Mutual Would Add 5 Million Monthly Says Corey To Growers
Florida Citrus Mutual plans to give growers board control to influence policy and set quality standards. Merton L. Corey urged Lake County, Tavares gathering to back a campaign aimed at securing 22 million more boxes of fruit contracts and an operation by January 1 to lift state losses and boost monthly returns.
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Mutual
Corey
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida
Lake County
Tavares
Merton L. Corey
New York
Ory
Citrus
Mutualaya
Ting
Jim Morton
H. C. Brown
Clermont
John Donnelly Seeks Sight After Florida Operation
In New York a blind Navy veteran, John Donnelly, lies in a hospital room awaiting bandage removal to learn if his operation restored his sight. His wife Minnie and his friend emerge, prompting a plea to the doctor as Donnelly insists on seeing.
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John Donnelly
New York Hospital
Florida
John
Donnelly
Post Office
Minnie
Donnellth
Return of sight brings cheers in Florida town
A story recalls Donnelly regaining sight after an operation and a warm homecoming with a motorcade in Sanford and a welcoming crowd in Mount Dora, revealing the joy of a man who helped build the community and his grove rich home.
Dirty Trick At Mount Dora Fishing Club Editorial
The Editor writes of a planned Mount Dora Fishing Club meeting at the Community building and complains the club’s use of the Topic office will stir jealousy as members plan to swap yarns and test exaggerations while he feigns concentration on next week’s issue. He warns the club members to understand his workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvard Bishop
Mount Dora
Thomases
Thirsty Industries The Commercial Water Use in Florida
Florida survey shows plants serving 100 or more people used 84.631 billion gallons of water last year. If small plants operations and military sites are included, total water use would exceed 100 billion gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Florida PTAs to Clean Up Objectionable Comics
Mount Dora PTA leads action to remove wild comic books from stands with guidance from Mrs Land and R E Lee of the Pharmacy. Ocala PTA follow suit as Pasco county PTA A cites similar steps. State congress of PTA to study a resolution backed by the national PTA condemning wholesome comics and related media.
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Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
Florida
Pasco
Congress
National Congress of
Organization
Christmas Seal Sale Opens Monday in Lake County
Lake County launches the annual Christmas Seals sale to combat tuberculosis. Attorney Roy Christopher leads the drive and will distribute Seals featuring a boy in red pajamas by the fireside. over a million seals go out nationwide. A mobile unit will visit the county from December 6 to 16 offering free chest X-rays, aided by Betsy Kramer and George White in the bond sale efforts.
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Lake County
Roy Christopher
United States
Christopher
Betsy
Kramer
George White
Boys Meet Again After 50 Years in Mount Dora
Two former Mount Dora youths reconnected on Fifth Avenue after five decades. M. V. Simpson, Mount Dora mayor before 1947, and Jim Gaines of Jacksonville reunited, Gaines extending his visit from one night to at least a week after meeting a mutual acquaintance Roe.
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John Donnelly
Mount Dora
M. V. Simpson
Jim Gaines
Jacksonville
Gaines
Simpson Hotel
Roe
Mount Dora’s John Donnelly and the building that shaped a town
Tom Potter recalls his decade with Donnelly in Mount Dora, from the banker’s conference near a collapsing plaster to Donnelly’s restored sight and the creation of the Donnelly building. Potter, once Donnelly’s assistant and later a key witness, chronicles the builder’s rise and the town’s early development.
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Tom Potter
John Donnelly
Mount Dora
Tom
Donnelly
Potter
Potter Disaster Spurs Pioneer Resolve in Mount Dora
A fire in a fledgling town destroyed the Baldwin Shay grocery and surrounding block after the bucket brigade failed to stop a demon of progress. T J Potter, guiding dawn efforts, stumbled into Donnelly and urged swift action as Grocer Baldwin reopened in a hastily built room.
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Sally’s
East Donnelly
Topic Office
Baldwin- Shay
Potter
Donnelly
Baldwin
Mount Dora
Plans Complete For FPA Convention In Mount Dora
The Florida Press association will host about 250 editors in Mount Dora for a weekend convention at Lakeside Inn. Highlights include a smorgasbord Friday, bylaw amendments Saturday, a speech by Senator Spessard Holland, a pep talk by Wesley Carter, and the annual banquet with Ed mund Harding as speaker. A Dora Canal tour and baby-sitting by Girl Scouts accompany social events and jury of the contest findings.
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Mount Dora
Florida Press Association
Jacksonville
Key West
Bill Wells
Lake County
Lakeside Inn
Grand View Hotel
Spessard Holland
Wesley E. Carter
Morganthaler
Linotype News
Karl Lehmann
Lake County Chamber
Combine
Leesburg
Chamber of Commerce
Dora Canal
Lake Eustis
Whittiers
Longfellows
Mount Dora pioneer Donnelly’s life recalled in Mark Twain style
Mount Dora’s pioneer John P. Donnelly, long mistaken for Mark Twain, lived a vivid history in Lake County. The article previews an installment of his speech narrated by Dr. R. W. Dickson, detailing his ventures from groves to tangerines, road building, Cuba projects, and his role as the town’s first mayor.
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John Donnelly
Donnelly
Tom Potter
Mark Twain
Mount Dora
Annie Donnelly
City Hall
Donnelly St
Donnelly Park
John P. Donnelly
Samuel Clemens
Mount Dora Yacht Club
R. W. Dickson
Lake County
Cuba
Calvin Gilbert
Dora
Gilbert
Kiwanians Plan For Ladies Night Gala at Lakeside Inn
The Kiwanis club schedules its annual Ladies Night gala at the Lakeside Inn for Wednesday December 8. The planning committee includes Carl Graves Dick Edgerton Roy Winisoeee Bel Robert Vason and Buster W.
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Kiwanis Club
Lakeside Inn
Carl Graves
Dick Edgerton
Roy Winisoeee
Bel Robert Vason
Buster W
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Dora Comics
Tmas
Mabel Norris Reese
Fifth
Masonic Temple
Bridgeport
Conn
Potters
T. J. Potter
Grove
Donnelly and
Fifthay
Annie McDonald Stone
John McDonald
Minnie Marsh
Mildred Marsh
Donnelly Enterprises
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