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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
6
A Mount Dora political pitch urges voters to support Bill Johnson on December 8 and promote work programs. The notice highlights local real estate offerings including homes for sale and rental properties, mortgage options, and insurance services with eight percent return possibilities.
The notice invites readers to consult A C Quixley Realty Co operated by Donnelly on 5th Avenue in Mount Dora Florida for property inquiries and services.
The Home Demonstration Council met at Mrs. Mary S. Allen's home in Tavares for an all day session. Officers elected include President Mrs. M. M. Steffens Cassia first vice president Mrs. Charles Himelsbaugh Tavares second vice president Mrs. J G Parks Umatilla secretary Mrs S R Barber Sorrento treasurer Mrs Frank Fiizell Mount Dora. The year features honey week November wreaths budgeting time candy making bread contest January cooking demonstrations three schools February in Eustis Leesburg Clermont March rugs and millinery April furniture refinishing lampshades May dress arms carving June summer salad contest July community project August fall gardens September poultry October business meeting updates.
Zellwood residents plan a Saturday cleanup drive with tools trucks and a noon dinner served by local ladies. The effort aims to reduce weeds and debris in vacant lots as part of a community improvement push.
Home Demonstration Council sponsors an all day monthly meeting second Friday in the Home Demonstration kitchen Ta vares inviting all county club members to attend and bring a sandwich. The first meeting November 13 will feature palmetto weaving Christmas wreaths and rag rug weaving. A rag room will be installed in the Florida Weavers Guild room managed by Miss Vera Carr for member use and loom access on available material.
Boy Scouts offer national service to unemployment relief efforts led by Walter S. Gifford. Dr. James E. West emphasizes non wage replacement roles and urges councils to deploy Scouts in food clothing and logistics tasks while avoiding wage-driven work. Numerous city efforts cited including Birmingham Toledo Akron Wilmington Waterbury Buffalo Ottumwa St Louis Richmond Windsor and more.
Naomi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gregory, leaves Thursday for Marquette Michigan to visit her parents and recover from a recent illness. Emma Anderson will meet her in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Lee Gregory returned Monday from a three week trip to Ashville North Carolina and Georgia. Tallahassee State buys city block for new State building. Daytona Beach Mr and Mrs H R P Miller of Eustis donate a 100 room hotel at Uma tila to Elks Lodge for use as home for crippled children.
Florida Forest Service reports a bumper crop of longleaf and slash pine seeds this fall. Cones turning purple signal ripening. brown scales appear before opening. Seedlings will be sold at about $3 per thousand for reforestation and abandoned fields, with fire hogs and rodents as key threats. State Forester Harry Lee Baker notes restocking possible if areas are protected from fire and hogs for two years.
Will Rogers appears in As You Feel a comedy drama depicting a wealthy widower who resists sharing control of a large meat packing business while spending profits on social and sports activities. The Mount Dora Theatre debut marks Rogers’ first onstage as a style model in men’s fashion.
A description of a film featuring a French comedienne and Rogers as the star. The plan skims clubs tracks and centers of pleasure with patiences paying off in humor and spectacle. Supporting cast includes Lucien, Brandon Hurst, Cave Gordon and Gregory Gaye under Borzage who directed the prior Rogers debut.
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