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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1934
Page
1
In Mount Dora the city presents a gardenlike landscape of homes surrounded by trees and groves. Properties range from simple bunga low to grand structures with lake views and hilltop lawns. Floral touches include hibiscus, poincettia, magnolia, roses, star jasmine, honeysuckle, ivy and lush lawns.
Florida health groups press a tuberculosis control program noting 1100 deaths last year and higher mortality among blacks. Diagnostic clinics in counties uncover infection sources with young black women frequent, while the state seeks a dedicated care institution. Christmas seal sale supports the effort opening Thanksgiving through Christmas.
Dr. Lawrence Radcliffe led a quarterly conference for the St. Johns River Conference at the Friends Bible Class Room. A worship service precedes the session with the choir singing Me Out Ackley. Members and friends were invited to attend.
G Wile president of the Lake County Poultry Association calls an executive meeting in the County Agent's office in Tavares next Monday evening November 26 at 1 30 oclock for further consideration.
State Forester Harry Lee Baker urges hunters and forest users to fully extinguish fires and douse camp flames before leaving. Drought and frost intensify fire risk across Florida, threatening naval stores, lumber, and young timber.
The Lake County Tuberculosis and Health Association met in Ta vares at Ye Old Spinning Wheel Tea Room with nineteen members present. They completed plans for the Lake County Seal Sale to support tuberculosis and general health service in the county next year and noted doctors, nurses, hospitals and lay workers have given freely of their time for Lake county children, while the sale invites public contributions through Christmas Seals.
A dead coral snake found by Mrs. S. F. Hayward near her back door is placed in the Topic window. The note warns that this poisonous snake is not common and advises killing it if encountered, while remarking that such displays draw public interest.
Mount Dora Hi-Y Club held its first meeting of the year with about one hundred percent attendance. Officers were elected for the coming season, and topics included future meetings, programs, state conventions, and constitution readings. Advisors Mr. Peabody Professor Roseborough and Rev. James will assist, with meeting space secured in a school room.
A New Jersey couple, W. H. Sebring and wife, found a Clermont Florida advertising folder twenty years ago. Recalling it last fall, they contacted the Clermont Chamber of Commerce and arrived in Clermont last week to take a cot.
Mount Dora sustains four active churches reflecting a moral community. The Baptist church led by Rev W R Lambert operates a large tabernacle with Sunday services B Y P A and women auxiliaries. The Community Congregational church under Rev A M Brodie opens November 1 and hosts a year round C E Society. The Methodist Episcopal church under Rev Perry B James maintains a strong Epworth League and large Sunday School. Christian Science meets Sundays and Wednesdays in the library east room with readers Mrs Wm Bartlett and Mrs Jane Wolfert. Winter visitors are welcomed to all churches and made to feel at home.
Kiwanis in Mount Dora skips this week to join Eustis Rotary for an inter-club meeting. Dr. Gerald Evans of Tavares urged caution on false security and wealth disparity while noting defense talks miss the real war. Guests included J. I. Wean Eustis E. H. Wilkerson and Richard Edgerton of Mount Dora. New members Dr A. M. Brodie and Harry Clark were welcomed. Officers and a district training school for men were announced for Leesburg on November 27.
The article recalls intense competition among Florida towns for Rollins College. Mount Dora, Daytona Beach, Orange City and Winter Park bid with land, cash, and pledges while leaders debated terms and prospects in the run up to the college’s founding era.
Mount Dora's Chamber of Commerce led by Geo J White and Alfred Rehbaum coordinates a robust civic network. The Wiwants Club, Woman's Club, Yacht Club and Lawn Bowling Club organize social, cultural and tourist events along with a thriving Mount Dora Public Library sponsorship. Fraternal bodies including Masons Knights of Pythias and American Legion units align with Boy Scouts and D A R activities. The Mount Dora Art League, Girl Scouts and D A R chapters contribute artistic, educational and charity work throughout the year.
Churches of Mount Dora sponsor a union Thanksgiving service at Congregational church from 10 30 to 11 30 Thursday morning November 29. Dr Brodie will preside and read the Presidents proclamation Reverend Perry B James will deliver the message and Reverend A A Stanley will offer the prayer. Music and themes of thanksgiving will be rendered.
George J. White executive vice president of the First National Bank of Mount Dora is named to the board of directors for the all Florida exposition Florida on Parade to be held in Orlando. Preparations are advancing with groundwork landscaping and site work nearly ready as architects engineers builders and contractors finalize plans and estimates.
The Tourist Club launches a community canvass next week led by chairman J M Horton with committee members H L Drugg Philip Bachert Geo H Peabody Mrs H M Clark and Miss Helen Lemert. The goal is to enroll five hundred members for the season.
Lake County to host Rollins College Tars versus Erskine eleven at the Leesburg athletic field next Wednesday November 28 at 8 pm. The game moved from Orlando at local request and to feature Leesburg bred star George Miller. The Eustis Band will perform and attendance could reach 5000 as students from Winter Park may march over to cheer.
A compact reminiscence quotes the idea that daily labor funds life outside work. It contrasts earning time with enjoying it, suggesting a philosophy that leisure creates a fuller existence beyond professional duties.
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