Mount Dora TOPIC Contact and Business Details
Feature team credits list names under Advertising and Editorial with a Mount Dora mailing address P O Box 197 Florida. Offices are at 132 West Firth Avenue in Mount Dora with phone 964 383 4303. Subscription rates are 4.06 yearly 7.48 for two years and 10 cents per single copy. Newspaper entered as second class matter April 7 1916 at Mount Dora post office under act of March 3 1879.
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P. O. Box
Mount Dora
Florida
West Firth Avenue
Signs on City Property Urges Civic Action in Mount Dora
A reader letter notes many commercial signs along Fifth Avenue and in Donnelly Park are legal though previously thought illegal. City Hall clarifies signs may be allowed between sidewalk and curb, prompting a call for local groups to push for an ordinance or voluntary removal. The piece cites Vermont Hawaii bans and Mount Dora tourism aims.
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Fifth Avenue
Donnelly Park
City Hall
O. K
Vermont
Hawaii
Mount Dora
Orlando
Florida
Orange County Parks Lag Behind National Standards
The Orlando Sentinel reports Orange County parks lag far behind national benchmarks. It cites 40 to 45 acres per thousand people for preserves and only one fiftieth that amount in the county, plus one tenth of the metropolitan standard. The piece calls for immediate 2 095 acres of metropolitan parks and by 1990 total adds of 40 000 acres preserves and 4 809 acres parks, noting only proposal for 1 500 acres at Lake Wekina tied to federal funds and unclear local planning.
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Orange County
Orlando Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Lake Wekina
Retiree favors Mt Dora booster stance over gloom
A reader criticizes front page emphasis on crime and disruption in Mt Dora, urging the paper to spotlight positive retiree features. The editor replies that the town offers a mix of events, praising the community as friendly and engaging while noting ongoing improvements and local pride.
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Calvin J. Knox Upton
L.I
Mt. Dora
Police Gazette
Ice House
Hannibal
Everett Day
the Gas Co
Dora
New Blood Fails to Rejuvenate Mount Dora Papers
In Mount Dora readers resist new formats as older papers like the Saturday Evening Post fade after rebranding. Letters from Ed Meech and Mrs. Park echo subscriber concerns. The Lawn Bowling column keeps winter visitors tied to Mount Dora via the Bowling News and Shuffleboard, boosting local spending.
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Anton G
Jedlicka
Mount Dora
New Blood
Saturday Evening Post
Meech
Hingham
Mass
C. R. Park
Scandia
Minn
Lakeside Inn
New Tourist Plans Lift Mount Dora Hopeful Season
Mount Dora prepares for a prosperous tourist season as Donnelly Park nears completion. A new stadium replaces the old tennis court with concrete tiers and a 1000 candle power light illuminates shuffleboard and horseshoe courts. A motion picture theatre work has begun. In tragedy, O C Salisbury, a Mount Dora contractor, was instantly killed by a dynamite explosion. bystander John Wallace suffered severe facial injuries and is expected to die. A birthday party hosted by Loreen Conwall entertained guests including Virginia Urquhart and June Fenn.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Park
Salisbury
O. C. Salisbury
John Wallace
Loreen Conwall
Virginia Urquhart
Lucy LaBreck
June Fenn
G Malone
Harold Overhiser
Margie Daniels
Els
Mildred Foland
Milton Teasley
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Jaqueline Cowman
Kendall Miller
Sandy Waldron
Shieen Hebdy
Canna ‘Tay
Jer Helex
Grace Tifter
Nereen Fox
Bill Paul
Mrx
C. Poling
Robert Taylor
Fred Steele
Alex Whiteside
Pats Taddock
Winter Park
Triangle
Ohio
Pal
Paradise
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