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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
4
Mount Dora Topic is a weekly Mount Dora Florida newspaper published by Mount Dora Publishing Company. It is entered as second class matter April 7 1916 at the Mount Dora post office under the March 3 1879 act. Affiliate member.
Grace Clifton laments the growing reach of numbers in daily life noting ZIP codes on parcels could delay mail. She urges early mailing to ease Post Office workload while acknowledging the public will to cooperate, yet insists some tasks may take longer. The piece closes with a biblical citation.
Seaman recruit George R. Lit singer 18 son of Mr and Mrs George M Litsinger Jr Route 1 Mount Dora has graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. The Lake County Lay Society of the Florida Diabetes Assn will meet in Leesburg on Tuesday Dec 6 at 8 pm in the Court Room of the Leesburg Police Building for a program by dietician Mrs Ruby Puckett Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis on why is it necessary to diet attendees include diabetics their families and others interested in the growing problem.
The Mount Dora Schools Parent Teacher Organization urges full cooperation from all parents and teachers to improve facilities. It cites programs such as December 5 when Raiford inmates will speak to grades six through twelve and notes fundraising efforts to supplement county needs. Parents are asked to join and participate.
The Mount Dora High School Band travels to Leesburg on Saturday December 3 1966 for the District Seven Marching contest at Leesburg High School Stadium. First band at 6 pm with about ten minute intervals. admission is $1 and many area bands compete.
The statement notes a college graduate will earn about 180000 more than a high school graduate over a lifetime. It emphasizes the long term financial impact of higher education on average earnings.
Community events highlighted with Buddy White and Alan Seabrook as parade Grand Marshals and Jim Mathews leading the JayCees. Downtown merchants decorate with pre-cut ribbons from Mount Dora Flower Shop, promoting festive planters and petunias before the Christmas Parade.
Nguyen Thi Xuan An arrives at Lake-Sumter Junior College as the campus foreign student. An 18 year old from Saigon will enroll in the spring term and stays with Leesburg resident Joy Dudgeon and her family. She speaks five languages and studies psychology while awaiting formal enrollment.
A journalist recalls visiting Buenos Aires and learning how Juan Peron ordered traffic lights removed after initially installing them. The piece argues many lights are unnecessary, warns they can cause rear end collisions, and calls for rethinking speed limits and highway use to improve safety on local roads.
Steve Spurrier, 1966 Heisman winner, will be honored at the Fifteenth Annual Elks Bowl in Leesburg on December 9. He will present the Steve Spurrier Award to the top player from Leesburg High’s Jackets and Pasco High’s Pirates, with proceeds benefiting the Harry Anna Crippled Children’s Home in Umatilla.
A narrative describes a namese dress maker and her mother making outfits before departure. The hostess notes American food differs from home cuisine. Xuan An enjoys white bread and crackers, and raw fruit and vegetables especially oranges and grapefruit.
U S Congressman L Mendel Rivers of Charleston will speak at the Florida Defense Space Industries banquet on April 20 at the Florida Industries Expo in Orlando. The event closes the annual FIE Defense Space Industries Day featuring a space forum and defense procurement conference.
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