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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
4
After weeks of labor the IceHouse Players present Return Engagement at Mount Dora for Lake County. The first production, opening Monday, aims to provide real theatrical entertainment with no monetary profit, just community pride and a cultural asset for residents.
In a promotional piece celebrating 39 years of the Boy Scouts of America the article urges sponsors and parents to learn about Scouting. It argues the program offers adventure, character development, and civic benefits, calling on organizations like Mount Dora's Kiwanis to sponsor Troops.
A Florida garden column offers advice on planting and maintenance. Tips cover edging with alyssum, staking carnations, fertilizing annuals, setting gladiolus corms, feeding hybrid amaryllis, correcting azalea chlorosis with ferrous sulfate, recutting and hydrating cut flowers, transplanting old man's beard, adding African irises, timing for petunias larkspurs and seeds, sowing marigold zinnia and strawflowers, watering during dry periods, monitoring roses for black spot and aphids, and keeping vases clean.
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce elected new officers and board members for the coming year. Dick Edgerton and Carl Graves will lead teams. Betty Siess remains acting executive. Directors named include G. B. Crip Hurlburt J. G. Ray Jr. Tom Cooley and others.
Three salesmen from the Chamber of Commerce addressed the Mount Dora City Council on Tuesday night urging continued support. George J. White Al Rehbaum Sr and Carl S Graves presented clippings and cost analyses showing extensive publicity for 1948. The council approved the Chamber budget with the city to cover the hostess salary and related expenditures.
Young contestants earned a total of 20 in awards for letter writing tied to reports on educational tours by Brownies. Mary Ellen Sheen took first in the Dairy contest, Vickie Colonna won the Topic contest, with Mary Lou Davidson and Mary Kay Rehbaum placing in other categories.
A diary like report covers a week of Florida weather and leisure from Mount Dora to Eustis. Dr. Lane praises Mount Dora as delightful while temperatures hover around 70 to 86 degrees with rain, clouds, and a Veterans Carnival. Pets, social events, and local civic happenings color the daily entries.
Dr. J Hillis Miller urged Florida to invest in the University of Florida calling it an economic necessity and lamenting low state funding and housing. He noted 66.8 square feet per student versus a 170 square foot target, and highlighted wartime research and state agricultural gains while criticizing forestry funding as inadequate.
Howard G. Dick is named marketing manager of Vacuum Foods Corp in Plymouth by H. C. Boerner. He will oversee sales analyses promotions and market development for the juice concentrate. The item ends with a Webster quote and a Napier remark on truth and deception.
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