Mount Dora GIs Share War News And Updates
Notes about service members from Mount Dora reflect ongoing deployments and honors. Captain Chester Morse is missing in France. Lt J M is reported safe. Lt Greene anticipates homeward leave. air crews and hospital staff receive commendations and transfers. Wartime letters reveal morale, longing for home, and plans for civilian life after service.
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Brockton
Mass
Morse
Chester W. Morse
Harold G. Morse
North Main St
Mount Dora
Florida
France
War Department
Eugenia Slack
Decatur
Georgia
Capt. Morse
Philips-Andover Academy
Harvard University Medical School
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
J. M
Eucharist
Big Lake Harris Catch Sends Local Angler High Hopes
Herman Dykes of Tavares reeled in a 10 lb bass measuring 24.34 inches while fishing on Lake Harris on July 22. He used a Pflueger Nobby Reel, 2000 plub line on a five foot rod from a boat and noted many big fish in the area, including a prior 9 lb catch in a nearby lake.
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Lake Harris
Herman Dykes
Tavares
Lake County
Radio stars Clem and Maggie Willoughby on Mount Dora hillbilly show
Nationally famous Clem and Maggie Willoughby join Mount Dora Hillbilly Jamboree in a three thousand seat tent on Highland Avenue Tuesday September 19. The program features Cousin Wilbur Pete Pyle and Mississippi Valley Boys plus a host of musicians for two hours of radio talent under canvas with doors at 7 pm. Local booster Leesburg Fertilizer Co. holds a sale September 16.
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Radio Comedienne
Boone County Jamboree
WLW
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clem
Maggie Willoughby
Maggie
Mount Dora
Highland Avenue
Wilbur
Pete Pyle
Mississippi Valley Boys and Girls
WSM Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Ole Opry
Free mole cricket bait for Lake County truck growers
The United States Department of Agriculture and Florida agencies provide free mole cricket bait to Lake County truck growers. Allocation amounts include 40 pounds per acre for crops like cabbage and strawberries and 120 pounds per acre for others. Farmers may pick up bait at locations such as Groveland Ogden's Garage on Friday September 15 from 8 a.m. to ...
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Lake County
United States Department of Agriculture
State Plant Board of Florida
Board of County Commissioners
Groveland
Ogden
Lake County Farmers Get Limited Bait Distribution
In Eustis Florida on September 18 at 8 a.m. farmers may obtain limited bait supplies. Paper bags are restricted to small amounts of 10 or 15 to be used at home, and bags must be cloth and in good condition as borrowed bags are to be returned. This may be the only bait distribution in Lake County, so farmers should note the date and plan.
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Pepeee
W. L. Story
W. C. Ler
Ss-Bn
South Pacific
Storys
Warren
Story
Florida
Mount Dora
France
Sydney
Melbourne
South West Pacific
Bill
Eustis
Central Florida
Seave
Lake County
August Far From Usual Quiet Month at Lake County Chamber
Lake County Chamber of Commerce at Tavares reports a busy August with 279 incoming letters and 109 other items received. Office mailout totaled 404 letters and 549 pieces of printed matter. Inquiries covered real estate housing business opportunities from tourist camps moss processing and fruit by products. Several writers plan to visit Lake County this fall to relocate or pursue writing and photography work.
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Lake County
Red Cross Calls for Volunteers to Make Surgical Dressings
The Red Cross seeks volunteers to assist in producing surgical dressings. Citizens are urged to donate a small amount of time to support relief efforts and aid those in need.
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The
Red Cross
Lake County warns off rubberless harrows on public roads
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners warns operators to stop driving cut-away harrows cutters and other grave machinery on public roads as such use damages the roads and violates the law. Violators may face fines as the board may enforce the rule. George J. Patton Jr., Clerk.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lake County
Board OF County Commissioners OF
Geo. J. Pa
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Comigraph
By Peters
News Room
Ehehneidett
Burton’s Garage Automotive Repairing
L. S. Hobbs
U. S. Army
CMTC
Army
Fort Screven
Curtis Minkley
Pacific
David Durwood Sellers
CCM
D. L. Sellers
E. L. Stewart
Merchant Marines
Richard van Voorhis
ARM 3c
Glynca
Bennett Harvey
Harvey
Stephen David Harvey
England
Capt. Harvey
306Th Station
Brother
Capt
Walter L. Tucker
RAF Training Command
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Miss
J. R. Tucker
Fifth Ave
Kessler
Army Air Forces Ae
Cousin Wilbur
Americas
Leesburg
Leesburg Fertilizer Co
Grand Ole Opra
WSM
Nashville, Tenn
Blue Bird
Slim Smith
Jack, Crews
Miriam Horn
John Neely
Jack Jackson
Pappy Herbert
Mary Fuller
Boone County
Moss
California
Chamber of Commerce
A. S. Herlong, JR
Homer Morris
Texaco Gas and Oil
U. S. Highway
Jimmie’s
U. D
Jimmie) Hardester
Eustis Road
Brown Lumber Co
P. O
Florida Motor Lines
Jobe
Florida Motorines
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