Birthday tribute to Chester Treadway in Lake County
Chester Treadway of Tavares born May 13 1884 in Booneville Kentucky. He studied in Kentucky schools and Tran sylvania College. Now public relations director for Southeastern chain stores association with office in Orlando. He moved to Florida in 1910 and Lake County in 1930, served on county commission and chaired the State Road Department. An es han Mason Shriner Kiwanian and bird hunter fond of roses and chicken pilau. Florida houses report Byrd Expedition members near the South Pole. Florida National Exhibits, Inc. led in canned grapefruit and juice production.
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Chester B. Treadway
Tavares
Booneville, Ky
Transylvania College
Lexington
Chester Treadway
Association of Chain Stores
Orlando
Florida
Lake County
Board of
State
South Pole
Florida National Exhibits, Inc
H. B. Harrell
Leesburg
Madison County
In County
Georgia Normal and Business Institute
Abbey
Georgia
Harrell
Lake County Estate Board
Lees Chamber Commerce
Lake County Chamber Commerce
Red Cross Warns Home Hazards Greater Than Roadways
The American Red Cross urges household and farm safety noting home and farm accidents killed 35,400 and injured 4,750,000 last year. The 1935 campaign targets homes nationwide with check lists and school cooperation to reduce falls, burns, and other hazards during the November Roll Call.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
American Junior Red Cross
Friendship as a guiding principle of the Knights of Pythias
First Prize winner Ida Hiley extols friendship as courage sacrifice sincerity tolerance and courtesy shaping business and personal life. The essay cites Damon and Pythias and Sioux customs to illustrate how true friendship requires effort, trust, and mutual aid amid war clouds threatening humanity.
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Ida Hiley
Atelier
Thias
Damon
Pythias
Pythian Order
Robert Louis Stevenson
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Knights
the Knights Sesthias
Knights of
Ias
Camp McQuarrie Opens in Ocala National Forest
Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park Lake County opens June 10 under G T Huggins with the Florida Agricultural Extension Service oversight. It serves 4 H Club youth from central and south Florida with weekly sessions and hosts the Seventh Citrus Growers Institute August 26 to 31 and the Third Poultry Institute the week before. A garden dust mix for insects and diseases includes 9 ounces dusting sulfur 1 ounce arsenate of lead 1 ounce nicotine sulphate dust.
Sea Island Cotton Growers to Meet in Lake County
Lake County Sea Island cotton growers plan a May 15 meeting at the Courthouse in Tavares to discuss production issues including boll weevil control and pure seed stock. USDA and Florida experts will attend to advise, with talks on forming a Sea Island Cotton Improvement Association offering free crop classification by the Marketing Service. About 2000 acres are planted, and Sea Island cotton commands higher prices than short staple.
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Sea Island
R. E. Norris
Lake County
United States Department of Agriculture
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
State Department of Agriculture and Extension Service
Sea Island Cotton Improvement Association
Agricultural Marketing Service
USDA
Lake
Blow Me Down Grange Never Downed by Wind
An odd Grange named Blow Me Down No 234 in Plainfield New Hampshire stands strong after years of prosperity. It recently gained a modern hall built with wide community labor and materials. The piece notes Florida state banks have more than doubled their resources in six years.
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Plainfield
New Hampshire
Florida
Selling Florida Inc lauds statewide publicity drive
An Ocala Star editorial urges Florida publicists to unite under a statewide program to advertise the state. The plan aims to attract visitors to beaches and resorts year round, backed by leaders like Wilton Martin and the Publicity Men’s Association. HB Harrell Harrell of Leesburg is noted as a civic leader with long county service and Masonic and Kiwanian affiliations.
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Florida, Inc
Cfida Association of
Ocala
Florida
Wilton Martin
Silver Springs
Publicity Men’s Association
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Orange General Hospital
NYA Aviation Mechanics
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Experience
California
Chevrolet
Dora
Malin
AMA
Nutshell
Mount Dora
Tion
HB Harrell
Bes
Lake Courtard
Pre Ty
Lee Peantes Ir
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