INCORPORATION OF LAKE HELEN AND ELECTION, 1889

August 10, 1889, a public meeting of the voters was held and the town of Lake Helen within the boundaries laid down in the official map, was incorporated by an almost unanimous vote. An election was held the same day resulting as follows :

Mayor ................................J. P. Mace Clerk 

Treasurer .............John W. Davis

Marshal ....………………………Allen Millhouse 

Aldermen .....A. H. Pelton, J. Willis Westlake, Samuel Currier, Harmon Maring, B. H. Wright, and E. T. Johnson.

The organization of the Town Council was as follows:

President - Willis Westlake

Financial Committee - Aldermen Maring, Currier and Wright

Committee on Streets- Aldermen Pelton, Johnson and Maring

Committee on Ordinances-Aldermen Wright, Pelton and Johnson

Sanitary Committee - Aldermen Johnson, Currier and Maring.

Except from, The History of DeLand and Lake Helen, Florida.

Written by, Helen Parce DeLand