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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1935
Page
8
Lawrence Wilbur adapts the famous 1Q poster for the 1935 Red Cross roll call. His design shows mercy in the background and a Red Cross nurse aiding a child in the foreground, titled Still the Greatest Mother. The image aims to recruit members across 3,700 chapters and 9,000 branches.
A reader guide describes winter hobby boat modeling using accurate naval architect lines. It explains three views hull drawings and a working scale, then outlines the layer method with waterlines and pine planks to form a detailed model.
The article explains making a boat hull model by cutting grooves at stations, setting edge templates, gluing, forming a trough, pouring plaster, and scraping to reveal lines. It notes baking to dry moisture and painting to disguise material, plus a trick of mounting half hulls on a mirror to hide completeness.
A century ago Florida banned fire hunting west of the Suwannee River and a similar modern law now governs sport. The statute prohibits taking game from vehicles or by artificial light and bans methods like nets and poisons. The piece notes upraised dangers to wildlife from new weapons and limited seasons, while citing a sugar import report from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
A local woman recalls a memory book filled with poems, clippings, photos, and mementos from a lively life in school and church. A man asks to share a memory book, she declines, and time passes with the note that the moment cannot be recaptured. The fragment ends with the man sending a cruder verse years later.
A Florida reader vents about gubernatorial candidates promising free school books pencils paper and erasers while pledging pensions and sunshine for all. He warns of inflated economies and rampant campaigning that could leave Tallahassee empty and lawmakers earning meager pay.
The Gainesville office informs County Agent Hiatt that applications for tax exemption stamps on Irish potatoes must be received by November 11. The county and state committees will determine allotments from all received applications. Growers must file by noon November 11 or forfeit eligibility.
Tavares reports the first shipment of early bloom Marsh seedless grapefruit meeting strong interest. Prices average about 3.00 dollars with Marsh stock values 25 to 50 cents above Duncan grapefruit, reflecting favorable demand.
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