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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
4
A brief notice lists display advertising at 35 cents per inch and classified ads at 1 cent per word with a 25 cent minimum. The item references Mount Dora Florida and an Apert 1016 post office notice under the March 5 1879 act, with mentions of press associations and editorial groups.
The pledge to allegiance to the flag of the United States is cited as a standard oath of national unity. It emphasizes a single nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all, recited in public gatherings.
The text presents The American Creed affirming government by the people consented by the governed and a democratic republic united by freedom equality justice and humanity. It calls for patriot love of country support of the constitution obedience to laws respect for the flag and defense against enemies.
George D. Livingston of the Farm Security Administration in Lake County urges farmers to grow fall gardens and stay home to aid themselves and the country. He cites rising prices from 1940 to 1941 and warns against buying food that could be produced locally, calling home farming a national obligation for defense, welfare, and price stability.
In the Eustis Lake Region column, Mayor Harry Gaylord expresses that tourism benefits the town economically but stresses the need for adequate wholesome recreation for local youth. He calls for programs sponsored by civic and religious groups to channel youthful energy constructively, balancing visitor needs with protection of the town’s younger residents.
A humorous reminiscence about penny care leads to a lesson on a bankin service called field warehousing. The narrator explains how storage under bond works and notes the range of stored items from lumber to tobacco. Real examples include a Plant City cannery and a grapefruit hull cattle feed venture benefiting local producers.
A writer urges civic clubs the chamber of commerce and city leaders to join in offering affordable evening entertainment for youths and families. Proposals include a left handed tennis tournament, outdoor amateur contest, street dance, and bingo with small prizes, stressing collective effort.
A note urging support for new small ventures appears to highlight education as a foundation for future growth. The piece praises Douglas Guardian for backing young entrepreneurs as the woods fill with promising ideas and opportunities.
The letter describes Brodie’s long travel to bring his typewriter for writing and notes the deaths of Dr. Reed and an Old Colonel. He mentions planning a Rotary address in Cadill lac Michigan on August 12 and predicts British victory, economic change, and the coming New Kingdom. Brodie and his wife send regards to Mrs. Brodie and friends.
The 103 page booklet The Seminole Indians in Florida is now available for free from the State Department of Agriculture in Tallahassee. It serves as a compact encyclopedia on the Everglades dwellers and meets a long-held demand for a school reference. Written by the WPA Writers' Project of Florida with a scholarly intro by Ethel Cutler Freeman of the American Museum of Natural History.
WPA writers compile a readable narrative on Seminole history culture and daily life drawn from scientific reports and Indian voices. The work surveys camps along the Tamiami Trail Cypress Swamp Everglades and Brighton Reservation detailing religion burial rites language homes occupations legends and tribal government with appendices listing Florida Indian place names and a large Everglades map showing 28 camps.
Florida accident reporting law requires drivers involved in injury or death to stop, aid the injured, and identify themselves. Drivers must notify nearest Highway Patrol or sheriff, or local police in cities, and coroners must report deaths to the Department of Public Safety. Property damage totaling 50 dollars or more triggers a required written report within 24 hours, with reports to be confidential and used only for accident purposes.
Advertisements seek buyers for large or groves including tangerine plots with confidentiality and seller payoff. Also requests board for dog care in Mount Dora and Avon Products sales by Grace E Burke at Rehbaum Apartments. Local notice discusses accident report tabulation and municipal reporting requirements for drivers involved in accidents.
A 16 year old English boy in York writes by midnight to his US aunt about patrolling as a Home Guard scout. He details stealth training, long bayonets, and nightly planes while expressing resolve against Hitler. He mentions America’s war footing and hopes to visit postwar.
A humorous line from the Titusville Star-Advocate jokes that the speaker dislikes the notion of entitlement. an address heard recently is praised for originality yet noted as flawed, with the punchline that the original part was not good and the good part not original.
The notice invites parishioners to St Thomas Episcopal Church in Florida with services at 11 a m next Sunday and prayer and sermon on other Sundays. Rector D T Johnson extends a cordial welcome to all.
The Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park on Sanford Road holds 10:00 a.m. Bible Study and 7:30 p.m. Evening Services. Preaching by Bro. David Harold from Daytona Beach on the first Sunday, L. B. Chastain on the third, and Lester Starling from Ocoee on the fourth. You are invited to attend each service.
Calendar lists monthly meetings for W M A circles at Baptist and Community and for Ladies Aid Missionary and church groups. American Legion and Auxiliary hold regular meetings, Lions Kiwanis and Pythian bodies meet weekly or monthly, with Home Demonstration Club sessions and PTA events. Tampa Free Press line ends the notice.
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