The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-06-19
State Editors Escaped
Captured in Lake County
Treated Like Princes
Honoed and Feasted Leebrg Euss Mount Dor Tavaes
Montverde and Clermont-Three Delightful Days
in Region of Surprising LONELINESS

overlooking Lake Dora, an anne.
thystine sheet of water six miles
wide and seven miles long. Here
on the lake shore, the visitors
were taken into a handsome well.
appointed club house, where they
found committee of ladies
awaiting them with big bowls
filled with punch and grapejuice
and plates piled high with deli
cious cake. After enjoying this
treat, the editors were taken
aboard a boat and carried across
the lake to Tavares, where SIM
liar treat awaited them.
The visitors were received in a
large pavilion on the shore and an
address of welcome was made by
the mayor of the town and anoth-
er by Hon. H. H. Duncan, who has
been circuit clerk of Lake county
ever since the county was formed
sometime in the early SOS. To
these, Harry Brown of the ST..
Augustine Record, made cheer
full response. He said that the
conspicuosity of the water tanks
in the various towns we were Wis
iting was something that rather
ii"got his goat" however, in these
times, he said, it was very appro-
pirate that water tanks should be
greatly in evidence. And he said
this, notwithstanding the fact that
Lake county has 1,100 lakes in it.
The burst of oratory being ov-
er, the ladies Of Tavares served
the guests with cake, ice cream
and punch, and then the guests
returned by auto to Eustis. AT
ter supper, they were treated to
another boat ride, this time
across Lake Eustis to Days land
ing, where they enjoyed great
watermelon feast provided by
Senator Igou and other citizens
of Eustis.
Saturday morning, the editors
assembled at the office of the Eus-
tis Lake Region, where each was
presented with a Waterman foun-
tain pen, the joint gift of that
newspaper and the First State
Bank of Eustis. Then they all
stood out in the street and a reck-
less, but competent artist took a
picture of the whole crowd.
Eustis is one Of the prettiest
towns in the state. 1t occupies
plateau that slops up from Lake
Eustis, thus giving to the citizens
grand view Of that beautiful
sheet of water. This location as
well as many other advantages
and attractions, and especially the
progressiveness and hospitality Of
its citizens, is the cause Of Eustis
being over-run with tourists every
winter.
By the by, the street in front of
the big Ocklawaha hotel has a
half-mile specimen of sand-clay
paving, which has attracted wide
spread attention from good-roads
advocates all over the state. This
paving was laid nine years ago
and, although an immense amount |
Of heavy traffic has been passing
over it ever since it was laid, it
shows no signs of wearing out.
There has never been7a break in it.
Next on the program was an au-
to trip back to Tavares, where the
association held meeting in the
arge, fine, new schoolhouse which
stands as an honor to that pretty
title town. AT this meeting, t.
3. Fitzgerald of the Daytona Ga
,ette, was elected president; G. D.
leach, of the Leesburg CONNER
.ial, vice-president; Nv. M. Haynes
# the Sanford Herald, secretary;
Hiss Ruby M. Pierce Of the Palm
Beach Sun, treasurer; T. j. Ap-
'leyard, historian and statistical
ecretary, and Pensacola was