Mount Dora Hotels Offer Visitors Home-like Comforts
Mount Dora features four leading hotels Lakeside Inn Grandview Villa Dora and Mount Dora Hotel Each offers modern conveniences sun parlors private pools or quiet home like hospitality with scenic Lake Dora views The Chamber of Commerce invites up country residents to request illustrated booklets and forward guest names for copies Continued on page 5
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Mount Dora
Florida
Lakeside Inn
Grandview
Villa Dora
Lake Side Inn
Lake Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Rand View
Dora
Big Mouth Bass Thrill At Lake Apopka and Trimble Park
Izaak Walton party fished Lake Apopka in Lake County last week landing about thirteen large bass. O D Stephens led with a ten pounder while J P Kelly Officer C D Kelly chief Palmer and family joined. They later at Trimble Park enjoyed a fish fry. Cooley brothers then caught several big bass including Tom Cooley's nine pounder. Fishing is good in Lake County.
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Izaak Walton
O. D. Stephens
O. D
J.P. Kelly
C. D. Kelly
Palmer
Lake County
Lake Apopka
Trimble Park
Cooley Brothers
Tom
J. G
Newt
Mount Dora Hardware Remodeling Adds Three Windows
Mount Dora Hardware Company plans a remodel of the store rear to install three new windows for more light and fuller business. Carl S. Risley, local contractor, leads the renovation as carpenters and crews work on upgrading premises amid widespread city repairs.
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Mount Dora
Town Begins To Look Boom Like
Gas pipes are being laid across the city with crews digging ditches on many streets. A large work crew, welding and painting, operates behind the Topic office in the alley, evoking memories of the boom days as cleanup continues and business activity resumes.
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Topic
Mount Dora at Eustis in pivotal 4 PM clash
Mount Dora visits Eustis for a key 4 o clock game predicted to be the toughest of the season. Local fans urged to attend this hard fought showdown.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Mount Dora Crate Mill Starts Strong Orders Pour In
The Mount Dora Crate & Supply Company begins with solid bookings and has received a 300000 crate order from Gentile Bros of Orlando and an initial 15000 crate order from Mount Dora Citrus Growers Association. The plant supports local employment by favoring home labor and invites applicants to write before moving.
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Mount Dora
Welcome Signs at City Entrances Spark Mount Dora Pride
The Chamber of Commerce installed twelve foot wide welcome signs at all city approaches for Mount Dora. Frank Cornish completed the project under chamber orders, signaling a clean town with good water and fishing. The chamber receives praise for its ongoing efforts to benefit Mount Dora.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Frank Cornish
Mount Dora Mayor Urges Community Solidarity on Labor Day
W. E. Lackey the Mount Dora mayor calls residents to unite in aiding the less fortunate. He asks citizens to act as good Samaritans and reflect credit on the community through shared effort on Labor Day.
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Mount Dora
W. E. Lackey
Umatilla Falls 4 Mount Dora In Rain Hit Game
Umatilla loses to Mount Dora 4 to 2 at Heim Field in a game marked by errors especially five by McCown. Epps pitched well but loss came from defensive lapses as the drizzle began in the fifth inning and worsened. Penn and Gleason made key catches while Pennington Hale and Gleason sparked sensational back running plays.
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Heim Field
Stevenson
Epps
McCown
Pennington
Hale
Gleason
Penn
Umatilla
Fanning
Wilson
Martin
T. Cooley
Eops
N. Cooley
Mount Dora
Brown
Vaughn
Holton
Browns
Pictures at the Methodist Church Sunday Evening
The pastor has secured a Stereopticon lecture on Mission work in South Eastern Africa and will show pictures and deliver an informing lecture Sunday evening September 6th. The event includes the illustrated song My Country Tis Of Thee and is free to the public.
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Methodist Church
South Eastern
Africa
Widow to Inherit Majority of $1.5 Million Estate
Anna M B Foster will inherit most of the $1.5 million estate of her husband Elwin C Foster a Manchester New Hampshire businessman. Filed in Miami the will lists $1.125 million in personal property and real estate. It provides $10 000 for Hancock New Hampshire high school upkeep and $75 000 to Abbie A Sewell Mount Dora sister in law of Foster. Foster died August 18.
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Anna M. B. Foster
Elwin C. Foster
Manchester
N. H
Miami
St. Foster
Hancock
Abbie A. Sewell
Mount Dora
Foster
Baptist Church Notes: Mission Circle Meeting and Revival News
The Mary Simpson Circle of the Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs. Jessie Pike's Grandview home with Mrs. M Gould leading devotion. Mrs. M J Bouterse teaches How To Pray by Dr. Torrey. Revival meetings by Rev. and Mrs. Bouterse in Ocoee grow nightly and continue this week. They, with Mrs. C M Brown, provide music for the Kiwanis luncheon today.
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Mary Simpson
The
Woman’s Missionary Society
Jessie Pike
Grandview Street
M. Gould
M. J. Bouterse
Dr. Torrey
Bouterse
C. M. Brown
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
Dr. Bouterse
Orlando
Thomas H. Cooley
326Th Infantry
Organized Reserves
United States Army
United States
Red Forces
Washington
Lincoln
Mount Dora pupils win county and senatorial scholarships
At a recent county scholarship exam two Mount Dora students earned top awards. Marie Slack captured the County Scholarship for a four year program at the State College for Women Tallahassee while Paul Conrad won the Senatorial Scholarship for study at the University of Florida Gainesville. Both scholars reflect well on Mount Dora Accredited High School.
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Tavares
Mount Dora
Marie Slack
State College For Women
Tallahassee
Paul Conrad
University of Florida
Gainesville
Paul
Interesting Meeting of Golden Triangle VFW Post in Tavares
The Golden Triangle Post 2185 VFW held a well attended meeting Friday at the Pavilion in Tavares. Plans were made for purchasing the Casino property at Lake Dora as a home for the post with further meetings scheduled for Lake Dora Casino on September 11 and Town Hall on September 25.
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Tavares
Golden Triangle Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lake Dora Casino
Town Hall
Mount Dora
Palmer
Golden Triangle
Leesburg
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Weather Report
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Kiwanis Today
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