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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
4
Publication details for Mount Dora Florida with Edith Edeburn Keller and George C. Keller. Advertising rates and staff roles listed, including Eugene L. Downs as business manager. Entry noted as second-calls matter dated April 7, 1916, at Mount Dora Post Office.
Students recite the pledge, quoting the United States pledge of allegiance praising the flag and the republic. The ceremony emphasizes loyalty, unity, and liberties guaranteed by justice for all.
The excerpt presents the American pledge asserting belief in a government of the people by the people and for the people. It emphasizes consent of the governed, democracy, union, equality, justice, and humanity, plus duty to love defend and obey the constitution and laws.
The piece argues public notices vary in cost by type and medium, noting rare but large statewide notices like a $1500 example. It contends notices predate newspapers, safeguard democracy, and in wartime public notice gains permanent priority as a democratic due process element amid state emphasis and personal rights limits.
Lieut. Cullen A. Brannon Jr formerly at Dale Mabry Field now in China was summoned by the Tallahassee police court to appear in answer to a charge of improper parking.
A sermon by L. B. Chastain of the Church of Christ at Moun Dora argues that life’s purpose lies beyond wealth and health. He cites biblical lines about life, the soul, and eternity, urging readers to seek the kingdom of God and righteousness first for true peace and security.
The Mount Dora Public Library Committee reviews Matthew Josephson’s Empire of the Air, detailing Juan Trippe and Pan American Airways rise from a Key West Havana flight to global dominance, and its view of private power shaping postwar air policy.
County and state quotas guide the OPA as nine of nineteen farm equipment items move to rationed distribution. The change reflects lower overall farm machinery demand with fewer types under manning while crop acreage stabilizes and 1940 levels are roughly matched.
The Florida State Chamber of Commerce reports 175,957,000 board feet produced by 400 mills in Jan-Apr 1944, down 19 percent from 1943. March rose to 51,774,000 feet, but April fell 25 percent year over year. Labor shortages and war demand hit production. postwar growth expected with continued war and maintenance needs. A second note covers circus fire safety gains and a new cannery in Winter Garden by the Winter Garden Citrus Products Cooperative.
The piece links a Hartford circus fire disaster to Florida because Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey hold a 30 percent state interest. It notes the Sarasota home base and calls on Floridians to learn all facts and consider legal and financial liability arising from the incident and pending damage suits.
Readings list service times for First Methodist Church Caxtonee Avenue including Sunday school at 10:00 A.M. and worship at 11:00 A.M. A midweek 7:30 P.M. meeting. First Baptist at Sixth and Tremaina features Bible school 9:45 A.M. worship 11:00 A.M. and evening services with prayer and teachers meeting.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida invites the public to Sunday services at 9 30 A M and 11 00 A M with the subject Spirit A Wednesday 8 00 P M meeting offers testimonies experiences and remarks The Fountain Inn reading room at 117 North Evatis Street is open daily 3 to 5 P M except Sundays and holidays for reading borrowing or purchasing Christian Science literature
Bible study at 10:00 A.M. and Communion at 11:00 A.M. led by L. Chastain. Evening service announced. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. location on old Road.
Rev T J Meade presides at 10:00 Sunday School 12:00 Worship 8:00 Evening Worship 8:00 Wednesday Prayer Meeting 8:00 Friday YPE at Lemon andry Streets Florida Rev K Kilbourn Rector Holy Communion 830 Morning Prayer 1108 First Septembers 11:00 Holy Communion church school 1000 Sundays Holy Days 1000 Holy Communion
Florida cooperates in wartime travel reductions. J J Gilliam, state mileage administrator, says official travel by state employees fell to 42 percent of 1941 levels in the first quarter of 1944. Vehicles logged 5,868,576 miles vs 10,165,766 miles in early 1941.
Lands listed for tax sale in Mount Dora Lake County Florida will be sold at public auction August 11 1944 at 10 00 AM at Town Hall Mount Dora. Proceeds cover taxes costs and charges with sale continuing daily until all parcels are disposed of. If bids fall short the Tax Collector will bid the parcel.
Postmaster Sylar C. C. Anooley outlines a weekly mail schedule with incoming and outgoing times. Regular and air mail routes connect Leesburg, Sanford, Orlando, Bootie, Ta vares, and northern and southern points, including Sunday star route services.
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