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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
4
Mount Dora Topic is published in Mount Dora Florida every Thursday by the Mount Dora Publishing Company. The fragment suggests a local publication schedule and ongoing community coverage.
Robert McMurray writes a nostalgic column noting planes over the town, football practice begins, memories of swimming holes, and local longing for a public beach. He riffs on autumn days, unlucky omens for Friday the thirteenth, and invites reader letters and ideas for future columns.
Report notes Mount Dora’s drills on parade grounds as proof of civic readiness and government support. Northern readers are told of abundant sea fish, including 3000 pounds less by enthusiasts from Tarpon Springs. Marriages rise as Labor Day is cast as Evacuation Day with police and Company C men present.
City notes from Mount Dora lift spirits with health wishes and local tidbits. References to Doctor Dickson return, Uncle Gil Ganin health, and Otis Hale’s baseball milestone mark community pride. Weather hints and school notes mix with playful quips about babies and local gossip.
Mr and Mrs Oscar E Joos request a new contact address Ho tel 1151 Chapel St New Haven Conn in a Sept 2 1940 communication from New Haven noting Mount Dora reports of prosperity and sending greetings to friends.
Letters from Eugene C. Allen and others describe visits to Bridgeport and Hamden Connecticut, attendance at the Worlds Fair, a Chas Brock visit, and a Lockwood picnic. They praise the Florida Exhibit, hope to visit Mount Dora again, and note greenery from summer rain.
Solar heating traces to Solomon de Caux in 1615 with experiments in Europe. Legends say Archimedes focused sunlight on ships in 214 B C to deter foes. Buffon in 1747 melted wood using a paraboloid mirror. Solar water heaters offer safe economical heating, store heat in a thermos-like tank, and work on cloudy days. Dixie Solar Heater Company paid advertisement.
Florida Eastern Star delegation led by Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Minnien and Worthy Grand Patron Mr. Rambo sails from Jacksonville on the Mamie Lander Special to attend the General Grand Chapter assembly in San Francisco. The group includes Della Green Martha Carter Lillian Britton Inez Mann and others with stops in Atlanta Nashville and St. Louis forJoining events and sightseeing before the arrival in San Francisco.
Agricultural Commissioner Nathan Mayo challenged the crowd at the Winter Haven Kiwanis Club claiming Sea Island cotton from Marion County could not be distinguished from silk. Mayo cited a 65 cent price gap and noted the finest Sea Island cotton now grows in Polk County Florida.
Mrs George W Swartz age 85 a prominent winter resident of Mount Dora died at her Medina Ohio home on Tuesday Sept 10 at 4 45 p m Her husband Geo Swartz died on Sept 10 four years earlier Survivors include two daughters Mrs A J Waltz of Mount Dora Fla and Mrs John Beck of Medina and two sons J W and O G Swartz of Medina The funeral will be held in Medina at 2 30 p m tomorrow.
National circulation of a Standard Oil publication noted Lake County’s cosmopolitan population. It describes a 1937 semi centennial memorial in Tavares with a triple flagpole and a base built from stones representing foreign countries Canada provinces and U S states.
The speaker described a 40 acre Lakeland Winter Haven tract and cited more than 100000 acres of Sea Island cotton now growing in the state with this season's crop selling at 35 cents per pound.
Florida delegates will be transported to the National American Legion Convention in Boston on September 25 and 26 by a special Seaboard train named the Orange something. The event highlights the organized effort to provide group logistics for veterans’ gathering and shows the role of regional rail service in national veteran events.
The Lake County Recreation Council will meet at 1 30 Friday afternoon September 13 in the office of County Superintendent of Schools D Moore. The meeting precedes the Lake County Chamber of Commerce monthly board meeting chaired by Roger Giles and Lake County Recreation Director J Nuttall urge full attendance.
The notice lists mass times at the Grove Street and Badger Avenue church and its rectory at 234 Badger Ave. Pastor Rev. William Farrell conducts Sunday masses eight and ten thirty, weekday mass at 7 30, confessions Saturday and eve Holy Days at 7 30, midweek service Wednesday at 7 30, and Sunday baptisms at 3 p m.
The Church of God on Liberty Street lists Sunday school at 3:00 p m preaching at 4:00 p m prayer meeting Tuesday at 8:00 p m and Y P E Friday at 8:00 p m inviting worshippers to attend.
Augustana Synod in Groveland Florida lists morning service at 11 00 a m and evening service at 730 p m under Pastor O E Liden.
First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida holds Sunday School at 9 30 A M and a Sunday service at 11 A M with Wednesday evening meetings at 8 P M Testimonies experiences and remarks on Christian Science are shared Free reading room at the Foun omen Inn Building 117 Eustis Street open daily except Sunday and holidays 3 to 5 P M The Bible and Science literature may be read borrowed or purchased Golden Triangle Lodge 874 Loyal Order of Moose meets at K of P Hall Eustis first and third Mondays L J Drawdy Governor Lafe Pohlman Secretary
One solar water heater used less than six months as a demonstrator. No 10 heater with cork insulated heavy duty 100 gal tank. Bargain at 155 dollars installed. Terms five dollars thirty five cents monthly if desired. Address Box 212 Mount Dora 37-LTE.
The family thanks friends for kindness during Mrs. Baker’s illness and bereavement. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hall.
A 12 year old Jacksonville lad C W Brown Jr caught a 12 pound bass at Tom's Fish Camp Montverde over Labor Day weekend. Tampa pair Gene Simpson and Guy Goodrich reported 16 fish in a day at the same camp. St. Petersburg boats led with 30 fish in two days by C T Townsend and R B Husung. Ralph Banks and George Robinson of St. Petersburg landed 30 fish including a 7 pounder in two days.
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