Mount Dora Topic Publication Details
The Mount Dora Topic is issued in Mount Dora Florida each Thursday by the Mount Dora Publishing Company. Edith Edeburn Keller is listed with George C Keller as editor and associate editor and business manager Eugene L Downs. The paper is entered as second class matter and filed at the Mount Dora post office under the 191% act.
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Mount Dora, Florida
Mount Dora
Edith Edeburn Keller
George C. Keller
Business Pace
Eugene L. Downs
Mount Florida
Isi
Printing on a slim margin in the United States
The Wall Street Journal notes printers operate with about 1.25 percent profit, averaging $1230 on $100,000 in business. Printers donate hard cash when offering cut rates, a reminder that printing is a major industry with tiny margins.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Caase
United States
America
Leesburg Commercial
Diversion of gasoline funds undercuts Florida road system
The Lake Wales News urges the next Florida Legislature to stop diverting gasoline and license tag revenues. After collecting 30 million dollars in 1939 the State Road Department kept only about 10 million for roads, leaving little for new construction. The editorial cites California’s gasoline tax use as a model for funding roads without bonds.
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Florida
Lake Wales News
California
United States
Ain't It The Truth In The School Newspaper
A humorous verse complains about the editor and the paper’s quality. It notes peppiness versus a cemetery like dullness, with critics in the lower classes voicing displeasure as copies go missing and readers call out from afar.
Lake shore cleanup and memorials in Mount Dora
The lake shore cleanup gains credit to Mr Harlow and the city promises a road along the shore to ease sand accumulation and mosquito breeding. The piece notes Mount Dora's steady progress and honors Tom Mix, a great cowboy and man, with a portrait of community pride and local history. It also mentions a Home Guard photo feature in the Orlando Morning Sentinel and references a draft feeling among readers.
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Lake Shore
Harlow
Mount Dora
Tom Mix
Villian
Balzac
Home Guard
Orlando Morning Sentinel
Ormlund Powers
Drum Beat Stirs Town With Witty Recessional Notes
A columnist muses on would be writers and the lack of money in freelancing, noting broad town readership of the Drum Beat. The piece winds through reflections on recession, social classes, Byron lines, and a seaside summer memory.
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Martin Andersen
Mother Goose Up-To-Date Noted Poem Pages
A humorous verse recounts a sequence of European countries in a wartime parody ending with a taunting line about a bond. By Frank Lunn of Waynesboro Pennsylvania the item is presented as a subscriber brought topic.
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Mother Goose
Frank Lunn
Waynesboro
Benefit Games Party At Community Building
The Methodist church choir hosts a games party next Tuesday at 8 p m in the Community Building open to the public. Proceeds from a small admission fee benefit the hymn fund. The Florida State Fair in Tampa runs February 4 through 15 and will feature extensive county participation and a fine cattle and livestock show.
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Methodist Church
Tampa
Quick Coffee Cake Recipe from Self Rising Flour
Recipe provides a quick coffee cake using self rising flour with pre mixed baking powder and salt. Instructions cover making batter with fat egg milk and sugar, pouring into greased pan, then topping with a cinnamon sugar butter mixture and raisins before baking at 400 degrees F for about 15 minutes.
Furnished first floor apartment for rent at Tremain Court
Four large heated rooms in a front first floor unit at 309 Tremain Court. Furnished apartment available for rent with convenient amenities. Contact details not available in the listing.
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Tremain Court
Oleander Worm Alert From Flower Lovers
Mr Ferson and local gardeners warn that oleander worms are appearing in force. Inspect oleander plants for pests on the undersides of leaves and destroy all found as they are highly destructive and can defoliate the plants if unchecked.
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Mr. Ferson
First Year Driver's License Totals for Florida
Florida reports 763503 licenses sold in the first year under the Driver's License Law. Revenue from all sources reached 372900 dollars, with disbursements of 32,454 for salaries and 26,584 for expenses in the licensing division. Patrol division paid 59,995 for salaries and 114,068 for expenses. Final figures may adjust slightly with month-end and last-minute reports.
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Florida
D. W. Finley
Department ‘of Prepounty
Tallahassee
Cabany
Finley
National Editorial Association to visit Florida next spring
Approximately 500 country editors from the National Editorial Association will tour Florida next spring. They will travel on Florida Motor Lines buses to St. Augustine Marine Studios Silver Springs Rainbow Springs Bok Tower Cypress Gardens McKee Jungle Gardens Sugar House at Clewiston and the Ringling Art Museum at Sarasota.
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National Editorial Association
Florida
Florida Motor Lines
St. Augustine
Marine Studios
Silver Springs
Rainbow Springs
Bok Tower
Cypress Gardens
McKee Jungle Gardens
Sugar House
Clewiston
Ringling Art Museum
Sarasota
Dolomite Grant Aid Closing Date Near
State office set October 31 as the final date to obtain dolomite through the county soil conservation office in Tavares. G T Huggins urges interested residents to apply now, as applications will not be accepted after the deadline.
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State Office
County Soil Conservation Office
G.T. Huggins
Soil Conservation Office
Tavares
Children treated at Florida home surpass seven hundred eight-year total
Supt. Edwin Baker reports more than 700 children from 66 of Florida counties have been treated at the Harry-Anna Crippled Children’s Home in Umatilla over the eight years since its establishment.
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Florida
Harry-Anna Crippled Children’s Home
Umatilla
Edwin Baker
Catholic Church Rectory Schedule and Services
Catholic church at Cor Grove and Badger Ave lists rectory at 234 Ste mg Ave with Rev. William O'Farrell, pastor. Sunday Mass on the first Sunday 8 am and other Sundays 10 30 am. Weekday Mass 7 30 am. Confessions Saturdays eves of days and first Fridays 7 30. Midweek service Wednesday 7 30 pm. Baptisms Sundays 3 pm.
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Catholic Church
Cor
Grove A
Badger Ave
Ste Mg Ave
William O'Farrell
Church of God Liberty Street Service Schedule
The Church of God on Liberty Street lists Sunday school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m Pastor L A Ford invites worshippers. A prayer meeting is Tuesday at 7 45 p m and Y P E meets Friday at 7 45 p m.
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Church OF God
Liberty Street
L. A. Ford
Zion Lutheran Church Groveland Service Times
Zion Lutheran Church Augustana Synod Groveland Florida lists morning worship at 11 00 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m led by Rev O E Liden pastor with services on Sunday mornings and evenings.
First Church of Christ Scientist Eustis Service Schedule
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M Sunday service at 11 A M with the Doctrine of Atonement as the subject Wednesday evening meeting at 8 P M Testimonies experiences and remarks on Christian Science are given A free reading room in the Fountain Inn Building 117 Eustis Street is open daily 3 to 5 P M except Sundays and holidays for reading borrowing or purchasing Bible and Christian Science literature The public is invited to attend all services and use the reading room.
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First Church OF Christ Scientist
Eustis
Florida
Grove Street
Lemon Avenue
Fountain Inn
Eustis Street
Golden Triangle Moose Lodge Meeting Schedule
Golden Triangle Lodge 874 Loyal Order of Moose meets at P Hall in Eustis on the first and third Mondays. Officers listed include L J Drawdy as Governor and Lafe Pohlman as Secretary.
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Golden Triangle Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
P. Hall
Eustis
L. J. Drawdy
Lafe Pohlman
Low Citrus Advertising Costs Highlighted by Bureau
The Bureau of Advertising reports extremely low ad costs using a dollar example for three dozen oranges. It breaks the dollar into grower retailer railroads packers picking carting and sales expenses with advertising under one cent per dozen and about one thirty sixth of a cent per orange. The release touts newspaper advertising as the most effective way to promote food products.
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Bureau of Advertising
Pioneer publisher R W Storrs dies in Walton County
R W Storrs, longtime resident of Walton County and publisher of the DeFuniak Springs Breeze, died after months of illness Friday. Born in Ohio, he moved to Florida in 1883, started the Jolly Bay paper, renamed it DeFuniak Springs Breeze, and ran it until 1939 when sold to current owners.
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R. W. Storrs
Walton County
DeFuniak Springs Breeze
Ohio
Florida
Jolly Bay
Peter
Ee E. DeFuniak Springs
Chang
Florida and Walton County
Seaboard Air Line Faces Reservations for Various Names
Ticket agents report ongoing requests for reservations on names such as the per Slicker and the Silver Slipper despite two years of operation and extensive advertising for the Silver Meter Seaboard Air Line service.
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Seaboard Air Line
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