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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
5
Potato growers of Stem Jersey variety in Lake County Florida plan a meeting Tuesday night at the Agents office in Tavares to discuss next year seed supply and related plans. Two car shipments for July were recorded, one from Umatilla at 2.25 and another from Groveland at 2.15 per track, highlighting the crop as a new cash item for the area.
Florida gardeners can plant 12 winter bloom annuals this fall for color and cut flowers. John V. Watkins advises on sowing Caledul, calendula, snapdragons, pansies, mignonette, stocks, cornflowers, bachelor buttons, petunias, sweet alyssum, Linaria morrocana, Lupines, and California poppies with specific setup tips for boxes, spacing, and thinning.
The notice lists opportunities for building materials in Habana including plans for a 120 apartment project with a 3 000 seat cinema, and a Panama City theater promoter to be named on request. Trade opportunities for rosin agency poultry feeds and hickory handles are also advertised along with various publications and local social notes.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, longtime pulpit former Indiana to Beech, spends winters in Florida. After two years in poor health here, his health improved, he returned north with vigor. He praises Florida's climate and says many he knows personally claim health benefits and longer lives from it.
In Pensacola a Newport Company industrial plant begins operation backed by a $1,000,000 investment. Nearby Blountstown reports ongoing work on State Highway 6 through Calhoun County, signaling infrastructure progress in the region.
On October 22 a convoy of 125 highway engineers from several foreign countries will pass through Lake County on an inspection tour. The delegation, organized by a regional transportation authority, plans stops to review local road work and signaling projects.
Sorrento residents share greetings as Mrs. Carl Walker and her Jacksonville guest return, families from Zellwood Sanford and Eustis spend time in the area, and visitors from Center Hill DeLand Fort Meade Leesburg and Albany join local gatherings. Mr. Jessie Fenton returns from New York with wife welcomed home.
The Zellwood P T A held a meeting presenting 6th 7th and 8th grade paper prizes judged by parents, with winners named for each grade. The article also applauds Orange County road work linking Zellwood Inn and grammar school, and notes new arrivals, social gatherings, and local visits.
Reports from Mount Dora note a patient recovering from bone abscess surgery. Dorothy Cowart returned from Sanford hospital after a serious operation. Tony Ondich and John Potsko came back from Hazelton Pa after ten months, citing Pennsylvania unemployment. Dr. W P Barton and family travel to Zellwood Inn Florida. Other items recall fishing catches near Orlando, travels to Gainesville for a funeral, and a traffic collision near Zellwood with property damage and no injuries. Tilden Pugh resumes grader job at Plymouth packing house.
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