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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
4
A collage of advertisements and editorials from Mount Dora featuring 1916 classified rates, aphorisms on debt and prosperity, notes on aviation, autos, and tractors, plus remarks by local officials and media quips. Includes the town’s police chief praised as a leading citizen and reflections on optimism amid distress.
The Florida Supreme Court rules the 1933 legislature failed to properly pass the amendment consolidating the tax assessor and tax collector offices, so it will not be submitted to voters in November. The report notes fewer drifters in Des Moines this summer compared to last year.
The Florida resources feature vast mineral wealth ready for development notably phosphate Fuller's earth and Kaolin, with four metallic and thirteen non metallic products mined. A forest belt plan, cost around seventy five million dollars, could restore rainfall and create jobs. Sugar industry potential in Florida could yield over twenty five million dollars yearly and employ thousands, aided by favorable climate and markets.
Sanford records a six month surge in constructive industrial growth with twelve new industries locating in the city and ten oil companies planning to build and operate distribution facilities. Kar Lohmann reports the good news as a strong era of prosperity continues.
Citizens in Lake County are paying taxes rapidly as the tax collector reports a run on receipts. The wire order for more receipts was sent, the first shortage since 1926.
Chairman Lorenzo A. Wilson urges 160 Florida organizations to actively market the state to more than 20 000 registrants posted by the World’s Fair program. Mount Dora and others have started subscription based outreach as CCC showcases relief and growth. Roosevelt appointee Mary Ellen Keown to organize extension work in Porto Rico. Health officials note hotter weather boosts water intake and elimination of impurities.
Vacationers head back to Florida seeking relief from heat as summer conditions ease in northern regions. Local readers note resorts and towns along the coast attract visitors with cooler breezes and seaside amenities.
The article outlines a federal migratory waterfowl stamp catechism. It covers eligibility, where to buy at post offices, the one dollar fee, validity from July 1 to June 30, and that the stamp does not replace state licenses. It explains transfer rules, who must show the stamp, penalties, fund use for sanctuaries, and that nonhunters may purchase stamps without hunting obligations.
Professor John Dewey of Columbia University is described as a philosopher, educator, and social worker who links happiness to congenial relationships and a meaningful calling. He argues happiness arises from understanding self to fit with others, contributing to a bigger program, and using possessions to enrich self and others, not mere ownership.
Reverend Perry B. James will preach A Magnetic Religion at Sunday morning service. He contributed a sermon to a symposium later published in book form with an introduction by Bishop Frederick T. Keeney. Mount Dora Choral Club directed by Mrs. E. E. Truskett will sing Sunday at eight p.m. and Mr. James will speak briefly on Music in the church of today.
The Community Church schedules Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and Young People's meeting at 6:30 p.m. The First Baptist Church at Tenth and Tremain, led by Pastor William Renfroe, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. morning worship at 11:00 a.m. and evening services at 8:00 p.m with a mid week service Wednesday. You are invited to attend.
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