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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
8
Florida and Texas crops support optimistic turnout for fresh grapefruit in interstate commerce. Pratt estimates Florida may ship about 7,000,000 boxes, Texas 3,000,000, with 1,300,000 boxes for relief and 7,000,000 more for interstate fresh trade, totaling about 17,500 cars from Florida this season versus 17,616 last year.
The Progressive Farmer announces the creation of Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in southwest North Carolina. The 3 840 acres cover the Little Santeetlah Creek watershed in Graham County. Kilmer, born December 6, 1886, was killed in World War I in July 1918.
Frank reports on the Safety Congress in Atlantic City where 9100 attendees from America and Europe debated a war on recklessness. The goal is to save over 45,000 lives in four years through driver licensing and enforcement, with state differences in licenses and road rules highlighted.
The National Education Association and National Conference of Parents and Teachers outline seven aims for public schools. They emphasize a sound mind in a healthy body, happiness, reading and thinking skills, earning potential, productive use of free time, informed citizenship, and trusted spiritual character. President Roosevelt urges discernment to separate wheat from chaff in national aims.
The Florida Tuberculosis Board schedules the cornerstone ceremony for the Florida TB Sanatorium on Monday November 2 at 4 p m at Woodmere near Orlando. Officials and many interested groups will attend as Lake County continues to cooperate with the Florida Health Association to fund the institution.
Battle sites forts block houses and pirate haunts will be among the subjects used by contestants in the 1937 Irving Bacheller essay contest in Florida history. The contest is open to junior and senior high school students across Florida.
Bulbs should be planted after thorough soil preparation. Dig 7 to 10 inches deep, mix in 1 to 2 inches of mold, and add 2 to 3 pounds of high grade fertilizer per 100 square feet. Dig individual holes for each bulb, plant at about three times the bulb diameter, and space six to eight inches apart, in borders or beds arranged in circles or rows as suited.
Florida will be represented with a red flint stone from the Dade Memorial Battlefield at the semi centennial celebration in Tavares next year. Judge J C B Koonce of Eustis provided the first Florida stone and chaired the Dade Centennial Commission. The stone bears Dade Park Sumter County and marks Florida among eleven states including Georgia Pennsylvania Kentucky Maine Wisconsin Arizona Illinois Colorado and Connecticut.
A public-spirited woman questions a street child about his home and parents then invites the boy’s mother to hear a lecture on when a mother's duty begins at Lyceum Hall at 2 oclock the next afternoon. The excerpt contrasts concern with the boy and a newspaper editorial pondering if people are better off on March 4 1933.
A First National Bank of Tampa advertisement praised Lake county with imagery of a vineyard and a scenic lake shore highway. The piece promotes regional appeal and encourages readers to consider the county for an at home tour, noting proximity to the West Coast and inviting exploration.
Gordon Renner of Portsmouth New Hampshire was charged with reckless death in the Sewell auto crash that killed 80 year old John E. Sewell of Mount Dora Florida. Renner appeared in Hampton Municipal Court with counsel and the case was continued to October 31. Authorities seek a second vehicle believed to have struck Sewell as he lay on the road. Mrs Abbie Sewell 78, is reported in critical condition at Portsmouth Hospital. Mr Sewell was a member of the Shrine Boston Globe.
Florida producers will receive 90 percent of Class I and 100 percent of Class II payments under the 1936 Agricultural Conservation Program. Initial payments of at least 90 percent will be issued as checks are prepared and mailed. About 4 million farmers nationally participate. many weeks may pass before all initial payments are distributed. Administration expenses will be deducted from later payments.
The Forest Products Laboratory proposes improvements to small portable band sawmills to better convert farm woodland timber. Cooperative operation could meet local demand, cut waste, expand uses for low quality logs, and provide year round woodland employment. A Farmers’ picnic report notes a man won the 100 yard dash after his wife won the rolling pin throwing contest. Russia’s third Five Year Plan begins in
A 350 bird touring troupe drawn from Davis & Gist Wild Bird Farm McIntosh Florida begins exhibition tours at State and County fairs across the South. Fifty species hail from Alaska Canada China Cuba Central America South America England Egypt India Indo-China Mongolia North America Norway and Sweden. Egyptian geese Cuban tree ducks and Greenwing Teal are included. the Teal can fly at 125 mph. N M Gist, owner, led Bird Island sanctuary for the Audubon Society for over 18 years.
The Florida Public Works magazine spotlights Lake County with three pages of county photos and features supplied by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. It highlights more than $6,000,000 invested in the county last year in fruit vegetables watermelons grapes and related industries. An article on county refunding and a portrait of C B Treadway accompany perspectives on the road department and state government unity while a cited Asheville Citizen editorial questions agricultural economy and overseas markets.
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