Paradise Offered by Mount Dora for Homeseekers
Mount Dora in Lake County promotes itself as homeseekers paradise with oranges and tropical fruit, lakes and canals, yacht club, parks, public utilities, golf courses, and easy access to Jacksonville and Orlando. The piece touts pleasant year round temperatures, rapid road and rail links, and affordable lakefront real estate while noting Florida gasoline tax helps street and road funding.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Lake Dora
Seven Lakes
Ocklawaha
Jacksonville
Atlantic Ocean
Dora Canal
Orange Belt
Lake County
Yacht Club
Triangle
Lake County Country Club
Mount Plymouth Country Club
Southland
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Coast Line
St. Augustine
Daytona
DeLand
Orlando
Bok Tower
Tampa
Silver Springs
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Gulf
Atlantic
Oride
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Kiwanis Club Hosts Nice Wise Entertainers
Kiwanis luncheon featured Velma Nice and Harry Wise with vocal and instrumental numbers and were encored. President Johnson noted J. H. Furnas article in Readers about automobile accidents, urging 250 reprints. Kiwanian Brown had ordered 250 copies to donate. Visitors included Hendrickson and Robert W. Dickson. Attendance prize won by L. C. Smith. C. E. Harris of the FHA to speak next.
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Kiwanis
Velma Nice
Harry Wise
Johnson
J. H. Furnas
Kiwanian Brown
Mr. Hendrickson
Eustis
Robert W. Dickson
W. L. Story
L. C. Smith
C. E. Harris
Federal Housing Administration
Wayside Packing Plant Builds Modern Tourist Friendly Home
The Wayside Packing House begins construction on a new modern building in Brynh Shred facied Uses Highway 441. The facility features a display room adjoining offices for tourist visitors and exhibits of exotic goods from Old Mexico and Cuba. The plant aims to attract cruise visitors and expand citrus and tropical product shipments with a larger, more attractive sales environment. New plant to be finished and shipping to start about November first.
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Bryhn
Old
Mexico
Cuba
Florida
Wayside Packing House
Win C. Sleight
Ethel W. Sleight
Gas Company Showcasing Exhibit at Eustis Housing Show
The Golden Triangle Gas Company of Mount Dora presents an attractive display at the Eustis Better Housing Show in the Fountain Inn lobby. The exhibit features gas ranges Electrolux refrigerators automatic water heaters and radiant heaters for baths and bedrooms. Open evenings through October 5 with hours until 9 30.
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Golden Triangle Gas Company
Mount Dora
Eustis
Fountain Inn
Electrolux
The
Triangle Gas Company
Averet
Mount Dora Promotes Central Florida Resort City
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce invites tourists and homeseekers to explore Mount Dora as a premier Central Florida winter resort. The issue promotes the city amid lakes and hills, offering a beautiful illustrated booklet upon request and urging visitors to investigate the winter vacation options.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Mount Dora Invites Visitors for Winter Season
The Mayor M V Simpson extends a warm welcome to visitors and their companions to Mount Dora, describing the city as a friendly, hospitable place with homes and a progressive spirit during the upcoming winter season.
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Mount Dora
Masonic Picnic Draws 125 Attendees at Trimble Park
More than a hundred twenty five Masons with wives and families gathered for the annual picnic at Trimble Park. The committee prepared a large spread from 2 to 5 30 p m with fish candied yams salads Parker house rolls pies cakes and coffee. Needy recipients were sought for leftover food and the meal ended as the sun set over Lake Beauclair in Mount Dora.
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Trimble Park
Perry B. James
Parker House
J. E. Mattocks
Eastern Star
Lake Beauclaire
Mount Dora Schools Plan Opening and Examinations
Mount Dora Public Schools announce opening exercises on Monday September 9 at 9 a.m. in the school auditorium. Delinquent and entrance examinations are set for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Those in charge will meet with patrons and pupils on September 6 and 7.
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Mount Dora Public Schools
City Purchases Two New Trucks for Light and Street Departments
The city has bought two new Ford V8 trucks financed by the light department. One was delivered weeks ago for the light department. the street department vehicle, a steel bodied truck with hydraulic hoist, four cubic yards, was delivered Tuesday night.
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Light Department
Mrs Keller Home After Vacation Injury
Edith Edeburn Keller editor of the Topic and her husband Geo C Keller returned from Banner Elk North Carolina where she broke her ankle during a vacation. She is home resting comfortably.
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Edith Edeburn Keller
Topic
Geo. C. Keller
Banner Elk
N. C
Mount Dora Boy Scores High at Fort Scriven Training
B C Thompson scored 148 of 200 points in a gunner training practice at Fort Scriven Ga for Company D. All trainees have been doing excellent work, it is reported.
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B. C. Thompson
Ft. Scriven
Co. D
Mount Dora Offers Winter Recreation for Tourists
Mount Dora promotes a full winter program with sports and social activities. Visitors can enjoy baseball at Eustis, lawn bowling, tennis, golf, yacht club events, an active community building, and weekly entertainments. The town markets its lakes, fishing, boating, and hunting as major draws for winter visitors in Florida.
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Mount Dora
Ory
Donnelly Park
America
Lake Dora
Lake County
Dora
Florida
Mount Varied
Dixie Quartet At Townsend Club
Members of the Townsend Club praised a splendid music program by Ferris, Butts, Sidel and Sapp. A vote of thanks followed as 64 members attended despite threatening weather. New members enrolled. next meeting set for September 16 to discuss the Daytona Beach convention and recovery plan details.
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Townsend Club
Ferris
Butts
Sidel
Sapp
Townsend
Daytona Beach
Bear Tona Beach
Gould Tok
Soybean Growth Fires Up U S Acreage and Uses
From 50,000 acres in 1907 total soybean acreage rose to 5,000,000 across the United States. Chemists report more than 300 widely assorted uses for the soybean, reflecting a rapid expansion in agricultural production and industrial applications.
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U. S
The Storm Looms Over Mount Dora
The article recalls a minor prelude to a larger storm, noting Mount Dora’s light damage yet widespread anticipation. It contrasts past storms with today’s rapid warnings from the weather bureau and radio, forecasting a Caribbean-approaching system and heightened Peninsula readiness.
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Mount Dora
Weather Bureau
Carribean Sea
Peninsula
Two Dahlia Planting Seasons Noted in Florida
A brief note indicates two dahlia planting seasons in Florida. The first runs in the latter part of July and August into early September, while a second in December and January.
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Florida
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Kiwanis News
Wayside Packing Plant
Gas Company
M. V. Simpson
Betty West
Vivian Thompson
Joan Mae Stanley
Doris Camp
Esther Cadman
Gladys Simpson
Lucy Wood, Jr
Vivia Craig
Helen Meadows
Evelyn Cassady
Louise’ Ault
Miss Shubert
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Keller Home
Mount. Dora
Baseball News
Mount Dora Umatilla
S S Milar
R F Tyner
Walker
Tory
Sebengesenseeneredsges
Aseeinsaeenne
Ixteenth
Iron Man
Dudley Adkins
Umatilla
Sptember
Ray Eckholdt
Christopher
Ab Powers
Dixie
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