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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
8
The excerpt notes long term supreme control over subjects and identifies about forty warriors and their families remaining in Florida, from which the present Seminoles trace ancestry.
The report from Lawrence of Tree at Cooperative Growers covers week ending April 4 and notes easing supplies in the Florida early orange and grapefruit markets. It cites car counts and prices after weak week comparisons, with oranges averaging $2.81 and grapefruit $2.49 for the period, and day-by-day auction results across New York Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh and other markets.
Miss Helen T Holtz visits Miami this week. Miss Maude McEwen arrives from Jacksonville for Easter with her father and sister in Clermont. Mrs R W Vincent and daughter Honey visit Williamsport Tennessee. Mrs J B Haynes hosts a children party and Miss Haynes celebrates with guest Helen Worthing. Wesley Fly and Margaret Stewart return home for holidays. Oyster supper hosted by Wesley Fellowship at the school auditorium. Mrs Wm Whitehurst and Miss Dolly Whitman host Fairfax Circle gathering in Gainesville area.
Major Ralph E. Davis announced that thirty five recruits will be examined in Savannah Georgia during April at the post office building recruiting headquarters. The Marine Corps seeks men aged 18 to 25 or I hope to enlist single and in excellent physical condition with height 5 feet 4 inches or more. Applications may be obtained by writing the Savannah office.
County Agent D. M. Treadwell reports a Dixie county steer won grand champion at the Fat Stock Show in Jacksonville, inspiring cattlemen in the county to fatten steers for 1937 as an inducement to improve profits.
Homestead exemption applications for 1936 taxes show a 10 percent drop from over 2600 to 2467, per Murl E. Pace, county tax assessor. About 250 owners who had exemptions in 1935 did not file in 1936, with 50 due to death or property sale. the rest likely due to oversight. The 1935 total exempted property valued around two and a half million dollars, with an average homestead value near 1000 dollars, and the 1936 average is expected to stay similar.
Under favorable conditions biological control is among the cheapest and most effective ways to combat destructive insect pests. Beneficial fungi and natural insect enemies like the Australian and Chinese lady beetles help Florida citrus growers, with entomologists highlighting these methods as top achievements of the Experiment Station.
Ocala division of the W. M. A. of the Baptist church will convene at Uma tilla on Tuesday April 14. Delegates from Lake Orange Volusia Seminole Marion and Sumter counties will attend. Principal speakers include Miss Rose Mallory and Miss Ling Chinese missionaries in the Orient, with Mrs Walpole state president and Miss Louise Smith of Jacksonville state secretary treasurer also speaking.
A welfare note warns against crowding baby chicks in brooder houses. Overcrowding risks stress disease spread and poor growth, urging farmers to provide adequate space and ventilation for healthy early life.
The Florida Citrus Commission says the season shows at least nine million dollars in additional net returns to date, with auction prices up 45 cents on oranges and 54 cents on grapefruit. Shipments to northern markets reach 9.6 million boxes of oranges and 5.23 million of grapefruit, while tangerines total 1.76 million boxes. The drive includes a national advertising campaign costing about 400 thousand dollars, boosting demand and forecasted grower returns to around 10 million dollars more than last year.
Mrs Mary L quiers and Hart family spend winter in Montreal and Lake Carlton homes. Georgians Mrs Joseph B Swift visits with mother. P T A holds 1936 37 officer install. Social events include birthdays, illnesses, bingo benefit, Flower Show attendees, and residents at Yungborn Health Resort with trips to Indian Rocks Daytona and Daytona Beach.
Dr. A N Tissot from the State Experiment Station states dusting is more effective than spraying for watermelon aphids. Nicotine sulphate lime dust, 3 percent, is usually used. a lightweight funnel device helps apply dust even in wind. Dusting can achieve near one percent aphid control at application.
Florida pig breeders increasingly follow a practice of creating a maintenance wing and fat crops, spending very little on bought feed.
Florida moves to have its Old Age Assistance Plan approved by the Social Security Board contingent on securing funds. The plan faces uniform funding, limited resources, and potential age eligibility adjustments to 70 or 65 if counties boost budgets. Florida's congressional delegation supports the push as county boards are briefed on operation and finances.
The Clermont Garden Club hosts the annual Clermont Flower Show at Clermont city hall on Saturday and Sunday April 11 and 12. The public may view the exhibit from 2:00 to 8:00 p m both days with no admission fee. Entries are welcome from anyone with flowers grown in Lake County. No entry fee is charged. The show attracts hundreds from Central Florida, and volunteers invite all floral enthusiasts to attend.
The so called Lily of the Nile appeared in Florida again as sellers touted a century lasting plant that would ward off disease. Officials warn to investigate before buying and note earlier criticism by the State Plant Board.
In the mail glades of Dade County growers report manganese application doubles potato yields and improves other crops. The manganese in this soil type has yielded very satisfactory results for several potato growers.
The Florida State Planning Board asks all County Planning Councils to prepare a ten year county wide public works program to be submitted before July 1 1936. The plan will guide future federal funds allocations and cover public buildings recreational facilities highways utilities sewers and similar projects.
At a recent meeting the St Johns County Livestock Association invited Fat Stock Show 4H club boys who earned honors to become honorary members highlighting youth involvement in the local ranching community.
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