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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
1
The Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora extends New Year wishes for 1936 and notes the return of Mr and Mrs Julian Meade to the Lakeside. Mrs F P Gutelius postponed her winter arrival due to illness and locals gathered for New Year's dinner at the hotel.
On Wednesday from six to seven the Mount Yacht Club ladies will serve a cafeteria supper to raise funds. Crickets are fifty cents and can be bought from Tracy Kramer Carl Graves Edgerton Thomas Lashar Clark or Warren Frost or at local drug stores. Join for food and fellowship and support the club.
A handwritten invitation from Willie announces a New Year’s birthday party for Mrs. Sanborn and Mrs. Keller. The note mentions cake and a gathering times from 2 to 4 p.m., with enthusiastic, playful language and casual references to Nineveh and Tyre as part of the humor.
Effective January 1 1936 water rates apply to all services. Turn on and shut off charges are discontinued and sprinkling rate is abolished. Regular rates apply with 10c per 100 cu ft for consumption over 100 000 cu ft per year. A standby charge of 75c per month is added whether water is used or not.
Robert E. Foster, state apiary inspector, states that producing one pound of honey requires 40 000 round trips by bees from hive to flower and back.
The Lake County Fair Association sponsors the second annual Cat Show at Eustis on Wednesday and Thursday January 8 and 9. Cats need not be pedigreed and must be caged by 9 a m with judging starting at 10 a m. Entry fee is 25 cents. Prizes include 1 and 50 cents for top places, 5 dollars for largest exhibit, 2 50 for best cat in show, and a medal for a decorated cage. Entries encouraged by January 6 with details on age color and sex sent to Mrs Frank Finzel Mount Dora.
The notice invites readers to a Friday evening performance at the Community Dome featuring the Marionettes and the adventure tale of Don Jose as part of a fundraiser to support Mount Dora's Lone Troop of Girl Scouts.
Stingless bees that attend to honey production only will be shown at the Florida State Fair in Tampa from February 4 to 15. The event will feature premium honey displays from Florida’s tropical flora, queen bees with swarms, and demonstrations of honey production processes. The fair’s honey show is described as one of the world’s largest with cash premiums over $500 and blue ribbon awards.
Crawford T. Bickford, secretary manager, told directors the Central Florida Exposition aims for about 100000 attendance in the five day 1936 event in Orlando. He cited strong finances and plans for additional high quality exhibits and attractions. Last year the silver anniversary fair drew more than 65000 attendees.
The Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico will display government exhibits in the Pan American exposition building at the Florida State Fair in Tampa. Mexico has booked space but may withdraw due to international strife. The Pan American Exposition will be enlarged and beautified this year.
Mont Dora High School seniors stage their annual play on Friday May 17 with the comedy New Fires. The show supports class expenses for graduation including diplomas and programs, with any surplus donated to school activities like the library and athletic association.
Dr E J Pace of Orlando internationally known Baptist minister and cartoonist will preach at the Baptist tabernacle Tremain street at Tenth avenue Sunday morning and night. He originated cartoons in the Sunday School Times and is said to be a fine speaker. Everyone is invited to attend.
Lake County builders report more than 500000 dollars in new construction across 11 of 27 towns in the annual survey. Eustis tops estimates early 1936 with about 64000 planned, Clermont 25000, Groveland 20000, Montverde and Mount Dora 10000 each, with Leesburg and Howey-in-the-Hills among others reporting smaller totals amid an upward countywide trend.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce aims to enroll two thousand members in January to build a large effective regional organization. Memberships include Regular 1 dollar Contributing 5 dollars and Sustaining 12.50 dollars with a court house chart tracking progress and group enrollments.
Blue Ribbon Citrus from Lake County won first prize at the State Fair in Tampa for two years running. The February display impressed packing houses who will move exhibit units from Tampa to Eustis to reproduce the display at the Lake County Fair and Poultry Show, January 7 to 11, promising a trip worthy exhibit in Pasat Eustis.
A group of Arizona Indians from the Wild West Show has arrived for the Lake County Fair and Poultry Show in Eustis running January 7 to 11. They have pitched their round and prepared for performances at the midway attractions.
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting in 1936 with a supper and gathering at 6 30 p m. Lehmann of Lake County will be the guest speaker. Mark the date and plan to attend. Further announcements will be made next week.
Monday evening January 6 at 7 30 the Townsend Club hosts Joseph E. Hendricks to speak on key features of the Townsend plan. Officers for the next six months will be elected and the community auditorium is prepared for attendees despite varying weather conditions.
The Florida Motor Lines bus station moved from Mount Dora Pharmacy on Donnelly Avenue to Cashwell's on Fifth Avenue for easier access on the main highway. Drivers no longer need to loop around and turn at the foot of the Fifth Avenue hill.
Dr. Brodie will deliver the first New Year sermon Sunday at 11 AM titled A Truce on Selfishness. Mrs Hanscom will provide organ preludes and postlude with Handel Largo and Harrington postlude. Choir selections include The Heart of Gold by Schuler and Hark Hark My Shelley.
Bishop Frederick T Keeney will speak in the Methodist church on Thursday evening January 9 at 8 o clock. He is former ly of Syracuse New York and is resident Bishop of the Atlanta area of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His winter residence is Miami Florida. The more newspaper advertising a business concernes the better business he will have.
Large audience attends a Hungerford School concert featuring Dr Brodie New Year greeting and remarks by Principal Captain Hall. Students perform songs and short plays including We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder Good News Chariot's Coming Mary and Martha and No Count Boy with chorus closing Hand Me Down and Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
Lamoreux Studios at Mount Dora operated by George Lamoreux reported strong holiday sales. The business moved more than 12 000 hand colored Florida scenes through Florida stationery and novelty stores, marking its best period in years.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce announced a Detroit inquiry about a town to be built near Eustis named Will Rogers Florida. An Eustis attorney later stated Detroit capitalists bought land there to develop the town with broad publicity planned nationwide.
Commerce reports Henry King the famed motion picture director has been invited to Florida for big mouth black bass fishing in Lake County. The invitation follows King’s completion of The Country Doctor at Callendar Ontario with Jean Hersholt and the Dionne quintuplets. He may bring Hersholt for the Florida trip.
R B Burton of Emeralda former Lake County Chamber of Commerce president and district sales manager for the Florida Citrus Exchange visited Lake County during the holidays. He called at the Chamber and the carpets-in the pur loase to express support for the secretary and the organization.
Daily Mail closes at 9 15 am 3 30 pm and 5 30 pm with arrivals at 9 45 am and 4 00 pm Sunday schedule shows closes and arrivals at 3 30 pm
Visitors to Mount Dora are urged to register at the Chamber of Commerce office on Fifth Avenue west of Donnelly. Record local residence details to aid friends inquiries and ensure telegrams or messages reach the right person.
Walter A. Dun manager of the Mount Plymouth Hotel hosted Lake County hotel operators for dinner on Friday evening December 27 to discuss the Lake County Chamber of Commerce new score and plans for attracting more tourists and pure visitors to Lake County.
The Kiwanis secretary J. E. Fortner notes the club donated 1500 to Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, funded school lunches, sent two Boy Scouts to a national jamboree, bought books and a flag, and supported community programs. Membership grew from 42 to 58, with 55 active members and three honorary members, while committees highlighted education publicity and good will throughout the year.
The Orlando Male Chorus presents Miss Genevieve Greer, an American Indian soloist from Oklahoma, with O. Hanaas of Rollins Co accompanying at the Muni Auditorium next Tuesday. The program includes classic arias, spirituals, and a sequence of Indian songs showcasing Greer’s training with the late Madame Sembrich and the group’s four year history.
The King's Daughters thank the Woman's Club for their abundant toy donations given for Christmas baskets. A candle light program at the Community Building on December 12th, organized by the Club's Fare Committee, drew fewer attendees due to rain but delighted all present. The drive collected many toys and gifts for Mount Dora's children, enhancing their Christmas season.
Lake County schools will reopen January 6 after a two week Christmas holiday. Thirty eight schools will resume with about 6 000 students and two teachers returning to work. Modern all steel safety buses are ready to transport rural students to high schools. Salaries and bills are paid on a pay as you go plan and the term will run eight months for grades nine months for high schools, with grade schools ending May 1 and high schools June 1.
The Epworth League of the [Odist] church held its annual meeting Sunday evening electing Kempis Li as president with new officers including first, second, and third vice presidents and Edward Brooke to a key post.
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