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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
1
The Mount Dora Jaycees staged a festive parade along Donnelly Street attracting a crowd watching from cars due to cool mid fifty degree weather. The Mount Dora Archery Club won best amateur float while a business group’s professional entry drew disfavorable judging and expenses atop prizes.
Santa Claus rode the City of Mount Dora float as thousands packed Donnelly Street for the hour long Mount Dora Jaycees Christmas Parade last Saturday. The procession featured floats bands majorettes and other marching units in cool weather.
Mount Dora City Council approved a land donation from Mrs. Marie H. Stedrowsky for a public library site at Ninth Ave and Donnelly St. The 135 square foot parcel would support a 60 by 90 foot building, with $12,000 in funds raised plus $35,000 in pledges. A planning update outlined 100 acres west of Donnelly St for future development with initial 10 acres fronting Donnelly St, potential zoning changes, and possible annexation discussions.
Fragmentary OCR shows a classified ads page with headings for Deaths and Schools and partial references to numbers and sections. The readable text points to a church page within Topic 2, but concrete names, dates, or items are not legible.
Christmas falls on Monday. Topic correspondents and publicity chairmen should submit items by Saturday. The Topic office will be open all day Saturday. Mount Dora City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce close at noon Friday and reopen Tuesday. The Mount Dora Post Office will do final mail delivery Saturday and be closed Christmas Day.
Director Dale Carpenter selects cast for Otis Bigelow play The Giant's Dance at Mount Dora Ice House. Performances Jan 11 138 at 8 30 p m and Jan 14 matinee 2 30 p m. Carpenter leads as King Ambrose with Cheryl Clayton Chris Parkin John Heist Ellie Bone Charlie Bone Richard Schultte. Tryouts Dec 26 7 30 p m at IceHouse Theatre. Volunteers needed for set and costume work.
Florida Secretary of State Rich ard Dick Stone will be guest speaker at the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at Lake Side Inn. Tickets sold out. Stone, elected to the State Cabinet in 1970 after three years in the Florida Senate, has a Harvard BA and Columbia Law LLB, and previously served as Miami city attorney.
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