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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1969
Page
4
A holiday crowd of 1,229 Mount Dorans packed Mount Dora High School cafeteria for Pancake Day. The event, sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Organization, aimed to raise nearly $1,000 to air condition classrooms through Operation Kool Kid. Volunteers cooked served and cleaned as the community joined in for a successful fundraiser.
In the Senate race Ed Gurney led conservatives on spending and inflation while Leroy Collins lagged. After 30 days in office Gurney voted to give himself a $12,500 pay raise, highlighting a contrast with campaign promises.
Confident supporters gathered at a Kiwanis luncheon last week as Bill Reedy treasurer Judge Bill Milton Winston Tate executive director and Bill Mills Tavares Juvenile Court officer discussed a short term rehabilitation program for county boys.
In a humorous diary style, the writer vents about a missing Social Security check due after January first. He rails at Uncle Sam for overcharging on hospital insurance, notes a visit to the Social Security Office at City Hall, and jokes about his uranium holdings, Texas oil, Disneyland stake, and a paper route as partial support. He also praises the office worker and reflects on the gray area of family-like transparency in benefits.
A compiled roster shows individuals across Mt. Dora Lake Jem and Mount with subscriptions listed. Names include Helen Davis Sam Fraser Jack Mallory Ralph Reeves Lendel Sliter Ralph Davis Samuel Pierpoint Mrs D R Collins David Simpson Marie Morris Edward R Vincent Doris Wingler Ralph Bailey David Cushman Mable Jones Charles Fenby and Charles M Geer. The page notes affiliations with The Byliner and Fish Commission in Ocala and Lakeland.
A Mount Dora resident H. D. Lohman tours a private, mobile museum containing an Lincoln portraits set, old stamps, coins and a trove of 19th century magazines. His displays include General and Mrs Tom Thumb portraits, currency, fans, newspapers and other era artifacts. Extra notes complain downtown parking and early-opening issues in town. Florida boasts a free car wash on the Turnpike at Okahumpka plaza.
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