Red Cross Roll Call Campaign Starts Today
Red Cross mobilizes in Florida with 17 071 families registered across 11 offices including Miami and Tampa. Kilpatrick cites daily relief work and continuing reconstruction as the drive begins, urging widespread support as applications extend beyond seven weeks after the September hurricane.
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RED Cross
Earl Kilpatrick
Mt. Dora
Fort Myers
Tampa
Okeechobee
Moore Haven
Sebring
Pompano
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood
Ojus
Hialeah
Miami Beach
Miami
Dade County
Mount Dora
Kilpatrick
Triangle Boosters Plan Combined Telephone System
Golden Triangle Boosters Club advances plans to form a Florida corporation to operate a single exchange serving Eustis Tavares and Mount Dora. L R Heim chairs the committee with A H Strider and O O Hamilton aiding. goal is a unified telephone service and eventual merger of local communities amid growth pressures.
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Eustis
Tavares
Mount Dora
Golden ‘Triangle Boosters Club
L. R. Heim
Golden Triangle
Heim
Boosters Club
Triangle
Sasol
I. N. Kennedy
Sylvan Shores Builds 21 Homes in Three Months
A new home is begun every four days on average in Sylvan Shores as 21 homes started or completed in the last 90 days. Total activity includes 33 homes completed or advanced, with 34 more under contract. Key sites include Morning side Drive Sheridan Road and Lucerne Drive as sales stay active and more homes and a business block are planned. The Dooley, Merriam and Trace residences are among those progressing.
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Sylvan Shores
Morningside Drive
Sheridan Road
Lucerne Drive
Sylvan *Shdres
C. C. Dooley
Helm Road
H. C. Merriam
City Lighting to Be Handled by Districts
Town council moved to reconfigure lighting into independent districts and relocate the distribution station from town center. The plan requires a Florida Public Service Company easement of 80 by 30 feet, with approval contingent on mayoral action and building permit timing. The council also directed city clerk to press Lake County Telephone Co for removal or silencing of automatic ringer to reduce radio distortion.
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Lake County
Florida Public Service Company
Our Day Armistice Day Reverence Call
The piece urges a solemn Armistice Day reflection away from revelry, urging readers to shed prejudice and selfishness, remember those who suffered, and keep the day as a sacred moment of reverent thankfulness. It calls for restraint in celebration and a focus on universal sympathy and the spirit of occasion.
Mount Dora voters urged to protect city clerk role
In a stance aimed at Mount Dora residents the piece argues against changing the city clerk position, detailing the clerk’s wide duties from water and light billing to tax collection and sewer and fire department bookkeeping, stressing risk to city finances and citizen service if a new appointee takes over.
Grapefruit Prices Fall Amid Rising Florida Shipments
Florida citrus market report for the week ending November 5 notes increased grapefruit shipments, about 100 cars daily, depressing prices. Auctions in the East show 1.50 to 8.35 per box with Puerto Rican arrivals. West auctions 2.05 to 8.25 with weaker week close. Private sales dip from 4.25–5.00 to 3.50–4.00 as state shipments rise. analysts predict lower prices next week and ample supply to meet Thanksgiving demand. Tangerines fetch up to 12.10 per strap in early sales.
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Tampa
Fila
George A. Scott
Florida Citrus Foxchange
Scott
Florida
Porto Rico
West
California
Road Bonds Sold for Districts 8 and 9 Totaling 450000
On November 1 11 district road bonds amounting to 450000 were sold to Wright Wa & Company of Orland. The sale supplements 1885000 raised previously to fund road construction in Districts 8 and 9 and the major issue from last year. Increased contracting costs made the supplementary issue necessary to complete the planned roads.
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Tawares
Wright, Wa &Company
Orlands
Omeet Aahe Co Commission
Armistice Day Dedication Draws Lake County Crowd
Today Ta vares hosts Armistice Day events with thousands from Lake and beyond converging on the county seat. A 10 oclock ceremony will dedicate a German 77 mm rifle captured in World War I, arranged by Captain W J O and the Merchants Co operative Association with Legion posts and civic groups supporting a full program of speeches free acts and midway attractions.
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Tavares
Lake County
Lake
Opie
Eral Summerall
Florida
South Florida
Tampa
Georgia
Mount Dora Citrus Trade Boosts Local Livelihoods
Feature on Mount Dora resident L Mitchell who runs mail order citrus shipments for three decades. He targets gift trade with quarter to full bushel packages and mixed fruit assortments mailed during holidays, highlighting a unique seasonal business in the community.
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Mount Doran
L. Mitchell
Mitchell
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