Kiwanis Minutes: Red Cross Aid and Peace Memorial
Kiwanis officers listed with T. M. Kramer as vice president and W. i Story as treasurer. A $10 Red Cross relief contribution is approved. Sarasota hosts the State Convention October 9 11 with Mount Dora delegates named. A world peace memorial is adopted. Loyalty Day urged with church service attendance prize won by C. J. Brown. Fourteen members make 100 percent attendance through September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Kramer
W. i Story
D. F. Crane
G. B. Hurlburt
Wm. J. Johnson
A. Rehbaum
Oo. M. Simpson
Geo. J. "White
Miller Wells
Dr. Dickson
New England
New York
Red Cross
Kiwanis
Sarasota
Mount Dora Club
C.J. Brown
G. A. Richardson
C. M. Brown
Geo. W. Coffin
Geo. C. Keller
C. C. Moorhead
Dr. Richardson
K. G. Rogers
GL. c. Ay W. L. Story
J. J. West
Geo. J. Te
Mount Dora Promotes Lawn Bowling Club and Facilities
Mount Dora showcases four top lawn bowling courts in Erica with a large club membership. The club house beside the courts hosts seasonal entertainments and the park includes shuffleboards and tennis facilities. Mount Dora also operates two athletic fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Inerica
Mount Dora Presents Leisure and Civic Highlights for Winter Visitors
The account highlights Mount Dora offering sports facilities with floodlit fields for baseball football and athletics, a large Yacht Club on Lake Dora with winter activities, two eighteen hole golf courses, a 1929 Community Building with a thousand-seat auditorium, and weekly entertainments by the Mount Dora Tourist Club. It notes abundant fishing, wild game, boating on Lake Dora, a regular boat schedule, and promotional pitches for living in Mount Dora as a homeseeker’s paradise. It also discusses Florida tax law benefits, low millage, a $5 000 homestead exemption, road funding by gasoline tax, and Mount Dora’s strong bond history and financial health.
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Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora Florida as a Home Seekers Paradise
Mount Dora offers extensive fishing for black bass and pickerel and all day boating. The town sits in the orange belt of Lake County with 32 miles of paved streets, parks, churches, schools, shops, and a historic yacht club. It features artesian well water, an electric distribution system, gas service, and easy access to major Florida cities. temperate year round with average around 60 degrees.
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Dora Canal
Mount Dora
Orange Belt
Lake County
Triangle Gas Company
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Florida
U. S
St. .Petersburg
Clearwater
Longtime Florida chamber official Karl Lehmann remembered
Karl Lehmann of Montverde born October 5 1887 in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. He studied in Las Vegas New Mexico and received an honorary LL D from Rollins College in 1925. Lehmann moved to Lake County Florida July 1920 and just completed his sixteenth year as chamber of commerce secretary in Central Florida after stints in Orange Seminole and Lake counties. He favors moving pictures lamb chops and Kiwanis as hobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Lehmann
Montverde
Oconomowoc
Wisconsin
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Rollins College
Lehmann
Lake County
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Orange County
Seminole
Busy hour in Lake County Chamber of Commerce office
From 9 to 10 a.m. the secretary dictating mail, twenty letters, three news stories written, copy prepared for a printing job, and telegraph messages. Invitations to speak at several cities, a noon broadcast over WDBO, calls with county and home demonstration agents, the state tourist survey, and meetings with community leaders from Grand Island and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber’ of Commerce
Lake County
Tavares
Orlando
Coral Gables
WDBO
Moore
WPA
Grand Island
Emeralda
Fruitland Park
Montverde
Umatilla
County Airport Committee Formed To Develop Lake County Site
Hon John L Fahs of Leesburg named chairman of a Lake County Chamber of Commerce committee to push county airport development. The panel includes one representative from each of five commissioner districts and four city mayors H C Brown Clermont Harry Gaylord Eustis Dr W L Ashton Umatilla Clayton Weir Groveland. The group will meet soon to study feasibility and next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Fahs
Leesburg
Lake County
Lake County Horticultural Association Seeks Growth
The Lake County Horticultural Association urges greater membership, highlighting ties with Umatilla and Montverde, and outlining eligibility requirements, dues, and a 6:30 pm October 17 meeting at the Umatila Community Building. Current Mount Dora members are listed, and reservations for a 50 cent supper are required.
Florida well equipped with good places to eat
Florida’s cafes and restaurants are ready for the winter influx of tourists. Hotel Commissioner W M Taylor cites 8 079 licensed restaurants statewide with 257 753 total seating and 121 eateries in Lake County with 2 720 seats, noting strong cooperation with the Florida Hotel Commission for improved sanitation and operations for 1938 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
W. M. Taylor
Florida Hotel Commission
Taylor
Lake County
DeBusk to Speak for Lake County Horticultural Assn
Florida citrus specialist E F DeBusk of the Extension Service will headline the Lake County Horticultural Association meeting in Umatilla on October 17. He will present charts on selling Florida citrus by weight. A 6:30 supper costs 50 cents. the program follows at 8 in the Community Building, arranged by AG R E B Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. DeBusk
University of Florida
Lake County Horticultural Association
Umatilla
DeBusk
Florida
Col. C. E. Lester
Grand Island
Lake County
R. E B. Norris
Sub-Tropical Gardening and Fruit Growing Debuts in Orlando
A new magazine devoted to warm-climate horticulture, Sub-Tropical Gardening and Fruit Growing, launched in Orlando this week. Editor is E. L. Lord with Jack Hughes as associate editor and business manager. It will be issued monthly on special stock with a two color cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
E. L. Lord
Jack Hughes
Oranges by the Peck From Lake County Plan Expands
A Lake County man shipped 22 000 boxes of fruit directly to retail outlets at 50 cents per peck regardless of size. He reports paying $1.25 per box on the tree last year, with a low fruit price of $1.00. The venture, growing to include a new packing house at Umatilla, will pack and ship fruit from that location after last year using a packing house in Umatilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Austin
Pennsylvania
Umatilla
Aerial Flight To Highlight Lake County Chamber Event
Eliot L. Kerlin of Minneola, noted flier and former University of Florida instructor, will fly over the Lake County Chamber of Commerce meeting at Lakeside Park on October 20 with a photographer aboard to capture aerial images. Governor Cone wired Florida’s sympathy to flood and storm victims in the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot L. Kerlin
Minneola
Lake County
University of Florida At
Campell
Florida
Kerlin
Fred P. Cone
Notice of tax deed and probate for Lake County Florida
Notice of application for tax deed under Senate Bill 163. Elizabeth Pfeiffer holds Tax Certificate 1112 from July 2 1934 and seeks tax deed on N 66 ft of Lot 24 King Homestead Eustis. property assessed in H P Blank name. Court at Tavares to sell at 11 AM November 7 1938 if not redeemed. Also probate notice in Lake County Florida for the estate of Harry V Fish. Creditors must present claims to Judge A S Herlong Jr at the County Courthouse in Tavares within eight months. Edith M Fish is executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Lake
Florida
King Homestead
Eustis
H. P. Blank
Tavares
Fla
Sale notice for Florida tax certificate 2605 of 1931
Cherry Young files to offer for sale Tax Certificate No. 2605 of 1931 for unpaid state and county taxes 1930 and 1931 on Lot 24 Merrill & Vaughn's Subdivision Lake County Florida. Certificate and all taxes will be sold to highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Tavares on October 10 1988 at 11 o'clock A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Young
Lake
Florida
Merrill & Vaughn
Tavares
Tare
Ulrich von Gartner
Renee
Ake
P.O.B
Wm. M. Bolton
Thompson & Jackson
Fla
Circuit Court
Lake County
A. J. Harnage
D. C
Notice of Tax Certificate Sale in Groveland
H W Sheppard filed Certificate No 2078 of 1931 representing unpaid state and county taxes for 1930 to 1938 Lot 1 Elk E Groveland. Unpaid taxes will be offered for sale at the Court House door in Tavares October 10 1988 at 11 A M to the highest bidder for cash.
Estate of Earl Gilbert to be settled in Lake County Florida
Probate notices reveal claims against the estate of Earl Gilbert, deceased, filed with Judge A. S. Herlong Jr. in Lake County Florida. Creditors must present claims within eight months of publication or be barred by law. Dated September 20, 1938, Delbert Vrooman named executor. Also notice of tax certificate 540 filed by RE. B. Riser for Lot 4 NW of SW Sec 20 Tp 19 R 20 E, to be sold at Tavares courthouse on November 7, 1938 at 11:00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Florida
Harry V. Fish
A. S. Herlong
Tavares
A. D
Edith M. Fish
Thomas H. Cooley
Thomas Armatrong
Herlong, Jr
Len Josephine Merritt Davidson
Thomas Armstrong
W. M. Kennedy
Earl Gilbert
S. Herlong, Jr
Delbert Vrooman
Darsacsa
RE. B. Riser
County of
Lake
State of
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J. C. Cooper
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