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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
11
Mount Dora celebrates its blend of old Florida romance and modern progress. The city offers a thriving library, active civic groups, a progressive tourist club, extensive parks and sports, and ample accommodations. Visitors are welcomed to enjoy hunting, fishing, boating, golf, and tropical gardens amid a tranquil climate.
Poinsettias in full color draw visitors to Win Sleight's Wayside House just north of town on Highway 441 for peak seasonal display amid a bright, festive scene.
Motorists traveling State Road No 1 from Pensacola to the Alabama line will be required to use a sand clay detour in good condition around Eleven Mile Creek. See Carl Broom on Thanksgiving. Turkey dinner, noon and evening, 75c, Mount Dora Hotel. adv.
At State Theatre Eustis the drama Stablemates stars Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney in a behind the scenes look at race tracks. Beery plays a derelict trainer forming a bond with a penniless stable boy, culminating in a sacrifice to save the horse. A $250,000 Movie Quiz contest adds to the presentation.
A notice invites white residents to a two night event featuring the Rev Gregory leading a singing at St Marys Baptist church East Town on Wednesday evening before the first Sunday in December 1938. Admission is 15 cents. A follow up singing contest Thursday night at the school building between the Celery City Quartet of Sanford and the Harmony Four of Mount Dora also charges 15 cents.
Travel talk by Mr. Cox and Mr. Peabody sparks interest in a seven day Havana trip. Citizens explore ship space hotel availability and tour details as Mount Dora plans a second Ha tour with Gulf Travel Service.
Lake County Agricultural Department broadcasts every Monday noon attracting mail requests. Mrs. Lucie K. Miller offered citrus fruit preserving bulletins after her talk on WDBO Orlando November 14. The program is one of thirteen broadcasts each week by R. E. Norris, Miller, Wilmer Bassett, and others. Carl Broom’s Thanksgiving dinner offered for 75 cents.
Descriptive account recalls a late November showdown where Holy Cross fades under a grim night at Fitton Field. Ronnie Cahill's late kickoff return sparks a brief revival as Carnegie Tech dominates, leaving Holy Cross with a bruising, fate‑toned loss and lingering questions about the team’s resilience.
Florida Oxford Group team leaders from St Petersburg and other cities met with members from Michigan Illinois Canada and Great Britain to plan national cooperation. They aim to educate Floridians on moral re armament to end European persecutions and foster lasting peace under an international philosophy.
Northern area traffic advisory cautions drivers as hotel renovation work progresses near Trattie venues in the county. Work crews advance in the Southern style for dinner event preparations, with impact on local routes and expected delays.
The board announced a testimonial dinner in Leesburg for W. H. R. longtime county official and former chair. Leslie D. Burdine chairs the local arrangements with Mrs. Lucie K. Miller K. W. Loucks Max Wettstein and W. F. Robinson from Leesburg civic groups. Plans for Dora Canal development Manufacturers Survey in Lake County and a 5c Large Glass of Orange Juice promotion were discussed. The meeting closed to join the Last of the Lamlighters celebration in Astatula marking rural electrification funded at 175000 with remarks by Sen. C. O. Andrews and Rep. Joe Hendricks. Eustis High Band provided music with T. M. Kramer and Mrs. George Coffin representing Mount Dora.
The Lake County Forty and Eight Voiture plans to raise $1,000 to purchase equipment for crippled children. At the Umatilla meeting on Thursday evening November 17 ex-service members proposed funding, with Don Smith subscribing $100 in memory of his father.
The town council opened bids Thursday night for a new waterworks project. Six bids for a deep well and five bids for structures and equipment were reviewed with costs about 3565 and 16350 dollars respectively. Engineer Gillespie will study bids, with copies to PWA for inspection. Contracts await PWA approval covering 45 percent of costs.
A December Outdoor man feature by H. R. P. Miller of Eustis titled Down Florida's Left-handed River highlights Florida water ways and black bass fishing. The illustrated article aims to attract interest in Lake and Central Florida attractions and fishing opportunities.
Mr. Boone of Lees displayed a small Mount Dora catch noted as a nice minnow near Howey. The Lake county lake finds are common, and he is to be congratulated. The state wide Sugar essay contest offers over $1,000 in prizes from United States Sugar Corp of Clewiston. President Bitting said prize money will be awarded before Christmas.
The administratrix of the estate of Lewis I. Cook deceased filed on November 2 1938 a final report and petition for final discharge in the Court of the County Judge for Lake County Florida as provided by law.
Robt W Dickson has filed to offer for sale Tax Certificate No 2407 of 1933 for unpaid state and county taxes 1932 to 1938 on Lot 20 Lake Dora Mt Dora described property. Sale at Court House door Tavares on November 28 1938 at 11 AM. Clerk Geo J Dykes and A J Harnage D C sign.
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