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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
1
The Mount Dora article promotes the town in Central Florida as a year round paradise with orange groves and artesian wells. It highlights Lake Dora and canal connections, local amenities, infrastructure and climate as selling points for home sites and real estate investments. It notes Florida gasoline tax relief and low millage impacts on homesteads, plus strong road networks and growth potential for buyers.
Florida Water Congress officers and directors meet at the Angebilt Hotel in Orlando at 11 o'clock Monday morning to discuss waterways projects and plans. The session will finalize plans for the fall meeting in Clearwater in November and the annual Lakeland meeting on February 22. Proceedings cover the Army Engineers presentation and a statewide October series of district water meetings with leaders from Mount Dora Ft. Myers and Tav res Florida inspecting projects and shaping a unified program.
DeLuxe Bakers and Luncheon Service will open Monday September 14 at 415 Donnelly in the Hotel Mount Dora building. Herbert W. Harlow proprietor and Wesley B. Harlow manager, well known in Central Florida, promise deluxe quality with booths for lunch service and on site preparation of sandwiches and salads. They invite all to inspect the new establishment.
Rail executives meet in Chicago before the northern lines contact committee to consider lowering all rail rates for Florida citrus shipped to mid western markets. Proposed cuts would apply east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, including St. Louis, at 18c per 100 lbs or about 16c per box.
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce invites visitors and homeseekers to consider Mount Dora as the premier Central Florida resort during the coming winter. Aimed at promoting the city identified as Midst the Lakes and Hills of Central Florida, it pledges full conveniences and a hospitable, progressive community. The mayor shares a personal welcome urging exploration of Mount Dora, promising a friendly citizenry and opportunities for winter vacations.
Mount Dora plays at Eustis today and Clermont here Sunday both games at 3 30 PM. The season ends with Mount Dora against Apopka in a doubleheader on the 17th. Winter Garden and Apopka expected to contest the Little World Series after Winter Garden won the first Lake Orange half. Mosteller made sensational catches in both Winter Garden games.
Lake County real estate sales amount to about 400000 in recent weeks with orange groves and farm land. More than 600 acres of bearing orange groves and over 1000 acres of raw farm land are reported by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. Huey of Leesburg cites over 90000 in the past month including 15 homes and two apartment houses. Lakes & Hills Realty of Mount Dora reports sale of the S L Harris grove between Eustis and Mount Dora with 25 acres of bearing grove and 15 acres more.
Mount Dora High School will add a music course this year while continuing practical arts and home economics. Principal D. D. Roseborough says extracurriculars rely on Kiwanis and other groups since the school board cannot sponsor them. He expects large enrollment due to the tourist season in Florida.
Mount Dora's Tourist Club has grown to 803 members last year, making it the second-largest in Florida. The city features a Recreation Center, multiple clubs, two 18 hole golf courses, a Yacht Club on Lake Dora, and abundant winter entertainments from December to April. Activities include card parties, dances, picnics, and performances by Petrie's White Hussars and The Hanscomb Players plus new acts. The town offers tennis, lawn bowling, boating, fishing, and ample parks, with the Community Building hosting weekly events and modern facilities for gatherings. Visitors are urged to plan a winter vacation in Mount Dora, famed as the Land of Sunshine.
Mount Dora High School will open Monday September 14 with one of the largest enrollments in years. Opening exercises and enrollment begin around 9 00 am. Principal D D Roseborough invites parents to attend. A new music course and continued practical arts will be offered. Faculty includes W A Vincent Helen Meadows Kempis Carpenter Nana T Laney Evelyn Cassady Vivia Craig Elizabeth West Vivian Thompson Doris Camp Esther Cadman Gladys Simpson Lucy Wood Mary Frances Pemberton and Music Mr Roseborough. Entrance and delinquent examination prep set for 10 am Monday. principal available Friday and Saturday for conference.
The Lake County Realty Board will hold its first meeting at the Lake Highlands Hotel in Clermont at 6 30 p m on Thursday September 17. President S H Bowman urges all realtors in the county to attend.
The school lunch room will open on Tuesday September 15 with Mrs. Marie Thompson in charge. A variety of menus and nutritious meals will be offered at a nominal cost. Inspection and mothers visit are invited Monday morning at the opening.
The King’s Daughters hold a sale of home cooked foods on Saturday morning September 12 starting at 9 30 a m in the Townsend Club room next to Goodman’s Barber Shop on Donnelly Avenue. Cakes pies doughnuts salad baked beans and more will be on sale. The treasury is depleted and friends are urged to help by arriving early for the best selections.
All tourists and winter residents are asked to register at the Chamber of Commerce office, regardless of prior residence. The notice urges timely enrollment and informs readers of the registration location.
Within the next two weeks twenty Mount Dora youths depart for colleges across the state. Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee includes Helen Stuval Martha Fenn Flora Morley. University of Florida in Gainesville lists Robert Dickson Nelson Morley Gould Sadler Robert Quixley Lem Downs Roy Christopher J B White Buster Sadler Edward Brooks Edward Sadler Mortimer McCown Frank Pooser. Stetson University in DeLand features Peggy Champ Jean Smith Alfred Rehbaum Jr. Southern College in Lakeland includes Katherine Killian and Mary Agnes Harding.
Mount Dora will send six young ladies to teach at various schools this year. Lois Hazel returns to Groveland for a second year, Virginia Killian to South Miami, Frances Harvey to Indiana, Jane McCown to Winter Garden for the first time, Ruth Loveless to Sneads for the first time, and Marie Slack back to Palatka for a second year.
A wry assessment notes that political combat in the western states avoids mudslinging and instead relies on flinging dust into opponents' eyes, signaling a smoky, nontransparent contest.
The piece portrays Otis Hale, called one of the town’s nicest youths, as a criminal at heart. It claims he was arrested Sunday in Orlando after a minor traffic incident near a dead end, escorted by a policeman, fined two dollars, with no lengthy sentence. His nickname Butch Hal or Jumpin’ is noted.
In a letter to A C Quixler George Peabody secretary of the Mount Dora Tourist Club recalls seven days of summer in New England and notes the time to head south with the birds as autumn nears.
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