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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
8
Kiwanis members discuss aims of International and Convention objectives at Jacksonville. Speakers include Arthur W. Nichols of Leesburg on The Work of the U. S. Employment Service. Guests and social moments mark the meeting as a recap of service goals.
Sunday at St John Primitive Baptist Church Rev J S Butler delivered a stirring sermon and Mt Olive A M E Church heard Rev W M Rowling preach a fiery message. The marriage of W T Horley and Pauline Williams was celebrated as friends and family shared in the ceremony.
The message mourns Sister Jamie Johnson mother of Sir Catherine Williams, notes pallbearers from Pallbearers So ciety No 2 and members lost from the Loving Home Band. Reports the Helping Hand Club and Better Bag Citizenship Club thriving, sick list full, Ter rence still listed, and urges residents to stop littering near homes.
Army posters urge men to salvage used fats to aid the war effort. Nearly 17 000 community salvage committees teach civilians to turn fats into wartime food and industrial uses. WPB stresses fat salvage as essential, with women playing a key role alongside servicemen.
Superseded Food Distribution Orders affecting slaughter and delivery of meat. Classified slaughterers as 1 Federally inspected 2 Non Federally inspected commercial 3 Farm. Set meat delivery limits for farms and clarified home consumption rights under 1943 amendments and OPA rules.
Wartime meat limits prompt practical cooking tips. Two roasts of equal weight show high temperature cooking loses 3 lb 4 oz while low temperature loses 1 lb 7 oz and yields 6 to 8 more servings. Slow cooking benefits include less shrinkage, better tenderness, and easier carving, prepared by the National Live Stock and Meat Board.
Amendment 2 effective Nov 17 1943 to Feb 17 1944 lifts limits on pork and lard distribution for three months to ease handling of the largest hog crop on record. The measure clarifies terms for premises stock and right to consume meat point free, and creates another channel for distribution.
The Public Relations Office at Camp Blanding announces new gold plated lapel buttons for men honorably discharged or in inactive status. Applicants must submit original discharge papers to prevent duplicates and ensure proper issuance. Hundreds have requested buttons since 1939, and the program is authorized for civilian wear to distinguish veterans from those who served little or none.
Florida poet Don Blanding shares an unusual holiday greeting a Talisman for the New Year a string of letters LIDGUF TATIM said to bring peace health happiness and success. He recounts how a Hawaiian friend helped him through despair and insomnia with a calming nightly ritual and a hopeful message.
A troubled man recalls letters from a Hawaiian friend describing humility and help. He counts his blessings, noting his body’s health against others’ burdens, awakening to a new day and a lasting, hopeful message. The story centers on gratitude and spiritual renewal.
Special Master in Chancery announces a tax deed sale for part of Lake County Florida property described in Certificate No. 128 issued September 6 1937. If not redeemed by February 7 1944 the property will be sold at the courthouse door in Tavares at 11 am. Official seal GEO J PR and GEO J DYKES are clerks.
Cummer Sons Cypress Company holder of Tax Certificate No. 140 issued September 1936 requests tax deed on property in Lake County Florida. Description references NE and SW parcels. assessment in the name Uskiewn. Court to set bid at 11 o'clock A M on the first Monday in February at the Tavares courthouse. dated 1944.
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