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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1938
Page
4
A collage of quotations on politics and society touches on secrecy age and rights while noting Mrs Roosevelt's birthday, casual legal notions about pedestrians, and a brisk Christmas season with rising savings and toy demand. Mentions Eugene Talmadge and American law counts.
A major state event titled the Slash Pine Forest and Farm Festival will run the week of November 14 in Lake City. The festival is directed by governors and U.S. senators from six states, and features exhibits by the United States Forestry Service, Florida Forest and Park Service, schools, and industries. Highlights include a gallery of famous Florida trees and expanded focus on forestry, agriculture, and livestock with an expected 50,000 visitors.
The agency, among the oldest in the United States, argues that successful business relies on public confidence and friendship as roots beneath its growth. It likens a business to a tree whose branches yield profits only if the root soil of character supports it against every wind.
W M Taylor State Hotel Commissioner forecasts Florida will host about 2,250,000 tourists this season who will spend 5 to 7 dollars daily. He notes many former European winter visitors will stay in Florida this year and cautions that November and December remain high risk for traffic fatalities.
A playful remark dismisses a misconception about termites being part of a religious group, clarifying that they are insects and not a belief organization. The line suggests humorous dialogue rather than a reportable event.
C E Abbott states the can opener now accompanies every domestic science diploma, framing a symbolic standard for home economics credentials.
A letter calls for strict measures to reduce automobile fatalities. Proposes driver licensing with annual exams, jail for licenseless driving, periodic vehicle safety tests, harsher penalties for drunken and reckless drivers, license suspensions or revocations after multiple violations, and funding for a road patrol. Urges high school driving education and public awareness.
Proposals urge standard traffic signs and monthly statistics in towns. Emphasis on recording automobile accidents deaths and injuries to reduce danger and halve the current yearly loss of life. Public awareness and consistent signs aim to curb unsafe driving.
Two readers express appreciation for the Mount Dora Topic and send six month subscriptions. David S. Thompson from Pittsburgh praises the paper and hopes to relocate to Florida while Coldwater, Michigan, subscriber Charles H. Peterson plans a visit to Mount Dora in April 1939.
Mount Dora residents praise the town as the best in Lake County while critics note inadequate school facilities. They cite a small enrollment cap of about 450 yearly and a crowded six room units plus a new gym, with no attractive administration building to lure newcomers. Trustees release the statement.
Lake County and Mount Dora report widespread use of air mail with 4:30 p.m. postings from Tavares reaching Orlando by 6:10 p.m. and major cities such as Chicago and New York by early morning. Return service is equally rapid, reflecting strong local adoption of air mail communications.
Lake County gains a new daily newspaper published by Montverde Public School students. The one sheet hectograph appears each afternoon at 3 o clock. Avon Park doctors dentists and druggists met to nominate Fred L Touchton of Avon Park as their candidate for the 1940 gubernatorial race.
At State Theatre in Eustis on Sunday and Monday the Marx Brothers latest lunatic comedy Room Service returns to the screen after a year’s absence. The film follows Groucho and Chico as a duo of theatrical promoters in a big hotel with a 22 member cast, and their antics to secure backing from a financier and hotel auditor.
Word was received last Thursday of the death of Mr. E. C. Haviland of Norwalk Connecticut. He had been a winter visitor in Mount Dora for several years. The Topic has learned no details.
Mr J Page Laughlin of Leesburg Virginia died at Lake County Medical Center Eustis at noon Saturday November 5 192? He was born in Pittsburgh August 29 1875 and is survived by his wife Bessie Merritt Laughlin and a sister Mrs George Lister Carlisle of Norfolk Connecticut Funeral services were at Saint James Episcopal Church Leesburg conducted Tuesday at 11 o'clock with Rehbaum Co in charge.
Dr Francis Albert Reed age 71 died at his home in Eustis at 1 a m Tuesday He practiced medicine there for 50 years and held memberships in the American Medical Association Southern Homeopathic Association of which he was president for two years Central Florida Medical Association He was a charter member of the Eustis Kiwanis Club Funeral services will be held at 3 p m today at Zeller Rehbaum Funeral Home
Mr and Mrs Harry H Hildwein of Fremont Ohio have purchased the Dr Beeman house on Fifth avenue east of Highland and taken possession as new homeowners. The sale was handled by A C Quixley Realty Company.
Lake county reports show seven of thirteen 100 percent membership posts in Dist No 7 across Lake and Sumter counties. Five Lake county posts achieved full dues payment, the most of any Florida district, while St. Petersburg Evening Independent touts its Know St. Petersburg edition with four sections of Sunny Florida news and pictures.
Rev Kenneth G Rogers leads services at First Methodist Episcopal Wy at Director of Music Mrs C M Brown Organist 10 00 a m Church School 11 00 a m Morning Worship sermon Saul s Armor 6 30 p m Epworth League 7 30 p m Evening Worship sermon A Christian and Amusements Monday 7 30 p m Official Board meeting Parsonage Wednesday Fellowship Night 7 00 Community Sing 7 35 Devotions Origin of the New Testament 8 00 Entertainment social evening of games Everyone welcome to all services
Corner Tenth and Tremain church led by Rev. R. W. Acree offers Sunday School at 9:45 with classes for all ages and an 11:00 a.m. sermon. B Y P U meets at 7:00 p.m. midweek service is Wednesday at 6:30, followed by an evening service at 7:30.
A church notice invites worshipers with Pastor Andrew Melrose Brodie and Organist Florence Gilbert Hanscom at 11:00 a.m. Bible School begins at 10 a.m. The message and topic stress how profit motives affect faith. A warm welcome awaits all who choose to worship.
The Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park on Rossiter Street near Sanford Road holds worship each Lord's Day with Bible school at 2 30 p m. Sermons are given every second Sunday at 3 30 p m by Bro W A Cameron of St Petersburg and every third Sunday at 3 30 p m by Bro Chestrue of Ocoee.
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