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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
4
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The excerpt presents the Pledge to the Flag and The American Creed affirming loyalty to the United States, the democratic principle of government by the people, and duties to love and defend the nation. It emphasizes liberty justice equality and humanity as core values.
Anonymous verse narrates a nocturnal thief the type-louse who ransacks a printing plant. The creature drinks striped ink, scatters type fonts, smashes equipment, and leaves the scene in disarray as a comic vandal.
A returning serviceman, Bill, visits his old friend to seek counsel. After years of grueling combat aboard the Queen Mary, he is honorably discharged yet unsettled. He reflects that the hope sustaining him was the idea of home, which now feels altered by time and experience.
A letter-writer reflects on a returning soldier Bill and his father who press him to recount war experiences while Bill struggles with drinking and home life. The piece probes parental pressure, untreated trauma, and the urge to restore normalcy after service, urging readers to consider helping returning servicemen.
About six thousand cigar makers left their benches in Tampa last week protesting OPA wage rules that move workers from high to low income jobs. They warned the hand made cigar industry faces peril and that factories cannot endure paying skilled workers under the OPA limits.
Camp Blanding Salvage Office will auction 100 gross tons of heavy cast iron 200 gross tons of light sheet iron and 200 gross tons of scrap iron and steel for civilian dealers. Captain Clifford M. Alexander Property Disposal Officer announces sale set for August 8.
Beverly Smith profiles how German prisoners of war operate on Lake County farms as part of a nationwide effort. The piece describes PW camps near Leesburg, their regimented routines, and the role of POW labor in harvesting crops and supporting American production amid manpower shortages.
The text describes prisoners loaded into trucks with an armed guard for daily work away from camp. They receive meals of bologna or salami, and face daily quotas such as packing oranges or harvesting spinach. Prisoners help slow peers to finish quotas, then return to camp for supper. Afterward they study, play, write letters, or engage in games until lights out.
Florida Future Farmers of America will hold its Seventh Annual State Convention and Fifth Leadership Training Conference at Camp O Leno in High Springs from July 23 to August 4 1945. About 125 boys from 114 chapters across 50 counties will study forestry with William F Jacobs and attend state convention sessions led by J F Williams Jr. The group emphasizes wartime service and farm support with War Bond purchases Victory Gardens and farm labor shortage help. Recreation includes swimming diamond ball and other activities.
The convention will award ten $100 scholarships to outstanding FFA members. Carlisle secretary and State Bankers Seaboard Air Line Railway fund the scholarships. Robert J. Bishop presents $400 in War Bonds and Stamps to local Future Farmer Chapters. Florida Chain Store Association assists. An additional $2,000 in War Bonds is purchased in the name of the Florida Association, Future Farmers of America.
The Army announces a nationwide call for 1600 trained scout dogs to aid front line patrols. Training at Fort Robinson Nebraska equips dogs to detect enemies and alert troops, with successful saves and no ambushes reported. Eligible breeds include German Shepherd and Collie among others. dogs aged 14 months to 3.5 years, healthy and 55 to 85 pounds, may be enlisted via Captain Fred Truex in Jacksonville Florida.
Local churches publish their weekly schedule with multiple congregations. First Methodist Church at Fifth Avenue and Gibson lists services, Sunday school for all ages, and choir practice. First Baptist Church at Sixth and Tremain provides times for Bible School Morning Worship Evening Worship and prayer meeting. Community Church Donnelly announces resumption of services on October 7.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida holds services at Grove Street and Lemon Avenue Sundays with Sunday School at 9:30 A M and worship at 11:00 A M Subject Truth Wednesday evening meeting at 8:00 P M Testimonies and remarks on Christian Science are given A free reading room at Fountain Inn 117 North Eustis Street is open daily 3 to 5 P M except Sundays and holidays for reading borrowing or purchase of Christian Science literature The public is invited to attend services and use the reading room.
The Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park on Sanford hosts Bible study at 10:00 A.M. and preaching with Communion at 11:00 A.M. led by A. L. Butler. Evening service at 7:30 P.M. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8:00 P.M.
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