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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
2
The issue urges support for the American Red Cross and highlights a 1929-30 quota, praising the organization’s relief work. It also discusses efforts by automakers to curb overproduction and surveys Florida agriculture from dairy and poultry to sugar cane, noting expanding markets and cooperative marketing.
Florida’s economy remains in the spotlight as more residents recognize the state’s growing farm sector and its role in economic strength. The note highlights ongoing confidence in Florida’s agricultural and broader economic potential.
A bill to authorize seven transcontinental highways to span the nation would be introduced in the next Congress session. The proposal signals highways’ growing role in linking states and cities, integrating business and social life with smooth pavements.
A Connecticut reader thanks the column and shares a Will Rogers tale about Ponce de Leon and a joking Scot. The piece salutes Tavares high school football after Armistice Day routs Eustis, questions Mount Dora’s lack of a team, and notes growing town visitors.
A playful item notes a small sail boat in the window of Fletcher Crane's furniture store stirring a desire to sail. A joke contrasts American and Irish wit about eggs and egg-beaters, closing with a challenge to beat that clever quip.
Opinion piece warns Mount Dora high school may lose football and students to Eustis or Tavares if program changes are not made. The column praises local boy scouts and notes small turnout at a Seth Parker event while poking fun at community efforts and promoting local achievements.
Missed Armistice program Sunday at Dr Jim Elders church. Tom Cooley gave an inspiring talk with the boy scouts Legion and auxiliary present. A fine solo by Brother Ferris impressed. Community building progress and Christmas target noted. Volleyball leagues grow while town basketball awaits a ball.
National Education Week highlights education as a vital need. J A Kratz of the Federal Board for Vocational Education notes industrial injuries cause massive losses, with 3,000,000 non fatal accidents yearly and 225,000 permanently disabled. Rehabilitation aims to restore earning power, typically at about 250 dollars annually, often lifting rehabilitated workers above their prior earnings.
Over five years the rehabilitation services program shows gross earnings rising from 499000 for 1086 percent of pre rehabilitation students to 1159000 post rehabilitation. The average cost per person was 242.37 to raise earning power. More than 135 rehabilitation workers under the State Board for Vocational Education oversee schooling in trade schools public schools and on the job training for both men and women. Training locations vary by needs of disabled persons.
Grosvenor Dawe notes in 1928 Florida white males aged 15 to 19 suffered 10 percent of deaths from automobile accidents while black males in the same age group had 3 percent. Tuberculosis killed 22 percent of black youths vs 5 percent of white youths. The State Board of Health cites no auto fatalities for 1919 in this age group.
Armistice Day brought hundreds of Lake county citizens to Tavares for the annual observance last Monday. Boy scouts from several towns competed for honors in the forenoon. A football game between Eustis and Tavares in the afternoon closed the day’s festivities.
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