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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1935
Page
1
Mount Dora presents a city of homes set in orange groves, lakeside and hillside plots, with hibiscus, poinsettia, magnolia, roses and jasmine. Vine embowerments like flame vine and honeysuckle enhance leafy streetscapes and lawn spaces under favorable climate.
Mount Dora reports its water comes from a deep well using a 750 gallon per minute aerator and chlorine safeguard. A chemical analysis described the water as good for the human system with slight hardness enhancing taste. The State Board of Health receives quarterly samples and consistently returned results are good or excellent.
Dr Brodie delivers Sunday 11 am sermon titled An International Symphony includes organ preludes and solos with pieces Let the Nations Be Glad and I Will Give You Rest amid a choir offertory and hymn Stand Up For Jesus Major Charles E Marsh listed among participants
Consumers' Guide asserts that retail beef prices should hold steady with no marked declines over the coming months. The outlook emphasizes stable costs for shoppers amid modest market movements and ongoing supply conditions.
The Tourist Club of Mount Dora unveils a winter program of Tuesday entertainments in the Community Auditorium aiming for seven hundred members. Beginning December 3 with a social, the season features Shakespearean sketches by Bob Jones Jr., soprano solos by Donella Cochran, a December 17 play, and January 14 a top musical act Herbert Petrie and His White Hussars.
Dr George FE Carrothers and Mrs Carrothers with Miss Salmon of Winter Park visited the Sanborns last Tuesday. The Michigan university man sought books in the Sanborn library and time with old friends before returning to Ann Arbor. The party dined at the Grandview and then headed north after a ten day stay in Marianna. Farmers Market Packing Company operates a large meat curing plant.
Capt. Robert W. Davis of Orlando, a World War veteran, spoke at a Kiwanis Armistice Day event on Friday about staying prepared to keep the nation from being drawn into another war. He tied the war for democracy to earlier conflicts and warned against returning to 1917 levels of unpreparedness. The talk, introduced by Tom Cooley, questioned whether the faith of the soldiers who fought in 1918 has been kept.
Florida Municipal Record notes Lake Wales officials comparing per capita operating costs across towns. Lake Wales shows 12.00 while Lakeland 14.49, Winter Haven 14.49, Vero Beach 16.69, Cocoa 14.98, Clearwater 15.90, Miami Beach 30.54, Fort Myers 13.29. Mount Dora would be 8.50 per person based on 2,000 residents.
The Townsend Club meets next Monday November 18 with The Dixie Quartet as entertainment. Members will discuss matters of importance, national bulletins, and other information. Officials deny any ticketing for municipal offices and warn against political affiliations. The meeting aims for representative attendance and outlines future Congress representation topics.
E. Lea asks the Mount Dora newspaper to discontinue his paper noting he used to look forward to Towns and news and announcements and states the paper is no longer printed.
A DeLand Epworth League meeting at the local Methodist church drew about fifty attendees Tuesday night. Rev. W. E. Craig shared the main address, Miss Maxine Saltsman sang, and Howard Simpson of Mount Dora presided. Entertainment included supper, devotional, and games.
Mount Dora’s Chamber of Commerce leads in Central Florida with about 200 members and a paid secretary, followed by an active Kiwanis club and the Women’s Club backing the Mount Dora Public Library. The Yacht Club and other societies maintain year round social activity to entertain winter visitors.
Mount Dora launches its annual Red Cross Roll Call with house to house canvassing across districts. Volunteers will visit homes until Thanksgiving, with downtown stands at the post office and First National Bank on Saturday, November 16 to receive memberships and donations.
Remember the date Friday November 15th at 8 p.m. in the Community Building. Mount Dora Temple No 12 Pythian Sisters present the entertainment to raise funds for the Grand Temple meeting in Mount Dora next April.
The Will Rogers Memorial Fund designates newspapers and banks as depositories. Mrs. Keller, editor of the Topic, chairs Mount Dora efforts with a blank for local contributors to hand in donations. The drive ends at Thanksgiving as a national movement to honor the late Will Rogers.
A reader contributes $1 to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund stating the gift will go to the National Fund without deductions. The letter asks for aid to memory of a beloved citizen and notes funds will be spent as determined by the Memorial Committee.
The Mount Dora Public Library sits in a quiet city area, ideal for leisure reading. The brick building is owned by the City of Mount Dora.
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