Tuberculosis talk highlights Florida cures and sunshine
The Florida Tuberculosis Association speaker urged education and cooperation to treat TB locally rather than seeking cures in the southwest. He noted work and crafts as examples of productive activities and warned sunshine can aid children but not adults. Lake County officers and guests attended led by President Mrs. Fleshman and Executive Secretary Mrs. Reed Edmunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Florida
Jirs. Edmunds
Lake County Association
A. D. Fleshman
Clermont
O. D. Smith
Astatula
242 Members In P T A From Annual Drive
At the close of the annual drive for membership in the Parent Teachers Association on October 23, 242 parents and friends had joined this year. Gratitude is given to all members and to grade mothers who conducted the drive. Awards of one dollar each were won by the eighth and twelfth grades, with room mothers named for each. Chm n Membership Com Mrs Norman Tuckett.
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Parent Teachers Association
Parent Teacher Association
Geo. Coffin
A. L. French
S. L. Kittrell
Sol Spilky
W. J. Barker
Banded Pigeon Found at Sylvan Shores
A pigeon with a leg band arrived near Mrs. Paul R. Mahony’s home in Sylvan Shores about ten days ago during the Joe Engel Handicap race period. Mrs. Mahony hopes to locate the owner so the bird can be returned. the bird’s band is visible.
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Sylvan Shores
Orlando
Wayside Up-Town Shop Opens This Week
The Wayside Up-Town Shop in the Cowles building beside the Chamber of Commerce opens the winter season. Mrs. Gertrude Metcalf will run the up-town branch, with Miss Inez Suit managing the main offices. The Tropical Shop will feature exclusive tropical goods and colorful merchandise to attract Mount Dora shoppers.
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Wayside Packing House
Eustis
Mount Dora
Cowles
Chamber of Commerce
Gertrude Metcalf
Inez Suit
Miss Suit
Clerical Merit Exams Promote State Jobs Across Florida
Dr LeRoy H Oetjen state welfare district chairman says merit system exams jointly run by the State Welfare Board and the Florida Industrial Commission offer Lake County residents a path to clerical and professional posts. Thirty one positions range from 65 dollars a month to 416 67 for the director of the State Employment Service with openings in Daytona Beach Live Oak DeFuniak Springs Gainesville Jacksonville Lakeland Miami Orlando Pensacola Sarasota Tallahassee Tampa and West Palm Beach. Applications due November 12 to James E Chace Jr Merit System Supervisor Gainesville must list preferred positions. Successful applicants go into registers for future appointments by the State Welfare Board the Unemployment Compensation Division and the State Employment Service as vacancies arise.
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LeRoy H. Oetjen
State Welfare District No
State Welfare Board
Florida Industrial Commission
Lake County
Octsen
State Employment Service
James E. Chace, Jr
Merit System
Gainesville
Florida
Daytona Beach
Live Oak
DeFuniak Springs
Jacksonville
Lakeland
Miami
Orlando
Pensacola
Sarasota
Tallahassee
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Unemployment Compensation Division
State Industrial Commission
Millner Rosenwald Academy Letter Warns Against Fund Solicitors
A Mount Dora Florida note from Millner Rosenwald Academy dated November 5 1940 warns readers that unknown individuals are soliciting funds in the school name. The letter states the school knows nothing of the solicitations and asks donors to avoid giving unless the signer’s statement is presented.
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Millner-Rosenwald Academy
Mount Dora
Florida
Frineds
Fossil Remains Found in Gilchrist County Sinkhole
Miocene era fossils including primitive horses dogs camels and rhinoceros were found in a Gilchrist County sinkhole. The 40 acre site is owned by the University of Florida and Harvard University and will be excavated this winter by their staff. Dr Thomas Barbour of Harvard notes it represents the most complete Miocene fossil deposit east of the Rockies reported in the United States.
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Gilchrist County
Carr
University of Florida
Th University of Florida
Harvard University
Thomas Barbour
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
United States
Rocky Mountains
Frank Stockbridge to Build Lake County Home in Tahopa
Writer Frank Parker Stockbridge announces plans to construct a five room bungalow on a five acre site in Tahopa Lake County Florida. He selects the area for hills lakes and abundant fish and fruit trees with proximity to Eustis Mount Dora Ocala National Forest and a nearby game preserve.
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Frank Parker Stockbridge
Florida
Lake County
Stockbridge
Tahopa
Eustis
Acmed Abdullah
McClelland Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Arthur William Brown
Ben Irvin Butler
Society of Amateur Chefs
Dean Cornwell
Rube Goldberg
Russell Patterson
Tony Sarg
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
James Hughes
United States
All America
California
Hollywood
Mount Chasta
Sierras
Apalachians
Mount Dora
Ocala National Forest
Lakes
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Avenue
Sixth
4Th Street
Lake County Guard to Parade in Leesburg on November 11
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Cooley of Mount Dora commands the Lake County Guard set for its first public drill and parade in Leesburg on November 11. Cooley is Florida State Senator Elect representing Lake County and the unit covers a 40 mile sailing course near Lake Dora and Lake Harris.
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Florida
Lake Dora
Lake Harris
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora
Lake County
Bok Tower to hold Armistice Day recital at 11 a.m.
Major H. M. Nornabell, director, grants the first Bok Tower recital of the season on Armistice Day November 11 at 11 a.m. The Lake Wales event is sponsored by the American Legion as part of the Armistice program. A second recital will occur December 1, marking a delayed season opening.
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H. M. Nornabell
Bok Tower
Lake Wales
American Legion
William H. Sprague
Sterling
Lake County
Florida
Woman Intervenes as Radio Claims Britain Starving
A Scottish household disputes a broadcast by Lord Haw Haw on Britain’s famine talk. A woman cooking bacon and eggs reaches for the radio and yells against the lie, challenging the wormy propaganda of scarcity.
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Scotland
Lord Haw Haw
Britain
State Board of Health Assists Physicians in Examining Drafter
The State Board of Health will aid physicians examining drafted men with serological reports and containers. Dr. L. C. Gonzalez and Dr. J. N. Patterson announced the program. Physicians needing blanks should write to headquarters in Jacksonville, with local health units providing support where available.
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State Board OF Health
L. C. Gonzalez
J. N. Patterson
Jacksonville
Medical Examining Board
Public Health
State Hospital Accredited by American College of Surgeons
A dispatch reports the State Hospital at Chattahoochee has been accredited by the American College of Surgeons, ranking among the nation’s top institutions. Superintendent J. H. Terrell notes Dr. J. C. Davis, long time consulting surgeon, has been named chief of the Division of Surgery and is a fellow of the College.
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A Press Association
First ripe strawberry picked in Florida’s strawberry kingdom
The first reported ripe strawberry of the season was picked last Wednesday and displayed at the Plant City Enterprise. Harry Alder man of Midway raised the berry on a ten acre farm, the season’s first ripe fruit noted amid moisture delays. State Road No 2 construction between Polk City and Lake County line requires caution for traffic.
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Florida
Strawberry Kingdom
Plant City Enterprise
Harry Alderman
Midway
Polk City
Lake County
Construction closes road section between Lakeland and Polk City
A road segment between Lakeland and Polk City is closed to through traffic with detours likely via State Road 61 through Auburn, affecting local travel and travel planning.
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Lakeland
Polk City
Auburn
Idee
Lake Wales
Haines City
Lake V
Winter Haven
Bartow
Ris
Justice Terrell to Speak at Lake County Portrait Unveiling
Hon. Glenn Terrell Chief Justice of the Court of Florida will speak at 2 Thursday November 14 at Tavares caretasnas attendant to the unveiling of portraits of distinguished Lake County citizens. The ceremonies are set in the court room at Tavares.
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Glenn Terrell
New Court of Florida
Caretasnas
Lake County
Tavares
Lake's Greatest Day Set for November Fourteen
Lake County marks its greatest day with two major talks at Tavares and Eustis. Florida Supreme Court portraits of four locals unveiled at 2 p.m. in the courthouse, followed by a 4 p.m. talk by Hon. Doyle E. Carlton in Eustis. Governor Cone and other state officials are expected, with a parade, bands, and food stands on the grounds.
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Lake County
Tavares
Eustis
Glenn Terrell
Supreme Court of Florida
Doyle E. Carlton
Tampa
Florida
Fair Grounds
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Fred P. Cone
J. Tom Watson
R. A. Gray
Eustis P.T.A
Lake
Emmett Murchison Tally
John Cicero Hethcox
H. H. Hethcox
Board of County Commissioners
County School Board
William Thomas Kennedy
F. E. Compton
Kennedy
D. H. Moore
William Alexander McKenzie
Leesburg
Board of Public Instruction
Tallahassee
Beach
Winter Haven
Orlando
Orange County
DeLand
Kissimmee
Sanford
Seminole County
Ocala
Marion County
Cocoa
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Tuberculosis Association
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A. S. Herlong, Jr
Gilchrist CO
Artists Plan Colony
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Cosmopolitan
Russell Petterson
Sir Barclay
King Features
W. C. Daniells
Karl Lehmann
Powers
Frank Stockbridge
State Hospital Accredited
Nina Dean
Henry Seer
Bossie
J. J. West
Nan J. Stuart
J. J. West Realty CO
CHIEF
Homer Morris
Texaco
Eustist
Mount Dora Road
U. S. Highway 441
Ae President
Crane Furniture
Lewis C. Durden
Sadler
Moun Dora
Umatila Tribune
E. G. Chaman
Clara F, Sprague
W. M. Kennedy
Cornv
Tracy M. Kramer
T. M. Kramer
Herlong, Jr
Elizabeth Blair Kramer
R B. Riser
Wenalden & Errol Cattle
Fla
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court
A. J. Harnage
D. Cc
de Bonis
Walter B. Hall
Lake Coney
Flores
Charles 2. Burchett
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