Kiwanis Club Welcomes Paul R Mahony Key Speaker Talks
Mount Dora Kiwanis meeting enjoyed good attendance as Paul R Mahony from New York joined the club. Judge Wahl spoke on We Build noting global unity and civilizational legacies from Babylon to Greece, praising Florida’s growth and future service to humanity.
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Kiwanis Club
Paul R. Mahony
New York
Mount Dora
Mahony
Alfred Rehbaum
John H. Wahl
Orlando
Bitthells
Judge Wahl
Cadet Simpson Promoted To Technical Sergeant At Riverside
Cadet H. J. Simpson has been named Cadet Technical Sergeant and assigned to the Band at Riverside Academy Gainesville Georgia. The promotion reflects his efficiency among nearly five hundred cadets from thirty three states and five foreign countries under Col. O R Horton.
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H. J. Simpson
Col. O. R. Horton
Riverside Academy
Gainesville
Georgia
Simpson
Benefit Matinee For Mount Dora High School
A benefit movie program at Mount Dora theatre tomorrow afternoon November 6 at 3 30 supports the Mount Dora High School Athletic Association. Booth Tarkingtons Penrod and Sam will be shown to raise funds for needed athletic equipment and student activities.
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Mount Dora Theatre
Mount Dora High School Athletic Association
Booth Tarkington
Penrod
Sam
Florida flowers for publicity Mount Dora at national exposition
Mount Dora plans a publicity drive at the National Hotel Exposition in New York City November 9 to 13. The Florida booth will feature four dozen bouquets of Florida flowers each day and hundreds of Mount Dora booklets. Greeting cards from the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association will accompany the bouquets with the message saying it with flowers.
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Mount Dora
New York City
Grand Central Palace
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Booth
Boosts Mount Dora on Business Trip
The Zellwood plant of the Florida Humus Company has secured large car load orders from Georgia and the Carolinas. Manager M. H. Guise plans a sales and vacation tour through eleven southeastern states extending west to the Mississippi and north to the Ohio River, urging travelers to stop in Mount Dora en route to the plant and southward.
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Florida Humus Company
Georgia
Carolinas
M. H. Guise
Southeastern
Mississippi
Ohio River
Guise
Mount Dora
Beating the Slump Dr Julius Klein Radio Talk
Dr Julius Klein assistant Secretary of Commerce will discuss retail business methods proving profitable during downturns. The talk titled Beating the Slump airs Sunday November 8 on CBS coast to coast from 100 to 7 15 p m EST. Florida stations WDBC Orlando and WDAE Tampa carry the broadcast. Mahony of Mount Dora hopes to have Klein broadcast from WDBO Orlando and visit Mount Dora.
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Julius Klein
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Klein
Florida
WDBC
Orlando
WDAE
Tampa
Kline
Paul R. Mahony
Mount Dora
Mahony
WDBO
County Red Cross Reelect Officers in Lake County Chapter
The Lake County Chapter of the Red Cross held its annual meeting in Tavares with branch representatives from area towns. Officers for 1930 were reelected: Dr. R W Dickson as chairman, D H Moore as vice chairman, and Mrs. Igg Tuttle as secretary-treasurer. A child health clinic planned for Eustis offers free infant care advice, with sessions by Mrs. Donald Conkling and Ann Blake at the Eustis Woman’s Club starting November 19.
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Lake County
Red Cross
Tavares
Dickson
R W. Dickson
Mount Dora
D.H. Moore
Igg Tuttle
Eustis
Citrus Shippers Merge with Florida Clearing House
Citrus shippers of the Fruitmen’s Association and the Florida Citrus Growers’ Clearing House Association agreed to merge at a Orlando meeting. A. M. Pratt and S. J. Sligh announced the merger, aiming to stabilize the grapefruit market. The combined group could handle about 10 000 cars, expanding the Clearing House’s tonnage with roughly twenty Fruitmen’s members joining.
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Fruitmen’s Association
Florida Citrus Growers’ Cleating House Association
Orlando
A. M. Pratt
The
Clearing House
5. J. Sligh
Ups
Committee of Fifty
Florida Citrus Exchange
Fruitmen’s Associatio
Pratt
New Residents Decide to Make Mount Dora Home
New residents Mr. and Mrs Emile Real of Hillside New Jersey have bought a home in Sylvan Shores Mount Dora they will make their permanent residence here. They were touring with plans to settle in southern California but chose Mount Dora during a stopover. They were joined by Mr C E Brooks and sons Edward Jr and Earl Stanley.
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Emile Real
Hillside
N. J
Sylvan Shores
Mrs. Real
California
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Proclaims Armistice Day Observance
Mayor W. E. Lackey proclaims November 3 1931 as a citywide holiday in Mount Dora to honor national veterans. Citizens are urged to display flags and pause at 11:00 a.m. to silently thank those who served, living and dead, with head bowed.
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Mountra
Ariday
Mount Dora
W. E. Lackey
Park Beautification Notes in Mount Dora
The Mount Dora Park Commission reports ongoing beautification from Donnelly Park to a statewide Florida effort. One thousand petunia plants were planted, Italian rye seed scattered, and a park benefit party with 25 cent tickets and a $1 donation from “Little Friend” supported civic improvements.
Health and Temperance Program Highlights Mount Dora Meeting
The October last Friday observance drew strong turnout as students from primary to high school presented plays and songs on health. Dr Will Wood spoke on sanitation, vaccination, and water supply. Chamber of Commerce event featured remarks by C Fred Ward on Central Florida prospects and a proposed cross state canal.
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Florida
Dorothy Adams
Robert Goodman
Betsy Kramer
Will Wood
United States Army
Board of Health
Billy Lawrence
George Battle
Pomona Davidson
Roy Beasley
Sara Margaret Pooser
Alton McNair
Hazel Edwards
George L. Hanscom
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Chamber
A le
George J. White
Chamber of Commer
Filorida
Ward
Winter Visitors to Mount Dora Meet With Fatal Accident
Dr. and Mrs. A B Marshall of Bellevue Nebraska on winter visit en route to Mount Dora. a Thursday crash near Creston Iowa killed Dr Marshall and left Mrs Marshall with a fractured leg in hospital. They had spent time in Mount Dora last winter as guests of J J West and had rented his house planning to settle there. Dr Marshall aged eighty two, a retired minister.
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A. B. Marshall
Bellevue
Nebraska
Mount Dora
Creston
Iowa
Marshall
Grandview
Seventh Avenue
Dr. Mar
Eet Cares Cote
Tax Collector Appoints Sherman for Mount Dora Payers
For Mount Dora voters the tax collector B Al Williams names D C Sherman as collector in Dora Sales Co. office to issue receipts to those who use this convenience.
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Mount Dora
B. al Williams
D. C. Sherman
Dora Sales Co
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Villa Dora
Kiwanis
Wm. J. Johnson
Board of Directors
Orlando Kiwanis
Earth
Babylon
Egypt
Palesne
Greece
Weather Report
Cadet Simpson
Assa
Florida Flowers For
Dr. Kline
County Red Cross
Fruitmen’s'’ Assn
Pao House
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly Park
Hallowe'en
Park Commission
George L. Zell
Mount Dora Park Commission
White
America
Bouterse
M. A. Burnell
Clermont
C. Fred Ward
Winter Park
Orange County
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