Leesburg Melon Fete Promises Food Fun Fireworks May 26
Leesburg hosts a large scale melon festival on May 26 starting at 10 am with skeet shooting water fights parades bands and a swimming meet at Venetian Gardens. Dick Pope and Aqua Bats will perform aqua show acts followed by a Leesburg Sanford Florida State League baseball game at Venetian Gardens ball park and a festival queen crowning at 2 pm.
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Eustis
Leesburg
Bushnell
Bush
Venetian Gardine
Cypress Gardens
Winter Haven
Dick Pope
Sanford
Venetian Gardens
Ball Park
Silver Lake Country Club
Florida voters applaud federal aid and electrification drive
A congressman reports on federal relief and rural electrification funding. Florida borrowers at the Home Owners' Land Corporation paid 265 480 dollars in March, second in the nation. WPA projects include airport and street improvements in Orlando, Daytona Beach, St. Augustine, and Marion County, with civil service exams announced for positions at St Elizabeths Hospital and wildlife research roles.
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Florida
Home Owners’ Land Corporation
House of Representatives
Senate
Sumter Sixteen
Lake, Sumter
Marion Counties
Sumter
Rural Electrification Administration
Fifth Congressional District
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C
Orlando
Orange Avenue
Orange County
Citrus County
Sumter County
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
Brevard County
Cocoa
Marion
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Department of Interior
Florida Grape Growers Show Plans Set for Montverde
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce announced the Florida State Grape Growers show and convention to be held at Montverde on Thursday June 30 Kenneth Loucks of Leesburg and C F Evans of Montverde spoke. Five new board members were elected J B Prevatt Jess Lantz Mrs Kate Clare R H Hackney A J Tanel. The meeting heard reports from officials on bond improvements shuttle bus line and highway projects plus a tribute resolution to Frank D Waterman.
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Tilla
CountyEim
Montverde
Kenneth Loucks
Leesburg
C. F. Evans
J. B. Prevatt
Tavares
Jess Lantz
The
Eustis of Commerce
Kate Clare
Groveland
Lake County
O. W. Smith
Astatula
County Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commercce
Washington
Frank D. Waterman
Clermont
Lucy
M. Woodruff
H. C. Brown
Eustis
Jess.g. Lantz
Frank W. Stebbins
Harold Hippler
Grand Island
Col. C. E. Lester
Chas. J. Anderson
Lady Lake
Kate M. Close
A.J. Tanel
Leslie
D. Burdine
J. M. Lowry
Seneca
Eugene Kramer
K. M. Lacey
Lucie
K. Miller
R. E. Norris
A. S. Herlong
Wilmer Bassett
Vera Carr
Karl Lehmann
Maternal Death Rates Hit Record Low in 1936
Census Bureau figures show the national maternal mortality rate fell to 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1936, the lowest on record.
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Census Bureau
Story of Lincolns Day at Princess Theatre Sunday and Monday
Walter Huston returns on Sunday and Monday in Story of Lincolns Day at the Princess Theatre. The film centers on a circuit preacher and his family as their son becomes a surgeon and eventually meets Lincoln. Lake Arrowhead location scenes, notable cast including James Stewart and Leatrice Joy Gilbert.
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Princess Theatre
Walter Huston
Dodsworth
Fcture
Beneiis
Honore Morrow
James Stewart
Beulah Bondi
Abraham Lincoln
Ohio
Clarence Brown
Lake Arrowhead
California
Depar
Ture
Baltimore
Lincoln
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
John Gilbert
Ann Rutherford
Charles Coburn
New York
Bill
Guy Kibbee
Gene Lockhart
Arthur Aylesworth
Clem Bevans
Charley Grapewin
Gene Reynolds
Sterling Holloway
Charles Peck
Robert McWade
Leona Roberts
Minor Watson
John Carradine
Scofield Predicts Smash Victory in Run-off for Fifth Circuit
M C Scofield, Inverness candidate backed by Townsend, forecasts winning the run-off next Tuesday by more than 3000 votes in five counties Marion Lake Citrus Hernando Sumter. He cites growing support from large voting blocs and strong Marion and Ocala turnout.
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M. C. Scofield
Inverness
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Marion
Lake
Citrus
Hernando
Sumter
Scofield
Ocala
Matthews Seeks Re-nomination to Railroad Commission
Eugene S. Matthews thanks Democratic voters of Lake County for a May 3 primary lead of 50 711 and pledges to continue faithful, impartial service. He notes no contest in the second primary, Davis has withdrawn, and asks supporters to mark an X after his name on May 24.
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Robert Gray
Congressman Peterson
Mr. Gray
Railroad Commission
Davis
Eugene S. Matthews
Orange County Leads U S in Orange Production
Orange County California tops national citrus output per Census Bureau reports. The county leads across the United States in orange production with substantial harvests reported by officials.
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Orange County
California
United States
Yakima Leads U.S. in Apples and Pears
Census Bureau reports show Yakima Washington as the top apple producer and also the leading pears producer. Cherry County Nebraska tops the nation in cattle production.
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Yakima
Washington
Cherry County
Nebraska
United States
Hocker thanks supporters as campaign ends
Fred Hocker, candidate for Circuit Judge, issues a closing statement urging voters to judge by qualifications and vote on May 24. He praises a high minded campaign, rejects mudslinging, and asks skeptics to become informed and cast ballots for the candidate.
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Fred Hocker
Aalace
Real Hindu Temple at Southern College Dedicated Memorial
A Hindu temple imported from Benares, India is being erected on the Florida Southern College campus at Lake Hollingsworth. Donated by the late Dr. Frederick B. Fisher, the temple will be dedicated as a memorial to him with elephant statues and a sacred cow at the front. Fisher’s widow Mrs. Fisher Honsinger oversees the project on the south campus garden site near Edge Memorial Hall. Cameron County Texas leads tomato production per Census Bureau figures.
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India
Florida Southern College
Lake and
Benares
United States
Frederick B. Fisher
Detroit
Welby. Honsinger
Fisher
Lake Hollingsworth
Edge Memorial Hall
Joseph Reynolds Hall
Dr. Fisher
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Palace Theatre
Geiger’s
Tim Sellar
Joe Hendricks
Stalin
Mount Dora Publishing Co
Mount Dora
Merchants Sales Books
Hammermill Bond Typewriter
Manila
Elwyn Thomas
Supreme Court
C. of C. Board
Aad Watermelon Treat
Hocker
Southern College
Cameron County
Texas
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