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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
A satirical miscellany reflecting on travel duty manners and language. It cites jokes on pipes of truth and fiction, calls for Shakespearean virtue, condemns unfair insurance and speeding, and quotes Loretta Young advocating beauty programs for homemakers. The piece closes on a quip about finding 10,000,000 homely women in America.
A Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks contest offers 100 dollars for the best Americanism essay. The winning definition emphasizes fidelity to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and promotion of peace, liberty under law, and freedom of speech worship.
A letter from HOLC Chairman John H. Fahey to Senator Andrews highlights Florida outcomes from the program. By Feb 28 1939 Florida borrowers repaid six million nine hundred twenty seven thousand dollars of total indebtedness. Eight hundred borrowers paid in one million six hundred fifty four thousand dollars. eight thousand eight hundred are current or within three months in arrears. one thousand one hundred seventy two in liquidation. The record shows ten thousand eighty Florida accounts in satisfactory condition signaling progress toward debt free ownership. The piece also notes forest planting gains with 140 million trees planted nationwide and Michigan leading states in planting. It urges landowners to plant trees on land unsuitable for farming to generate future revenue.
Dr Haven Emerson of Columbia University lauds health conservation advances and records, noting 1938 set an all time low death rate from all causes. He says the nation enjoys better general health, fewer preventable diseases, and rising life expectancy.
A Florida column muses on spring life from flowers and fishing to the New York Worlds Fair costs. It quotes Irving Bachellor on Mother Earth and school, notes May Day steadiness with labor news sparse, and closes with a patriotic rallying cry.
A playful note claims plums and pie are the preferred foods of politicians, suggesting a humorous link between taste and public figures.
An instructional poem by Mary Oakes Adams urges readers to master bowling by steady aim and control. The piece guides stance wrist motion and focus on the line while invoking patience and self discipline in performance.
The Lake County Conservation Council will meet at 8 o'clock Friday May 5 in Leesburg City Hall. The board of directors meets and all members are welcome. Committee chairmen will report on their work and all conservation supporters are invited.
An obituary notes the town loss of Miss Graham longtime library helper known for cheerfulness devotion and service She loved the library and its readers and died peacefully on her way to the desk she served for years She is remembered as a gentlewoman of the old school.
Classified notices list a rental at 319 Ninth Avenue for an adult family and two steel drums with faucets for sale at 908 Tremain Street. A lost bill bank folder with photos and personal memos and a silver Masonic fob are reported missing. rewards offered at Mount Dora Topic office.
Lake County Aviation Day will feature stunt flying and free airplane rides in Eustis on Thursday. More than a dozen planes arrive at 11 30 a m, with a group flight from Orlando and aviators invited from Daytona Beach Jacksonville Miami Lakeland and other Florida cities. The Eustis Rotary Kiwanis Lions clubs and Chamber handle arrangements and a luncheon for visiting aviators. Demonstrations will show pilot techniques for a commercial license and the airport will be prepared. Karl Lehmann will film colored motion pictures for national promotion. The air show starts at 2 p m with free admission and wide public turnout encouraged.
The Sunday School of the First Baptist Church of Tavares voted a vigorous protest against slot machines book making and all legalized gambling. A copy of the protest was sent to Lake County legislators Senator Westbrook Representatives Cooley and Robinson.
The Lake County agricultural department reports 147 additional soil conservation checks totaling 2962 this week, bringing this year to 1150 payments worth over 25000. Estimated total this season reaches 88500 for Lake County growers, with progress toward that amount.
Lake Franklin Park Rossiter Street hosts Santo Worship Day with Bible study at 2 30 P M. Bro W A Cameron of St Petersburg preaches every second Sunday at 3 30 P M. Bro true of Ocoee preaches every third Sunday at 3 30 P M.
Rev. J. C. Thompson officiates regular services Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Come worship with us.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida invites the public to Sunday School at 945 a m Sunday service at 11 am with the subject Adam and Fallen Man A Wednesday 8 p m meeting offers testimonies experiences and remarks on Christian Science A free reading room at Fountain Inn Building 117 Eustis Street is open daily 2 to 5 pm except Sundays and legal holidays for reading borrowing or purchasing Bible and Christian Science literature
The review lauds David Rame's Wine of Good Hope as destined for best seller lists and a work of art. It praises the adventurous hero Tony Lemaire traveling globally with a strong prose style and solid setting in Rome and South Africa, noting vivid knowledge of Cape wine farms and Dutch estates.
Florida's exhibit space at the World's Fair adjoins the Terrace Club, New York society's newest haunt for lunches cocktails and dinners. Photographs of celebrities taken on the club terrace with Florida's tower as a background are appearing in society pages nationwide.
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