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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1934
Page
10
The Tourists Club promotes its 1934 35 season as a real credit to Mount Dora promising quality entertainment within reach of all. Non members pay 50 cents at the door while season tickets exist. Socials are set for December 14 January 18 and February 22 with picnics on January 10 and February 14. dates are approximate pending final fixes.
The note outlines three open dates for season programming and emphasizes at least five local presentations. Collins Management Service Lyceum numbers run Jan 29 to Feb 19, with Southern College returning and Thalians of Tampa bringing a 30 to 35 member Pirates of Penzance. Rollins Glee Club opens the season with a 55 member choir.
The Sorrento Ladies Aid Society marked fifty years with a November 21 1884 founding roll call honored by present members and guests. A yellow decor luncheon featured founder memories with readings from Warren Butts Henry Bishop and Rev A Noble and a 50 candle cake. Out of town attendees included Miss Nellie Adams Mrs Harriet Somerville and others from Jacksonville Sanford Daytona Beach Mount Dora and Lake Mary.
The Robbins Circus opens its fifty sixth season touring eastern central southern states and heads to Savannah after winter quarters. The show features elephants lions tigers camels and many other animals with three rings a steel arena and two daily performances at 2:15 PM and 8:00 PM Tuesday on Highland Ave.
Advice on improving school lunches offered by Circular 37 of the Agricultural Extension Service. Free upon application to the State Home Demonstration Department in Tallahassee.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Orlando opens a remodeled two story store at N Orange and Washington after seven weeks of restructuring. The $65,000 project adds a large furniture and rug department and expands all departments while maintaining service. Central Florida shoppers are invited to the opening event.
A large turnout of Lake county growers and some from Orange county attended a grove irrigation demonstration in Umatilla on November 17. Sponsored by E. F. DeBusk and Clifford R. Hiatt, the event showed easy, economical water handling for groves. Growers with irrigation systems are pumping water around the clock to protect crops amid continuing drought threatening heavy losses if conditions persist.
E F DeBusk state citriculturist and County Agent Hiatt spent last week with growers to plan economical grove irrigation. This week they continue work across Lake County. Contact the county agent at Tavares for help. Screw worm infestations located in Lake County at Umatilla and Eustis were treated. livestock owners urged to report suspected cases immediately.
The county agent lists bulletins No 269 on frequency cutting nitrate fertilization and pasture grass composition No 270 on fertilizer trials with pecans No 466 on dried grapefruit refuse as a valuable feed and a Home Economics bulletin from Tallahassee on Canning of Meats Also Groveland office hours moved from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning at the Old Bank Building
Mount Dora Florida. Girl Scout leaders of the Orange Lake Council met at Mrs. William Edwards home in Zellwood last Thursday. Mrs. Frank Burkart Miss Vivian Craig Miss Helen Meadows Miss Shirley Scho nenberger Miss Elizabeth Godfrey and Miss Mary Elizabeth Simpson attended about 40 people. Useful ideas on Girl Scout activities were exchanged Supper, prepared at four camp fires, and Edwards kitchen treats were enjoyed.
Mr and Mrs Denny Morrow welcomed a son born Saturday November 17 in An area. The announcement notes the new arrival and parental joy, with no further details provided.
Mount Dora drive closes with a week left as coordinators urge more members. Workers report many residents away from home, leaving the branch well short of the 175 quota after last year’s 170.
The Sorrento P T A met in the school auditorium to plan a Christmas party for local children with expenses covered by a PTA play. Several papers on child training and home atmosphere were discussed. refreshments were served by the hospitality committee.
The Florida State Board of Health reports two water samples from Mount Dora with total bacterial counts of 100 and 80, respectively, after presump tive and fermentation tests. It concludes the sanitary quality is excellent based on source knowledge handling treatment and analytical data.
Executrix Marguerite Burton files final report for Harry M. Burton estate and petitions for final discharge. A hearing before County Judge E. M. Tally of Lake County Florida is set for December 14, 1934.
Theresa Cisky holder of Tax Certificate No. 1257 dated August 1 1932 has filed certificate for tax deed for Lot 9 Block 1 Cisky Park Plat No 2 Lake County Florida. Certificate issued in B F Cisky name. If not redeemed deed will issue December 4 1934 at 4 o clock PM. Dated October 30 1924. Official Seal GEO J DYKES Clerk of Circuit Court Lake County Florida. By R C Peeples D C.
The King's Daughters request toys for their annual Christmas boxes. Parents are asked to gather old toys for repair renovation painting or other needed work so they become gifts for children with few toys. Contact Miss Nancy Stuart or circle members to arrange pick up promptly.
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