Trip From Coast To Coast With The Foursome
Chattanooga Tenn May 23 1937 the Foursome travelogue describes a coast to coast trip via Alberquerque New Mexico Amarillo and Amarillo Texas with dusty desert roads 7300 ft elevation cholla cactus grain elevators and wind driven dust storms. The crew notes water supplies cars service and highway construction including WPA projects and new highways changing the landscape and economies along the route.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Alberauerane
New Mexico
Sandia Mountain Pass
Rocky Mountains
Santa Rosa
Amarillo
Texas
Adrian
Tarpon Tale From a Beach Line Angler's Reel
A narrator recalls a dramatic tarpon battle aboard Villa Dora Hotel with a guide steering the boat as lines catch silvery fish. The tale follows explosive strikes, powerful runs, and a 40 minute struggle ending with the fish slipping away leaving the fisherman worn but awed by nature's beauty.
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Grand
Mr. Tarpon
Life Imprisonment for Remus Walker in Mount Dora Case
Remus Walker, a Black man and proprietor of a local wood yard in Mount Dora East Town, was convicted by a grand jury of a second degree serious case and sentenced to life imprisonment at Raiford. The incident involved him kicking and stamping an aged Black person, with authorities deeming the harm fatally injurious.
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Remus Walker
Mount Dora
Two Memorial Services Sunday Observance by Legion
Memorial Day events Sunday will be observed with two services sponsored by the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary. At 11 a.m. a union service will be held in the Community Building with Rev. Neslie V. Underwood delivering the sermon, followed by a cemetery service at 3 p.m. Dr. Heber D. Ketcham will give the address. A 2:30 p.m. parade forms downtown and proceeds to the cemetery, with participation by Legionnaires Auxiliary members and scouts. Public invitation extended.
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American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of All Wars
Neslie V. Underwood
Baptist Church
Heber D. Ketcham
Legionnaires
Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
We Stand At Salute We Salute The Flag
A forceful pledge echoes loyalty to a fair government and social harmony. The declaration defends equal opportunity through laws education religion and industry while vowing resistance to invasions that threaten peace. It emphasizes discipline and unity in a patriotic salutation.
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Heber D. Ketcham
Enjoyed Fishing Trip by Roach Party in Gulf
Mr C F Roach of Eustis hosted the Simpson Packing House crew on a deep sea trip from Dunedin. Eleven aboard caught about 500 pounds of fish including grouper during a Gulf outing twenty miles offshore. Passengers included Mr and Mrs Roach Mr and Mrs Clifford Lee Mr and Mrs Ronald Christie and son Jamie Dudley At and Brady Woodham of Mount Dora.
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C. F. Roach
Eustis
Skinner Machinery Company
Simpson Packing House
Gulf of Mexico
Dunedin
Skinner
Gulf
Roach
Clifford. Lee
Ocoee
Ronald Christie
Jamie, Dudley At_ and
Brady Woodham
Mount Ra
Mrs Zell Concludes Foursome Travel Letter Series
This week's letter from Mrs Ethelyn P Zell wraps up the series about the foursome Mrs Hubbard Mrs Carleton and Miss Simpson and their Pacific coast journey and return. The letters have drawn reader interest and appreciation from many readers who have visited the described places.
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Ethelyn P. Zell
Missing items report for the Topic office deadlines
The note explains items arriving after Wednesday cannot be edited for this week and will appear next week. News should be in the Topic office by Tuesday, with late Tuesday happenings possibly printed. All news items and social events are welcome but must be submitted on time.
Judge E M Tally in Critical Condition After Heart Attack
E M Tally of Tavares long time Lake county judge, suffered an acute heart attack at Leesburg while attending a ball game. He was hospitalized and showed slight improvement the next day, but relapsed Sunday and remained critical.
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E. M. Tally
Tavares
Lake County
Leesburg
Pepper Seen Gaining Weight in AP Photo
The Florida Times-Union prints an Associated Press photograph suggesting Senator Claude Pepper appears heavier, while noting Pepper is performing splendidly in his duties and aligning with his critics.
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Associated Press
Florida Times-Union
Washington
Claude Pepper
Senator Pepper
Kiwanis Interclub Program Includes Noted Speakers
Kiwanis members heard Frank Parker Stockbridge of New York and F E Brigham of the Florida Citrus Commission as guest speakers on interclub relations. Scholarships were approved for 4H Club youths to Camp McQuarrie with a boy and a girl to be selected by the Boy and Girl committee. Next week Mount Dora Kiwanis joins county clubs for an interclub meeting and six o clock supper at Howey in the Hills.
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Crip Hurlburt
Interclub Relations Committee
Frank Parker Stockbridge
New York
Langehorn
Penna
F. E. Brigham
Flordia Citrus Commission
F. K. Bartholomew
Bureau of Ternal Revenue
Bartholomew
Frank Burkart
McQuarrie
Lake
Union
Bradford
Orange Counties
Sumter
Citrus
Levy
Marion
C. D. Potter
Coral Gables
Robert P. Martin
DeLand
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Howey-in-the-Hills
Mount Dora Names May 29 as Poppy Day
Mayor M V Simpson proclaims Saturday May 29 as Poppy Day in Mount Dora urging all citizens to wear memorial poppies to honor war dead from the town and nation, recalling the service of men who gave their lives in World War.
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Mount Dora
M. W. Simpson
Baseball News Gene Downs Kanes 40 13 11 27 Errors
Baseball game summary lists player errors Hale Cooley Clark Wiley Drawdy Britt E Pounds Brankart and notes two base hits by Connell Cooley Mosteller and a two bagger by Mosteller Hits attributed to Damascus Clark Wiley Cooley Hale and notes Wiley 7 and Cooley 4.
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Kanes
Hale
Cooley
Clark
Wiley
Drawdy
Britt
E. Pounds
Brankart
Connell
Mosteller
Damascus
J. R
Bob) Edwards
Edwards
Apopka
Winter Garden
Mount Dora
Vie Dooley
Ehemeeeneleen Cooley
Per
Thompson
Ae Durden
Ccsis Aes
R. Pounds
Anderson
Bray
T Us
Hall
King's Daughters Meet Mount Dora Hosts State Board Delegates
The King's Daughters of Mount Dora entertained state board delegates and other visitors with a luncheon at the Grand View Hotel and a moonlight boat ride on the City of Dora. The board meeting followed the 1 30 luncheon while overnight guests were lodged at the Grand View or members' homes.
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King’s Daughters of
Mount Dora
State Board
Grand View Hotel
Dogs Must Be Inoculated in Mount Dora Ordinance
Mount Dora passes a Saturday inoculation deadline with serum on hand. Unvaccinated dogs and cats found at large after the grace period will be taken up and destroyed. Dr. Drake may be contacted at Seventh Avenue and Alexander Street. Inoculation costs $1 per animal. certificates waive extra license fees. Certificates from any veterinary in good standing are honored for licensing.
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Mount Dora
Drake
Seventh Avenue
Alexander Street
Graduates With High Honors at Local High School
Emily Battle, Dorothy Loveless, A. Lee French Jr, Willie Grantham, Tracy Kramer Jr, Ellen Schrup, Frederick Sleight, Edith White receive high honors. The ceremony lists department names and student participants across English, Chemistry, History, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, and Glee Club.
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A. Lee French, Jr
L. C. Greene, Jr
Carroll Hall
Tracy Kramer
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Ellen Schrup
Nina Walden
Eudora White
Department of Mathematics
Tracy Kramer, Jr
Dorothy, Loveless
Department of Home Economics
Willie Kate Grantham
Department of Industrial Arts
Woodrow Wingler
Department of English
Winifred Hawkridge
Maude
Henry Des Tystad
J. M. Greene
Sipontine
Miscona
David Harvey
Miss Wells
Jackson
Frederick
Department of History
A. Lee French
Department of Chemistry
Emily Battle Carroll
Emily Virginia Battle Dorothy Jane Loveless
Willie Katherine Grantham
Tracy Murray Kramer, Jr
Ellen Lester Schrup
Frederick Winfield Sleigh
Edith Eudora White
Boer War mementoes in window display at local shop
The display shows insignia from the British army collected by Frank Burkart during his service in South Africa with Canadian forces in the Boer War. Medals include Driefford, Paardeberg, Cape Colony bars, the Canadian medal, Highland Light Infantry and Royal Artillery emblems, plus a Waterloo eagle. Burkart laments not bringing more keepsakes and losing knapsacks during return.
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Davis
Frank Burkart
South Africa
Queen Victoria
Rex R
Burkart
Driefgptein
Paardeberg
Cape Colony
Highland Light Infantry
Army Ordnance
Army Service Corps
The
Wiltshire
Royal Artillery
Royal Horse Artillery
Waterloo
Legislature votes to outlaw slots in debate filled session
The house passed the senate bill to outlaw slot machines by 76 to 11 and sent it to Governor Cone. Offenses after October 1 become misdemeanors for first two, felony for third. Heated debate followed as lawmakers discussed penalties and prior bills.
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House
Senate
Cone
Summer Improvement At Ninth And McDonald
Mr F E Learned, spending his first summer in Florida, has enclosed his large front veranda with copper wire screening at Ninth and McDonald. The screened porch provides an ideal spot for summer evenings.
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F. E. Learned
Florida
Ninth and
McDonald
Motoring to California by Howard Simpson and Jimmie Alderman
Howard Simpson and Jimmie Alderman left Monday morning in Simpsons car for a summer trip with no definite destination or duration. Simpson works with his father at the packing house during the packing season, while Alderman is employed at Moors Dora Pharmacy and lives with his uncle C. E. Brooks.
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Howard Simpson
Jimmie Alderman
Mr. Simpson
James Simpson
Mr. Alderman
Moors Dora
C. E. Brooks
Rev and Mrs Overhiser Plan Northward Visit
The Overhisers left yesterday for a four month tour in New York and New Jersey where they will stay at Eatontown New Jersey the site of Mrs Overhiser born and married. They will observe their 48th wedding anniversary June 20 and attend a June class reunion. They then plan to visit Watkins Glen New York for an Overhiser family reunion in August.
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F. W. Overhiser
New York
New Jersey
Eatontown
N. J
Overhiser
Dr. Overhiser
New York State
Watkins’ Glen
Postal Telegraph Opens Branch in Mount Dora
The Postal Telegraph Company opened a permanent branch at the Amoco Service Station on Fifth avenue Mount Dora. Oliren Baum Brothers will staff the office from 8 a m to 9 30 p m daily and Sunday with a direct wire to Jacksonville via Eustis. Overnight telegram rates have been cut and take effect June 1.
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The
Postal Telegraph Company
Mount Dora
Amoco
Fifth Avenue
Olirenbaum Brothers
Jacksonville
Eustis
Postal Telegraph
French to Attend Scout Jamboree in Washington
Lee French of Mount Dora Boy Scout Troop has been chosen to represent Lake County at the International Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D C next month. He was among two Mount Dora youths named for the event two years ago, delayed by President Roosevelt due to infantile paralysis outbreaks in the East.
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Lee French
Mount Dora
Lake County
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Poppy Day Observance In Mount Dora For World War Dead
Mount Dora joins a nationwide Poppy Day with the American Legion Auxiliary distributing red memorial poppies. Volunteers will offer flowers in exchange for contributions to aid disabled veterans and families of the dead. Under Mrs. R. M. Goodman, the drive funds welfare work for the coming year.
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Mount Dora
United States
America
American Legion Auxiliary
R. M. Goodman
The
Legion Auxiliary
Florida's Farming Reach by County and Acreage
Florida hosts over 60 000 farms covering nearly 6 million acres across 67 counties. The figure highlights the scale of agriculture statewide and the distribution of land among counties.
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Florida
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Villa Dora
Mrs. Zell
Judge Tally
Kiwanis News
M. V. Simpson
Baseball News
Heim Field
King’s Daughters
Mount Dora High School
Kathleen Galloway
Jesus
Pastor Baptist Church “Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts” High School Glee Club
Methodist Church
Carl Schmeidler
N. V. Underwood
Saint-Saens
Dr. Heber D. Ketcham
Jocelyn Miss Ka Kathleen ¢ Galloway
N. V. Underwood Sullivan
Benjamin Godard
Emily Battle
Jack and Jill
Santa Lucia
Eaheeee
High School Glee Club
Loomis
Cornelius
Dorothy Loveless
L. F. Jackson
Dora
Vivia Craig
Orchestra
Accom
Luther Cleveland Greene, Jr
Carroll Edwin Hall
Stephen David Harvey
Nina Gladys Walden Woodrow John Wingler
Pape Tenamee
California
Mrs. Overhiser
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