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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
5
The American Automobile Association labels Florida as lacking speed traps while condemning municipal speed enforcement as profit driven. The AMA campaigns against these so called money makers.
Ernie McRee captured the Lake County Tour Championship at Mount Dora Golf Club after a tense final 18 holes, maintaining a three stroke lead despite slow play and out of bounds shots. The piece notes a cold season, upcoming televised golf events, and a Christmas card greeting from a distant Marine contact.
Sadie Collins was named Homecoming Queen 1963 at Mount Dora Christian Home and Bible School. The crowning occurred at intermission before a Bible School varsity game, with Sherilyn Sharp and Lynetta Story as attendants and Allen Walker, Charles Holmes and George McDonald as escorts. The Bulldogs then won 69-40 over Inverness Hurricanes, led by Holmes Holden and McDonald with 56 points.
Lake County Ranger C. M. Grubbs warns of a hard fire season due to dry conditions. He cites careless trash fires cigarettes and matches as main causes and urges extra caution over the next five months. Florida Forest Service reports 183 wildfires in timber lands in 1962 burning about 6500 acres plus fires in fields pastures marshland houses and cars.
In a Christmas reminiscence a writer recalls wartime cards from the Pacific and a humorous Beethoven Fifth Santa card traded yearly with a friend in Trenton. The note mentions a planned Christmas visit to North Carolina with family and extends season’s greetings to golfing and non golfing friends, with a return in the January 3 issue.
A brisk exhortation underscores road safety as priceless wealth, urging careful driving as a path to maximize personal fortune and well being. The line frames safe travel as a singular, abundant value for every driver.
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