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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
8
A veteran writer recounts visiting friends Jim and Helen Crewston. Helen, famed author of Moon Mountain, develops a mystifying block on a new book while Jim aids her. After Helen dies, Jim is beset by nocturnal writing traces and claims Helen returns to finish the manuscript.
Dr Marion Newman Walker of Leesburg celebrates a Lake County birthday. Born August 22 1900 in Fayetteville Arkansas he trained at Fayetteville high school Auburn Alabama and the University of Wisconsin. He is plant pathologist in charge of the Watermelon Experiment Station at University of Florida Leesburg and arrived in Florida in 1926 and Lake County in 1930. His recreation is fishing his favorite flower watermelon blossom and his favorite food fruit except melons.
Lake County growers ready fall plantings with ground tilled and seed beds sown for tomatoes and other crops. With favorable weather, citrus crop forecasts look strong and a near bumper yield is anticipated. Camp McQuarrie hosts back to back summer programs by 4-H youth, poultry institute, then Citrus Growers Institute as it nears September 10 closing date.
Oxford professor C D Sheard writes from Ohio praising Lake County Chamber of Commerce literature after visiting Florida. He recalls three days at Tom's Fishing Camp on Lake Apopka catching over 20 bass including an 8, 18 and 9 pounder. He plans to return in July and asks for Florida sport fishing pamphlets and Camp literature with stamps enclosed.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce plans nationwide outreach through October to December ads in The Hunter Trader Trapper Outdoor Life Hunting Fishing and the National Sportsman. Circulation exceeds 1,013,855. Ads feature a Florida map and Lake County as a premier bass fishing and hunting destination. Eustis Chamber to run a parallel insert in the same magazines to boost visibility.
Lime growing becomes a growing Florida industry with formation of a grower organization to aid production and marketing. Last season's lime crop reached 110000 bushels.
The 1938 Poultry Institute at Camp McQuarrie lists daily topics From August 23 to 26 including nutrition trials with dried skimmilk citrus meal and shark liver oil, Florida poultry programs, egg production and hatchability, pullet care and costs, and a series of guest speakers led by Commissioner Nathan Mayo and L M Rhodes Phil S Taylor.
Secretary Karl Lehmann and Mrs Lehmann tour Massachusetts and New Hampshire showcasing Lake County and Florida films at The Curtis in Lennox and at Ted Shawn Farm Jacobs Ladder Beckett. They also screened for Keene Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, with Ted Shawn Dancers and Barton Mumaw Jr. drawing local attention.
Miami officials announced a public exhibition of the famed Seminole Green Corn Dance will be staged at the Orange Bowl in Miami on September 15. They have arranged with Seminole tribal chiefs for the event.
The campaign mobilizes young voters as organizers, volunteers, and student leaders. The focus is on issues affecting campus life, tuition, and civic participation with events planned across campuses and community groups.
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