Wilmer Bassett
Lines to a Grackle a humorous Boston verse
A whimsical 19th century verse by E. Bridgman mocks a noisy grackle. The speaker suggests cures from larding larynx to tonsil surgery and asks birds like Mrs Canary and Mrs Skylark for tips. If tutors fail, the speaker begs the bird to stay mute when humans meet.
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Mr. Grackle
Canary
Skylark
Crow
Teed E. Bridgman
Boston
Farmer Auction Near Perkinsville to Pay Funeral Expenses
An elderly Vermont farmer, A. T. Billings, 80, who is stone deaf, held an auction near Perkinsville to raise funds for his funeral expenses. The bill listed sale items and ended with There ain't nothin else too numerous to mention.
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Perkinsville
Vermont
A. T. Billings
Stone Deaf
Florida Soil Varieties Surpass 100 Types
Florida hosts over 100 soil varieties, mainly consisting of sand clay and organic matter. The diverse soils influence agriculture, construction, and land management across the state.
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Florida
New Yorkers Seek Lake County Literature for Future Home
A New York couple requested Lake County Chamber literature and information about relocating. They recalled Secretary Lehmann and his Norwalk Connecticut showing in August 1938, noting it was hotter than any night he had experienced in Florida in twenty years.
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George Dykes
Coast Line
Bart Cassady
Lake County
New Florida Driver's Manual Published by Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety releases a pocket sized driver's manual with Florida highway laws license rules and road signals. Governor Cone announces its distribution and notes the motto Drive Safely Save Human Life along with safe night driving passing rules and hand signals.
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Department of Public Safety
Fred P. Cone
Florida
Florida Governor Cone Urges Safe Driving Cooperation
Governor Cone appeals to Florida drivers to use the new driver’s manual mailed to all licensees. He, along with the Florida Highway Patrol, promotes safe ways of travel and stresses cutting the state’s high accident total through awareness of laws, rules of the road, hand signals, and driving methods.
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Cone
Florida Highway Patrol
Florida
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Tom” Cooley
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W. D
Bill’ Finlayson
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W. F. “Red” Robinson
State Senate
B. A. Cassady
Flor
Ida
Circuit Court
Comptroller
Andrews
U.S. Senator
Senate
Fred
U.S
WMBR
WQAM
WDBO
WDAE
Agaia
State Bar
Bristol
Lake County School Board
Board
D. H. Moore
Friends of Lake County
New York
Connecticut
Troy Hall
F. E. Owens
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