Publisher Editor Advertising Manager Circulation
Advertises roles and contacts for publishing staff including editor advertising manager circulation manager and plant superintendent with listed pay rates of 2 50 and 1 50 in currency style.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
4
Advertises roles and contacts for publishing staff including editor advertising manager circulation manager and plant superintendent with listed pay rates of 2 50 and 1 50 in currency style.
The Orlando Evening Star editorial, Aug 1, welcomes the Mount Dora Publishing Co new papers the Mount Dora Topic Clermont News Topic Groveland News Topic and thanks the Star for support. It speaks to citizens receiving the new newspapers and expresses sincere gratitude.
Paul H. Reese and his wife Mabel Reese, owners of the Mount Dora Topic, have purchased the Clermont News and the Groveland News from the Orlando Evening Star issue dated Aug 1 1949. The Reeses, seasoned publishers from Akron Ohio, emphasize community support and financial backing as essential for local papers to drive town growth.
The narrative traces Karl Lehmann’s rise from a print shop apprentice to a key organizer of Christian Endeavor in the south. After pushing to recruit 1,860 societies, he retires in 1920 to Montverde Florida with wife, planting groves on five acres and beginning a new venture life at the Aladdin house.
A vivid weekly diary notes Lake County weather over a humid July week. It recalls scorching heat on Friday with flags drooping in Mount Dora, a potential storm, a welcome cool rain, and nightly moonlit skies. The writer celebrates the region’s beauty and resilience through high temperatures, breezes, and sporadic showers.
Rumors that 7 year old Glenn Cole from Mount Dora had polio were groundless. He was observed at Waterman Memorial hospital in Eustis for a week in an isolation ward, then released after doctors diagnosed a bone ailment causing leg pains. County health authorities confirmed no polio cases in Mount Dora or at the hospital.
Ancient Romans believed May was unlucky for marriages and avoided wedding rites in the month. The superstition linked to misfortune and disruption of social duties, shaping ceremonial timing and community expectations around unions.
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