Mount Dora's Winter Attractions Highlight A Modern Recreation Scene
Mount Dora invites winter visitors to enjoy a central recreation center with tennis, volleyball, lawn bowling, shuffleboard, and cards. Lakeside Park hosts a yacht club, two eighteen hole golf courses, and a community building opened in 1929 with an auditorium for large events. Nearby lakes offer excellent fishing and abundant wild game in surrounding woodlands.
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Mount Dora
America
Lakeside Park
Lake Dora
Lake County
Win Sleight Visits Duggan Bros Circus
Win Sleight tours the Duggan Bros Circus near Valparaiso as banners advertise the show. The traveling act features Mena the famed elephant, described as the most travelled and largest female elephant in the United States, with the troupe touring far from home.
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Win Sleight
Duggan Bros. Circus
Win Co
Byleigh Gouna
Valparaiso
William F. Duggan
Mount Dora
Florida
Mena
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Doctor Spencer Lists Sermon Topics for Sundays Ahead
Dr. Spencer announces a resumed morning worship at Community Church on September 16 inviting all not enlisted elsewhere. He will resign his campus post on November 1 to Dr. A M Brodie after fifteen years. He previews sermon subjects including Can Present Day Religion Save Civilization and Is the Church on the Job with dates through October 28 and invites consideration by Mount Dora residents and visitors.
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A. M. Brodie
Mount Dora
Christ
Jesus
God
Church
David B. Spencer
Central Florida Chambers Meet in Leesburg for Advertising Theme
The Central Florida Council of Chambers of Commerce met Tuesday at the Magnolia Hotel in Leesburg with wide attendance from Lake Marion Osceola Orange and other counties. Leaders from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce welcomed attendees while R A McCranie Atlantic Coast Line superintendent spoke on Florida development.
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Central Florida
Sanford
Florida
W C Stewart Dies By Own Hand In Florida Barbecue Chief
William C Stewart 41 proprietor of the Green Lantern Barbecue shot himself Tuesday night near Tangerine Florida. Ill health was given as the cause. He and Mrs Stewart ran the shop and lived in an orange grove cottage. He died within hours. his widow Kathleen Layton and two children Helen and Billy survive. He was a Georgia native who had lived in Whitinsville Massachusetts. He was an Elk and left his father William G A Stewart.
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William C. Stewart
Green Lantern
Stewart
Kathleen Layton
Helen
Billy
Georgia
Whitinsville
Mass
Florida
William
G. A
Kiwanis Club Welcomes Vacationists and Guests
Kiwanis meeting last Thursday welcomed three vacationists back: D. D. Roseborough Jack Simpson and Dr. Gerald Richardson. President Quixley won the attendance prize, and visitors included G. B. Hurlburt Orlando Dr. Oetjen Leesburg and Dr. C. L. Quixley. Prof. Roseborough spoke on Kiwanis activities and club duties. White reported school board approval of using local funds for completing new buildings. J. W. Hunter of Tavares prosecuting attorney spoke on Law Enforcement noting a prior mood of tension had passed.
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Kiwanis
D. D. Roseborough
Jack Simpson
Gerald Richardson
Quixley
J. E. Fortner
G. B. Hurlburt
Orlando
Oetjen
Leesburg
C. L. Quixley
Roseborough
White
Publicity Tax Discussed At County Meeting
Lake County civic groups discuss eliminating funding for county publicity after Lake County Commissioners cut the budget. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce explores options including dissolution or petitioning residents to finance publicity, with communities like Leesburg Tavares Mount Dora Clermont and others represented.
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Central Florida Council Chambers of Commerce
Leesburg
H. G. Hargis
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Lake County
Lake County Commissioners
Mount Dora Tourist Club Seeks More Members and Fun
Mount Dora proudly recounts a four hundred member Tourist Club with eighteen events priced at one dollar season tickets. The article urges local businesspeople to join and support to grow membership and improve entertainments during the winter season. It emphasizes that tourism boosts town vitality and friendships are formed through club participation.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Opens School Year With Bright Prospects
Mount Dora schools began the season with an encouraging enrollment rise and a full assembly in the auditorium. Mayor Simpson and three ministers spoke, with remarks from school board chairman Mr Lee French and PTA president Mrs Gould Garcia. The new primary building is usable, an orchestra is planned, and football prospects look hopeful as the faculty lineup is announced.
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Mount Dora
Simpson
D. D. Spencer
Congregational Church
Perry B. James
Methodist Church
W. R Lambert
Baptist Church
Lee French
Gould Garcia
Parent-Teacher Association
D. D. Roseborough
American Legion
Dana Faulkner
Manual Arts
W. A. Vincent
W. A Vincent
Ernie Cassady
Nana Laney
Helen “C. Meadows
Vivia Craig
Betty West
Joan Stanley
Doris Camp
Esther Cadman
Gladys Simpson
Lucy Woo
Du Pont’s Oberbeck Plans February Florida Visit
Mr W J Oberbeck of the Du Pont Company based in Philadelphia announces a February trip to Florida. He expresses thanks for the topic and shows curiosity about Mourit and Dora during the journey.
Mount Dora Offered as Ideal Home Paradise
Mount Dora in Lake County pitches a homes seekers paradise offering citrus abundant living, scenic lakes and ripe climate. The town highlights eight 30 miles of hard surfaced streets, yacht club, golf courses, artesian water and proximity to Jacksonville and the Atlantic Ocean for year round boating and recreation.
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Mount Dora
Lakes
Hills
Central Florida
Lake Dora
Cerner
Orange Belt
Lake County
Yacht Club
Florida Gas’ 'Company
Lake County Country Club
Mount Plymouth Country Club
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
DeLand
Orlando
Bok Tower
Tampa
Silver Springs
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
America
Mabel Wells Injured In Auto Crash Near St Cloud
Miss Mabel Wells of St Cloud and Rev G Leon Wells were in a head on collision in drizzling rain near St Cloud. The Wells party returning from a Methodist youth congress in Evanston Illinois sustained minor injuries.
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Mabel Wells
St. Cloud
Mount Dora
G. Leon Wells
Evanston, Ill
Miss Daniels
Hayes couple arrive for the winter in Mount Dora
Mr and Mrs George A Hayes of Boston Massachusetts arrived in Mount Dora for the winter and are staying at 1252 Alexander Street last week.
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George A. Hayes
Boston
Mass
Mount Dora
Alexander Street
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Donnelly Park
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Council
W. C. Stewart
Kiwanis News
Weather Report
Apopka
Winter Garden
Cermont
Plac
Clermont
Suniay
Thursida
Lake Or
Heim Field
Eustis
Oscar Cashwell
Jeff Brantley
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