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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
3
Wiggly Food Store launches its annual Boost your ate by buying Florida foods sale featuring only Florida grown products. A. D. Davis of Winn & Lovett Grocery in Jacksonville notes the promotional emphasis and profit angle.
Records from Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis show J Charles Earl Mrs Isa belle Hazelwood and Mrs Agnes McKimmy of Mount Dora James Lewis of Sorrento and Mrs Myrtice Potsko of Zellwood admitted this week due to illness all reported in fairly good condition.
Dr J A Horning is back at his Seventh Avenue home after a Leesburg hospital stay for a sudden illness last week. His condition is improved.
Charl ie Horner runs a Lake County taxidermy shop mounting black bass and wild life trophies. He preserves deer, wild cats, albino specimens, and snakes, leading a busy winter season he calls his biggest year with nearly 200 bass mounts and rugs from six wild cats in six weeks. He also offers hides tanning and insists on precise skinning for natural color. The fish peak spawning runs December to July, with February and March at their height and peak activity around a two week period before to after a full moon.
Representative A. S. "Syd" Herlong Jr. sends a public referendum-style survey to constituents asking yes or no on foreign aid, arms to Europe, Korea force levels, mobilization, tax and price controls, federal spending, and other policies tied to the Fair Deal and National defense. The form requests name, address, and occupation.
Mount Dora public library lists new fiction and non fiction titles this month. Notable fiction includes She Rode a Yellow Stallion Night Runners of Bengal The Deepening Year Gunhawk Harvest Blaze of Glory The Pepper Tree The Parson. Non fiction features Answer Without Ceasing Mr Jones Meet the Master I Bought a Mountain. Gift titles include Pilgrim's Progress Jefferson's Letters Plays of the Greek Dramatists Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin Origin of Species Selected Writings of Paine Total Peace Tales from the Decameron Plays by Chekhov Travel Tales Marco Polo Lavengro Selected Stories Bret Harte.
Sam Hersbergen of Corwith Iowa visiting Florida shares a joke about registering before entering the Bass tournament while describing an 11 lb 6 oz bass caught in the Apopka canal. J E Schomberg wins first prize in the second week with a catch just over six pounds.
The Citrus Culture Corp. offices on Fifth Avenue are being renovated to beautify the front. The entrance will move from the center to the eastern edge to allow a large plate glass window. A canopy will cover the entrance.
Betsy Renee Wise, four months old on February 22, took second prize in a Washington Birthday patriotic baby parade in Eustis. Dressed in pink and riding in a buggy decorated with azaleas and ferns, she was pushed by her sister Norma Jeanne. Betsy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Curt Wise and wins a $10 prize.
Capt. Don Brown of Anchor age Alaska has received a promotion at his Army post in Alaska. He has been there nearly two years and foresees an extended tour due to the world situation. His wife and two daughters Dianna Lee and Barbara Lynn accompany him, with his parents in law Mr and Mrs M E Bulske learning of the advancement.
Lake county property owners are reminded by Tax Assessor R G Cassady that only about half of eligible homeowners have filed for the 1951 homestead exemption. The April 1 deadline cannot be extended and must be met with a filed application each year. A Cassady staff representative will tour Lake county in March to assist with forms and related tax returns, including a stop at Mount Dora City Hall on Tuesday March 20.
Kiwanis members led by Lou Heaton and Paul Reese announce a drive to add books to East Town Library which currently holds about 300 volumes many of which are worn or outdated. They urge Kiwanis members and Mount Dora residents to donate books at the Topic office to support reading material needs.
Tiny Larsen, daughter of Harold and Mrs. Larsen, won three top prizes at the Central Florida Exposition last week. She took first in marble cake, and second in both gingerbread and lemon pie, marking her third straight year of success in the women’s contest.
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