The Drum Beat Letter Sparks Mount Dora Bathing Beach Call
Robert McMurray presents reader concerns from Boston about Mount Dora lacking a public beach. The piece questions lake cleanliness and road quality, urges civic action, and invites letters while stressing pride in the town. It cites local figures Mathen and a business editor visiting Mount Dora.
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Boston
Mass
McMurray
Mount Dora Lakes
Florida
Ridge
Mount Dera
Eustis
Mathen
Heckler
Dutch Treat and the Wallet: A Humble Tip on Paying
The reader asks why stay silent when issues arise urging people to contact representatives and newspapers. The letter recalls paying for dinners with rubber banded wallets and explains origin of tightwad and Dutch treat as phrases marking shared costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erning
Mount Dora Town Pride Urges Yard Cleanups
The note urges rental property owners to curb overgrown yards to attract tenants and boost the town’s appearance. It promotes cooperation with realtors, emphasizes timely action, and ties tidy grounds to local pride and economic benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida Delights Peak as Playground of Contrasts and Vivid Scenery
The article extols Florida’s diverse attractions from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Pensacola and St. Augustine. It highlights Gulf Coast highways, sandy beaches, piney highlands in central districts, and West Florida farming towns. Readers are encouraged to explore east and west coast beaches for sport fishing and vivid tropical atmosphere.
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Union
Florida
Miami
Ft. Lauderdale
Pasacola
St. Augustine
Gulf Coastal Highway
Pensacola Bay
Key West
Polk, Lake, Highlands
Paseo
West
Suwannee
Mount Dora
Ocean Pass
Gulf Inlet
Florida Vacation Land Offers Varied Pleasures Across Cities
The author extols Florida as a true vacation land with comfortable, moderately priced lodging and bright urban amenities. He contrasts lively coastal stops from Jack le to Miami with rural escapes from Escambia to Monroe, praising forests lakes hunting and fishing as a remedy to city bustle.
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Jackle
Miami
Escambia
Monroe
Florida
William Cullen Bryant
West
Social Security Series Explains Your Rights
Editor notes readers pay one percent of wages into Social Security and outlines wife and child survivor benefits. It explains eligibility requiring death after last December 31, a widow with a child under 19, and six eligible quarters with at least $50 earnings each quarter. The article uses Bill as an illustrative case.
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John Jones
Bill Smith
Bill
Jones Family Insurance Benefits Under Social Security Act
The document explains monthly survivor benefits for a worker, his widow, and children, noting $30 weekly earnings and varying payments. It details totals over ten years, remarriage effects, school attendance conditions, and illustrates with a hypothetical Bill Jones example. It also directs readers to write to the Social Security Board in Orlando for a free pamphlet.
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Bill Jones
Social Security Board
Orlando
Lake County horticultural coop saves on fertilizer costs
The Lake County Horticultural Association reports 45 member growers bought 228 tons of fertilizer through a countywide cooperative, securing favorable prices via the Lake Region Packing Association plant in Tavares. A patronage dividend of 30 cents per ton was paid to the growers, boosting savings on fruit production. The venture, praised by local leaders and the state association, aims to assist other counties.
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Lake County Horticultural Association
Lake Region Packing Association
Tavares
Lake County
Funeral Rites Held For Patsy Lee Tatum DeLand Resident
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Patsy Lee Tatum 64 wife of John H. Tatum pioneer DeLand resident at the family home on North Boulevard DeLand with Rev L D Lowe officiating She died Wednesday night at DeLand Hospital after a lingering illness Born in Ware County Georgia she moved to Florida with her husband in 1897 They first settled in Barberville later moving to DeLand in 1906 She was a member of the Methodist church and the Eastern Star Survived by her husband three daughters four sons two sisters and two brothers
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Patsy Lee Tatum
John H. Tatum
Pioneer DeLand
North Boulevard
L. D. Lowe
First Methodist Church
Tatum
C. E. Brooks
McDonald Street
Mount Dora
DeLand Hospital
Altho
Ware County
Georgia
Florida
Barberville
DeLand
Methodist Church
Eastern Star
G. W. Roberts
Lawry
Edwin Whitwell
Indian Rocks
Elmore Struth
Charles and
Monso
Ralph
Daytona Beach
J. P
Miami
Luella Touchton
Augusta
J. B. Pittman
Mulberry
M. V. Pittman
Arcadia
Thomas J. Tiemann Dies at 78 in Petersburg NL
Word reached Mount Dora that Thomas J. Tiemann, 78, owner of a winter home at 834 N Alexander St, Petersburg NL, died September 11 after more than two years of illness. Born December 26, 1861 in Cass County Illinois, he married Minnie Miller in February 1904 and was a retired farmer. He is survived by his wife and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Reitz of Springfield and Mrs. Otto Kling beil of Petersville, Illinois.
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Mount Dora
Thomas J. Tiemann
N. Alexander Street
Petersburg
Tiemann
Cass County
Harmon Tiemann
Minnie Miller
Herman Reitz
Springfield
Otto Klingbeil
Petersville, Ill
Tax Shift Mirrors Population Growth in Florida
Florida's 1940 census shows population nearly doubling from 1920 to just over 1.8 million while total real and personal property valuations rise only about 30 percent between 1920 and 1939. Personal property has fallen nearly 50 percent since 1920, prompting talk of tax reform and potential adoption of a general sales tax amid moves to abolish gross receipts and ad valorem levies.
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Comptroller's Office
Florida issues first state driver licenses to new system
More than 700000 Floridians were licensed to operate motor vehicles during the past year as the state rolled out its new drivers license system.
Wild duck season opens in Florida on November 2
The Florida hunting season for wild ducks starts November 2 and runs for 60 days. It outlines the established period for waterfowl hunting and grants statewide access under seasonal regulations.
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Florida
Reverend A A Stanley Leads Sunday Worship
Supply Pastor Reverend A A Stanley at Corner Sixth and Tremain directs Bible School at 9 45 a m with C M Hall as superintendent. Morning Worship follows at 11 00 a m.
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A. A. Stanley
Corner Sixth and
Tremain
Bible School
C. M. Hall
Church of Christ Service Times at Lake Franklin Park
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street at Sanford Road invites worshippers to Bible Study at 9 45 a m Sunday worship 11 a m with Communion and 7 30 p m evening service. Thursday 7 30 p m prayer meeting.
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Church OF Christ Lake
Franklin Park
Rossiter St
Sanford Road
Aubrey Mercer
Catholic Church Services and Addresses in Eustis
The notice lists Grove Street and Badger Avenue in Eustis with rectory at 234 Badger Avenue and phone 222. Rev. William O'Farrell is pastor. Mass schedule shows 8:00 a.m. on the first Sunday and 10:30 a.m. on other Sundays, weekday Mass at 7:30 a.m. Confessions Saturdays and eves of Holy Days at 7:30 p.m. Midweek service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Baptisms Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
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ST. Thomas Episcopal Church
Eustis
Florida
D. T. Johnson
Catholic Church Cor
Grove St
Badger Ave
William O’farrell
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Grove Street
Avenue
Fountain Inn
Eustis Street
The Church of God Sunday Services and Meetings
Liberty Street church led by Rev W S Bass announces Sunday school at 3 00 p m preaching at 4 00 p m prayer meeting Tuesday at 8 00 p m and Y P E Friday at 8 00 p m inviting everyone to worship with them.
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THE
Church OF God
Liberty Street
W. S. Bass
Surday School
Lake County Publishes Florida C E News Monthly
Lake County took over publication of a state wide magazine as Florida C E News the official organ of the Florida Christian Endeavor Union made its first appearance. It is a monthly magazine published at Eustis with David Denslow of Eustis as editor and Mrs Denslow as mess manager. The issue marks the 22nd year of publication.
County publicity from Henley visit boosts Lake County profile
Valuable publicity for Lake County followed a winter visit by G C Henley a staff photographer with the Florida Times Union The exposure highlights the county as a rising local feature for regional media coverage.
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Lake County
G. C. Henley
Florida Times-Union
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Orange and
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Social Security
J. H. Tatum
Capitol
Capital News Service
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Dave Sholtz and Associates
Sholtz
Citrus
State Citrus Commission
New York
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Prioe
Ford
Eustis Motor Company
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Kenneth G. Rogers
C. M. Gudgeon
Harry Westbrook Reed
D.D
Florence Gilbert Hanscom
Golden Triangle Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
K. of P. Hall
Drawdy
Lafe Pohlman
Brown Amherst Seenturing Co
Tucker's Shoe Shop
Lake Beauclaire
Steinway
Cheap
Carl Henderson
Topic Office
Coleman
Bvrend New Schick Electric Razor
F. M. Hadlock
Highland Ave
Christian Endeavor
EO Etey
Cliff) White, Prop
Alfred Rehbaum
Thomas H. Cooley
Fila
T. H. Evans Watchmaker and Jeweler Watch Inspector Seaboard
L. A. Tremain
Donnelly Ave
Triangle Gas Co
J. M. Smith Service
W. M. Kennedy
Corona
Zephyr
Haynes Office Machine Co
Henley le Pee
Leesburg
W. M.taylor
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