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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
4
The announcement records second class matter entry dated April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Florida post office under the act of March 3 1879 indicating mail handling status and archival filing.
A school assembly includes the Pledge to the flag of the United States of America. Students recite the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The excerpt presents the creed affirming government by the people with consent of the governed. It emphasizes democracy and a republic, the union of states, and ideals of freedom equality justice and humanity. It commits the duty to love defend and obey the Constitution and laws and to respect the flag.
A column urges readers to welcome service members who have endured Florida sand heat and mosquitoes. It argues many troops will return home with memories of the state and may settle there or visit again for vacations, as their experiences abroad deepen appreciation for Florida.
Miss Marion Briggs, director of Personal Service for the American Red Cross in Cairo, writes July 3 to her mother and family about life in Egypt. She describes tea at an old mansion, stark contrasts between wealth and poverty, child and slave imagery, a funeral procession with lavish or plain pomp, and flocks of sheep and goats roaming the streets amid traffic.
The speaker urges expanding commercial mango and avocado cultivation in Florida to meet postwar demand, noting Florida citrus support for armed forces and predicting rapid private air travel will revive tourism. He cites Commissioner Mayo’s booklet for service members and stresses kindness to veterans as future customers and citizens.
The writer describes village life with turkeys and hens for sale, a cow blocking a sidewalk, and milk sold by the cup. Fresh rolls baked by army bakers, coffee at the club, and goat cheese with Syrian pastries are welcomed treats. Mohammed the Moslem prays nightly, and a Punch and Judy puppet show in Arabic amuses local children. The world feels familiar amid these scenes.
The article notes dozens of underground newspapers across Nazi-occupied Europe, with editors risking their lives. It lists France Poland Czechoslovakia Norway and Holland, citing leaders and circulations and detailing arrests executions and Gestapo suppression.
Colonel Roland Walsh explains a pipeline model for wartime logistics. A 272 day schedule ensures uninterrupted food clothing and equipment delivery with reserves in the U S ports overseas high seas receiving depots and with troops. The plan includes 15 days in transit 65 days in ports 30 days at sea 92 days in theatres and 45 days with troops plus 25 days for losses.
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce spent Monday in the Court House office in Tavares with Assistant Secretary Ralph Arey. He travels to Ocala Gainesville Tallahassee and other north Florida cities as Deputy Administrator of War Savings for Florida. Lehmann praised Lake County for cooperation in purchasing War Bonds and Savings Stamps and noted a next drive starting September 9 for 15 trillion dollars. Local quotas not yet set but Lake County Florida expected to stay in the front line.
Lake County chambers report rising inquiries on property tax water schools and homes despite transport limits. California requests this week plus nationwide traffic show information from the chamber spurring direct contacts and sales. Real estate dealers in Mount Dora Clermont Eustis and Leesburg note stronger activity with good prices and swift closings. Groveland reports several large sales in the past month.
Dr D Anderson of Tarpon Springs explained the Saunders Anti Venom snakebite treatment to Pinellas County Medical Society members. Thousands of first aid snakebite kits have been supplied to the military forces, made by the Saunders Anti Venom Company of Tarpon Springs.
Applications for emergency crop loans begin August 2 with fall vegetable crops at 40 per acre and Irish potatoes at 50 per acre. No loan over 400 dollars. Labor shortages may curb grove work. use rotary cutter to reduce high cover crops in August. Fertilizer high in nitrogen advised for sour orange trees to aid next year cover crop. Watch blooms and spray for melanose 2 to 3 weeks after petals fall to preserve crop quality.
A young soldier visiting a Los Angeles Red Cross Canteen asked to hold a baby to glimpse fatherhood. Within an hour he held a four week old infant, his face reddening with emotion as he briefly experienced the moment he had long desired since his wife gave birth four weeks earlier.
A photo caption in Our Dumb Animals July issue shows a lone dog at a railway station watching a train depart. The images evoke mourning for a master who has left, prompting a plea to kindness to dogs as a tribute to their owners.
In a Chicago courtroom attorney U. S. Trude pressed a local physician serving as expert, asking about attendance on prominent men now dead. The doctor testified to attending figures such as G. M. Pullman Marshall Field and Philip D. Armour, noting they are dead. The exchange highlighted the doctor’s frequent involvement in major city cases. The article also notes that about one third of U S forest land lies on farms per the Agriculture Department.
Readings at First Baptist Church corner Sixth and Tremain include Bible School at 9 45 A M Morning Worship at 11 00 A M and Evening Worship at 8 00 P M with Training Union at 7 00 P M Choir notes show Mrs KE Burchett as pianist A cordial welcome to a friendly church Also Church of Christ Franklin Park Rossiter Street on Sanford Road holds Bible Study at 10 00 A M preaching and communion at 11 00 A M with guest L B Chastain on 2nd Sunday and Lester Starling on 4th Sunday Evening Service at 7 30 P M Prayer Meeting Wednesdays at 7 30 P M
A list of recurring meetings including Baptist Church Lambert Mary Simpson and Overhiser Circles W M A Community Church Ladies Aid Methodist Woman's Society first Wednesdays American Legion first Mondays in Legion rooms City Hall American Legion Auxiliary first Mondays in City Hall Band Boosters Club last Thursdays in School Auditorium Woman's Club dates TBA Kings Daughters second and fourth Monday P T A meets first Tuesday Kiwanis 12 15 lunch Thursdays Community Building sunions Mondays 7 00 Community Building Masons first and third Thursdays C B K on second and fourth Thursdays Knights of Pythias Wednesdays at Temple Pythian Sisters first Tuesdays at Temple Pythian Sisters fourth Tuesdays at homes Home Demonstration Club second Wednesdays 2 30 pm Community Building 80day rooms
New schedule shows incoming routes from Leesburg and north south at 9 45 A M 4 00 P M and 9 00 A M Star Route from Orlando 6 00 P M Leesburg. outgoing 9 15 A M to Sanford. regular 3 30 P M to Leesburg and north and south with air mail. 8 30 A M Star Route to Eustis Ta vares and Lees. 5 80 P M Star Route to Orlando. Sunday incoming 8 30 A M Star Route only 4 30 P M Star Route regular and air mail.
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