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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
15
At a mass meeting on Friday night a unanimous vote approved building a city hall at 125000 and a concrete T shaped municipal pier at 10000. The mayor and council were directed to call an election for a bond issue to cover these costs.
Figures show Lake County consumed 565 271 gallons of gasoline and 74 767 gallons of kerosene in April. Only eight counties in the state were higher consumers that month, with Broward, Dade, Duval, Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Volusia listed with larger totals.
Secretary Frank Woods attended the state convention of commercial secretaries at Sebring. Eastern Star members are expected to attend the Grand Chapter in Tallahassee next month. The Merry Matrons met at Mrs. L. G. Cowen's home with hostesses Mrs. Coven Mrs. H. C. Duncan and Mrs. W. M. Kennedy.
Governor John W Martin will address Leesburg High School on June 1. Rev George E Albright will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening. Eleven Kiwanis members resign to form a Rotary Club. Various local residents travel for family visits and medical care as road work and real estate activity continue in Lake County.
Bids for the Leesburg to Mount Dora segment of Federal Aid Road No. 23 will open on the 16th with contract letting. The project will start construction soon on the Leesburg to Dead River section, as plans were finalized after Federal Bureau approval. The highway will be built in sections to speed completion and to straighten sharp turns near Leesburg and Silver Lake Forks.
A young man with his first car shares the same zest as a long time Cadillac owner. The veteran adds that years of ownership yield lasting satisfaction beyond earlier experiences. The piece contrasts fresh enthusiasm with seasoned devotion to the eight-cylinder Cadillac.
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