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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
10
A local notice invites participation in a yo yo contest in Mount Dora in front of Doc Lee's Pharmacy after school on Friday. The prize is a gold yo yo presented by a yo yo manufacturer. The writeup recalls past Akron newspaper rivalries and earlier memories of yo yo mania.
A society party scene reveals neighbors from opposing newspapers sharing a moment as a high ranking executive is seen in pajamas playing with a yoyo. The piece weaves local personalities, club antics, and community chatter into a lively, period voice.
Garden Notes surveys the banhinia plant family from India to Africa and the Americas, noting its twin-lobed leaves, varied colors, and frost tolerance. It traces 16th-17th century botanists Plumier and Gaspard de la Peyrère, highlighting early binomial naming and Linnaeus’s later adoption.
Mount Dora publishers have a representative offering magazine subscriptions. The Chamber of Commerce renews a warning about solicitors claiming Mayor J. E. Fortner’s permission to canvass houses. Betty Siess, executive secretary, says such salesmen must obtain a permit from the Chamber before soliciting homes or businesses, and the mayor has not granted any permission.
Two score members of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association will gather in Mount Dora on Saturday for their annual Sprite at the Lakeside Inn pool. Salty Mallants, president from Miami, is set to preside. Reservations include John Dillon of Norwich News and Readicating WPDe, vice president of Station Jacksonville, Mrs. Rube Allyn of St. Petersburg, and Fred Jones of Lakeland. The tournament starts at 2:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
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