Mount Dora TOPIC staff and contact details
Feature writer Jacqueline Bowman advertising Kendall Miller business manager Sandy Waldron receptionist Shreen Hobdy ad makeup Vernon Cannaday. Contributors: Joe Boles Grace Clifton Noreen Fox Bill Paul Mrs E C Poling Robert Taylor Fred Steele Alex Whiteside. Mailing address P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757 editorial offices 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora. Telephone (904) 383 4303 subscription rates four dollars per year seven dollars for two years and ten cents per single copy. Entered as second class matter April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Post Office under Act of March 3 1879.
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Jacqueline Bowman
Kendall Miller
Sandy Waldron
Shreen Hobdy
Vernon Cannaday
Joe Boles
Grace Clifton
Noreen Fox
Bill Paul
E. C. Poling
Robert Taylor
Fred Steele
Alex Whiteside
P. O. Box
Mount Dora
Florida
West Fifth Avenue
City Budget Eyes 1966 70 Public Improvement Plan
The city advances a five year Public Improvement Schedule from 1966 to 1970, derived from an urban planning study and endorsed as the administration’s Bible. Pending projects include street widening and paving, park land purchases, new parking facilities, jail relocation, and utility landscape upgrades as the half way point nears and the 1969 budget is considered for carry forward.
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Eudora Rd
Grandview St
Limit St
441
Florida Corporations Named For Idle Land Subsidies
Last week The Topic listed Florida corporations and individuals receiving over 50 000 to refrain from cultivating land under the federal farm subsidy plan. This issue adds Florida big farmers receiving 25 000 to 50 000 to keep land idle and urges voters to demand a yes or no on the bason in the ongoing senate campaign.
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Florida
John J. Williams
Bason
Senate
Reader Letters Toast 22 Inch Cucumber Photo
Brooklyn reader praises Mount Dora photo of Mr. Riley Clouse holding a 22 inch cucumber, noting the amusing image and its prominent display. Benton Harbor writer laments the Topic’s bowling-news removal and urges value of bowling in Mount Dora’s winter community.
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Thor Rinden
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mount Dora
Riley Clouse
Mr. Clouse
Missed Seeing Bowling Column in Local Paper
A reader from Hingham appeals to revive the Bowling Column in the Topic which has been discontinued after about 30 years. He notes 300 lawn bowling members rely on it to track health and activities and urges Lex to restore the column to preserve member interest and renewals.
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Edgar Meech Hingham
Mass
Lawn
Return of Scandia weekly features urged
A letter from Mrs. C. R. Park of Scandia Minnesota appeals to editors to restore popular small town weekly content. She notes the loss of Bridge and Birds columns Lawn Bowling News and other reader friendly features that attracted retirees and winter visitors contributing to Mount Dora's economy. The writer urges preserving readership driven material beyond business and church news.
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Mount Dora
Editor notesLex Whiteside out after leg operation
The columnist known as Lex, real name Alex Whiteside, did not cut the lawn bowling column. He recently took a vacation and has been hospitalized for leg surgery. The paper hopes to resume his column once he recovers and they can reach an agreement with him.
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Alex Whiteside
Lex
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Paul Paddock
Jim Waldron
C. A. Semler
Benton Harbor, Mich
C. R. Park
Scandia, Minn
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