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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
5
A mother writes her son, newly driving at eighteen, urging responsibility and safety. She warns against reckless speed, stresses road courtesy, and advises regular brake and headlight checks, hoping the letter prevents fatalities and confirms trust in his judgment.
Florida Citrus Commission denies reports that the federal government fixed grapefruit prices for relief agencies. Chairman L. P. Kirkland says there is no truth in, and no announcement has been made about, government prices. Growers told to hold fruit. commission aims to market the crop through advertising and regulated movement.
Brookline resident Steven C. Harris reports many Massachusetts people plan to travel to Florida this winter, many after voting on November 3. He notes a large turnout and predicts a fine election with returns then heading to Florida. Harris also states he will arrange for a Massachusetts stone base for the flag pole at the Tavares courthouse. Four youths killed in a Jacksonville head-on crash, attributed to speeding.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce and local groups install road markers and posters directing motorists from Tampa and St Petersburg toward central Florida’s hill and lake region. Signs at Barberville, Mount Dora, Eustis, Clermont Groveland and Auburndale advertise scenic routes to Lake County, Orlando, Jacksonville and Ocala.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce board hosts its October meeting at the court house office in Tavares at 3 p m Friday. It is the final session of the year and President Harry P Johnson urges full attendance.
Leesburg records show a busy building season with $100,000 in construction transactions in the past month. Fifteen homes priced from seven thousand dollars and two new apartment houses are among the noted developments, alongside remodeling of older structures.
Since 1933, a Florida citrus wine maker promotes Florida Beacon red grapes for a high quality sparkling burgundy. He explains a Florida specific yeast method to avoid vinegar, stresses market advantages of aging wine, and urges cooperative processing to standardize quality and pricing under a Florida Beacon Burgundy label.
Twenty acres of bearing orange grove in Howey-in-the-Hills were purchased this week by Dodge Taylor secretary of the Howey company. He announced that T. W. Garrett special agent for the Howey Company in England is expected to arrive in October with English farmers interested in citrus growing here. Florida real estate operators watch Howey Company's foreign investment efforts.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asserts that the American way of life requires a relationship between free men and equals in labor and employer terms. He emphasizes that labor is entitled to as much security as property.
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