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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
3
Navy Q and A outlines sailor health care with dispensaries at stations, government insurance up to ten thousand dollars, and the O Rourke test for fit duties. It explains staff officers as medical dental supply and chaplains, shore duty rules, Medal of Honor criteria, special naval reserve enlistment, equal pay and benefits, uniform parity, and details on PT boats with speeds up to fifty miles per hour and armament not yet widely deployed.
Lake County residents are invited to a forestry program on Saturday October 25 at 3 p m in the Court House Tavares. Guest speaker Wayne G Miller of Valdosta Ga from the Forest Farmers Cooperative will discuss a reforestation plan and the Lake County Chamber fire prevention and slash pine committee will act on feedback from the talk. Delegations from Orange and Seminole counties and other Lake communities are expected to attend.
A fishing editor extols Lake County's camps along Lake Harris and nearby waters. He visits Palm Garden, Leesburg, and Tom's Fishing camp, praising scenery, modern cabins, and friendly guides while noting similar reasonable prices and the wide variety of camps to explore for bass, bream, and shellcrackers.
Florida handcraft makers see growing demand as war disrupts European and Asian supplies. The State Marketing Board, with the Public Instruction Department, opens schools in Holly Hill Orlando and Palatka to teach crafts using palmetto pine needles cat tail rushes and native woods. Sales occur at Holly Hill Titusville and Ft. Pierce markets while northern distributors seek native materials amid war related supply strains.
County and home demonstration agents report strong demand for defense garden emblems as families respond to higher food costs and wartime shortages. Eligible households may display the emblem by applying through the county agent at the Court House in Tavares. The 1942 farm goals stress expanding meat eggs milk cheese and dairy exports to Britain, with increased hay pastures and legume crops to boost nitrogen for next year.
The article outlines 1942 agricultural goals stressing reductions in fats oils and tobacco while increasing soybeans peanuts and castor beans. It urges destroying Sea Island cotton stalks to prevent boll weevil infestations and promotes home gardens and county defense garden emblems. It mentions Defense Savings Bonds Series E and their purchase details.
A Navy instruction stresses sailors should write to their parents at least weekly, underscoring the value of regular personal communication. The order highlights family ties and morale, urging prompt letters and updates from ships or stations.
David Simpson of Mount Dora and Max Wettstein of Leesburg lead a Lake County Defense Council survey of available trucks for emergency use. About 400 residents who owned cars or trucks were mailed letters seeking full vehicle details, with follow ups for all owners to respond.
R D Keene president of the Growers and Shippers League of Florida buys 800 acres of unimproved land in southern Lake County near Clermont. He starts clearing crews and plans hundreds of acres of groves, citing elevation and water protection as key factors after recent Pine Island Montverde acquisitions.
Winter Garden showcases one of the largest and best equipped properties in the state with the real estate transaction handled by Bowman and Bowman Company of Clermont.
Lake County signs along the Jacksonville to Tampa highway were moved to a new site on the Barberville road. George Pierce of Eustis handled the removal, having done similar work for the Eustis Chamber of Commerce. The two chambers cooperate in joint rental of the property to maintain signs.
Civic, fraternal and social organizations explore investment options for their treasury funds, focusing on government securities such as Savings Bonds Series F to preserve capital and earn modest returns.
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