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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
7
A letter recounts an elderly friend’s death and critiques overreliance on funeral flowers. The writer notes lonely seniors are neglected and urges timely act of kindness, suggesting readers order flowers now and accompany themselves with warmth.
Florida public safety director warns December and January record the highest traffic fatalities. In December last year 74 people died and 67 in January 1940. He urges motorists to cooperate with the Florida Highway Patrol to reduce deaths through caution amid Christmas shopping and celebrations.
Florida promotes iceberg lettuce by William L. Wilson of the State Marketing Board. The Florida variety hits the market in growing quantities and is preferred to California lettuce for freshness and higher mineral content, cited as a health advantage.
The Lake County WPA crews are destroying cotton stalks to reduce boll weevil habitat and protect next year’s crop. County commissioners supply transportation and the State Department of Agriculture provides fuel, as the county agent offers sources for Sea Island seed to farmers.
Mrs Elen Chapman Janes sister of Supreme Court Justice Roy Chapman has been appointed secretary and clerk to Justice Alto Adams. The Wauchula resident currently works in the Governor's office.
The Florida State Library, housed in the old House Chamber, undergoes extensive work and will become one of the state’s finest libraries. W. T. Cash, the state librarian and a native Floridian, is noted as a leading librarian and author of Florida histories. The library is set to open to the public with a reception on January 6, 1941.
Governor-elect Spessard L. Holland plans an inaugural in Tallahassee on January 6 and 7. A regiment from Camp Blanding and up to three military bands are expected along with ten other bands and the University of Florida band. The Inaugural Committee led by W. P. Allen has nearly completed arrangements for Florida’s ceremonies. Attending will be Treasurer-elect J. Ed Larson and Attorney General-elect J. Tom Watson, plus the governor.
The article profiles key state figures including T. J. Brooks chief clerk to Nathan Mayo of Agriculture, Reuben S. Williams Supreme Court attache with police powers, and staffers C. F. Sinclair, Mrs. Evans, and Miss Johnnie C. Horne. It notes Hotel Commission surplus for 1936 and 1939 figures, with staff and inspections data.
The ledger notes receipts of 104,486.84 in 1936 with expenditures of 106,272.22 and a loss of 1,785.38. It lists 23 employees and inspections at 55 locations, including a $1,000 contribution to the Florida Constitutional Celebration at Port St. Joe and support for Florida's exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair.
State Comptroller J.M. Lee argued that contractors building camps and highways must pay gasoline taxes like private firms. After weeks of dispute, Circuit Judge May Walker sided with the comptroller. the case advances to the state supreme court with Assistant Attorney General Ty Norwood arguing that all contractors should pay taxes.
M. V. Simpson born December 22 1870 in Jefferson County Florida. He moved to this region in 1873 and became an active Lake County leader serving as Mount Dora councilman and mayor as well as county commissioner and circuit court clerk. A Mason and Knight of Pythias he has long guided local affairs.
R F Burton of Leesburg a noted Lake County citrus grower and former Lake County Chamber of Commerce president was born December 21 1861 in Lafayette Alabama He came to Florida in 1885 and to Lake County the same year a pioneer in cooperative citrus marketing and Florida California growing years His favorite flowers are plumbago and orange blossoms and his preferred foods are grits bacon and eggs
New Year dates differ by culture and calendar systems. Egyptians, Chinese, Jews, Romans and Mohammedans observe new years on varied dates from September to March. Gregorian reform skipped days. many regions celebrated twice. Mohammedans marked Muharram. Jews and Christians shifted calendars over centuries.
The Mason and Dixon Line marks the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania and, by broader usage, the line separating free and slave states. It centers on the 40th parallel north with the Ohio River, Missouri boundary, and the 36 30 parallel from the Missouri Compromise.
Two Lake County youths Rosco Collins and Oakland Collins volunteered under the Selective Service Act. Officials from the Lake County Guard and local veterans led ceremonies on the courthouse steps in Tavares. Speakers included Lt. Williamson and Commander Hampton, praising the new recruits and noting differences between modern training and World War I.
Tyrone Power appears for a brief shot at the film’s start in The Return of Frank James, a 20th Century Fox Technicolor sequel showing at the Princess Theatre Saturday and Sunday December 21 22. Henry Fonda stars as Frank James with Gene Tierney and Jackie Cooper also in the cast.
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