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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1969
Page
4
In Mount Dora and Boston readers debated a provocative bikini photo on last week's TOPIC page. Some call for banning the strip while others defend its role in drawing attention and sparking public comment.
Publisher Jim Waldron steps down with Jacqueline Bows taking over advertising duties, ending a long tenure. Bows appointed interim publisher as the newspaper arrays shift management.
The Topic lists Sandy Waldron as business manager with a Mount Dora mailing address Box 197 Florida and offices at 132 West Fifth Avenue Met Dora. It notes subscription rates of 4.00 yearly 7.00 for two years and ten cents per single copy and records entry as second class matter on April 7 1916 at Mount Dora post office under the 1879 act.
Albert R Crone laments Mount Dora’s highway approach with seven miles of new 441 and 48 billboards. He urges pruning roadside development and landscaping, warning against a ribbon business district overrunning the waterfront and city limits.
A visitor notes Mount Dora in Florida as a generous welcoming community. She praises local signage and calls for better welcome spots and cleaner vacant spaces. She arrives new to town and expresses gratitude for residents’ warmth during Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Mount Dora attorney John W. McCormick is reappointed as Assistant State Attorney by Gordon G. Oldham Jr. of the fifth Judicial Circuit. McCormick has served 14 years in the role and has been First Assistant State Attorney for the past two years.
A long notice lists numerous individuals and couples by name and location across Florida and beyond, including Mount Dora Tangerine Sorrento Dade City Ohio Calif and Panama. The items show renewals and new subscriptions for a periodical across multiple towns and states with varied spellings and occasional titles.
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