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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
6
The county budget shows road maintenance from motor vehicle license fees totaling $20,771. Revenue to schools comes from 1.25 mills of state ad valorem and other taxes, totaling $65,654. Total revenues from all sources reach $184,425 for the last year. The proposed program would reduce this amount by $340,130 in estimated taxpayer savings.
Florida Experiment Station releases a bulletin by Dr. M N Walker and Dr. G F Weber on watermelon diseases including anthracnose wilt gummy-stem blight stem-end rot blossom-end rot downy mildew and powdery mildew. It provides control measures and is available from the Gainesville station.
Sebring Florida 17 Highlands County demonstration citrus groves mostly show profits over operating costs in the past year. Reduced production costs through cover crops organic fertilizer and less cultivation helped many groves approach break even. One 120 acre grove cut costs by 3 320 from October to May versus the prior season.
The article notes rising crowds and hotel patronage at southern Florida beaches and nearby Georgia resorts. Daytona Coronado Jacksonville Savannah Tybee report booming summer demand with advance reservations becoming necessary. Hotels and boarding houses run full, police allow sleeping in cars for the Fourth weekend.
About thirty cities will host the second series of consultant chest clinics begun July 13 in Sebring under a joint Florida State Board of Health and Florida Tuberculosis and Health Association program. Since January 1 attendance reached 2,618 with X ray plates often available for the indigent. Local Medical Society members supervise clinics and health literature is provided. advice can be obtained via the family physician. Mow weeds in pasture as they reduce grazing for stock.
A compact list shows a string of cents values and prices including 20¢ 29¢ 68¢ 18¢ 50¢ 19¢ 53e¢ 33¢ 35¢ 82¢ 25¢ 10¢ 35¢. The fragment suggests catalog or ledger pricing context without full item details.
Mount Dora and Leesburg fielders clash in a hectic game described with lively detail. Key plays feature Brantley, Cooley, Simpson, and Waddell in a tense contest as Mount Dora tops Leesburg by late rallies and strong pitching. Mount Dora sends players to Crescent City for a Sunday game, boosting local talent pool.
Friends of Marshall P. and Tonia Ikola Hurlburt mourn their son Billy who died July 2 after a pneumonia illness. The infant born October 24, 1930, is to be interred beside his grandmother in Forest Cemetery Mount Dora this fall, with many local friends sending sympathy.
About 2000 farmers and fruit growers are expected at the University of Florida in Gainesville for Farmers and Fruit Growers Week. The event blends education and recreation with a planned vacation atmosphere for attendees.
Dr Marden sails from New York to Athens to resume duties with the American Board of Foreign Missions. Born near Aintab to missionary parents, he studied at St Johnsbury Academy Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan and received an honorary Doctor of Science from Dartmouth in 1930. He oversees religious educational medical and social welfare work for refugees in Athens. Mrs Marden Lucy Morley from Mentor Ohio aids Bible classes in refugee camps and homemaking. The couple are supported by Congregational churches in Maine including Bethany in South Portland and churches at Kennebunk Norway Sanford South Paris and York.
Open letter from Edward Parradee promotes buying bonds in the local publishing company and urges residents to read the paper to see official acts and commission meetings. He defends his ties to the paper, cites past critiques, and argues a city thrives with local news access.
Classified ad offers a pane for sale for 30.00 cash in Leesburg Florida. Also advertises grapes from Beacon at 5c per pound in bulk and 8c in bulk at the vineyard, grape juice at 1.50 per gallon. Contact C. L. Nimnicht Lake Gem phone 5221.
The Florida grape industry reports rapid sales, with a late-season crop competing with California. Demand remains strong in Florida and the South, with a first carload sold satisfactorily. The Citrus Exchange withdrawal raises concerns about future marketing and the industry eyes new outlets like canning and juice freezing to sustain year‑round sales.
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