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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1928
Page
7
Lake County forms the Lake County Melon Growers Association to protect and benefit melon growers for northern markets. The county records citrus trees at 1 593 078 with new groves planned and orange trees ranking second in the state per the census.
County Agent Hiatt preserves pineapples guavas and blue scup pernongs in 18 inch glass to feature in Lake county exhibits at Jacksonville Tampa and Orlando expos. George Smith ships two car loads of Cincinnati pears north and cans 300 plus for hotels and shops. Lake county soils promise farm profits with energy capital and business sense. Jim Smith notes farming's worth lies in the farmer.
Prof W T Kennedy will address the county chamber board on September 21 outlining plans for a Lake County history. He seeks cooperation from members and local representatives to ensure the work is informative accurate and complete. Mount Dora Chamber announces an extensive year long schedule of recreational and sport events for residents and winter visitors featuring games and attractions at Donnelly Park.
The article describes Alexander Springs located 800 feet west of the paved highway ten miles north of Altoona as an emerging scenic attraction and resort. It notes its similarity to Silver Springs and the potential to draw visitors once the road is paved, with Frank Heath stressing active play as a virtue for longevity. Mr. Bright of Curtis-Bright Co. surveys the property owned by his firm.
The document outlines negotiating a lease to fund an eating place, fishing boats, picnic facilities, and a glass bottom boat. Publicity would draw county residents and winter visitors, with an on-site oil station at the nearby highway intersection as part of the venture. There is no oil station on the 18 mile Altoona to Astor route.
A citizen meeting organized by the Tavares Chamber of Commerce aims to arouse local interest in provisioning for winter visitors and to mobilize effort for the upcoming season. President H. C. Brown stresses agriculture’s role in Lake County and calls businessmen to support farmers fruit growers and poultry raisers.
Mrs. Leonard Duncan hosted Billy Duncan’s eleventh birthday Thursday with games and prizes. Winners included Marian Alice Rogers and Dorothy Barker, and guests received cane pencils as favors. The celebration featured a large white cake with eleven pink candles and ice cream with cherries.
President Brown claimed Florida’s greatest mine is six inches under the ground and urged closer ties between urban and rural residents. He emphasized friendship across the county and rural districts as a remedy for disproportional growth.
Haselton Miss Christine McFerron Miss Helen Beach of Grand Island and Miss Mary Stemmis of Tallahassee visit social circles. Mr and Mrs Paul Daniel and children return from a week with Mr and Mrs Oliver Basse in Atlanta Georgia.
Mr and Mrs J E Hammond will spend this week in Atlanta Georgia conducting personal business and visiting local sights.
Miss Kathleen Shepard of Winter Park visits Miss Dorothy Gore in a brief social calling event.
Mrs. M. Smith of Thomasville Georgia visits daughter Mrs Endell McCollum. Mrs J W Hunter recovers after a serious operation at Orange General Hospital Orlando. Doris and Walton Hunter visited their mother. Mr and Mrs Banks Duncan dined with Mr and Mrs G M Wakelin in Orlando. Harry Duncan and Edward and Bob Hamlin proceed to Riverside Military Academy Gainesville for the school year. Mr and Mrs Thomas Wooten return to New York after a summer at the Huntley home in Ta
Professor and Mrs. John Miller have returned from their vacations. Prof Miller studied at Peabody University and Mrs Miller spent the summer at Asheville North Carolina. Mrs Ralph Gore editor of the Lake County Citizen is spending the weekend in Jacksonville.
Mrs M G Davis and Mrs Juanita Jarmon and children from Miami visited Mr and Mrs W J Rogers. Mrs W Hawthorne and Miss Grace Hawthorne head to Georgetown S C for a week with Miss Grace Eastman and will visit relatives at Fernanda Fla on return. Miss Dottie Mae Barksdale goes to Tallahassee for school this year.
The lar Teachers Examination for all grades of Certificates will be held at the High School in Tavares from Thursday September 20 to Saturday 22. The Constitution exam is Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Apply to Superintendent D Moore at Tavares at least ten days before the exam. Teachers without certificates who wish to teach in Lake County must take this exam. Bring pen ink and composition paper.
Writ of execution issued from the Circuit Court of Lake County directs the sale of W. A. Rose’s property. The Sheriff will sell at the courthouse door in Tavares on October 1, 1928, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., for cash, described land in Section 23, Township 19, Range 24, with a portion excluded.
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