Mount Dora Industry Showcases Winter Residents
City business institutions list local plants and services serving winter residents. Florida Future, Floridrange Canneries, The Wise Boat Works, and Swift Novelty Co. provide citrus processing, boat building, and crafts. The article notes twenty workers at one facility and mentions two top drug stores.
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Mount Dora
E Floridrange Canneries, Incorporated
United States
Florida
H. J. Wise
Swift Novelty Co
Lions Club Dinner Praises Mrs Drager For Meals At Mount Dora
Last Monday night attendance at the Mount Dora Yacht Club grew as Lions Club members praised Mrs Emma Drager for seven months of Monday dinners at seven thirty. Chief Goree Carruthers of the Eustis Police Department spoke, boasting skills in ballistics fingerprinting and handwriting and recounting his detective work in Atlanta.
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Eee
Ramses Cae
Lions
Emma Drager
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Drager
Goree Carruthers
Eustis
Carruthers
Orlando
Atlanta
Armistice Day Picnic Planned in Mount Dora Park
An Armistice Day picnic will be held in Gilbert Park Mount Dora to familiarise residents with the park and raise funds for picnic facilities. The dinner costs 50 cents with proceeds used to buy canes and add picnic tables as Ladies Club civic committee members supervise improvements and coordinate cooking and seating facilities.
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Gilbert Park
Mount Dora
Maryland
American le- Lions
Iwanis Anu i of Commerce
Ladies of the
Woman’s Club Civic Committee
Golden Hurricanes to clash with Ocoee at local field
Mount Dora's Golden Hurricanes host Ocoee on November 3 at eight o'clock on the high school field to defend an undefeated Central Florida Conference record. Also note upcoming school election on November 7 with trustees listed and a 10 mill maintenance millage.
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Golden Hurricanes
Mount Dora
Ocoee
J. M. McCown
J. M. Smith
E. B. Feron
Cooley For State Senate Club To Be Organized Here
Friends of Thomas H. Cooley plan a Lake County club formation in Mount Dora. A meeting will be held November 8 at 7:30 p m in the Mount Dora Community Building social rooms. Public invitation extended to join and build an active initial club.
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Thomas H. Cooley
Important Meet Called Of Mount Dora Tourist Club
The Mount Dora Tourist Club faces an emergency as it cannot recruit leaders for president or entertainment chairman. After a week of effort the nominating committee reports no volunteers. A meeting of all interested is set for Tuesday November 7 at 7:45 p.m. at the Community Building.
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Mount Dora
Nominati
Handcraft Shop To Open In Highland Avenue Building
Mrs Hadlock and Mrs Koebke report that they will open the Hand craft Shop Monday for the season. It will be in the Had lock Fruit Company building on Highland Avenue with plywood walls in a natural finish. An entirely new stock of goods will be displayed including antiques novelties gifts and handwork. Everyone is invited to visit the shop in its new location.
Wekiwa River Bridge Opens for Cars on Route 44
The Wekiwa River bridge on Road No 44 between Mount Dora and Sanford opens to passenger cars but bans trucks. The contractor aims to finish the road to handle all traffic within two weeks, per Lake County Chamber of Commerce statement.
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Wekiwa River
Mount Dora
Sanford
Lake County
Townsend Club Meeting Set for November 6
The Townsend Club will meet November 6 at 7 30 p m in the Community Building. It is a business gathering with a social cards segment and all members are cordially invited.
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Townsend Club
Montes
State P.T.A. Conference To Hear Outstanding Speakers
An inter club meeting of Lake County service clubs will be at Lake County Country Club at 7:00 am Thursday evening with Dr. W L Thorkildson of the Miami Herald as guest speaker. A nine hole blind bogey golf tour nament starts at 3:30 with prizes. Various local officials and club members organize meals, decorations, and registrations for the event. The second annual regional conference of the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers will be in Mount Dora on November 6 at the Community Building Region 3 includes many counties and registration begins at 10 am with sessions led by state and local officers. Lunch at the Methodist Church follows, then an afternoon program and exhibits.
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Lake County
Theer
W. L. Thorkildson
All Florida
Miami Herald
Posen
Frank W. Stebbins
Eustis
Carl Graves
Mount Dora
A. S. Herlong, Jr
Ae Wylie Gillespie
Tavares
G. A. Nash
Clermont
Gaylord
Rotary Club
Frank Banning
D. L. Smith
Leesburg
Harry Gaylord
Jack Hughston
Eustis Rotary
Rudy Scheinder
Eustis Kiwanis
S. B. Jones
Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers
Frank Burkart
Dixie
Marion
Brevard
Putnam
Sumter
Gilchrist
Orange
Citrus
Alachua
Volusia
Osceola
Hernando
Levy
Seminole
Lake
Malcolm McClellan
United Efforts For
Frank Pp
Trie
E Orlando
McClellan
L. C. West
Walter Beckham
Henry Pringle
James Dunn
Paul Sears
Volfe Willier
Parent Educational
Howard Dial
A. B. McCreary
Jean Henderson
State Board of Health
Irene Zedwadski
State Board of Social Welfare
John Higgins
Florida
Methodist Church
Howey School Rythm
Kiwanis
New England
Cornell University
R. G. Cassady
Washington
National Police Academy
Tom Cooley
Cassady
George White
Newcomb Fuller
Joe Swift
Swift Novelty Works
T. A. Brotherson
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Ocala
Mr. Brotherson
C. J. Brown
Russell Clark
George Keller
Kenneth Rogers
Story
Jack Simpson
Apopka Canal
Lake County Country Club
Dedication Set for First Baptist Church Auditorium
The auditorium of the First Baptist Church will be dedicated on Sunday afternoon November 12. A further notice will appear in the Topic next week. The event will attract former actors of the church and leaders from across the state as well as the local community. Everyone is invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Evryone
Doctor Brodie Leaves Hospital for Hinsdale Sanitarium
Dr A M Brodie has recovered enough to leave Henry Ford Memorial Hospital Detroit and travels to Hinsdale Sanitarium Illinois for extended recuperation with Mrs Brodie. They will stay near their daughter Mrs Oliver Bushnell at Hinsdale.
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A. M. Brodie
Henry Ford Memorial Hospital
Detroit
Hinsdale Sanitarium
Hinsdale
Ill
Carnival a Success for P T A Halloween Fair
The P T A Halloween carnival drew acclaim though sponsors did not file a report before press time. Officials promised a full recap next week.
Winter visitors urged to register at Chamber of Commerce
Winter visitors or temporary guests are asked to register at the Chamber of Commerce located at 117 East Fifth Avenue. The program helps record their names and addresses so they can be located in case of emergencies or messages from friends.
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Chamber of Commerce
East Fifth Avenue
Zee Bo
Winter buys Berkbeck boathouse on Lake Dora
J. G. LaDue lists the sale of the Berkbeck boathouse on Lake Dora to Albert D. Brown of Cincinnati Ohio. The two-boat boathouse sits on a double lot north of Wise Boat end. Brown plans to make Mount Dora a winter residence and to spend much time there after retiring. He is a nephew of H. W. Harlow and became fond of Mount Dora during visits with Mr. and Mrs. Harlow.
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J. G. LaDue
Berkbeck
Lake Dora
Albert D. Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wise Boat End
Brown
Thyng
Grandview
H. W. Harlow
Wayside Packing House Enlarged for Citrus Trade Growth
Wayside Packing House again enlarges to handle rising citrus sales. Owner Mr Sleigh notes season demand surpasses past totals and expects sales of 35,024 fruit packs last season to rise further this year despite uncertain factors.
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Sleigh
Mount Dora Hotels Market Home Like Stays
Mount Dora promotes first class hotel accommodations to serve tourists. The Villa Dora Hotel The Hotel Mount Dora Sylvan Shores The Sim Hotel Lakeside Inn offer a home like Florida atmosphere with views of Lake Dora and modern conveniences for winter guests. The city highlights hotel planning and local civic events.
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Mount Dora
Villa Dora
Sylvan Shores Hotel
Sim
Lakeside Inn
Lake Dora
Florida
Grand View
November 7 Visitation Day At The School
Parents and friends are invited to visit the rooms they are interested in during Visitation Day at the school. Guests should register in the auditorium to count toward attendance prizes. Visitors may drop in at any time.
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Mount
Schoo
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