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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1949
Page
8
Mount Dora parents debate the popularity of juvenile books like Bat Man and Treasure Island. Two residents proposed a library book drive to donate outgrown titles for children to borrow during leisure hours, but no contributions have been made yet. A collection box remains at Doc Lee’s Pharmacy while comic books stay on local stands.
A partial list of individuals and entities associated with the chamber includes homeowners business owners hotels nurseries automotive shops and service providers such as Eldred Pitzer Jimmie's Garage Miss Eees Milner Harry Fogg and the Lake County firms like Ocklawaha Nurseries Inc Citrus Culture Corp and Triangle Motors.
The State Chamber of Commerce launches a statewide citrus cooking contest starting March 12 with three classes desserts salads and breads. Entries must be submitted to local chambers by March 12 and winners may receive a promotion on March 27 as part of the Florida Federation Women’s Clubs and Florida Chain Store Council program led by Mrs. A. T. McKay.
Dr. Lane, 64, compares Peru and Egypt and touts Lake Superior as the finest freshwater body. He studied 600 Geographical Journal issues and 3,000 soundings to verify facts, claiming Superior’s depths and dimensions surpass Baikal and rival African lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa. He calls inland seas superior and writes from his winter Mount Dora setting overlooking the sea.
In Oak Michigan Eddie Jones leads Minnapolis in a Florida Family Runabout event with first heat results listing J Ferlita Parrish Harter Wyckoff Cobb and others. Jackson Le and C Service Runabouts show Wyckoff Parrish Crutchfield Harter in first and second heats with Hagood Creech and Buddy Smith also noted. Class E Hydroplane and lower lists Crutchfield Pierce Crooks Trafton Prather with Pierce and S Crutchfield in second heat. 135 Hydroplane features Thom Cooper Street Martens and others.
In Indiana and Maryland based heats runners Street Prather Gassner J D Powell competed in second heat with Richmond Virginia listed. Cobras class Z team placed first in a first heat featuring W R Layton from Baltimore and Joe Naipanil among others.
In the second heat, Jane Layton advances, mirroring her earlier performance as she competes in Baltimore. Layton shows steady speed and strong finish as the field narrows.
The Official Board of the Methodist church meets next Wednesday at the Parish House. Building fund teams will present their reports at that time.
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