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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
4
A string of editorial quips touches on political leadership, the New Deal, patriotism, family life, idle boasting, and highway travel. Notable lines remark on Hoover’s governance, the value of statisticians, Ford as a benefactor, and motorists missing trains and cows on the road.
Florida reports indicate cucumbers may reach the largest crop in ten years, a development viewed with mixed pride and concern by observers. The note from Charlotte, N C reflects the tension between optimism for production and potential market or supply impacts.
The text notes Republicans employing professors to interpret the New Deal, claiming it restores confidence and leads to renewed and better times for all Americans.
The Sarasota Tribune reports major fencing work began on a South Sarasota cattle ranch covering 54 square miles. Surveying by local engineer R. M. Canty is expected to take several weeks, with the fence slated to be completed by the first of June to open the region for beef cattle.
Florida National Exhibits plans a large Cleveland display opening June 27 for 100 days to promote state resources and products. Earl W. Brown will manage the Cleveland exhibit with $100,000 in on hand exhibits and new features designed by landscape engineers artists sculptors and contractors. The exhibit targets 25 to 30 million trade-area visitors and aims to boost Florida fruit and vegetable markets through wide publicity and media broadcasts.
The Lake Okeechobee region and Everglades show dramatic Florida progress from a forbidding swamp to thriving communities with paved streets, packing houses, homes, businesses, and rising land values. The Tropical Sun predicts dense habitation and intensive farming, aided by millions spent on dikes to protect life and property amid expanding infrastructure and industry.
Comptroller Lee forecasts higher revenue and a Confederate pension fund surplus of about one million dollars, enabling at least a two mill cut in state taxes this year. State Treasurer Knott reports nearly eight million dollars in the treasury as of March 31, marking strong Florida finances.
The Florida press shows a surge in real estate and industry activity. Major moves include the Sunny Isles sale to South Florida Real Estate Syndicate valued over a million dollars and a 99 year lease for a $100,000 two unit packing plant in Fort Pierce. Citrus yields rise with 1936 cucumber shipments and a high Vero Beach building total.
The Times-Union of Jacksonville earns high praise for its Progress edition, a seventy six page survey lauded as a credit to Florida and the South. The piece highlights the paper's long service to the state and its role in promoting Florida's climate health resources and opportunities.
Dr. W. Emmel State Experiment one veterinarian at Gainesville reports a new technique to control pullorum disease in newly hatched chicks, promising improved flock health and reduced mortality.
Russell Kay recalls a Daytona Beach gathering where entertainers and officials kept guests amused from arrival to departure. The feature highlights a Chateau Lido supper club show, magicians, cigars, a fish fry hosted by the Fitzgeralds, and social mingling with politicians. It ends with a health note praising gradual sun exposure to gain a tan.
Corner Tenth and Tremain hosts Sunday school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 am and Baptist Young People's sermon morning and evening by Rev J S Wilson who will supply the pulpit through the summer months Mid week service Wednesday at 8 pm You are cordially invited to worship with us at any or all of these services
Congregational church announces Bible School at 10 a m and adult class with Dr Paris Miller and Mona Worshing Wo sermon at 11 a m on How Jesus Deals with Troubled Souls. A cordial welcome awaits all.
ST THOMAS invites parishioners to Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month. A cordial invitation to all. T Johnson, Rector.
Worship services held each Sunday at 10 45 a m with Evangelist J O Barnes preaching at Zelma D Sills home near the crate A Wednesday prayer and song service at 7 30 p m at the Barnes home 834 Liberty Ave An invitation to all to join the church is extended
St Marys of the Lakes Catholic Church Grove Street and adjacent Avenue Eustis lists Masses with 8:00 a.m. at Clermont and 10:00 a.m. at Eustis led by Rev Patrick Doyle. First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m. indicates routine parish schedule.
Rev E L Moore leads regular services Sundays at 11 am and 7 30 pm Sunday School at 10 am and a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 pm All are invited to worship.
The piece recounts a comic Old Colonel joke about Daylight Saving Time causing a railroad job loss for Willie McQueen in Chicago and a separate note that about 250 Lake County residents did not reapply for homestead exemption by the April 1 deadline per the tax assessor, with exemptions governed by the state constitutional amendment.
Chief Henshaw will appear in Lake County on Monday May 4 with events in Umatilla Tavares and Montverde. J W Borem of Leesburg will accompany him for a 20 minute fire fighting demonstration at each stop and the public is invited.
The report highlights water quality and its role in body building and overall health. It notes favorable rates and benefits tied to hydration, fitness performance, and bodily function.
Lake County Realty Board will meet in Leesburg earlier than May 21 to avoid clashing with the Lake County Kiwanis Inter-Club gathering in Howey-in-the-Hills on the evening of May 21. Candidates for the state legislature will attend and be given a brief speaking slot.
Lake County Reserve Officers Corps members plan summer training with six of sixteen likely to work on government payroll at camp. Application forms were sent by Fourth Corps area headquarters as leaders announced the event.
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