Washington Shapes Early National Thanksgiving Tradition
The piece recounts Washington’s adoption of a national Thanksgiving custom tracing to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and notes initial opposition to a federal day of Thanksgiving. It cites Elias Boudinot and a congressional committee urging a national observance, leading to Washington’s October 3 1789 proclamation for November 26.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
United States
George Washington
Elias Boudinot
House of Representatives
Thomas Tudor Tucker
South Carolina
Congress
Aedanus Burke
Europe
Ralph Izard
William S. Johnson
Connecticut
New Jersey
Roger Sherman
Peter Sylvester
New York
Washington
Montverde School Play Shines at Chapel Evening
Crowded Montverde Chapel hosts three act play A Mysterious Chair directed by Miss Arabella Shafer with cast led by W R McQuaig and Karl Lehmann. An evening of orchestral music precedes and follows the performance. teachers honor Miss Barbara Richardson with a birthday surprise party.
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Montverde
W. R. McQuaig
Karl Lehmann
Hazel Cox
E. T. Bright
Jas. Williamson
R. W. Harper Jr
Tom Flynn
Grace
Connor Brewster
Folsom Brothers
East
Montverde School
Barbara Richardson
Annual Poultry Show Set for December in Lake County
The Lake County Poultry Association show committee met in Umatilla on Monday afternoon November 9 with full attendance. Final preparations were completed for the annual show to be held in December.
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Lake County Poultry Association
Umatilla
Home Demonstration Shoppes Open Across Lake County
The Lake County Home Demonstration Council approves three or four shoppes for this year. Exchange No. 1 will be at the Favorite Shop in Eustis, No. 2 at Finzel Dress Shop in Mount Dora, No. 3 at Winston’s Dime Store in Clermont, Leesburg to be announced. Women may enter articles in multiple shops to broaden markets.
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Lake County
Home Demonstration Council
Eustis
Finzel
Mount Dora
Clermont
Leesburg
Home Demonstration Council Hosts Dinner for County Officials
On December 7 the Home Demonstration Council will host a dinner for the County Commissioners, county agent and guest of honor Miss Flavia Gleason State Home Demonstration Agent. Dinner will be served in the Home Demonstration kitchen Tavares. Afterward the Council will hold a regular meeting with many items of business to be transacted.
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Home Demonstration Council
Flavia Gleason
State Home Demonstration
Home Demonstration
Tavares
Lake County Poultry Show and 4-H Exhibition
The Lake County Poultry Show will be held in Eustis December 10 11 12. On Saturday December 12 4 H club boys will hold their annual meeting with exhibits and girls interested in poultry are welcome to visit the show that day.
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Lake County
Eustis
Mount Dora
4-H Club Girls Rally Planned at Clermont
A countywide 4-H rally for all club girls is set for Saturday December 19 at Clermont. Officials expect a large attendance and say more details will follow at a later date.
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Clermont
Washington stamps prepared for 1932 Bicentennial
Twelve new postage stamps honoring George Washington have been prepared for 1932. The series features Washington in various portraits by Peale Houdon Trumbull Saint-Memin Williams and Stuart along with a Mount Vernon themed envelope issue.
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George Washington
Post Office Department
Washington
United States
B. J. F. Saint-Memin
W. Williams
Vaughan
Gilbert Stuart
Mount Vernon
Girl Scouts Postpone Meeting To Accommodate Basketball Practice
The Girl Scouts met Monday evening in the Scout room and worked mainly on craft projects. They postponed the next meeting from Monday to Tuesday evening to avoid clashing with Mount Doral High girls basketball practice.
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Mount Doral High
Lake Alfred Tour Showcases Citrus Experiments and Potash Trials
County Agent Hiatt led Florida Citrus Experiment Station visitors from the county to Lake Alfred for a day of field demonstrations. They studied potash fertilization plots, nitrogen forms, cover crops, and cultivation methods, noting the premier tree growth on good cover crops and the minimal die back except where stable manure was the sole nitrogen source. The group also compared muriate and sulphate potash and planned a spring follow up tour to observe growth flush and fertilization effects. The outing drew growers from nearly every community and proved highly worthwhile.
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Hiatt
Florida Citrus Experiment Station
Lake Alfred
Jeffries
W. E. Stokes
Florida Experiment Station
Gainesville
Winter Recitals at Bok Singing Tower 1931 32 Schedule
Bok Tower presents a complete 1931 32 recital program led by Anton Brees carillon. First recital December 15 at noon with regular Thursdays and Sundays 3 pm and Tuesdays Saturdays at noon. Last recital April 14. Special events include Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve midnight recitals with dates listed. Grounds open 8 am to 5 pm daily. Fernandina reports shrimp shipments. Palmetto notes citrus car shipments.
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Bok
Anton Brees
Antwerp
Belgium
Lincoln
Washington
Lake Wales
Pleasing Program By Intermediates At Public School
The Intermediate grades presented an evening of entertainment in the auditorium. The fourth grade sang a group of songs with Wilton Adams as soloist and a "Little Leaves" dramatization with Almeda Dooley Marian Edwards Montel Morris Pomona Davidson. The fifth grade performed "The Pool of the Wilful Princess" with Elizabeth Drake as Princess and a cast including Rameses the cat, Billy McCown, Nip and Tuck, and the Wise Old Man. A play "The Three Mince Pies" followed by a colonial setting and a Thanksgiving song by the fourth graders closed the program.
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Wilton Adams
Almeda Dooley
Marian Edwards
Montel Morris
Pomona Davidson
Elizabeth Drake
Rameses
Leon Stenstrom
Billy McCown
Billy
Nip and Tuck
Jerald
Julian Drawdy
Stuart Sadler
Bobby Wells
Lemuel Colson
George Hobdy
Princess’ Garden
Sara Margaret Pooser
William Turrentine
Dorothy Gray
Indians to resume buffalo diet without hunting
The Blackfoot of Montana will receive 100 buffalo carcasses totaling about 50 000 pounds of meat this winter as drought and grasshoppers reduce food supplies. Only 1 000 buffalo can be supported on Yellowstone Park range, so excess animals will be distributed or slaughtered.
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West
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
American Game Association
Park
Jacksonville
Florida
County awards road rock contract to Tampa firm
County Commissioners awarded a contract to A. R. Merrill Construction Co. of Tampa for about 12,500 cubic yards of limerock to build half of the road between Vineland and Winter Garden, at a cost of $50,000.
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A. R. Merrill Construction Co
Tampa
Vineland
Winter Garden
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Miss McDermid
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Reading
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Blanche Ellis
Linden Lea
Vida Holston
Wallace Arey
William
Girl Scout
Lake County Citrus Group
Rane
J. M. Smith
Prop
Hale & White
Womber
Mount Dora, Fla
Fanty Citrus Fruits Lake
Dora Packing Company Retail Dept
Fernandina
Jethro Holbrook
Oscar Stephens
Dorcas
Natalie Spilky
Nabby
Lois Jerne
Caleb
Towney Kinnard
John
Richard Shipes
Bayard Roberts
Dedrick Green
Curtis Minkley
Charles Pohlman
Roy Beasley
Hicks Snell
Seward Watkins
Sidel’s Market
W. E Lackeey
First National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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Morris Stores
Coleman’s Bakery
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
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Mosteller Bros
C.c. Moorhead
Builders Supply
Frock & Frill Shop
Reggie’ Parker
Burton’s Garage
Golden Triangle Cleaners
H. ,Feigin, Inc
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