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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
1
A joint meeting of the Eustis and Mount Dora Lions clubs featured District Governor Jim Burgess delivering a Patriotism focused address highlighting Fifth Column concerns. Sadie Hawkins Day with prizes for costumes and impersonations of Al Capp’s strip set for Friday night November 15. Tickets sold later this week.
Mount Dora Dorans fall 19-6 to Umatilla Bulldogs in a hard fought nonleague clash. McDonald led Umatilla with a 50 yard first quarter run and Reedy briefly found pay dirt for Mount Dora before a key penalty and turnovers shifted momentum. Dorans host Ocoee next, on November 1.
Mount Dora B team remains undefeated this season after beating Apopka B 12-0. Hecker scored twice with 78 and 12 yard interceptions and a 2 yard TD run, Teasley missing the extra point. Apopka had an opening kickoff but no scoring.
Richard G. Shipes Jr. joins the Navy, enlisting through Orlando Naval Recruiting Station. He and other Central Florida young men have been transferred to the Taine Station at Hampton.
Leesburg civic clubs and chambers of commerce organize Armistice Day events. A 10 30 parade features Leesburg High School. 11 00 memorial service at city hall. 1 30 battalion parade with Eustis and Leesburg bands. mass drills at Venetian Gardens. 8 00 football game between Leesburg and Ocala alumni at the high school field.
The Lake County Federation of Women's Clubs falls in for its fall session at 10 30 a m Friday November 15 in Umatilla with welcome remarks from Mrs W F Austin Jr president of the Umatilla Woman's Club and Mrs F W C Kramer president of the Leesburg Woman's Club. Reports from chairmen on legislation beautification music festival conservation public welfare and welfare address by district supervisor Lon Olivet precede an Florida Federation council report and a luncheon. Karl Lehmann of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce will speak on Home Defense at the Roots.
Perfect attendance pins were awarded last Sunday. Recipients include three months pin holders Mrs Ten Broeck Mrs Tallant Mrs C A Killian Mrs N E Strite Mrs C Wilder C Wilder Earl Wilder Richard Van Voorhis. Six months pin recipients Miss Charlotte Fitch Mrs Streeter Donald French David French David Royal Dixie Royal Jr. Nine months enamel pin recipients Emily Coffin Billy Goodman Sally Strite. One year awardees Miss L Barrett Mrs O Hecker Mrs D D King Mr C A Killian Mr A L French Dr D D George Bond Robert Goodman Ira Roseborough Sue Bond C W Rogers Clyde Mosteller Betty Davis Mabel Wyat Dorothy Bond John Coffin Robert Hecker.
Mount Dora Public Schools invite parents relatives and friends to visit on Tuesday November 5th Principal D D Roseborough and the PTA welcome all interested persons Chairs will be provided so parents may attend any or all classes during a representative school day The day promotes closer friendship and understanding between parents and teachers and offers an interesting and instructive experience for attending parents
The City of Dora is on the ways at Wise Boat Works with Captain Wise stating completion is about a day away. The Silver Spray, an eight to ten passenger craft, has been overhauled and is ready for boating parties on short notice.
The P T A Carnival runs from 7 PM to after midnight with a parade on the football field and prizes for best costumes. The gymnasium hosts games cake walk fortune telling and dancing while the amateur show occurs at 8 PM in the auditorium. A 11 30 PM theater party features Richard Dix film and stage acts. American Legion patrols will enforce safe conduct with mayor and police approval.
The general election ballot will carry summaries of six proposed constitutional amendments. Russell Kay explains these amendments in his Too Late to Classify column, to which the Topic directs readers for detailed explanation.
Explanation of six amendments on the November ballot. Includes abolishing ad valorem taxes, creating a State Parole Commission, distributing racing revenues by county, a seven member Supreme Court, four year terms for county commissioners with district numbers, and tax exemptions for widows and disabled veterans. Encourages voters to study and vote wisely.
A party of prominent artists writers and officials visited Lake County Saturday and Sunday to launch Tahopa the new colony. Ten five acre tracts have been bought and construction will begin soon, with Frank Parker Stockbridge and Vilhjalmur Stefansson among those purchasing sites. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce and W C Daniells assisted, with Karl Lehmann presenting the group. The colony links to Mount Plymouth Country Club a 10000 acre preserve on the St Johns River and a cabana enclave on Lake County's lakes.
The Girl Scouts are selling gladiolus bulbs this week at a table on the bank corner Saturday. Proceeds support Scout activities and projects, inviting the community to purchase bulbs for planting this year.
Mount Dora and Sorrento area men are listed among the first 100 drafted in Lake County. The Leesburg Commercial will publish the full county list this week. Names include John Pressley Atkins William Wilson Riker George Collins Fred Leiom Combee Arthur Lorenzo Russell John Dorrance Williams Howard Blair Kramer George Hubert Damson John Theodore Torrence Emerson Gordon Cowboy Ralph Edwin Chapman.
Kiwanis Orlando’s Flying Squadron of eight members will lead today’s meeting with an as yet unspecified program. Florida Kiwanis Lt. Gov Julius Dingfelder spoke on underprivileged child work, while Mount Dora’s W. L. Story reported on lunch program spending.
An election party will be held at the Lake County Court House in Tavares Tuesday night November 5 to monitor returns as they come in. Precinct results will be broadcast by loudspeakers inside and outside the court house with state and national totals relayed by radio. County staffers will tally the votes, with Gause and Kirkland providing PA and radio support. Florida Telephone Corp lines will relay precinct results to the courthouse. Sponsored by Lake County Commissioners and the Orlando Sentinel Star.
Congressman Hendricks announces a series of electrical transcription radio broadcasts from Washington due to the Capitol absence of Majority Leader McCormack. The schedule lists WMFJ Daytona Beach 7 30 Friday November 1 WTMC Ocala 7 30 Friday November 1 WDBO Orlando 7 30 Saturday November 2 WFOY St Augustine 8 00 Saturday November 2.
Seventh grade students from the junior high enjoyed a hay ride to Rock Springs Saturday evening. A picnic supper and wiener roast followed, with Mr. Stokley giving a grand country ride. Attendees included Bette Davis Billy Schwind Faye Shipes Tommy Kelly Jane Edgerton Stephen Fertitta Dwight Mosteller Ruth Shipes Earl Underwood Opal Hutchenson Wilma Thompson Albert Peterson Bob Allen Carl Tucker Jimmy Wetz Mabell Claire Wyatt Billy Goodman James Bean and grade mothers Mrs. Robert Goodman and Mrs. D O Davis.
The Baptist congregation orders artistic pews for comfort as the new church nears completion. Regular services begin next Sunday with Rev. A. A. Stanley preaching, signaling renewed life and winter activities.
The ballot shows the first seven names as Roosevelt electors and the next seven as Willkie electors. Voters are instructed to place a cross mark before their chosen slate.
Visitors and locals new to town are asked to register at the Chamber of Commerce. Your name is not given to solicitors but may be used to locate you for special messages or telephone calls. No charge for the service.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club opens its 1940 41 season November 13 at the Yacht Club with new president Mrs W A Sheldon. The year’s program includes welfare, library, Red Cross work, and lectures by local and visiting speakers, with monthly tea receptions and a busy schedule through April.
American Art Week runs November 1 to 7 to foster national talent and cultural appreciation. Mount Dora Art League previously displayed local art in store windows and may organize a similar observance this year though details are not yet confirmed.
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