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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1930
Page
4
A Mount Dora Florida issue notes Fourth of July safety and courtesy in driving and walking. It reflects on national celebration and comments on Florida politics, calling the Sunshine Republican Party energetic and critical of tax editorializing.
The city rolled out a hearty welcome for Commander Byrd during his recent visit. The chatter centers on what to do with the now idle ticker tape celebration as the expedition hero tours the area.
Louis Tremain collected and arranged pictures showing Mount Dora's growth over twenty years. The window display at the Topic office offers a pictorial look for residents and visitors interested in local history.
The Editor Pro Tem thanks the state press for praise of her Topic related hit and run effort. She says you never know what you can do till you try and notes the fun makes returning to chores feel painful.
Bob Holly Jr. edits a first issue of a new Sanford weekly named the Seminole County Sentinel. For a time the paper will be printed in the Mount Dora Topic shop.
A proposal suggests the Lindberghs name their son with a long string of notable names Charles Augustus Dwight Morrow Herbert Hoover Henry Ford Richard Byrd Will Rogers Lindbergh. The suggestion ends with a casual nickname Buddy for short.
The piece notes the burial on Up Avon Parkway with ceremony while Florida orange growers celebrate a hoped end to the Fruit Fly menace. A line hints the Old Man's ghost will mock the pest’s defeat around Christmas time.
The Department of Commerce notes chewing gum as a growing industry in 1927 with 86,647,000 pounds produced. The piece frames gum as a pastime diet aid and adhesive and mentions American dominance after wartime tensions with France and a retaliatory stance.
H M Ewald of Fairhope Alabama, an interior decorator born in Denmark, visited Mount Dora via Apopka. He praises Fairhope as a 4000 acre single tax colony where land cannot be bought or sold, only leased for 99 years. The colony hosts 1200 residents from eleven nations, governed by a weekly council and majority rule, with strict non sale and no colored residents allowed.
The Mount Dora Citrus Growers Association invites groves and orange trees owners to participate in a federal fly control plan. The association will cover all bait spray costs and bill growers later, with carryover options if growers cannot pay immediately. Contact Mr. C. C. Moorhead to arrange tree treatment.
The Titusville Star-Advocate marks its Golden Anniversary with a sixteen page issue recounting the city’s beginnings and the paper’s history. Editor Hansen notes anniversaries help measure current progress, not dwell on the past, and urges progress today.
The text reflects on valuing the past and anniversary milestones like the Star-Advocate’s 50th. It emphasizes continuity in business and professions, noting that long term planning and steady progress sustain momentum beyond short term splurges.
Florida’s citrus industry launches an intensive eradication campaign led by the Florida Citrus Growers Clearing House Association to restore credit, confidence, and market perception after a year of fruit fly trouble and adverse press. Banks faced losses, but indomitable Florida spirit aims to restore normalcy, reestablish credit, and reassure consumers that last year’s output does not reflect Florida citrus quality.
A syndicated column riffing on economic and political foibles. quips reference Hoover era spending, the mood of the stock market, and Congress. It notes Washington unemployment figures, hints at tariff talk, and jests about diplomats, bonds, and a Chicago endurance record. It mixes satire with sharp political humor.
Sunday school at 9 45 with Mr Nimnicht as superintendent. The pastor administers Holy Communion at 11 00. Epworth League meets at 6 30 with a 7 30 sermon. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30. Pastor James H Elder urges attendance across churches next Sunday.
Matthew J. Bouterse, pastor, leads Sunday school graded in all departments. Evangelistic song and preaching service at 8 p.m. Good music and singing. All are cordially invited.
The Congregational church announces the Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and the worship service at 11:00 a.m. The Young Peoples Hour is at 7:00 p.m. Preaching service will be discontinued after Sunday, June 29.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue invites all to attend Sunday services at 11 a m Sunday school at 9 45 a m testimonial meeting Wednesday evening at 8 p m reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons 2 4 in the church edifice all are welcome
The article argues Masonry teaches equality and humility, but some Masons with wealth become conceited. It condemns flaunting money and urges adherence to principles of democracy and brotherliness to curb braggadocio and arrogance.
Phoebe Wilhelmina Birch Morrell Morrell, born March 5 1843 in Powling New York, died June 23 1930 in Hinckley Ohio at 87.3.18. She moved to Brunswick Ohio as a child, married John Morrell in 1865, and was active in temperance and church work. Funeral held June 25 at 2 p.m. at her home, Rev. Charles Sarles presiding. Burial at Town Line cemetery.
The piece notes Florida as a future vacation destination, praising its lakes and hill areas and suggesting eventual travel plans to the state. It presents an optimistic view of exploring Florida’s landscapes in time to come.
The senior B Y P A of the First Baptist church held a Thursday night surprise themed party with secret venue games and refreshments. Mrs F W Overhiser hosted a Tuesday gathering of Baptist ladies arranging sewing for the orphanage. The local church deacons met with the pastor Tuesday night nominating Mrs G Simpson for church clerk and R H Collins for Sunday school superintendent.
Rev. Bouterse traveled to Miami to promote a Mid-Florida Bible Conference set for February in Mount Dora. The event plans to feature the same performers who attend the annual South Florida Conference in Miami each year.
The notice urges sister churches to assist in the Lord's work and attend a two week revival series led by Mr. Witty. It praises summer revivals in the southland and warns late attendance may regret missing old and new songs.
The Beginners Department of the Baptist Sunday school has been reorganized and a new room with fine equipment is now available for this department. Mrs. Bessie R Pooser is the superintendent. Mrs. J J Chapman entertained the Mary Simpson Circle of the W M A at her home Tuesday afternoon. Rev Bouterse will conduct a special service for young people Sunday night. All are invited.
Beginning Monday July 14 for two weeks, special evangelistic services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church each evening except Saturday. Youth meetings will be scheduled on dates to be announced. Rev. Robert G. Witty of Davenport Florida, the conference’s youngest preacher, leads the services and is praised for plain spiritual preaching and broad appeal to all ages. Mount Dora expresses appreciation for securing this visiting evangelist.
Officials form an executive committee of five with officers as ex officio members. At the first meeting, the committee will review the first annual festival and prepare plans to expand the program for a bigger next year.
In Tampa the discussion centers on gun use at elections and a possible revival of the Covered Wagon Days. The fragment hints at political tension and local nostalgia but provides few concrete details.
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