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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
8
A lengthy collection of quips and anecdotes on social habits, technology, and public life. Notable items include remarks on perseverance, weddings in June, fashion, road improvements, the back to the farm movement, and a Father's Day temperance message from Seagram.
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness urges restraint on fireworks to prevent injuries and blindness among children. It cites five hundred blind American children from fireworks accidents and recommends no fireworks for young children and restricting use on Independence Day to protect kids.
The excerpt argues Emil Ludwig’s Roosevelt bio shows the president contrasts with a dictator. It contrasts pomp and persecution with Roosevelt’s measured, lawful leadership and concern for individuals. It emphasizes Roosevelt’s elections and Congress as powers, not dictatorial usurpation.
The Hygeia magazine dismisses penny rubbing as a fallacy while the New York Sun and Macon Telegraph offer odd remedies such as horse chestnut, bean charms, and a midnight chant. The Brunswick Pilot notes likely cures by spunk water from an oak tree in a cemetery, all amid a flood of unproven ideas.
Joe Hendricks delivers a personal note from Florida lamenting missed invitations and outlining views on a potential 1939 special session. He reports fishing experiences and lists WPA projects in Winter Garden and Palatka, plus civil service job announcements with salary details and locations.
Florida debuts Marineland on the Ocean Highway 18 miles south of St Augustine as a premier aquarium and underwater studio. The attraction features two vast open tanks with porpoises sharks giant swordfish and sea turtles along with a host of smaller sea life. Visitors view from above or through portholes and are greeted by host Mrs J Pierpont Porpoise and her daughter. The project aims to study marine life and provide authentic underwater scenery for future film productions.
The theatre this week includes a short film news reel featuring the Louis Schmelling boxing match. It screens as part of the evening’s program alongside other short subjects.
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a summer sports program meeting Tuesday night at 7 30. All are invited to attend and learn about upcoming activities and enrollment.
Twenty two Lake County farmers advertised in the June issue of the For Sale Want and Exchange Bulletin from the Florida State Marketing Bureau. The bulletin lists items such as citronella seed orange trees mules and shrubs. The Fifth Annual Citrus Growers Institute will be held at Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park in the Ocala National Forest with H H Hethcox as chairman. The Lake County Horticultural Association collaborates with the Florida Agricultural Extension Service. Sample bulletins on topics from Sub-Irrigation to Strawberry Diseases and Insects are issued to growers.
The verse reflects on pursuing fame from birth to death and the costs of past mistakes. It ponders fate and the tears of regret, noting how life resembles a game shaped by choices and consequences.
Eleven lugs of Montverde grapes were sent to state newspaper editors with compliments of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and Grapes Growers Cooperative. The release announced the Florida State Grape Growers Convention and Show at Montverde on Thursday June 30, highlighting Lake County’s diverse agriculture and horticulture.
The Rural Electrification Administration plans to wire more than 500 homes in Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. The project requires 171 miles of line. Bids from large electric firms have been submitted to Washington, and work will start immediately after approval and finish without delay.
Sunday School at 9 45 for all ages. Church Service at 11 00. B Y P U at 7 00. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30. Strangers welcome. Bible School at 10 A M. Organist Florence Gilbert Hanscom. Community Andrew Melrose Brad Brodie D D.
Regular services held each Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Come worship with us led by Pastor G G Prince.
The notice invites attendance at Sunday School at 9 45 a m and a service at 11 a m with a Wednesday meeting at 8 p m. Testimonies and remarks on Christian Science are offered, with a tea room open daily except Sundays and holidays. The reading room contains Bible and Christian Science literature for reading borrowing or purchase.
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