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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
3
Local and personal notes list Rev and Mrs D B Spencer en route from Wisconsin to Mount Dora, A L Bunnell from Detroit arriving for winter, and many others returning from travels to Florida destinations. Couples, families, and business visitors are noted with brief destinations and past summers.
Local note from Moultrie Georgia reports Mrs R S Roddenbery of Mount Dora Florida honored at informal tea hosted by Mrs W V Strother and Mrs J E Lanier. About 35 guests attended 5 to 6 30 pm with pink and lavender decorations, piano selections by Miss Jewel White, punch and ice course served.
Mount Dora's Princess Theatre has been refreshed with a blue and gold exterior and lobby. Manager Gorham says more improvements are planned. The house shows late, often unreleased pictures not yet seen in Lake County and notes northbound patrons expect recent releases. Gorham recently opened a new open air theatre in Apopka which is drawing favorable response.
Agricultural notes recommend sublimate seed soaking to prevent disease with specific times for cabbage celery cucumbers squash lettuce tomatoes okra peppers cauliflower and eggplant. Other guidance covers fall spraying for whitefly leaf hopper control with Bordeaux and nicotine sulfate and moisture retention in soils. It closes with moral and prohibition commentary referencing the 18th amendment and a Biblical verse.
The Men’s Bible Class discusses temperance and law enforcement citing Lev 26 and the 18th amendment. The lesson stresses respect for law, holiness of God’s commands, and cites Lincoln and Solomon to argue swift enforcement preserves order. Disrespect for law is blamed on lax enforcement.
Sunday school at 10 o clock and Junior Christian Endeavor at y o clock will open the day with the regular Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 30 p m The morning church service will be resumed in a few weeks.
Mount Dorian Councilman C C Dooley announced plans to build a two story home in Sylvan Shores Central Florida. The $15000 project follows a trade of his Fifth Ave residence for a Sylvan Shores site and construction will begin soon.
Judge Elbert H. Gary advised at a dinner that the cool man wins conflicts. An old Wheaton minister added that one should strike when iron is hot but not when temper is hot. The exchange reflects measured approach to heated disputes.
Mr. Heim, the developer, turns the property into a remarkable site praised for its design. The speaker expresses a long desire to join its environs and enjoy the transformation.
The statement notes the number of residents at Sylvan Shores and expresses relief at having seen a path forward. It emphasizes a personal decision and sense of resolution regarding the community.
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