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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1938
Page
4
A string of satirical à la carte lines on daily life and public affairs. The piece muses on waste, work, and shared amusements while riffing on politics, science, and media. It notes Florida resorts, garden joys, and humorous observations about bathtubs and radio news.
Registration books closed April 1 showing an all time record of 68 357 visitors registered in St. Petersburg. This was 5 242 more than last season when the previous high mark was established.
In the enlarged Florida Wild Flowers Mary Frances Baker praises Florida flower hunting, stating that each day yields something of interest as nature works year round to transform earth air and water into fragrance color and beauty. The passage emphasizes ongoing floral discovery and seasonal wonder.
The Key West Citizen warns tourists that oleanders are poisonous. All parts of the plant including leaves and twigs can cause serious disorders if sap enters a wound or is placed on the lips. The warning urges widespread dissemination to prevent accidents.
The South leads U S industrial growth with vast plant construction and 55 percent of two year expansion spending. Florida Governor Cone notes widespread prosperity, denounces sectionalism and urges unity across the state to sustain the boom.
The Rome News Tribune praises municipal advertising after a Jacksonville Florida case blocked in court. It traces advertising to Tyre and argues cities counties and businesses profit from public notices and asset promotions. Advertising informs people where to find desired goods and services and drives transactions.
CIO pickets stationed around a Winter Haven packing plant as workers strike raising questions whether this signals the start of labor troubles in Florida’s citrus belt. Citrus leaders note the organizing campaign began some time ago and may influence regional labor relations.
A state grap meeting is set for Friday at 3 p m in the Courthouse at Tavares to discuss grape marketing with Charles Korbly of Florida chain stores outlining a program. Also on the agenda are plans for the annual show and convention and a large industry turnout is hoped for.
Leesburg organizers unveil plans for an annual Watermelon Festival in early June featuring a street parade with floats crowning a Watermelon Queen from Lake County, countywide prize competitions, sports events, a baseball game, and free watermelons for attendees attracting a large crowd.
The Atlantic Coast Line spends large sums in New York to lure tourists to Florida in April and May. The push highlights state attractions and notes many top hotels stay open with slightly lower prices than peak season. Traffic has picked up in the last two weeks, showing campaign effectiveness.
A retired Chicago banker at Clearwater Beach found upper gold false teeth biting him while swimming. A winter visitor suggested the plate once belonged to an Iowa senator. The teeth were lost in the Gulf about 24 years ago and now await a claimant valued at several hundred dollars.
A household guide urges preparation for Easter on April 17 with photography tips. Capture family portraits in spring outfits, Easter baskets, bunnies, and an off to church scene. Date each photo to add value to the family picture history.
Lower two cameras with portrait attachments allow close up portraits. Normally six to eight feet from the subject is required for a full picture, but adding a portrait attachment lets you shoot at three feet six inches or even closer with some cameras. The result is large images of small subjects and improved pictures.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce promoted local attractions via an advertisement in Sports Afield and received over two hundred replies from thirty two states and Canada. NY led with 33 replies, Ohio 23, Illinois 18, Indiana 17, Pennsylvania 15, with seven states and three doctors from Colorado Texas and West Virginia replying in one day.
United States Sugar Corporation Clewiston Sugar House produced the 300000th bag of raw sugar for the present crop last week. The grinding campaign is expected to reach about 325000 bags by its end, with officials predicting completion on a date in 1938. Florida leads the nation in income tax gains for the first half of March, with collections $2 million above the 1926 high and 29 percent above 1936 levels, per Internal Revenue Collector Larson.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church presents an Easter schedule with Rev. Kenneth Rogers assisting and Dr. Heber D. Ketcham delivering the sermon "An Awakened World." Special Easter music directed by Mrs. Ruth Gudgeon and 6:45 p m Epworth League session follows, noting no other evening service.
FIRST Corner Tenth and Tremain hosts Sunday School at 9:45 for all ages, morning worship at 11 with Rev. J. C. Pinson delivering the sermon, and an 7:30 p m evening service. B Y P U meets at 6 30 with mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 strangers welcome.
Sunday morning services at 9 45 a m Sunday School and 11 a m Holy Communion led by Rector D T Johnson Sermon announced. Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park Rossiter St Sanford Rd holds Bible School 10 a m Preaching 11 a m and 7 15 p m Sundays with Thursday prayer meetings and song service Bro Lawrence Mize preacher welcomes tourists.
Independent movement to organize Florida social workers culminated in the Florida Association of Social Workers at the State Conference in St Petersburg last week. Local associations will join to raise standards, discuss social conditions, and promote year round social betterment through the State Conference of Social Work’s goals.
Last week Brevard Lodge No 113 F A M at Cocoa was presented with a rare gavel its hammer carved from stone quarried nearby. The presentation highlighted lodge history and ceremonial traditions.
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