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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
4
In steady reflection the piece argues Mount Dora faces normal growth and administrative challenges like any small city. It praises the strong recreation program born of cooperation and cautions against letting talk replace action.
State figures show Leesburg leads Lake County cigarette tax allotments in October with $14,914.13 followed by Mount Dora $7,216.89 and Eustis $6,365.85. County sales and gasoline tax collections rise year over year signaling continuing economic growth despite concerns from a freeze.
Mount Dora Girl Scouts and leaders thank supporters for a successful chicken barbecue that funded next summer’s Smoky Mountains camping trip and left funds for future Scout projects. The group also credits The Topic for publicity aiding the event.
Veterans receiving pension checks must file an annual income questionnaire. Lake County veterans service officer W. D. Thomas said the form is to be enclosed with December checks and returned to the VA by January 31. Failure to comply risks discontinuation of pension payments.
The Riley's Park Our Park community marks the season with a holiday program schedule. Rev. William Blair from First Methodist Church delivers a Christmas message, while residents welcome new winter neighbors and prepare for pot-luck, chorus, and family visits during Christmas and the New Year.
Homecoming basketball games at Christian Home and Bible School Friday night feature a queen crown at 8 p.m. with Ta vares in the interval. Queen candidates Shir ley Arnold Sherilyn Sharp Eugenia Pullen Lynetta Story. Chicken supper 4 to 7 p.m. in Emily Ford dining hall, adults 1.00 children 0.65.
Mount Dora patients treated this week at Waterman Memorial Hospital include Mrs. Georgia Billman, Mrs. Karoline Armstrong, Mrs. Nellie Beckhold, Mrs. Helen Holmes, Mrs. Mamie Irish, Mr. Thomas Bedgood, Mr. John London, Mrs. Josephine Stein, Mr. Louis Wanda, Mrs. Frances Williamson, Mrs. Sarah Patrick, Mrs. Tirsa Tincher, Mrs. Elizabeth Katz, Mr. Otto Besold, Mrs. Kitty May Taylor, Mr. C. C. Bunker, Mrs. Esther Shivers, Mrs. Roxanna Champ, and Master Phillip Bass.
Thomas announced there is assistance available from his office to fill out the pension questionnaire. The office is in the Pioneer Building at Tavares across from the Court House and operates 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Two Mount Dora residents Elvin Carroll and Harold Griswold face charges of attempted bribery in a case involving bolita and moonshine operations with Sheriff Willis McCall. Bond set at 5000 each, arrests followed a meeting in an Eustis restaurant.
A concise statement by Daniel Goldberger arguing that morality requires urgent reconsideration beyond civic virtue, urging a critical review of personal private and public ethics.
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