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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
4
Mount Dora Topic is published every Thursday in Mount Dora Florida by the Mount Dora Publishing Company delivering local news and community notices.
A Bath New Hampshire winter visitor says Mount Dora once surveyed by John Wingate Weeks may commission a bronze tablet in his memory. Sinclair Weeks asked for data on Weeks work here while the Lake side Park could be renamed Elizabeth Evans Park to honor the woman who beautified it.
A column mocks early primary prognostications for governor and senator, noting Spessard Holland won the first heat by a neck yet ran counter to the writer’s figures. The piece cites Fred Cone, Jerry Carter, Barnard MacFadden, and Senator Andrews, ending with a tongue in cheek quip about predictions and political tensions.
Editorial comments on honoring Mrs Evans with a park as a lasting memory while noting no council action yet. It cites a front page Orlando Morning Sentinel piece by Martin Andersen about Spessard Holland and gambling influence in the state race, arguing the better element should support Holland.
Blossoms invite camera owners to photograph their delicacy with closeups and general shots. Use portrait attachment or bellows for close focus, and choose lighted blossoms to emphasize form. For color or black and white, select appropriate film and filters to make skies and blooms stand out. Include family photos among blossoms for springtime keepsakes.
The writer urges voters to consider Holland and Francis Whitehair as governor candidates, cites voter indifference as a problem, and recalls long polling lines with calls for more machines. Encourages hearing both sides in the next ten days and voting based on judgment. Notes lighter primary lines and improvements for May 28.
A reflective column contrasts daily life with fears abroad noting how local concerns echo international tensions. It describes a breakfast “coffee club” gathering, Bull sessions, and a high school class banquet staged as a Hawaiian themed event at the Community Auditorium with parents, mothers and graduates observable in vivid detail.
In a historic easing of a Chile Argentina boundary feud, Bishops Benavente of Argentina and a Chilean prelate urged peace during Easter. Citizens petitioned governments to arbitrate, avoiding war as leaders agreed to a peaceful settlement. They planned to melt weapons into a statue of the Prince of Peace.
Classified notice describes a ten acre grove mortgage for sale near Mount Dora with large trees along the lake shore. Asking price $2,441.00 and alternative offer $2,085.00. subject to prior sale and mortgage, broker contact via Topic office. The remainder lists unrelated juvenile prose and slang.
The colossal statue was carried to a mountain summit on March 13, 1904 and unveiled amid a joint ceremony. Argentine and Chilean troops encamped nearby as people pledged lasting peace and goodwill at the base, reciting the inscription about mountains crumbling before broken peace. Traffic notices mention detours on State Road No. 1 and a Polk County line adjustment.
The schedule lists 10:00 church school and 11:00 a sermon titled A Letter from God by the minister Rev Kenneth G Rogers. At 7:00 PM a union service with Epworth is planned and the young people will lead the lesson and discussion.
Corner Sixth and Tremain church notes morning Bible School at 9 45 a m with C M Hall superintendent morning worship at 11 00 a m BT U at 6 30 p m led by Margaret Bruner evening worship at 7 30 p m Rev R W Acree pastor.
The note invites worshippers to an 11 o clock service led by Pastor Cees Harry Westbrook Reed with Florence Gilbert Hanscom as organist and choir director. The sermon topic is Personal Security and attendees not linked to other churches are welcome.
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street invites attendance at Bible Study at 9 45 a m, preaching and communion at 11 a m, and evening services at 7 30 p m Aubrey Mercer minister also hosts Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m All services are open to the public.
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