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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
8
The article discusses a Kiwanis program continuing from page 1 that uses talks, pictures, and readings to address illiteracy in interpreting presentations. It emphasizes the workshop’s goal to enhance enjoyment and interest in reading and related materials.
The account describes a continuing investigation at Tremain Home after Harold Hayward’s death. Witness notes include entering the basement, finding broken glass, soiled bedding, lack of lighting, and no clear blood evidence. Deputy notes mention awaiting an instrument to locate blood traces.
As the Topic goes to press the murder instrument tied to the Lake Dora death remains at large. Authorities continue inquiries, with no arrest or identified suspect disclosed.
East Town updates include Pallbearers Society gathering with a new anniversary date set for July 4 each year. The Helping Hand and Better Building Citizenship Club resumes activity as members are urged to attend and support. Ike Dawson remains gravely ill with visitors asked to donate and help at his bedside. Rev. Russell and Mrs. E B Russell show mixed health news. Milner Rosenwald Academy teachers listed as Mrs. Russell, Miss Willie Doris Jones, and Prof. Cauley Lott. Mr Odom returns to Mount Dora for a visit and plans to resume studies in Tampa after three weeks with his parents sending well wishes.
A. A. Kurfiss of Groveland elected first president as South Lake farmers organize a cooperative uniting vegetable growers poultrymen and cattlemen. The group plans a South Lake County farmers market with initial funds through farmer subscriptions. Curtis Merritt vice president and secretary-treasurer to be chosen.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce backs a two state film show in Virginia and West Virginia during September. Lan Taylor of Tavares will exhibit the motion picture which belongs to Lake County and will distribute county literature to attendees.
The text discusses ammoniacal nitrogen in the Florida hill and lake region soil. Ammoniacal nitrogen leaches slower than nitrate, but reverts to nitrate more readily when soil is warm. In cold soil conditions ammonium remains, and nitrate formed from it is less preferred for use.
Thousands of letters arrive for the Lake County Chamber of Commerce from northern residents seeking homes in the county. President George J. White notes the responses come from substantial buyers, many retiring from business, with enthusiasm and clear intent. Despite limited accommodations, many plan stays and some have race of construction materials ready for winter work as groves are planted and land cleared.
The fourth distribution of pasture grass cuttings was made from the Lake County nursery at the T. Stin Haselton farm near Eustis at 9:00 a m on Monday August 5. More than 400 bushels of Pangola and Coastal Plain Bermuda grass plants have been given free to farmers countywide. Farmers transplant these plants to home nurseries and later to fields to build permanent pastures. Lake County led Florida in county grown pasture grass programs and operates its own nursery.
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