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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
8
Umatilla players provided standout plays with McCown and Powers delivering strong hits. Horton and Berking made key outs while Hale and Grady contributed on defense as Vaughn and others moved balls well. The game ended with exciting fielding and base running though the box score was not official. A second game against Eustis was scheduled for 4:00 p.m. today at Heim Field.
Federal Office of Education summarizes that 153000 one room rural schools employ teachers whose training ranges from basic to college level. An 87.1 mile line would separate the least and most trained teachers, with a typical woman teacher about 27 years old, four years education, two years six months teaching, $874 salary, twenty two farm children, and 152 teaching days per year.
The article recounts how the Great Seal was designed and adopted, noting committees led by Franklin Adams and Jefferson, Barton’s final Barton design in 1782, and its guardianship by the Secretary of State. It details three replacements in 1841 1884 and 1903 including an engraver error in 1841 and the goal to preserve historic continuity.
While many one teacher schools are closed as districts consolidate, small schools still serve more farm children than any other type. The column notes a surplus of workers but the post office rejects a 44 hour week without cutting service. Readers spotting irregularities in appearance are advised to report them.
A reader notes the weekly Topic column amid World War reflections and local life. The piece highlights Rock Springs picnic memories, Camp Verva Girl Scouts, Zellwood Sewing Circle, and Zellwood area school supervisor decisions plus a homey note on the Voss Washer price drop at Rehbaum & Crane.
A fragmented classified snippet seeks a waterside house with fruit trees or a small fer ve WANTED money in thousands of dollars. References to Orlando and names like Lathers Cheney appear as stray text in the degraded listing.
Prominent Florida notes urge focus on the citrus canning industry as a stabilizing force amid low citrus prices and rising production. Grapefruit canning has grown from 50,000 to 3,000,000 cases in a few seasons, expanding marketing year round and signaling potential for 10,000,000 boxes to meet future demand. Next issues will cover orange juice development and profits for growers. Legislative taxes are charged but a tax cut on real estate and school funding is noted as a silver lining.
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