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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
8
Local personals list residents and visitors in Mount Dora including Mr. GF Weeks and Mrs. C E Beeman visiting several weeks. Others arrive for winter stays at Villa Dora and Cowles apartments while several recoup from medical care. The Mount Dora Library announces a future surprise for children.
Middletown, Conn., arrivals report winter occupancy at 131 Ninth Avenue in the same cottage as last season. Dr Otis Foye and wife from Dorchester Mass occupy Jackson corner N Donnelly. Several families return from summer homes to prepare for the season including Mr and Mrs Ford at Mount Dora Florida and Proctorville Vermont.
The Lake County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs hosts a bazaar December 3 and 4 at the Home Demonstration Kitchen in Tavares. Doors open noon Wednesday with fancy work aprons cooked foods candy jellies marmalades plants and cut flowers on sale. Seven clubs Eustis Tavares Whitney Montverde Ferndale Okahumpka and Mount Dora cooperate to make it an outstanding event with free orange juice served.
Mount Dora Public Library Committee notes a four year effort on the first novel. The tale follows a youth from fogne arriving in Philadelphia and his passions, fortunes, and love amid colonial life with figures like Robert Morris and Benjamin Franklin, ending in personal growth and a new relationship with Diane.
A brief notice advertises a five course turkey dinner priced at 85c at the Grand View Hotel. The item emphasizes a meal event with a single price and location.
On sale at the Topic office, Christmas Seals support tuberculosis stamping out efforts. Buy now to aid public health.
Miss Cora White aged 47 died Monday November 17 at her sister Mrs Arthur Fox home in Cornell after illness. Born February 27 1870 at Loon Lake she taught in Waukegan 1913 to 1920 and spent winters in Mount Dora. Surviving nieces Aletha Knigge of Chicago and Mary Jane McIntosh of Joliet and other relatives in Waukegan Antioch and Millburn.
Sponge sales on the Tarpon Sponge Exchange for the first ten months of this year total $1,107,097.03, greater than the sales of any previous year in the history of the industry. Bootblacks and caddies are entitled to workmen's compensation, according to a recent ruling of the Attorney General. Deputy clerks of circuit courts and deputy sheriffs are also entitled to workmen's compensation, the Attorney rules.
General Motors executives explain why new car models were developed for defense, citing material savings from design changes and the risk to defense workers if transportation declines. They argue ongoing American mobility remains essential to national effort and efficiency.
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