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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1942
Page
4
Classified advertising rates stated at 35 cents per inch with a minimum word unit. The notice records second class mail entry on April 7, 1916, at the Mount Dora Florida Post Office under the 1879 act. Includes press association attribution and editorial marking for 1941.
The Pledge to the Flag expresses allegiance to the United States and the Republic with liberty and justice for all. The American's Creed emphasizes government by the people, consent of the governed, and duties to love, support, obey, respect, and defend the nation.
A Mount Dora reader in February 1942 chides officials and labor leaders for excessive talk and urges quicker wartime action. He argues that Germany and Japan are producing weapons while American bond sales and labor schedules lag, reflecting public frustration.
The article argues Japan seeks vast Asian and Pacific dominance beginning with China, Formosa, Korea, and the Philippines, extending to India and beyond. It links Japan's Axis pact to expansion and warns of potential influence over the Americas, calling for vigilance alongside MacArthur's defense of the Philippines.
Walter Ferguson questions wartime labor policy and political influence as he urges the public not to let labor leadership controls dictate military effort. He argues against paying dues while demanding sacrifice and warns against electing pro labor lawmakers who may hinder war production and victory.
Mount Dora and nearby residents list serving in Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard with many names including Averitt Bevil Blanchard Brand Brooks Cha Ralph Charien Cookinham Cooley Davis Detten Dickson Drawdy Durham French Green Hopcraft Hurlburt Jones Kimball Knight Lane Mortensen McCabe McCown Moore Norris Pinkston Pohlman Pohlman Roberts Sadler Scott Shipes Snow Stewart Sumeral Pickens Talley Thompson Townsend Widmer Wiley Wingler Woodruff and more. The column asks for other local youths serving to be added.
The Central Florida Exposition in Orlando opens Monday at 9 a.m. for Children’s Day as a 6 day run, the 33rd annual fair, expected to surpass prior events. Agricultural Day and Chamber of Commerce Day follow Tuesday with exhibits highlighted by officials including Commissioner Nathan Mayo.
A detailed outline of events at the Orlando fairgrounds from Tuesday evening through Saturday night includes a 6 p m dinner, a Wednesday Winter Visitor's Day on February 25, a Thursday Defense Day with free admission for military personnel after 6 p m, and multiple shows by Joe Morris and the Devil Drivers. Friday is Governor's Day with Gov. Holland attending a Kiwanis luncheon, while Saturday features 4-H Club Day, Everybody's Day, poultry judging at 10 am, a bicycle race from Kissimmee to the fairgrounds, and final grandstand programs before gates close at midnight.
A Lake County group of 28 completed the Red Cross First Aid Instructor course at Wildwood and thanked Sumter County for training access. The Lake County Defense Council pledged full support and offered services, with all class members signing the letter. Names from Mount Dora Mount Plymouth Eustis Leesburg and Tavares are listed, plus two youths who qualified but were ineligible due to age and illness forcing withdrawal.
The Mount Dora Public Library announces new titles across fiction and non fiction. Highlighted novels include Fiction Stampede by Stewart Edward White and Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier with several others such as Dragon Seed by Pearl Buck and The Winds of God by Irving Bacheller. The library schedule notes a closure on Monday February 23.
The Zellwood Wesley Fellowship Class met at the school auditorium for a Friday evening business session and social. Weekend visitors included Miss Margaret Bell and nurse friend from Orange General Hospital staying with Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bell. Various families hosted guests from Asheville, Orlando, Plymouth, Pompano, Bellefonte and Umatilla. Bible study conducted by Rev. Nelson Oldford at the VIncent home followed the gathering.
The notice lists times for Bible Study at 10:00 a.m. and preaching with communion at 11:00 a.m. on Sundays with L. B. Chastain from Ocoee on the 2nd and 5th Sundays, Lester Starling on the 4th, and evening services at 7:30 p.m. on Sundays plus Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. The invitation invites attendance at all services.
The Church of God on Liberty Street led by Rev L A Ford hosts Sunday School at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m with prayer on Tuesday at 7 45 p m Y P E meets Friday at 7 45 p m St Thomas Episcopal Church in Eustis offers 11 00 a m Morning Prayer and sermon and Holy Communion on the first Sunday First Church of Christ Scientist at Grove Street and Lemon Avenue holds Sunday School at 9 30 a m service at 11:00 a m with Bible topic Mind A reading room at 117 Eustis Street opens daily 3 to 5 p m except Sundays and holidays for Christian Science reading and study.
The bulletin lists services at Cor Grove Street and Badger Avenue Eustis with Rev William O Farrell as pastor. Sunday Mass 8 am first Sunday, 10 30 am other Sundays. Weekday Mass 7 30 am. Confessions 7 30 pm Saturdays eves Holy Days and First Fridays. Baptisms Sundays 3 pm. Golden Triangle Lodge meets 1st and 3rd Monday at K of P Hall Eustis. Officers include Dr E R Hutchings governor and M C Kirkland secretary.
visitors from Chicago Lake land and Birmingham called at the Osborn and White homes. Wendell Vyrlon Black won a beauty contest at Dickson-Ives store last week. A. J. Carmichael of Miami came after the death of W. J. Russell with services held in Williamsport Tennessee. Russell was a popular winter visitor. Leon Osborn hosted a Sunday night gathering in honor of Be a porte who accepted a position in Louis Missouri.
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