Growers Urged To Hold Fruit For New Price Ceiling
Florida citrus growers are urged to delay selling while awaiting a revised ceiling plan likely to standardize prices at the consumer level. A Florida Citrus Exchange figure notes improved prospects from a rationalized ceiling, with expectations of higher grower returns and a shift toward a free market up to a fixed consumer price. The piece cites tighter apple and canning markets, reduced candy, and strong consumer buying power as supporting factors for a favorable season for Florida fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida Citus Exchange
Commander
Apple Shippers Convention
Chicago
OPA
California
Tenth Annual Citrus Institute To Meet At Clermont
Citrus growers families and friends invited to the tenth annual Citrus Growers Institute at Clermont Yacht Club overlooking Lake Minnehaha on Wednesday August 25 starting 10 00 am. County Agent R E Norris announces a streamlined program with talks by Florida Farm Bureau executive secretary John Ford soil science expert O C Bryan farm labor supervisor E F DeBusk paleontologist F Erdner and horticulturist A F Camp plus an open discussion on fertilization and citrus production and a picnic lunch provided with ice water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citrus Growers Institute
R. E. Norris
Camp McQuarrie
Clermont Yacht Club
Lake Minnehaha
Clermont
W. T. Nettles
Citrus Institute
Farm Bureau
John Ford
Florida Farm Bureau
O. C. Bryan
Tech
Soil Science
E. F. DeBusk
Tural Extension Service
F._Erdner
U. S
Orlo
Citrus Experiment Station
A. F. Camp
New Picture Operator Appointed at Princess Theatre
Otto McGaughey becomes the new picture operator at the Princess Theatre after five years in the Navy. He arrives from Jacksonville to take the role. W. V. Schwartz, assistant chief observer of the local Aircraft Warning Service, will retire for a rest and seek observation at the Florida State Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto McGaughey
Princess Theatre
Jacksonville
Navy
W. V. Schwartz
Princess
Florida State Sanitarium
Frank Hadlock Hurt in Wisconsin Fall
Frank Hadlock visiting his mother in Madison, Wisconsin, fell and broke a bone in his left hand. He calls the accident minor and expects to return to Mount Dora around mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hadlock
Madison
Wisconsin
Frank
Mount Dora
Woodlot Nitrocellulose Pact Boosts War Effort
In a wartime notice residents are urged to extend pulpwood cutting to three extra days. The message highlights that each spruce in local woodlots can produce enough nitrocellulose for 7,500 cartridges, and mentions a machine-gunner providing 538 bullets per minute.
Civilian Army Spotters Endure as Unsung War Helpers
Washington Post article highlights 465,000 American volunteers serving the Army Air Force East without pay. From Maine to Florida they man posts report aircraft type altitude and direction to free fighters for combat. General Royce praises their sacrifices and vigilance as crucial to wartime effort.
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Washington Post
Maine
Florida
Army Air Force
Atlantic Seaboard
Paul Reveres
AWS
Thut
AAF
United States
England
Royal Observer Corps
RAF
Royce
Walter Wood
Army
Florida's Pulpwood Victory Drive Seeks Volunteers
George J. White, local chairman, joins the Topic and newspapers in a campaign to solve the pulpwood shortage. Citizens are urged to sign up to work three extra days in 1943 to earn a Victory badge, aiding war production targets in Florida for the second half of 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. White
Pearl Harbor
Florida
War Production Board
Subscription Notice Urges Timely Renewal
A notice asks subscribers to check the expiration date on their papers and remit payment as subscriptions come due. The message cites staff shortages and promises to send bills promptly, urging readers to watch dates and remit when expired.
Fuel Oil Storage Measure Urged by War Board
War Price and Rationing Board chairman H C Brown warns Clermont Florida residents that fuel oil supply could tighten later this year and urges filling storage tanks now using recently issued coupons to prevent shortages. Local administrator Lake County asks Mr Roland J Morse to distribute the notice.
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Office of Price Administration
Clermont
Florida
Roland J. Morse
War Price & Rationing Board
Mount Dora
Morse
H. C. Brown
Wp&r
Lake County
Town Clerk on Vacation in Daytona Beach
John Griswold town clerk tax collector and treasurer takes a vacation with Mrs Griswold at Daytona Beach Florida where the couple enjoys leisure time away from municipal duties and duties of office.
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John Griswold
Prison letters from POW camps in Japan and Philippines
Letters from American servicemen Charles Norris and LeRoy Cookinham reveal life in Japanese prisoner of war camps. Norris, Pvt. 1st Class at Camp Shinagawa Tokyo, writes of health, cold winters, Red Cross parcels, and hope for the war’s end. Cookinham, Staff Sergeant in the Philippine camp, reports fair health and requests welfare for his family as he endures captivity.
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Japan
W. M Norte
Charles Norris
Switzerland
Charlie
Charles H. Norris
Camp
Shinagawa
Tokyo
Anda
Leroy N. Cookinham
Philippines
Lottie Cookinham
Charlie Norris
Philippine Military Prison
Lottie M. Cookinham
Ninth Ave
Mount Dora
Florida
Imperial Japanese Army
Age Pine
Reine
Palmers
Kiwanis to Hear Red Cross Leader William Jay Barker
Kiwanis News notes guest speaker William Jay Barker now serving as field director of the American Red Cross at Fort Hamilton Brooklyn. He will discuss Red Cross work and his training duties. The club recently toured the Citrus Culture Corporation fertilizer plant, with Manuel Sedano winning the attendance prize and Wm. La Fross as the lone guest.
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Case William Jay Barker
Bill
Suchians
American Red Cross
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
New York
Redee
Red Cross
Citrus Culture Corporation
Don Conkling
Manuel Sedano
Wm. la Fross
Wayside adds office addition to packing house
Construction has started on a new office addition to the Wayside Packing House on the Eustis Mount Dora highway to handle increased direct to user fruit and tropical product business. The fourth addition will be cement block with a Spanish tile roof and will include safe storage for extensive records. Wayside has grown steadily in fifteen years with rising demand and a large mail order operation reaching customers in all US states, Canadian provinces, and Alaska.
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Eustis
Mount Dora
Lake County
United States
Canadian
Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Alaska
Dooley Hits .394 as Dow South Coast Team Triumphs
Jesse Dooley of Dow Chemical Freeport Texas batted .394 in a South Coast Victory League game against South Select at Freeport August 9. He went 2 for 4 with a single and a double driving in two runs while playing right field and occasionally backing up as catcher. Friends in Mount Dora and former teammates overseas will be glad he is keeping Mount Dora in baseball.
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Jesse Dooley
Dow Chemical Company
Freeport
Texas
Mount Dera
Lake Orange
South Select
Dooley
Jesse
Mount Dora
Bill Barker Home Returns to Brooklyn Red Cross Family
William Jay Barker, dean of Red Cross First Aid instructors in this area and assistant field director of the American Red Cross at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, is home for a short visit with his family and friends. Readers recall his guidance as they completed first aid and advanced courses, and wonder who will fill the vacancy after his departure for war work.
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William Jay Barker
Red Cross
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
New York
Bill
Bill Barker
Chamber of Commerce Secretary on Vacation
Miss Eleanore Minkley the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce secretary leaves tomorrow for two weeks vacation. She will spend time in Delray Beach and Miami visiting Pie and Mrs Carl H Minkley. Miss Anna Margaret White will run the office during Minkley’s absence.
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Eleanore Minkley
Mount Dora
J M McCown Takes Two Week Vacation at Lake Home
J M McCown, cashier of the First National Bank, is on a two week vacation spending the period at his lake front home.
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J. M. McCown
First National Bank
Lake County School Board Helps Farm Emergency Plan
Lake County schools will start September 7 instead of 13 to aid farm labor needs as part of an emergency plan. The board approved advancing opening, making Christmas break December 3 to 27 with no New Year break, and allowing one session days for upper grades during labor emergencies to aid picking and packing season.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Frank J. Banning
War Manpower Commission For Labor
Florida
County Farm Bureau
Tavares
Farm Bureau and Labor Committee
Orlando Morning Sentinel
Maplewood Club Becomes Maplewood Estates Victory Farm
The Maplewood Club in Maplewood New Hampshire closes to visitors and converts 45 acres to a Victory garden. 38 acres grow potatoes 3 grow soldier beans and 4 grow red kidney beans. 20 ex-caddies join local staff to harvest by harvest time while long time staff like Leslie Halen and Hugh Shaw return to oversee beds and gardens.
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White Mountain
Bethlehem
N. H
Lakeside Inn
Villa Dora
Florida
Richard Edgerton
Lakeside
Carl Graves
Mount Dora
Maplewood Club
Maplewood
Maplewood Estates
Howard V. Dalton
Boston
Victory Farm
Leslie Halen
Hugh Shaw
Shaw
Plan to Relieve Citrus Labor Shortage Emerging
Caxton Doggett proposes using Japanese ancestry workers in relocation centers to fill citrus labor gaps. He notes prior suggestions like prisoner of war labor, Cuban workers, and Bahama Negro labor, and urges grove owners to contact the War Relocation Authority or local employment offices for experienced citrus laborers from relocation centers.
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Caxton Doggett
Florida
Cuba
Kiwanis Club
Grove
War Relocation Authority
Washington
U. S
Robert Colins
Electric current cut off for Florida Power repairs
Electric service will be shut from six to seven Sunday morning to allow Florida Power and Light Company to complete repairs. Consumers are advised to adjust breakfast plans if using an electric stove.
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Florida Power and Light Company
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Observation Post
Victory Pulpwood
O. K
Daniel H. Bishop
William D
Kiwanis ‘News
Wayside
Chamber OF Commerce
Dick Edgerton
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