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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
10
Mount Dora presents a winter destination with a large auditorium at its heart hosting the Mount Dora Tourist Club. The town offers boating, fishing on nearby lakes, wild game hunting in surrounding woodlands, and social events in a well equipped social room.
City of St Augustine press cards granted access to Marine Studios facilities at the Monson Hotel luncheon. Guests toured tanks and witnessed porpoises and sharks fed while an announcer explained sea life. M Edward Bacon hosted a shrimp dinner at the dolphin restaurant with Jacques Terranova as chef and a floor show delighted attendees.
The Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association issued a June 13 agreement clarifying separate fundraising periods. The Roll Call runs from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, while the Christmas Seal sale begins the day after Thanksgiving. Early seal deliveries to merchants may occur before November end. Local chairmen in Lake County, led by Mrs. J D Pease, prepare orders for mailing after Thanksgiving.
The hotel advertises lunches at 50c and a full course dinner at 65c. A sandwich option is offered starting at 10c, showcasing a simple hotel dining lineup.
The Children’s Home Society of Florida asks for money foods and children's wearables to support over 700 homeless and 1400 yearly care cases. It operates four Receiving Homes in Jacksonville Lakeland Pensacola and Miami and seeks donations of meats fruits vegetables and clothing for children ages six to sixteen with Marcus C Fagg coordinating placements.
Mount Dora offers lakefront homesites with mild year round temperatures and easy access to Jacksonville and Tampa. The city owns its electric system and gas supply via Triangle Gas Company, with strong road networks funded by gasoline tax. Florida laws protect homesteads, while Mount Dora boasts solid bonds and a favorable financial standing.
A pumpkin pie recipe with detailed ingredients and steps is given, including pumpkin puree eggs milk cream brown sugar and spices. The article also notes roadwork and detour details for State Road No 2 between Polk City and Lake County and for State Road No 140 at Daytona Beach with a long detour route.
The Lake County Fall Flower Show will be held in the new Home Demonstration and 4H Club building in Tavares on Friday and Saturday, November 24 and 25. Organized by the Lake County Home Demonstration Council and 4H Clubs, the event is an educational exhibit with no premiums or judging. The dedication of the new building takes place 2:30 PM Friday, with the Eustis High School band providing music.
Lake County bass fishing gains attention in Miami Oklahoma with a display shown in the First National Bank lobby. Roy T Wills curates the exhibit sent at the request of John A Robinson owner of Lake County grove properties, organized via A S Clark of Eustis and Tavares. The display mirrors a prior Asheville North Carolina haberdashery installation by Boyce A Williams, featuring a boy in a boat with a fish and a leaping bass above a sign declaring Lake County Florida the world's greatest bass fishing.
Mr. Fred Watts plans a Friday return to Tangerine after months in Windsor Vermont. Mrs. Myrtle Howard came to spend the winter in Tangerine. Mr. and Mrs. A R Key and daughter Adelaide hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M L Barre in Jacksonville for a luncheon by Equitable Life and the Florida Georgia game. Mrs. Newell Wickham returns from a Vermont summer. Fifty Christmas cards and envelopes with imprint for $1 at the Topic office samples available.
Lake County artists marked National Art Week with exhibitions in Eustis Mount Dora and Leesburg. The Art League organized library catalogues and loaned Italian and British art materials, with involvement from the Italian and British cultural offices. Proclamations were issued by local mayors and clubs promoted art awareness across the region. State Road 5 reopened Venice to Punta Gorda. other roads see detours and closures.
The carnival committee details receipts from fish pond 6.86, carne rack 7.30, ticket sales 12.20, amateur show 20.15, Boy Scout show 6.00, food booth 13.78, totaling about 95.00 with cash on hand. Expenses for materials and equipment totaled 104.75, with donations and in kind support from local groups and individuals noted, plus future value of remaining merchandise and equipment.
The Florida Forest and Park Service stores 8,000,000 pine seedlings at Olustee and Munson ready for transplanting this winter. Planting will cover about 1,200,000 acres with district foresters and county agents guiding growers. Farmers can earn AAA payments of 7.50 per acre for 650 trees per acre, with seedling prices set at 1.75 per thousand at pickup and 2.35 delivered to shipping points.
Northbound traffic on State Road 4 from Olympia Martin County to Jupiter Palm Beach via old Dixie Highway. State Road 1 now open Lake City Olustee while SR 4 closes thru traffic to Lake Worth limits with a detour through Lake Worth center. A short detour on SR 1 west of Cottondale Jackson County. SR 5 under construction north of Tampa from Growers Corner to Hernando County line with cautious travel advised.
Miss Suzanne Sawyer announces an annual Lake County festival in Leesburg featuring a combined chorus of about 300 voices from county high schools and a band from Leesburg Eustis and Umatilla schools. Mount Dora's senior glee club will send around forty representatives. Directors from Umatilla Groveland Eustis Clermont Howey Leesburg and Mount Dora will attend. next meeting scheduled at Leesburg High School on January 5.
The Wesley Fellowship Class of the M. E. Church Zellwood will host a turkey supper at Zellwood School on the evening of November 17. Musical entertainment will be provided and many guests are expected from surrounding communities.
In the County Judge's Court of Lake County Florida a sale of fifty Christmas cards and envelopes is listed as a court action. Details show a clear disposition to liquidate a small lot under court supervision.
Executors May L. Hayward Mas H. Cooley and Dora Routzah n file final return and petition for final discharge as executors of Sterling F. Hayward deceased. They will apply to Judge A. S. Herlong Jr. of Lake County Florida on December 14, 1939 for approval and discharge.
Public notice for Mount Dora Florida detailing general town election on December 12 1939 to fill mayor tax collector treasurer and four parks and board of elections positions with petition deadlines registration hours polls open 8am to sunset and tax deed notice for Ray M Blanchard property tax certificate 1033 due December 4 1939 at Tavares court house.
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