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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
4
A collection of wry observations on modern life from vacuum cleaners to railroads. Jokes touch on memory, youth, automobiles, inflation, and public figures, with quips about the growing danger of news and the lure of invention. The tone mimics a newspaper column of playful anecdotes.
The Times-Union notes Jacksonville hosts the John H. Swisher factory, claimed to be the world’s largest cigar plant with about 2,800 workers producing around 2,000,000 cigars each working day.
The National Retail Dry Goods Association foresees a strong Christmas trading season after Thanksgiving. Savings accounts are higher, more money will be spent on gifts, and Mount Dora stores report expanded stocks of holiday wares profit from local patronage boosts community growth.
President Roosevelt endorsed the National Tuberculosis Association thirty second annual Christmas Seal Sale opening on Thanksgiving Day. He called support a patriotic duty and emphasized the seals fund a year round nationwide campaign to prevent cure and restore health, with a goal of eradicating tuberculosis in the nation.
Officials say under the orange program the AAA will purchase about 3,000,000 boxes this season for distribution to needy persons.
The Florida Citrus Commission directs the state inspection service to continue maturity tests on all fruit shipped out of state until January 1. State chemist J. J. Taylor warns cold weather will make immature fruit appear fully ripened and urges continuation of tests beyond December 1.
A concise appraisal highlighting that women's choices and actions reflect practicality and intelligence when their welfare is involved, underscoring agency and decision making in personal and social contexts.
A Lake County manufacturing report shows 136 plants in the county with 3514 workers and a 1 326 750 dollar payroll. The Florida Department of Agriculture issued the updated Lake County data after earlier omissions in the state volume. Treasurer A S Herlong Jr praised local chambers and communities for compiling the up to date figures.
The writer venting about censorship and column style reflects on reader feedback and the push for a more newsy format. It shifts to observations on rapid air travel growth, airline investments, and a hopeful note encouraging early Christmas shopping and seal drives.
A Lake County state wide film show travels Louisville to publicize citrus fruit and packing processes. Seventeen engagements in six days target high schools, clubs, medical groups, churches and service organizations. The Lake Region Packing Association funds the campaign to raise Lake County fruit sales.
Lake County residents are urged by the Lake Corn Chamber of Commerce to trim dead fronds from palms along highways to improve appearance. Frank W Stebbins notes clean palms enhance the roadscape. The piece also contrasts Florida sugar restrictions with beet sugar acreage and mentions orange juice outlets in the county.
Rev Kenneth G Rogers preaches at 11:00 a m on Is The Universe Friendly The Organist is C M Brown Morning Worship at 11 and 7 30 p m features Pauls Love Poem Church School at 10 a m The Wednesday Fellowship Service is for members and spouses with supper music and talks on Our Church Faces the New Year.
Sunday School at 9 45 for all ages. 7 am sermon. YP U at 7. Midweek service Wednesday. BY PU at 6 30. Evening Service at 7 30.
The notice invites worshippers to attend Bible School led by Florence Gibert Hanscom at 10 A. M. and 11:00 a. m. with a Christmas themed topic. A warm welcome awaits all who choose to worship with us.
St Thomas Episcopal Church in Eustis offers Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon with Holy Communion on the first Sunday. Rector D T Johnson extends a cordial welcome to all.
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street Sanford Road holds daily worship and Bible school at 2 30 p m. Weekly preaching services are planned with two Sundays each month led by visiting ministers Bro W A Cameron from St Petersburg and Bro Chestrue from Ocoee both at 3 30 p m.
Yale professor emeritus William Lyons Phelps quips that too many people die twenty years before they are buried. He suggests a sharper, more vivid style suits journalism to capture life and death.
The Church of God invites attendance with regular services Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School starts at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Rev J C Thompson is the pastor.
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