Armistice Day Parade And Football At Tavares
Central Florida marks Armistice Day with a morning parade at 9:45 from the courthouse to the American Legion Hut in Tavares. The Bushnell School Band Leesburg High School Band and Sanford Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps headline the music. Major Paul Crank Orlando and Senator Claude Pepper deliver speeches. Two football games follow Umatilla Groveland and Tavares vs. usus at 8:15. Free events include concerts street attractions and a memorial service.
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Bushnell
Leesburg
Central Florida
Paul Crank
Orlando
Florida
Tavares Post
American Legion
Randolph Blackford
Pepper
Claude R. Pepper
Major Crank
Tavaresi
Umatilla
Groveland High School
Groveland
Usus
Tavares
Court House
Zelotti Geiger Transforms Bean Crop Dusting In Florida
Zelotti A Geiger, a Pahokee aviator, operates three planes to dust bean crops for area growers. He flies before dawn to apply dust while dew remains, protecting against pests and cold damage as air from propellers stirs the plants. Experimental results show frost protection benefits from low flight over fields.
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Zelotti
Zephyrs
Everglades
Zelotti A. Geiger
Pahokee
Ripley Appreciates Lake County Flag Picture and Bass Photo
Cartoonist Ripley thanks the Lake County Chamber of Commerce for sending a photograph of the county flag the first official flag in the United States and a picture of Stanley Nelson of Eustis feeding an eight pound black bass that takes food from his hand each morning He plans to use both items in his cartoon series.
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Ripley
Lake County
Citrus Market Review week ending October 29
Lawrence Gentile of Tree-Gold Cooperative Growers reports Florida citrus prices by variety and region. Oranges average across all auctions 3.16 with New York at 3.35 and outside New York 3.01. movement 434 cars. Grapefruit averaged 2.24 with New York 2.25. movement 174 cars. Indian River oranges 3.95 high and 3.31 low. California oranges 4.70 high and 4.19 low. Marsh Seedless 2.55 average. Texas Grapefruit up to 2.60 Monday down to 2.16 Friday. Indian River grapefruit 3.44 high and 2.49 low. Overall declines vs last week in oranges and grapefruit.
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Florida
Lawrence Gentile
Tree-Gold
New York
Indian River
California
High Point
Marsh
Texas
Florida 1937 corn crop forecast rises to 9.02 million
Florida expects its 1937 corn harvest to reach 9,020,000 bushels, about 2,000,000 more than 1936. Officials also forecast increases in hay, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and tobacco crops.
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Florida
Red Cross Roll Call Plans Made for Lake County
Lake County officials set a 750 dollar quota for the 1938 Red Cross Roll Call with Leesburg at 300, Eustis 200, Mount Dora 150, Clermont-Minneola 100, Tavares 60, Umatilla 50, Howey-Astatula 20 and Montverde 20. The drive runs Armistice Day to Thanksgiving and funds support local relief. The county chapter notes a 14 million dollar endowment sustains overhead while Florida has seen eight million spent by the Red Cross in ten years.
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Red Cross
Tom Johnson
Lake County
American Red Cross
Leesburg
Eustis
Mount Dora
Clermont-Minneola
Tavares
Umatilla
Howey- Astatula
Montverde
Florida
Edith Keller
Florida to Welcome Record Winter Tourists, Lehmann Says
Secretary Karl Lehmann reports Florida will host its largest winter tourist influx, with New England supplying a larger share. He toured New England to promote a reciprocal publicity campaign between Florida Public Service Co. and New England Gas and Electric Co., highlighting window displays and media outreach. He spoke in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and then addressed the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries in Buffalo, noting Florida’s growing tourist emphasis and limited Florida representation at NACOS.
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Florida
New England
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Cambridge
Mass
New England Gas and Electric Company
Lehmann
Central Florida
National Association of Commercial Organization
Buffalo
New York
Chamber of Commerce
NACOS
Miami Beach
Jacksonville
Lake
Ioe
Columbia Outer
4H Club Achievement to Be Celebrated on National Radio
The 4 H club plans a national radio program Saturday November 6 from 12 30 to 1 30 pm during the National Farm and Home Hour. Half the program originates from Washington and half from local Florida stations including WJAX Jacksonville WSUN St. Petersburg and WIOD Miami. WRUF Gainesville will also air a Florida Farm Hour from 12 to 1 pm.
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Washington
Florida
WJAX
Jacksonville
WSUN
St. Petersburg
WIOD
Miami
WRUF
Gainesville
Decorations for Armistice Day Sold at Cost
Lake County Chamber of Commerce offers Armistice Day decorations at cost through the Court House office. Includes flags bunting and store front displays with dealers' discount and low prices.
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Lake County
Churches Of Mount Dora Welcome You
Mount Dora hosts five active churches with leaders including Rev. Neslie V Underwood Rev. A M Brodie D D Rev Heber D Ketcham Rev G G Prince and Bro Lawrence Mize. Regular services Sunday School and midweek activities sustain the moral and spiritual life of the community and visiting tourists are welcomed.
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Mount Dora
Neslie V Underwood
Community Congregational Church ‘Organization
A.M. Brodie
Brodie
U.S
Greece
C. E. Society
Methodist Episcopal
Heber D. Ketcham
Church of God
Heim Field
G. G. ‘Prince
Church of Christ
Rossiter
Lake Franklin Park
Bro
Lawrence
Nina's Nursery and Flower Garden Opens in Lake County
Mrs J Heyuenbourg of Cor ley Island Nurseries Leesburg opens Nina's Nursery and Flower Garden at the Leesburg Mount Dora road junction near Tavares with routes to Astatula Minneola Clermont Ferndale and Montverde. The shop will offer cut flowers potted plants shrubbery and related items under Mrs Nina Glasgow.
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J. Heyuenbourg
Corley Island Nurseries
Leesburg
Lake © County
Nina
Mount Dora
Tavares
Astatula
Minneola
Clermont
Ferndale
Montverde
Nina Glasgow
Red Cross Poster by Walter W. Seaton Sees National Fame
Walter W. Seaton, famed New York and California artist, created a BC Red Cross annual roll call poster. Seaton’s work, known for portraits of stars and murals, marks his second Red Cross commission as the organization invites memberships from Armistice Day through Thanksgiving Day.
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BC Red Cross
Walter W. Seaton
New York
California
Seaton
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