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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1935
Page
1
Sixth grade pupils promoted to junior high receive certificates of promotion from Prof. D. D. Roseborough. Betsy Kramer named honor roll student for six years. Mrs. Wood praised for teaching. bouquet and book gift from class. Exhibits of student work and certificates for perfect attendance conclude the ceremony.
Senator Park Trammell of Florida is invited to give the graduation address to the 1935 class at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis by Secretary Claude Swanson The honor marks the first time a non President or Secretary has received it.
Benjamin Heath son of Frank H Heath and former Mount Dora student has been elected to membership in Sigma Phi Delta the international engineering fraternity. He studies at Marquette University Milwaukee and must maintain a 90 or higher in all course units to affiliate.
Dr. Howard A. Kelley a founder of Johns Hopkins Medical College and noted naturalist will speak at the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday night. The event invites the public to attend.
The circuit court in Tavares opened Tuesday with A. Lee French Geo Dahlin J R Tucker and Jas Simpson serving on the grand jury. George W Coffin sits on the petty jury to be called today or tomorrow. A note on meals mentions raw vegetable and fruit salads rich in vitamins.
The May issue celebrates 50 years of publication with a circulation above 2.3 million and over 1 million dollars in advertising in this issue alone.
At the Mount Dora Theatre Clark Gable leads a Sunday Monday comedy with Constance Bennett in After Office Hours. Tuesday Wednesday offers Helldorado with Richard Arlen Madge Evans Stepin Fetchit and Ralph Bellamy. Thursday Friday screens The Casino Murder Case with Paul Lukas Alison Skipworth Louise Rosalind Russell and Don Ald Cook. Saturday features The Mysterious Mr Wong with Bela Lugosi and Mary Carlisle. The Count of Monte Cristo is announced for next week.
An annual piano recital is presented tonight at 8 p m in the Baptist Tabernacle. Mrs C M Brown leads pupils with Mrs Alice Strite and Miss Maxine Saltsmen assisting. Part of National Music Week with free admission and open invitation to all.
Lige Nix, an employee of George Malone, was wounded in the back of the head during a pursuit after allegedly driving Malone's truck while intoxicated. Nix was hospitalized in Lake County and is expected to be jailed in Tavares on reckless driving charges. Local officer Richard Shipes pursued on foot and fired unintentionally after stepping into a hole.
Kiwanis members gathered for a luncheon with Dr. Howard A. Kelly as the featured speaker. Last week J Ed Baker, manager of the Harry-Anna Crippled Children's Home, spoke on service clubs and the home. Guests included Gilbert St John S D Butler and J C Spooner, all of Eustis. Alfred Rehbaum won the attendance prize furnished by H W Harlow.
Bishop Keeney closes the forty ninth session at White Temple Miami and announces church appointments. Rev. Perry B. James is retained, J H Elder returns to South Miami, and Dr. Lawrence Radcliffe remains Jacksonville District superintendent. Dorothea Fai James christened during visit by Keeney.
J G LaDue the state census enumerator reports Mount Dora within town limits grew to 2122 residents in 1935 up 509 from 1613 in 1930 a 31.55 percent gain. He notes 472 outside the town limits in the precinct and 460 of the 2122 inside are Black.
A breezy Villa Dora column reflects on reader compliments and community chatter. The piece urges voters to follow conscience before the upcoming 14th and muses on summer plans, weather, and a playful farewell line about going fishing and beaching.
A FERA sponsored recreation program will be conducted this season similar to last year. Sixth grade grammar school boys are invited to meet next Monday at 3:00 PM in the school auditorium to learn plans for activities including tennis, baseball, swimming, and more under capable instructors.
Mr T E Blasingame buys Spot Cash Grocery from Mr Moss and rents a bungalow at Donnelly and Twelfth with his wife and three children. He previously managed Piggly Wiggly when first opened in Mount Dora and calls the town one of Florida's best while starting a new business here. Salads of starchy vegetables and rich dressings are high in fuel value.
The Citizens Committee observes the annual cost to raise a boy and the price of imprisonment. It states about one year’s expenses for a boy and a separate figure of 300 dollars for keeping him in prison.
A commentary notes that educated boys idle after school create social concerns and calls for state action. The piece frames idleness as a tinder for unrest and suggests timely reform.
A reformer urges that one’s conscience be the guiding force for action. The statement frames conscience as a personal compass shaping moral choices and social reform aims.
The text contrasts those who blame nature for social ills with the idea of optimism tied to growth. It likens optimism to expecting vegetables to grow as depicted in seed catalogues, implying a naive faith in nature’s solutions.
C C Corley a longtime Mount Dora resident and former slave born near Edgefield South Carolina died at his East Town home on April 23 at age 73. He married Mary Frances Williams in 1885 and leaves six surviving children four daughters and two sons with three sons serving overseas in World War I. The family gathered for a funeral stele on April 26 with six children present.
An OCR fragment notes wild coonti root yielding Indian flour and tapioca. It mentions cassava growing near Silver Springs and up to Volusia County as a cultivated ornamental, far north of its southern native areas.
A brief notices column records residents raising objections to proposed town changes. Names and exact proposals are unreadable, but the piece reflects community debate and candid opposition alongside routine notices.
Dr. A. Brodie, overseas chaplain with the A E F, wrote the Mothers Day letter for soldiers in Monaco and southern France. Thousands of copies were printed for sons to send home. He received honorary Gold Star Mothers membership and will preach on Mothers Day at the Congregational church.
The document lists first through sixth grade students named for honor roll status with percentages of the class achieving it. Names include Nancy Cory Henry Hays Virginia Hollon Josephine Lanier Dwight Mosteller Roxie Lee Sills Ruth Lenore Shipes Wilma Thompson Charles Wilkinson Mary Joyce Andrews Barbara Ann Batton Dorothy Bond Sarah Doeley Betty Jean Fleming Joan Goddard Lucile Harding Joan Merrick Faye Shipes Martha Thomas Norma Touchton Donald French Raymond Garcia Charles Javens J L Redd Gladys Irene Crane Betty Edwards Grace Lee Jackie Swartz Leon Touchton Jean Woodruff Dorothy Adams Betty Cooper Mildred Edwards David French Mary Elizabeth Garcia Lena Harding Robt Hecker Lloyd Morris Sara Roseborough Margaret Schwind Robt Vincent John Burkart Maxcine Clery Bess Barney Davis Jamie Christy Florence Lee Joyce Monroe Ernest Minkley Calvin Richardson Calvin Hopcraft Charles Boxell George Backus Joan French Maurece Glass Winifred Harding Betsy Kramer Marvin McNair Robi Ogburn Sheila Spilky Edwin Thomas Alton Touchton Elmer Youngblood.
Mount Dora plans to use Public Works Administration funds to improve the lakefront. Plans by engineer Wylie Gillespie call for a concrete sea wall, dredging, a new park with walks and decor, a lakefront pavilion, and a community pier replacing current boathouses. The town’s Planning Committee will consult lakefront landowners to arrange land use and boat space.
The paper explains that extra work on election publicity has required shortening or omitting some local news items. Readers are asked to understand the Topic’s focus on the election and the resulting edits.
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