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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1969
Page
4
A Mount Dora town column surveys neighbors in East Town and Negros areas, noting lack of militant groups but rising frustrations with slow progress. It warns peaceful efforts may fail to resolve street paving disputes and could spark future unrest in the quiet town.
The TOPIC lists editor Jim Waldron and publisher Jacquelyn Bowman. It gives a Mount Dora mailing address P O Box 197 Florida and ad office at 132 West Fifth Avenue with phone number 904 383 4303. Subscription rates are 4.00 yearly 7.00 for two years and 0.10 per single copy. The paper was entered as second class matter on April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Post Office under the March 3 1879 act.
A group of about thirty volunteers in Mt. Dora runs a weekly reading and background enrichment tutoring program for fourth through seventh graders. Tutors work one on one or with two sessions weekly, aiming to raise reading levels and confidence, with no funding but strong community support. They plan a planetarium trip after the first semester and seek more tutors for the second term.
Beverly Lunsford of Mount Dora, a senior at Mt. Dora High School, volunteers as a tutor to improve a child’s reading ability. She cites inspiring teachers and a realistic view of national and local ignorance as motivation. She notes personal growth and progress as she continues helping the student.
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