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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1968
Page
1
Mt Dora City Council faced a protest over street paving bills amid notices. The meeting led to a motion requiring prior notification to all property owners before paving and to dismiss petitions over a year old. Mayor Willmott apologized for the oversight and the council adopted the change.
Roseborough Elementary hosts a pre school roundup on May 2 from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 to 3 pm in the school gym. Parents must accompany each incoming first grader and bring birth certificates and immunization records. Nurses will assist with health forms. Principal Ronald E Aldich urges high turnout for 1968 69 planning.
The grand opening of D. C. Waters Ford invites the public to visit at the Eustis Plaza on U. S. 441 and Highway 19. A 7:30 p.m. ceremony on Friday April 19 offers door prizes including a Mustang and a prize with substantial cash.
Al Crone, former IceHouse Theatre president, addresses Mount Dora Rotary Club about the Interscholastica Play Festival set for April 24–27 at IceHouse Theatre. Ten area high schools present one act plays nightly including Mount Dora High on opening night. Rotary sponsors a chicken dinner April 19 at Christian Home and Bible School from 4 to 8 p.m.
The Mount Dora Municipal Swimming Pool on the high school campus will open to the public this week per Mr. Fred Sanwald. Public hours are Monday to Friday 4 to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m.
A long running promotion offers each TOPIC subscriber one free classified ad for one week with a dollar for up to three additional weeks. The offer also extends to new yearly subscribers who join before May 15. Many have used it, but some have yet to submit the form.
Spectator view on the 5th District race contrasts three Republican candidates Lou Frey Jr Malcolm E McLouth and Robert H Elrod with Democrat Jim Robinson Orlando as a foil. Republicans project confidence and camaraderie while Dems admit reservations about Nixon and party prospects.
The Shillelagh Open at Mount Dora Golf Club drew 72 players on April 12 with flight winners pictured, including Low Gross winner Ed Van Lear and runner-up John Sears. Local politics aside, Republicans Frey McLouth Elrod chart pre primary aims amid sparse Democratic opposition.
City leaders debated Candor bids for Heim Field lighting with Graybar Electric and Southern Power winning labor and materials contracts. A leftover sum was set aside for future recreation in East Town while a new recreation overseer was debated. Council approved moving funds and urged road right of way purchases for four-lane State Road 46.
The Mount Dora City Council granted final rezoning to the Castle property paving the way for a new apartment complex. Builders expect construction to start late this summer once paperwork and an engineering survey are completed, with ground stability and hillside integration key factors.
Lakeside Inn of Mount Dora is named in the 1968 Mobil Travel Guide along with over 23 000 restaurants hotels motels and resorts. President and Manager Dick Edgerton announced the listing and noted the guide will show that major credit cards are accepted. The seven volume guide will be available at Mobil stations and bookstores in April.
Mount Dora High School’s Play Team debuts The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife at the IceHouse Playhouse as part of the Interscholastic Competitive Play Festival. Opening night April 24 features Clermont High and Eustis High School. festival runs four nights with ten schools. Mayor Jesse Willmott opens the event. adult admission $1, student 50 cents. curtain 8 p.m.
Lions Club plans a big auction and barbecue at Gilbert Park this Saturday April 20. Elephants start at 1 p.m. barbecue runs 4 to 7 p.m. door prizes at 3 4 5 6 and 7 p.m. Must be present to win. Call for pickup numbers 383 4111 383 4737 or 383 2101.
Kennedy reminds Mount Dora Swim Club families of AAU Swimmers Registration Day Picnic. The Potluck picnic is Sunday April 21 at Gilbert Park starting 12 noon. Parents can register children for the AAU program this summer.
A fragmentary weather note records a high of 86 degrees with unclear low temperature and rainfall details. The text is incomplete without full meteorological context.
Forty seven members of the Florida Central Academy 1968 graduating class were honored at a luncheon at Lakeside Inn last week. Mr. George J. White Sr. greets class president Dan Fox as Col. Roy Allen and Al Seabrook observe. This continues a series of luncheons.
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