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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1930
Page
4
The notice states Mount Dora Topic entered as second class matter on April 1916 at the Mount Dora post office under the act of March 3 1879. It notes readers will miss editorials and Florida What Nots by Mrs Johnson that brightened the paper and gave Mount Dora publicity through the Literary Digest.
The editor of the Topic and the editor pro tem who managed it for months lived together during that period and remain as close friends as before their months of close association.
Kiwanis demonstrates its service role by sponsoring monthly luncheons for the Chamber of Commerce and other interested citizens. Giving up one meeting out of every four to nonmembers shows unselfish effort toward broader Mount Dora cooperation.
The 24 page Florida Independent marks the winter season launch in Orlando, highlighting Josiah Ferris Jr. as business manager and showcasing local merchants who promote both their goods and Orlando itself. The city sits at the core of Florida fruit and vegetable territory and stands as a leading state center.
The editor resumes duties after a vacation of over four months and reports feeling much better. Ivy Clough Johnson had supervised the Topic in the interim, allowing the editor to rest easy knowing the publication was in capable hands.
The Red Cross launches its annual national Roll Call from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving. A large membership is essential to continue key services, especially aiding disabled soldiers in veterans' hospitals. Local chapters in Lake County and Mount Dora urge strong participation to sustain relief efforts locally.
J A Frohock of the Florida Gurnsey Cattle Club told Monticello that Florida's long growing season artesian water cheap land central location and ready milk market will help dairy grow. He outlined handicaps tick disease low per cow production lack of breeding plan and weak feed program needing eradication and smarter feeding to cut costs.
Old Timers and educators question if fair play and true sportsmanship endure amid rising game law violations. Officials report more arrests for out of season hunting and night hunting, illegal nets and undersized fish. Conservation education and enforcement are urged to restore high ideals of wildlife protection.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison of Fort Myers and West Orange joins the Florida State Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee announced by Mrs. W S Jennings of Jacksonville. Edison cannot attend the 15th Semiannual Conference in Jacksonville November 18 but supports Florida beautification efforts. The conference program will cover highway beautification advertising city planning forest fire control and state beautification legislation. The committee includes Jennings Ellicot Hume Pryor Whitman Wilson Roher Ingraham Field Singer Edison Lehmann and others.
Delegates from Lake County Baptist Association numbering about 100 gathered at Sorrento Baptist Church on October 31 for their Sixth Annual meeting. The program included devotional exercises, music, addresses, reports, and plans for kingdom work with a sympos ium Playing the Game and a youth program from Mount Dora Baptists.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin from Tallahassee presents a guide to collecting and marketing crude medicinal plants in Florida. Dr. B W Christiansen summarizes eighteen native species with photos for identification and provides collecting drying packing and marketing instructions plus a list of drug buyers.
Members of the local Christian Endeavor Society and friends will attend the district convention in Eustis. The program runs from 10:30 Saturday morning to the closing address by Daddy Fagg Sunday evening with talks by C E leaders, a picnic and banquet. Meetings Saturday at First Christian church and Sunday at Presbyterian church. Everyone is invited to attend all or part, especially Sunday at 7:30.
Old man winter nears and citrus growers focus on grove heating to protect fruit and trees. Dr. A F Camp warns many errors come from carelessness and insufficient fuels or wrong thermometer use. He prescribes specific temperatures for fruit and bloom, fuel types and quantities, ample night fueling, and calibrated thermometers across the grove.
A Weather Bureau rule of thumb translates wind speeds into observable effects from smoke rise to hurricane force. The note ends with a contract for a highway linkage project between Florahome and Palatka.
Jacksonville-Tristate Investment Corp. received a charter of incorporation with capitalized at $50,000. Eustis-Macasphalt Corp. of Lakeland won a resurfacing contract in the city bid at $9,497 for street work.
Alfred I. DuPont predicts a nationwide real estate upturn driven by cheap money with Florida sharing growth. He says the state has vast soil and climate wealth and should attract more visitors as roads, highways, rail service, golf, fishing, and hotels improve. Nicholas Roberts and S. W. Coons forecast Florida's upgrade, tourism surge, and steady investments, urging hold positions and tax-friendly policy to capitalize on the coming boom.
Sunday School begins at 10:00 a m. The pastor conducts a special Armistice Day Service at 11:00 a m with special music and a sermon. Mid week service is Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Everyone invited. James H Elder Pastor.
The church schedules Sunday school in all departments at 9 45 a m with morning worship at 11 a m led by the pastor. B Y P U meets at 6 45 p m followed by evangelistic song and preaching at 7 30 p m. Good music and singing. All are welcome.
The Community Church announces Bible School at 10 a m Preaching Service at 11 a m and Young People’s Meeting at 7 p m under Pastor David B Spencer The notice invites participation from the congregation and area residents.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue announces Sunday services at 11 a m Sunday school at 9 45 a m testimonial meeting Wednesday evening at 8 p m reading rooms open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4 in the church edifice all are welcome
Outgoing mail closes at 7 40 a m daily except Sunday and 12 26 p m, 5 00 p m, and 3 00 p m Sundays. Incoming mail arrives at 8 10 a m and 12 56 p m daily except Sunday and 1 43 p m daily and Sundays. Daniel H Bishop postmaster.
All registered Girl Scouts are asked to meet in the Girl Scout room on Sunday morning November 9, 1930 at 10 30 a m in full uniform. St Petersburg First National Bank building was sold to DuPont Ball interests for 425 000 dollars.
The honor roll covers grades seven through twelve with B grades or better in four citizenship subjects. Percents show class portions achieving honors: grade 7 twenty two percent. grade 9 thirteen percent. grade 10 ten percent. grade 11 forty four percent. grade 12 twenty percent. Notable students include Mel Champ J D Mosteller Wells Myrtle Jepson Mildred Neil Dorothy Hopcraft Ruth Loveless Robert McMurray Joseph Swift Vivian Thompson Eleanor Wells May Harvey Abby Simpson. Note urges raising the class for next period.
Palm Valley commissioners authorize a drainage improvement plan affecting a local St Johns County land section with an estimated cost of about 1 million dollars.
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