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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
4
Publication details from Mount Dora Florida indicate Mount Dora Publishing Company as the publisher with editor noted. The notice shows a 35 cent per inch rate and that the paper is entered as second class matter on April 7 1916 at the Mount Dora Florida post office under the act of March 3.
Editorials in the Topic and Orlando newspapers spur action toward a high quality home for aging women in Central Florida. A St. Luke's Hospital official in Orlando anchors a committee to study feasibility, seeking a self-supporting residence with comfortable quarters and pleasant surroundings.
A March 15 excerpt discusses nationwide measles rise with 34 420 cases for the week ending March 8 and lists prevention steps. It urges isolation, parental vigilance, physician consultation for convalescent serum, hand washing, and disinfection, plus reporting to health authorities and avoiding exposure.
A breezy column threads local events and opinions from a Florida town and nearby topics. It mentions Fletcher Crane in a Kiwanis benefit ticket count, Al and his family traveling for a summer course, and Mrs. Carolyn Downs joining Lt. Downs at Fort Bragg. It muses on spring weather, war's grip, baseball, leaving winter tourists, and oyster lore. The piece ends with community reminders for the Mount Dora Boy Scout drive and Central Florida Council support.
The Drum Beat notes Al Rehbaum Jr driving ticket sales leaders in town as the Lions face local decisions. The fragment hints at campaign activity and community visibility without detailing events or outcomes.
The message celebrates the arrival of spring with farewell to friends and welcoming new faces. It highlights a lecture by John W. Mahoney on European conflict, social gatherings, and reflections on finances and local road critique amid a recovering economy.
Lake County Fair highlights prize awards across departments in Eustis last week. Helena Nutt of Tavares won best single rose. J E Baker of Umatilla led vase of three roses. Montverde and Mount Dora residents claimed top wins in florals, fruit, and farm exhibits.
New mail schedule starts Saturday December 14 1940. Outgoing excludes Sunday closes 7:00 AM 8:45 AM Tavares Eustis Lees 12:45 PM All points north and pone 5:00 PM All points north and south. 1 mail 3:45 PM All points north and south.
Postmaster C Dooley lists Sunday timings for Star Route services with 9:15 am air mail and 5:00 pm train schedule. A north and south option appears as 3 eee tee.
Sanford service daily except Sunday arrives Mount Dora at 7 10 A M. No 431 from Sanford arrives Mount Dora at 3 45 P M daily except Sunday. No 434 from Leesburg to Sanford arrives 1 15 P M. No 430 from Umatilla to Sanford arrives 8 15 P M daily. W Turrentine Agent.
Betty Hoss and Elsie Varney headline a long list of winners in the 4-H show at Umatilla and surrounding towns. Prizes span textiles, canning, quilts, rugs, and crocheted items with many firsts for Eustis, Umatilla, Mount Dora, and neighboring communities. Poultry and livestock divisions highlight Varney, French, Swanson, and others earning multiple blue ribbons and top awards.
Shire boat from Altoona led by Mac Cook won top Poland China gift with Irvin Mathews of Leesburg and Clifford Sanford of Eustis placing first and second with Duroc sons Edwin Hall of Leesburg had the best Poland China boat. Jacket of Eustis and Clyde Waltby took first and second with Jersey calf under six months Elsie Varney and Jerry Dillard both of Eustis were first and second with Jersey calf under one year Clayton Bishop of Eustis won best heifer with Harry Shaw of Eustis second prize. Superintendents thank the boys for their work in livestock forestry and poultry exhibits and credit Clinton Steinbrecker Arthur ONeil Harry Shaw Clifford Sanford Walter Tucker and Harry Swanson for leadership and help.
A terse observation notes that well mannered men tend to pursue the same type of women who draw rough, hard-edged admirers, suggesting a shared appeal or social pattern.
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street Sanford Road holds Bible Study at 10:00 a.m. Preaching and communion on Sundays by Grady Fulmer from Winter Garden and L. B. Chastain from Ocoee on the third Sunday, Lester Starling from nearby on the seventh, and evening services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. You are invited to attend each service.
The parish at Cor Grove St and Badger Ave Eustis lists services at the rectory 234 Badger Ave Rev William O Farrell pastor Sunday mass first Sunday 8 am other Sundays 10 30 am weekday mass 7 30 am confessions Saturdays holy days and first Fridays 7 30 pm midweek service Wednesday 7 30 baptism Sundays 3 pm
The notice lists services at First Presbyterian Church Eustis with Paul Floyd Jones and S H Moore among leaders. Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 junior high and senior high youth groups at 6 30 evening worship at 7 30 prayer meeting and women's auxiliary events on second and fourth Tuesdays.
Rev. L. A. Ford leads Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. Prayer meeting Tuesdays at 7:45 p.m. Y P E Friday at 7:45 p.m. All are invited to worship.
Zion Lutheran Church of Groveland Florida, Augustana Synod, led by Rev O E Liden, offers morning worship at 11 00 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m with Sunday services announced for faithful parishioners.
Corner of Grove Street and Lemon Avenue hosts Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Sunday service at 11 a m with testimonies and remarks. A free reading room in Fountain Inn building at 117 Eustis Street open daily 2 to 5 p m except Sundays and holidays for reading, borrowing or purchase of Bible and Christian Science literature. Public invited to attend services and use the reading room.
Loyal Order of Moose lodge 874 meets at K of P Hall Eustis on the first and third Mondays. Governor L J Drawdy and Secretary Lafe Pohlman listed.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports among the initial responses are citrus trees dating from the late 1960s. These trees were budded in 1871-72, marking a historic reference in the survey.
The article notes surviving citrus trees in the Emeralda Leesburg area that froze in 1895 but sprouted anew from roots and now bear fruit after nearly 50 years. It cites R P Burton and Mrs Joe Lee as sources and compares Florida trees to ancient groves in France and a 700 year old tree in Spain. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce seeks more information on tree size and age.
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