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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1930
Page
2
A note describes the arena area on the east side of Donnelly marked for park with restrictions to keep drivers from cutting left during the turn. It emphasizes clear sight lines uphill and downhill and allows parking for a car within the controlled zone.
Published in Mount Dora Florida every Friday by Mount Dora Publishing Co Edith Edeburn Keller Editor Eugene L Downs Plant Supt Subscription price in advance one year two dollars months one dollar six months sixty cents single copy five cents Entered as second class matter on April 7 1916 at Mount Dora post office under act of March 3 1879
A garbled excerpt from a Wake piece mocks a Miami audience and references a future clash with a British Lemon. It mentions Sharkey fighting the Georgia Peach and contains fragmentary phrases about local or sporting topics.
A letter from Spence C. Krigbaum of Cambridge Ohio dated January 20 recalls two years as Sylvan Shores advertiser in Mount Dora Florida. He describes moss shaded streets Lake Dora chugging boats and orange fragrance, contrasting Florida heaven with winter cold, and sends kind regards from the Krigbaum family.
The Georgia Industrial Home Drum and Cornet Corps of Macon will give a free performance at Baptist Tabernacle on Thursday Feb 6 at 8 o clock. Sixteen orphan boys aged 10 to 16 will perform duets solos and special selections with Mrs H L Salter as pianist. The band funds the school which serves about 100 orphans and supports trades training.
C. C. Moorhead, longtime Mount Dora entrepreneur, opens a fertilizer and feed store on Fourth Street. The stock will include Gee Bee feeds and Virginia Carolina fertilizers, with a warehouse on Baker Street for ample storage and carload purchases. Hay, stock, poultry feeds, and garden seeds will be added to serve the local and surrounding area.
The passage notes that the topic enjoys periodic placement alongside Ivy Clough Johnson and Bob Holly in the column space, though it has no ambition for wider quotation.
The publishers of central Florida received advance payment for advertising the Central Florida Exposition at Orlando. Editors plan to show appreciation by attending a press breakfast on Friday night February 21.
The Topic asks readers to share items they believe will interest the public and to avoid submitting filler. It notes editors discard much worthwhile material weekly and welcomes reader contributions that are genuinely newsworthy or of local interest.
A local editor notes growth in Mount Dora and previews upcoming fairs across Florida. From January 28 to February 8 the South Florida Tampa Fair showcases diverse exhibits and amusements. Volusia County Fair runs February 11–15 in DeLand, signaling rapid regional development. February 18–22 brings the Central Florida Exposition in Orlando with seven counties participating and a Woman's Department highlighted.
A town corner at Donnelly and Fifth Avenues sees near misses as drivers ignore traffic rules. A safety setback and rounded curb helped, but more caution and a warning signal are needed to protect pedestrians and prevent further incidents.
The Orlando Festival Chorus presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s H. M. S. Pinafore next week at the municipal auditorium in Orlando. Dr Clarence C Nice of Rollins College directs with New York costumes and full scenery ready for a grand production.
E. E. Truskett, purchaser of tax certificate dated July 4 1927, seeks a tax deed for NE% of NE% tract 5 section 27 township 22 range 26 east, Lake County Florida. Certificate held in McGann Reitz Heron names. deed to issue February 11, 1929 unless redeemed. official signature and seal December 27, 1929 by Clerk Geo J Dykes.
The Orlando Chamber of Commerce invites residents to the third annual Manufacturers Display in the Chamber building. The ten day event runs January 31 to February 8 with free admission and daily hours 8 AM to 10 PM excluding Sundays. It showcases more than one hundred Orlando plants producing concrete and cement goods, wood products, iron work, candies, insecticides, autos, cigars, dresses, tile, drinks, foundry items, machinery, and canned fruits.
Sunday school led by Superintendent Mr Cooley at 10:00 A M with morning worship at 11:00 The Epworth League devotional at 6:30 P M evening worship and sermon at 7:30 Mid week service Wednesday at 7:30 Dr Crook of Jacksonville shows a free 5 reel film Lest We Forget at 7:30 February 5 free will offering The public is invited to all services end with a Bible verse.
The program lists Pastor TD. B. Spencer leading Sunday School at 10 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. A Christian Endeavor session titled How May Endeavors Crusade With Christ? is at 1 p.m. Barbara Hopcraft leads the February 2 meeting. Midweek service is at 7:30 p.m. February 7 features a 2:30 p.m. Ladies Aid Society event.
The Baptist Tabernacle lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m with morning and evening sermons by Pastor B P Montgomery at 11 a m and 7 30 p m B Y P U at 6 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m to attend all services.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue announces Sunday services at 11 am and Sunday school at 9 45 am. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons 2 to 4 in the church edifice. All are welcome.
A fragment notes marble work and other items that help carry the name of Orlando across states and into distant countries, highlighting its spread through trade and display.
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