Community groups unite for welfare and public action
The article notes Jews Catholics and Protestants joining for the underprivileged, praising the good fellowship and lasting impact of their work. It calls for a full vote of thinking people to curb moral evils, with A P Michaels of Orlando speaking on Public Utilities. Wm J Johnson was reelected secretary for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellowship
A. P. Michaels
Orlando
Orlando Utilities Commission
Wm. J. Johnson
Mount Dora High Ties Pistolville in 6–6 Thriller
Mount Dora High and Pistolville play to a 6–6 tie on Friday with Mount Dora scoring on a Showalter reception and Pistolville replying via a 35‑yard Percy kickoff return. The game ends with plans for a night contest on November 11 at Tinker Field in Orlando against Winter Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High
Pistolville
Mount Dora
Showalter
Raymond Perkin
Orlando
Tinker Field
Winter Park
Lincoln Cabin Caretakers Preserve Historic Lincoln Cabin
Boy Scouts of Troop 3 in Decatur Illinois tend the 100 year old Lincoln cabin that served as Macon County’s first courtroom. The structure preserves original logs two benches andirons and is a summer tourist draw though closed in winter. Christmas shopping urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 3
Decatur
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Macon County
Lincoln
Lake County Chamber of Commerce press ties praised
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce plans weekly editorials under a unified press pledge. Editors from The Groveland Graphic to The Leesburg Ledger vow 100 percent cooperation, praising newspapers as vital to community building and growth. The piece urges residents to subscribe locally and hopes for continued goodwill from state papers as vacations end and renewed efforts begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Babson
Groveland Graphic
Clermont
Tavares
Mount Dora
Umatilla
Eustis Lake
Leesburg
Leesburg Ledger
Bottles and Glass Spark Forest Fires in France
A report by the American Game Association notes picnickers can start fires without matches as rubbish in dry leaves and curved glass act as magnifying lenses. The investigation led to the release of a man charged with incendiary acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
American Game Association
Negro School Armistice Day Celebration Planned
Henry E. Dent, principal, states the colored school will hold Armistice Day exercises to honor fallen hero Russell Williams and educate students about democracy. In afternoon and evening the PTA will host events to raise funds for a playground project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hee Sith
Dealanns
Tensor Berith
Russell Williams
Henry E. Dent
Report of County Nurse for October 1931
County nurse Mary L. Partrick reports October activities including 101 home visits, 15 midwives visited, 7 prenatal cases, 32 adults visited, and 302 school children inspected. Schick tests added, 402 Toxin-Anti-Toxin doses given, 192 throat cultures, and 40 office interviews. A State Board of Health survey by Miss Joyce Ely visited. future November efforts will screen all schoolchildren for Schick tests and vaccines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Ely
R. N
State Board of Health
Ruth Atkinson
Welfare Board of
Tallahassee
S. H. Bowman
Schick
Leesburg
Mary L. Partrick
Names Struck From Mount Dora Registration Roll 1931
The Town Council of Mount Dora has struck listed names from the Registration Roll by a special meeting on October 19 1931. Names may be restored by December 5 1931 upon evidence that the listing was erroneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Erron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mount Dora High Ties
Lincoln Cabin
MR. Donald Loveless
Datson Dairies, Inc
Florida
Grove To Consumer
Tomers Homes
Central Florida Fruit Corporation
Mount Dora, Florida
First National Bank
Federal Reserve System
United States
Cartledge Brook
Park Board
Board of County Commissioners
G. L. Hanscom
W. J. Johnson
Alfred Rehbaum
Elizabeth Evans
L. C. Jerue
C. Rollin Javens
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