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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
4
A mosaic of opinion on government support, European debt, and world peace, with remarks on highway safety, lawmaking, and climate, plus praise for Florida farm markets led by Commissioner Nathan Mayo as the state expands farmers markets statewide.
Edith Edeburn Keller cites financial hardship but recalls a 1926 Florida trip from Mount Dora to Miami with Fort Lauderdale as a temporary base. Frank C. Hall thanks the Mount Dora paper for its editions and expresses hope to visit Mount Dora soon after describing past travels through Jasper Lake City and Jacksonville.
A nostalgic column notes city happenings as December social life buzzes. It mentions Christmas gift boxes at various spots, a debutante set at the Apollo Ball, a Scout camping trip, a cafe coffee club in Mount Dora, the local rep Tom Cooley moving offices, a barefoot window decorator, and election day activity with voters being escorted to polls.
A series of county meetings December 19 to 21, led by the Southern Division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the Lake County Agricultural Conservation Association, will elect community committeemen and explain the 1939 program. Attendees include members signed on in 1938 and residents from Eustis, Tavares, Mount Dora, Umatilla, Grand Island, Paisley, Altoona, Cassia, Okahumpka, Groveland, Mascotte, Howey, Astatula, Yalaha, Montverde, Ferndale, Clermont, Leesburg, Lady Lake, Fruitland Park and nearby areas.
The notice urges library membership and reading aloud with family or friends. It praises works like Mathematics for the Mission and Science for the Citizen as authoritative introductions to science and history. It stresses daily reading as a shared, lifelong pursuit and invites citizens to borrow, read, and discuss together.
Fragment mentions a figure near 150 000 and a reference to the U S Centered in 1940. Details are incomplete and names or places are not provided.
The Mount Plymouth, a major Florida resort hotel, will open on January 1 per Lake County Chamber of Commerce. It will be managed this season by Mr and Mrs Carl C Steiner of Belvedere Hotel Charlevoix Mich a 125 room house who have run the Florida resort for ten years ensuring strong management.
A poetic portrait by F. A. Poole extols Mount Dora as a refined, friendly community with a unique charm. It highlights the town’s spirit, culture, and the Tourist Club that offers lectures and performances to nourish the mind and unite residents and winter visitors alike.
First Methodist Episcopal Church conducted a 11:00 morning worship with Rev Kenneth G. Rogers and Mrs C M Brown playing organ. A 4:00 vesper service followed by Epworth League activities and a 7:30 Christmas program and community sing scheduled. invites extended to all.
Corner Tenth and Tremain church lists Rev. R. W. Acree as pastor. Sunday school at 9 45. Sermon at noon followed by B P U at 7 00. Midweek service Wednesday at 7 30 with P U at 6 30. Evening service listed.
Pastor Andrew Melrose Brodie leads at 10 A M with Florence Gilbert Hanscom as organist. The 11:00 a.m. topic is Are We Living A D or B C A warm welcome awaits all who choose to worship with us.
Church of Christ on Lake and Gee Street Sanford holds Bible School at 2 30 P M and preaching every Sunday at 3 30 P M with A Cameron of St Peters. On the third Sunday 3 30 P M Bro strue of Ocoee preaches.
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