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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1961
Page
4
A Mount Dora editorial argues against recession panic and urges calm, targeted aid. It critiques public gloom, calls for truthful reporting, and insists on promoting commerce while meeting specific needs quietly and efficiently without harming national morale.
Gardeners are urged to build simple root-inducing units from common items. Convert an old aquarium or oil drum into a propagation vessel, use sphagnum moss for easy rooting, wrap cuttings in moss for quick roots, and keep moisture with plastic bags. Consult the Agricultural Extension Circular 148 for details.
Citrus growers will apply the annual post bloom spray in March and April to control melanose scab greasy spot and rust mite. Copper is recommended for melanose scab and greasy spot while zinc or wettable sulfur targets rust mite. The spray may include zinc manganese or boron and grapefruit arsenic as a maturity aid, though arsenic cannot be used on other citrus. Details and wait times follow FDA standards in the 1961 Better Fruit Program, available at the County Agent's office in Tavares.
The first Survival Shelter to be shown in Lake County will be erected on the Lake County fair grounds starting at 10 a.m. on opening day Monday March 13. An above ground steel shelter built by the Tavares FFA shop boys will stay on display throughout the fair. The shelter is a pre fabricated metal unit developed by Living Shelters Inc of Chicago Illinois.
Letters from the Mount Dora Parent Teacher Organization and the Mount Dora Tavares Branch Florida Chain of Mission Assemblies praise The Topic for its publicity. They credit the coverage and pre-event speakers with the event’s success and the town’s strong support for the press.
Movement of citrus nursery stock to Florida destinations for the year ending June 30, 1960, totaled 2,539,076 trees, down from the prior year but at 122 percent of the five year average. Oranges dominated plantings at 80 percent of 1959-60 movement, while grapefruit represented 14 percent of the 32 year average. Tangerines limes and lemons occurred in smaller quantities.
At the University of Florida last week 44 information officers from 16 southern state universities attended the first Science Writers Seminar. The event, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Southern Regional Education Board, and the University of Florida School of Journalism, urged writers to better explain science's role in major civic decisions.
At the 1961 Florida State Fair a new colorizing sound device by 74-year-old Stanl 8. Cramer generated light from music. Demonstrations by Ted Penzenik showed color changing beams from hi fi tunes, with 145000 possible color combinations and uses ranging from parks to religious displays.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares released a revised folder titled Sportsmen Travel Hundreds of Miles for Black Bass Fishing in Lake County Florida. It highlights swimming boating motoring hunting and fishing with lists of fish camps motels trailer parks and hotels and their facilities. A featured article titled Lake County for Health accompanies the folder.
University of Florida acting president J Wayne Reitz announces Bill Fleming, longtime Alumni Affairs assistant director since 1956, will become Acting Director and also serve as Acting Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association.
Local church listings in Mount Dora detail morning worship times at six houses of worship. Rev. Coffield leads Mount Dora Baptist with Bible School at 9 45, morning services 8 30 and 11, evening service 8, choir practice midweek. Other churches list weekly services, classes, and contact notes. Many offer Bible study and midweek activities.
Dr. Robert C. Adair, head of Goodwill Industries for the Florida Conference of the Methodist Church, will address Mount Dora Methodist Men's Club in Fellowship Hall Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. He will outline the aims of Goodwill, started in Boston in 1902 to help handicapped people gain employment and self sufficiency. The Orlando branch, begun by The Sertoma Club of Orlando, now employs 19 handicapped men and women.
The Lake County Education Association's Program Action Committee met in Tavares to rally support for the Florida Education Association's legislative program. Chairman Ronald Aldrich, Mount Dora High School assistant principal, leads efforts to study FEA proposals, inform the public on school problems and push for smaller class sizes, adequate materials, and stronger financial support.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis located at Lemon and Grove lists Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. and a Wednesday evening service at 8.0
Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. Worship Service at 11:00 A.M. Dr. G. J. Schillerstrom serves as minister.
The Tangerine Community Church holds Sunday worship at 11:00 a.m. led by Rev Louis Johnston. Members are invited to attend the service and participate in fellowship afterward.
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