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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
3
Records kept by J. Collier Cooper show July rainfall in Mount Dora varies greatly from year to year. 1941 saw 13.52 inches, 1944 13.47 inches, while 1948 recorded 11.43 inches. Historical figures note odd years 1938 through 1946 with fluctuations and a 6.11 inches last year.
Building Inspector A. J. Waltz told City Council Tuesday night that the Mount Dora public library renovation is near completion. Councilwoman Mrs. Lillian Christie and Waltz report painted woodwork floors and walls and nearly finished work on the children's reading room replacing the Boy Scout headquarters.
Identified as Fred M Wentworth a longtime Mount Dora visitor and Lakeside Inn designer and major stock holder during expansion before 1930. Dr Mildred Marsh recalls a mounted fish from his Patterson New Jersey home and seeks its weight. Wentworth died in the north about ten years ago.
Mount Dora Library Committee reports a large addition of new books across fiction and non fiction including The Foolish Gentlewoman The California Trail Special Nurse Peony Spring Fever Lucinda Brayford West of the Texas Law Julie Tryst Death in Lords Byron s Room I Want to go Home Stranger in the Earth Juvenile Luther Burbank The Secrets of the Buried Tomb Rabbits Hamlet Jibby the Cat Appleseed Farm The Horse Called Pete Dark House on the Moss Teen Age Mystery Peter Paints the USA Ticktock and Jim plus gifts such as Practical and Artistic Basketry Cyrano de Bergerac The Second American History Quiz Book Woodrow Wilson Life and Letters A Child s Geography of the World and a note that a washed wallpaper product was introduced and the library still needs washing facilities.
Long anecdote about a supposed letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Morgan H. Hoyt of the Topic in 1926. It explains why the claim is false, notes dates and roles, and recalls meeting Roosevelt at a Washington press conference. The piece reflects on historical plausibility and local pride in Mount Dora.
Growers in Lake County report 49 cents per box in Florida versus 1.08 dollars per box cited by California Citrograph. South Lake Apopka Citrus Growers association heard that spray and dusting, fertilizer, and cultivation costs total 15, 22, and 12 cents locally, while California shares 30, 35, and 22 cents plus 21 cents irrigation per box. Florida regions include Oakland, Tildenville, Winter Garden, and Montverde.
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