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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1930
Page
2
The WCTU held its meeting at the Baptist church on Monday September 2 with a devotional by Mrs. Overhiser and data from Mrs. Carr from the Union Signal. The October meeting will also be at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Quixley honored by a bridge evening hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Ladue. Two tables played last Wednesday, with Mrs. Mary MacDonnell winning the ladies prize and Mr. Quixley the gentlemen’s prize. Guests included Estella Clark, Mrs. R. N. White and Tom Potter. Mrs. Quixley left for Rockford Illinois this past Saturday. A sweet course followed several progressions.
The Eastern Star picnic last Wednesday attracted seventy guests at Lakeside Park. A central cake celebrated Mr. and Mrs. A Hazelwood for sixteen years of marriage and Mr. Hazelwood’s 90th birthday, with heartfelt thanks to Mrs. R Battle and helpers. plans for another picnic were announced.
Betty West Janet Wolfert and J J West motored to Jacksonville where they joined Mr and Mrs Schlagel and their two children of Kansas City for a stay at the Royal Palms Hotel. Betty West left for a months vacation in the northeast while the group later visited Clyde Line Dock meeting Carrie True returning from a buying trip. The Schlagels returned to Kansas City and the others to Mount Dora saying they had a good time.
Miss Ellen Jarrett wed Seward Church in a Sunday ceremony at her parents home in Williston Florida. The bride, longtime Mount Dora resident and former assistant cashier at the First National Bank, and the groom a jeweler in Eustis plan to make their home in Mount Dora after leasing Thyne's house on Grandview.
A held-over community notice outlines residents and guests visiting Daytona Beach Tampa St. Petersburg and Mount Dora including Mrs Estella Clark Mr and Mrs Simpson Mr and Mrs Thayer and Mr Harvey. It notes relocations from Daytona to Sylvan Shores and Sanford trips, illness updates and social events in Rock Springs and Eustis.
The Park Grill welcomed guests including eight at a table hosted by Mr and Mrs Ansell Miller of Eustis and a table hosted by Mr and Mrs Barnett of Tangerine. Local attendees listed were Mrs Ernest Martin Miss Fanny Noonan Mr Daniel Bishop and Mr Fitzsim mons among others.
A Glasgow private was brought before the mayor for playing cards in church. He argued the pack served as a Bible Almanac and prayer book, citing cards as religious reminders from ace to king. The mayor labeled the constable the greatest fool. the soldier was discharged.
Growers should monitor foliage for whitefly larvae and the sooty mold they cause. The recommended remedy is a spray of 1 to 60 oil emulsion.
The Sea Scout leader from New York and New Jersey along with a Rochester Area Council veteran crewed the Thisbe to victory on Lake Ontario, beating Canada’s Quest in three of five races to win the Cup. J Taylor Howard and Barrows celebrate with Scouts aboard the Thisbe after the win.
A reminiscence on Senator James Watson’s tariff prophecy just before the act passed. It recalls July trade figures showing exports plunging from 404.86 million to 269 million and imports from 352.98 million to 219 million, with a 5.5 percent drop in manufacturing earnings and rising unemployment, contrasted with Watson’s later optimistic forecast of a swift recovery within a year.
A proverb notes that good farmers fail without study and reflection. It suggests success in agriculture comes from deliberate learning and thoughtful practice, not merit alone.
A Florida Experiment Station plant pathologist promotes seed disinfection using an 11,000 solution of corrosive sublimate. Seed in cloth bags is soaked per crop specific times, stirred during treatment, dried on old newspapers, then planted. The method prevents angular leaf spot and other diseases, but corrosive sublimate is highly toxic and must be handled carefully.
E. DeBusk extension citrus pathologist entomologist advises cover crops early to beat pumpkin bug and white flies. He suggests a fall coat of oil emulsion and light nitrogen around trees that look hungry or yellow. Do not cultivate until general fertilizer is disked in November.
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