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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1969
Page
4
Lake County faces record waits as motorists endure up to four hours for yearly inspections. Supervisor Frank D. Woodson cites reduced staffing after the legislature cut inspections from twice yearly to once. Eustis station now runs with three inspectors, and lines are expected to swell at month end.
A reader argues Mount Dora’s survival hinges on more money in circulation, industry, and employment. The letter compares slow local income with a faster external economy and urges elected officials to foster youth, families, and new investment to prevent decline.
A roster of physicians including R.G. Wright, N.Y. A. H. Martin, Mrs. Arthur Klann, James Maney, Sarah Miller, Don Rommerskirchen, Tom Sanders, M. D. M. A. Todd, William Albrecht, Curtis Turner, R. Jones, Eustis H. D. Lohman, Louise Galbreath, Mrs. M. D. Hoffman, E. A. Daniels, Alice Kubik, Paul H. Johnson, J. H. Joseph, and others appears for a regional medical meeting in Michigan and Ohio. The group includes several doctors with the M.D. designation and affiliations noted.
A retiree asks if women are barred from Retirees' Retreat and learns the club limits membership to those who have retired from active work. The wife of a retiree argues that wives never retire, noting their endless domestic duties and vigilance.
A humorous note by George L. Kress laments aging and witty self portraits as a man guarded by a wife in retirement. The piece playfully lists missteps from neckwear to shuffling games and unshined shoes. It ends with an invitation to join Retirees' Retreat.
The TOPIC lists its mailing address P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757 editorial offices at 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora Florida phone 904 383 4303 subscription rates 4.00 per year 7.00 for two years and 10 cents for a single copy indicates second class matter status April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Post Office under act March 3 1879.
The Mount Dora facility opens after a near completion interior with a spacious lobby private offices for Police Chief Bud Huett and Assistant Chief Dick Martin and a modern jail with four bunks per cell and a wash basin. A sticky pole causes a minor burn risk for firefighters but overall the station is praised for its telephones direct lines to utilities Highway Patrol patrol cars fire dispatch and a centralized intake.
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