Library Adds Wide Range of New Books
The Mount Dora library announces new fiction including Last of the Longhorns and On the Rim of the Arctic, plus Bait for Murder and No Highway. Nonfiction adds Money Making Hobbies and Rainbow in Tahiti. Gifts include I Lost My English Accent and There’s One in Every Family from various authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ermine
Valley
Frank Bonam
Arctic
J. B. Hendryx
Kathleen M. Knight
Nevil Shute
Helen Topping Miller
Upton Sinclair
Marion Sturgess-Jones
Sara Jeniis
Tolliver
Chuck Stanley
Larabee
Big Spring
Chuck Tan
Red Clark
Paradise
Gordon Young
Joseph Leeming
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Tahiti
Caroline Guild
Betsy
Dorothy P. Lathrop
William Penn
Miriam E. Mason
Juanita
Leo Politi
Howard Brier
C. V. R. Thompson
Frances Eisenberg
Emilie Loring
Jimmy Dale
Frank Packard
Logan Clendening
Molly and
Frank R. Adams
Max Brand
Wind River
George Ogden
The
International Paper Company
Mount Dora
Florida
PMonald of China life story of W H Donald
This life story, told to Earl A Seller before Donald's death, chronicles his Australia birth, early newspaper work, and rise in China during the Manchu era. It notes his awkward Chinese language, humor, and strict abstinence, plus four decades as a journalist, adviser, and advocate for Chinese reform and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
W. H. Donald
Earl A. Seller
Donald
Australia
Hong Kong
Sun Yat-Sen
Marshal
Chiangs
Chi
Angs
Seller
Pop Cudworth and the Shrinking Harness Tale
A New England yarn overheard at the village post office recounts Pop Cudworth’s rough farm day. He buys a cheap harness, loads wood in wet weather, and by morning finds the harness shrunk and the sled drawn up snug at the woodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Pop Cudworth
Hampshire
Massachusetts
Pop
Greenfield
Willie Tee
Son
Donnelly and Potter Shaped Mount Dora Rise and Fall
The article profiles John Donnelly and Tom Potter, two Mount Dora figures whose banking, business deals, and breakfast table strategies drove early growth in Florida. It recounts Donnelly’s bank collapse, Ron Donnelly’s loan relief, Potter’s rise in packing fruit, and Donnelly’s death shaping the town’s fate. Potter survives past 1938 accident and continues work with Hadlock at 77, while Mrs Potter had died in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Hotel
John Donnelly
Tom Potter
Donnelly
Florida
Potter
Ocean
Gulf
Mount Dora
United States
Eustis
Donnelly Crry
Methodist Church
Tabernacle
Baptist Church
Ninth Av
Donnelly St
Mrs. Potter
Donnelly Mansion
Hadlock
Public Notices in Lake County Florida Court Proceedings
The Lake County Florida circuit notices include a bill for reformation of deed on grounds of fraud and foreclosure actions against Birdie E. Dean and others, with orders of constructive service and publication. Also announced are Mount Dora town election notices, county equipment bids, and a divorce order for Evelyn D. Spencer. Parties named include L Hagan, K Egfg r Hagan, Mildred Adair, James Adair, Florida Rock and Invest Co, and Evelyn D. Spencer. Proceedings set for December 1948 with publication in Mount Dora topics and Mt Dora Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Florida
Birdie E. Dean
Reis
Erwil
Reseda
Los Angeles County
California
Circuit Court
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lake County
Chancery
Sanford and
Sorrento
Tange
Mount Dora
Opie
Lake ‘County
Florida
A. D
Grace H, Cox
D. C
Evelyn D. Spencer
J. Elwood Spencer
W. M. Kennedy
Compraisant
George J. Dykes
Grace H. Cox
Notice of vacation petition for Joanna Park lot in Lake County
Walter L. Tucker and Joseph R. Theker petition Lake County commissioners to vacate Lot 17 in Belleaux Estates Lake Front layout Lake Joanna as recorded February 19 1926 and return it to public tax rolls for equal assessment. The request cites Section 192.30 Florida Statutes and seeks action at the December 6 1948 regular meeting. The owners hold fee simple title to the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Lake Front
Belleaux Estates
Lake Joanna
Lake County
Board of County
Tavares
Joanna Park
Joseph R. Theker
Osepit R. Tucker
Appreciative Letter Praises Mount Dora Sanitation Crew
Readers commend the post man and street workers for daily reliable service in sunshine or storm. They note tidy streets and diligent leaf and debris collection and applaud the crew of the white refuse truck for efficient, cheerful service keeping Mount Dora healthy and residents happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Briggs
Mary Baker Eddy
Fifth Jcmedial Circuit
State OF Flora
L. Hlagan
Mi. Wie
Gertrude Dean
Bikvie BE
Dean Reis
Ee Ee Reis
Ner Besband
Mildred Adair
James Adair
Florida Credit
Investmeene. CO
Co. Stewart
Board. of County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Geo. J. Dykes
Orlando
Evening Star
F. L. Rose
Brown’s Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Your Shopping Center
Ray Daniels
Liberty St
Central Waste Material Co
Atlantic and
Kaley Ave
Leesburg
Lincoln
Mercury
Lincoln-Mercury Company
Sunshine
Leesburg, Florida
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!