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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
1
The Mount Dora Lions Club met Monday evening at 7 00 p m with President R V Parker opening. Members and two visitors heard a talk on That You Get from a Civic Club emphasizing service to community and country and the idea of a world wide brotherhood.
A fragmented poem like column by F M Whaley revels in odd city scenes including a pet alligator on Donnelly avenue and a Turner’s Body Works calendar display. An impresive Sanders store pot scene and a factory worker with a newborn are noted with calls for information at 3305.
Lake County residents again show cooperative spirit for the Children’s Home Society of Florida. Total contributed this year reaches $2 009 74 toward a $1 250 goal, with Clermont Eustis Fruitland Park Groveland Howey Leesburg Montverde Mount Dora Tavares Astatula and Umatilla posting notable subscripts.
Montverde School schedules commencement week starting 11:00 a m on the last Sunday in May with a Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Morris Butler Cook and a commencement address by Dr John Harvey Sherman. Valedictorian is Miss Dorothy Dearen and salutatorian is John Stee Brooklyn. Alumni banquet set for May 30 with R W Harper as guest of honor. Summer camp runs May 15 to July 27 under Dean A R McCauslin. Dr H P Carpenter to oversee executive details. Students hail from fifteen war and foreign countries.
A two day program showcases bands, a watermelons event, a queen crowning, and a coronation ball at Venetian Gardens and the high school auditorium. Florida 4H aquatic meet, street dance, fireworks, and a baseball game by Orlando and Leesburg accompany the tenth anniversary of the Leesburg Watermelon Laboratory established 1929 by UF.
The Federal Symphony Orchestra under John Bitter will perform at 8:00 p m on the 23rd in the Eustis City Auditorium as the year’s highlight of district music. The 60 plus players will fill a enlarged stage, with Bitter noted as a Curtis Institute alumnus and Vienna trained musician.
Lake County grape growers convene at the court house in Tavares at 2 p m next Friday. County Agent R E Norris will discuss using cold storage to extend the marketing period for grapes. Leesburg station botanist pathologist will outline ongoing research and a Fruitland Park grower will share cold storage experience.
At a meeting called by county recreation director Clayton L. Perreault in Tavares plans were made for the 1939 Lake County Big Brother Camp. D. L. Smith of Leesburg was elected county chairman and Burton Brown of Leesburg secretary-treasurer. The camp at Deer Lake in Ocala National Forest near Juniper Springs will run two weeks in August and accommodate 125 boys the first week and 125 girls the second week. Sponsorship is 5 dollars per child covering all expenses.
Walter Wilkes Hollon Jr. fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs W W Hollon drowned in Lake Ola Sunday afternoon after swimming with other boys about 75 yards from shore He could not reach the bank rescuers failed to save him the body recovered about an hour and a half later by Ross Bartlett and Harold Scoggin after being located by Harold Dardin funeral services held Tuesday Church of God with burial Forest Cemetery pallbearers were six schoolmates survived by parents several brothers and sisters grandfather J A Hollon and many uncles and aunts
Mount Dora Lodge No. 238 F. and A. M. holds its stated communication on Thursday May 18 at 8:00 p.m. Work in the Fellowcraft degree is planned and visiting Masons are welcome to attend.
The Sunday morning service marks the season finale with Dr. Brodie preaching on Analgiea that Lasts through Vacation. Services resume the first Sunday in October.
May 15 meeting attended by 30 girls led by Miss Shirley Schonenberger. After six songs the group split into nature study and folk dancing under Mrs. Marsh. Meeting closed with taps. Joanne French, Scribe.
Major Lohr claims commercial television is five years old or more and notes several performers who sound better than they look, while some hope its reach fades from view.
Mount Dora baseball opens the 1939 Lake Orange season at Heim Field against Eustis at 3:30. Ladies free on home days. Probable lineup includes Ray or Campbell, Adkins, Crawdy or Haskins, Lane, Stephens, Simpson, Hale, Battle, Durden, Greene, Dean, Chapman, Shipes. Umpires Battle and Morris.
The Class A team from Orlando faces the Lake County All Stars in an exhibition at Heim Field next Wednesday at 8 15 p m. It is the first Class A softball game in Lake County drawing fans to see a real diamond contest. The Lake County Softball Assn schedule lists Tavares at Mount Dora on Thursday and the All Stars in Eustis tonight.
John A. Dexter of Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club was invited to chair the Bowling Committee at the Skytop Club in Skytop Pennsylvania. He accepted and will begin duties on June 15. He leaves Mount Dora for a Daytona stay and plans a summer residence in Fall.
The Epworth League senior department elected Mary Elizabeth Simpson as president and elected five vice presidents along with secretary and treasurer. The intermediate department chose its officers led by Helen Wells and John Burkart. An ice cream social is planned for Saturday May 27 to raise funds for attendees going to Institute in Daytona June 19 to 25. Rev Rogers will start Bible study lessons soon and members are urged to attend.
A Monday night storm delivered hard rain and hail across the Groveland section damaging watermelon crops tomatoes and vegetables and destroying roofs and windows. The damage is estimated at 100000 dollars. Mount Dora felt the chill as The Hound of the Baskervilles played at the Princess Theatre with rain noise intensifying the scene and a 30 degree temperature drop.
J. G. LaDue reports three buyers have purchased Dora Manor lots this summer with plans to build. Additional deals in Dora Manor, plus new houses rising in Sylvan Shores and Pinecrest, signal a north town building boom and strong development prospects.
The venerial disease clinic sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club opens Tuesday June 6 in rooms at City Hall. Local doctors will conduct the tests free with a small charge for treatment if disease is found. Initial patients are house servants and food handlers.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the county agricultural agent R. B. Norris report week ending Friday May 12 with highs reaching 92 degrees at 8 p m Monday May 8 and lows down to 62 degrees at 6 a m Saturday May 6 as recorded by the court house device.
Col H C Duncan reports a survey order has been issued to determine a desirable mean water level for local waterways. The plan includes dredging costs and lock construction to maintain depth for boating while protecting citrus and truck garden interests. Public hearings will follow the survey findings with input from supporters and opponents.
Harold V. Pace announces Camp Wewa staff for four one week sessions starting June 18. Francis V. Smith named Camp Director with ten years in Scouting and waterfront safety training. Harold R. Clark appointed Waterfront Counselor from Jacksonville plus 300 hours with the Jacksonville Life Saving Corps. Morrison Doud returns as Nature Counselor and Leo Brosche named Handicraft Counselor. Plans emphasize unit camps with troop leaders. rates: $6.00 per boy per week for unit camping and $7.00 per space for individuals.
Advertisers hype mustard baths as health boosters while skepticism grows over reviving the old fashioned mustard plaster. Public interest appears mixed as health trends clash with traditional remedies.
Kiwanis members in Mount Dora honored mothers with a special program last Thursday. Guests included mothers of members such as Mrs. Mary Simpson and Mrs. H L Drugg, with 95 year old Mrs. C E White the crowd’s highlight. Music ranged from solos by Mrs. A A Stanley to quartets, and Dr W S Randall gave a moving address. A moment of silence honored absent mothers as plans were made for a talk by Dr R D Thompson on state sanatorium services.
Special Kiwanis Mothers Day celebration held in Mount Dora with a speaker who laments inadequate eloquence and the task of honoring mothers. The piece notes the speaker's Maine upbringing and family background as context for his remarks.
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