Boaters Rally for Lake Dora Regatta and Ermintrude Hunt
Lake Dora hosts a Sunday regatta organized by the Yacht Club and Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce. Entrants seek three fish named Ermintrude Gladys and Gwendolyn in a fun fishing race with prizes for catches and top boats. Followed by a Casters club showcase by Margo Hosford’s group.
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Lake Dora
Gatta
Lake County
Ie Ao Tabeard
Kickers
Ermintrude
Glad
Gwendolyn
Yacht Club
Mount Dora
Red Cross Plans Return of First Aid Lessons in Mount Dora
Mount Dora chapter of the American Red Cross seeks public interest to revive first aid training. Mrs Celia Claflin announces renewed courses with William Jay Barker teaching life saving methods, noting wartime certificates have expired and registration is at the Topic office.
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Mount Dora
American Red Cross
Celia Claflin
William Jay Barker
Red Cross
Barker
Revue to Benefit Mount Dora Youth Center
A dance revue by Ross Morgan studios will be staged at the Community building tomorrow evening to benefit the Mount Dora Youth Center. Nine local youngsters will perform tap and ballet, with additional acts from Leesburg and Orlando. Admission is free, with donations encouraged to support the center’s activities.
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Mount Dora
Ross Morgan Studios
Dorans
Leesburg
Orlando
Jean Atkins
Glenn Woodworth
Wees Clahnd
Rlando
Goldilocks Invades Monkey's Cage
F Finzel of the Mount Dora ids camp tamed his cardio dhe had See to a cad for Tuesday night. Someone says a seven-foot rat snake lay in the straw bed while a monkey moved restlessly in the other corner. He drove Goldilocks out the window into the brush.
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F. Finzel
Mount Doraids
78-Year-Old Pioneering Flyer Tours Florida Airs Adventure
Louis Tremain, 78, nearing Jacksonville, rode Florida Airways on a memory trip from Mount Dora. He flew 2000 feet, praised air travel over highways, toured Leesburg Ocala Gainesville and Jacksonville, and spoke on a radio during the journey.
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Tremain
Louis Tremain
Jacksonville
Florida Airways
Airways
William G. Feagin
Mabel Norris Reese
Charles Batchelder
Delta
Mr. Tremain
Chicago
Central Florida
Mount Dora
Lake County Airlines
Leesburg
Florida
Lake Eustis
Pendryville
Big Lake Harris
Lake Griffin
Ocklawaha
Great Lakes
John Ripley recalls St Johns era and media fame
A boyhood traveler down Johns river recalls sailing ships and the St Johns of old. He reports seeing destroyers liquid storage docks and banana boats from Central America. He mentions lunch at Bernies with the man in green and his Believe It Or Not success and WCBS radio interview with Doris Forsythe on Florida News.
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Ripley
WCBS
Doris Forsythe
Florida
Watkins Man from Mount Dora Sells Liniment Door to Door
The Mount Dora area dealer C A Killian, known as Mr Watkins, operates from his Sylvan Shores home with a warehouse, serving some 800 customers across Lake and parts of Orange counties. The May issue profiles the Watkins enterprise begun by J R Watkins and claims 20 million customers, noting a trial mark offering free liniment up to an inch and a half.
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Saturday Evening Post
Watkins
United States
Mount Dora
C. A. Killian
Mr. Killian
Post
Winona
Ean
Watkins Com Ae
Artice
Nature
Killian
Sylvan Shores
Lake County
Orange County
Michigan
Dora
Mark Thrash
Georgia
Watkins Enterprise
J. R. Watkins
Life of Charles A Killian and his liniment business
Charles A Killian founder of Winona Medicine faced limited recovery of his liniment under his system yet achieved success with Watkins enterprise. Born in Trenton Georgia he studied in Lebanon Ohio and Birmingham Alabama where he ran a coal mine commissary for 36 years. He later moved to Florida with his wife after a ministerial marriage in his family and returned to selling, rebuilding his career about 12 years ago.
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Winona Medicine Company
Killian
Watkins Enterprise
Trenton
Lebanon
Birmingham
Alabama
Warren Promises New Citrus Commission Deal
In Mount Dora on Tuesday Fuller Warren vowed to work out a plan to elect an 18 member Citrus Commission. He urged a democratic equality for growers and said the commission would answer to Florida’s 20 000 growers. Warren highlighted citrus issues and criticized shipping of green fruit as prices lagged behind California.
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Citrus Commission
Fuller Warren
Mount Dora
Dan McCarty
Lake County
Warren
Florida
California
McCarty
Dorans
Louis M. Andersen
A. L. Phillips
L. Grady Burton
Richard W
Arnall Predicts McCarty Will Win Florida Governorship
Former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall, in Gainesville on a Florida visit, pegged Dan McCarty as next Florida governor. Arnall blamed Fuller Warren's campaigning as a desperate ploy and said he may return to politics, though Georgia’s four year term limits constrain a direct bid.
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Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Dan McCarty
Florida
Fuller Warren
Louis Tremain
Florida Airways
Jacksonville
Arnall
Gainesville
University of Florida
McCarty
Warren
John Gunther
U.S.A
U.S
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin E. Thompson
Talmadge
State Supreme Court
Thompson
Mutual Support Asked At Co op Election Meet
Mount Dora gathered for its annual Mount Dora Growers Cooperative meeting where Willard Wadsworth was elected president succeeding C. H. Estey who retired for health reasons. Wadsworth and a slate including Mrs. Williamson and W. G. Wells were elected vice presidents and directors. Florida Citrus Exchange president W C VanClief urged full cooperative effort to combat industry chaos as Fred S Johnston spoke on expanding citrus markets.
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Rimie Citrus Mutual
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Growers Cooperative
Willard Wadsworth
C. H. Estey
Estey
W. C. VanClief
Florida Citrus Exchange
Fred S. Johnston
Citrus Exchange
Wadsworth
B. F. Williamson
W. G. Wells
Tavares
O. M. Simpson
Lake County Citrus Sub-Exchange
G. B. Hurlburt
Mrs. Williamson
Wells
Simpson
Wit Or Humor Take Your Choice
The Topic entertains with The O Kay s comic strip drawn for daily chuckles while My Own Corner by the publisher raises concern of potential local catastrophe. Dr Harvey Green notes wit can bite while humor gives pleasure and predicts P R leans toward wit occupying a Business Directory spot on Page 7.
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O’kays
Harvey Green
P. R
Business Directory
Eugene Downs Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Eugene Downs plant superintendent of the Topic is back at his Liberty street home after a short stay at Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital last week. His condition showed some improvement today.
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Downs
Eugene Downs
Liberty St
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
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Margo Hosford
Goldilocks
Monkey
Ocala
Batchelder
Congregational Church
Fred Marsh
Big Lemuel Tew
Jim Tew
Tew
J. A. Cramer
Mabel Norris
Charles A. Killian
McArty
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