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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1949
Page
4
Mount Dora City Council again debates funding a public swimming pool seeing a need for youth recreation in a lake rich area. Objections cite a $5,000 lump sum, while supporters urge a feasible plan like Connelly and rush to start construction before summer ends.
The Lake county plan aims to form a cooperative counseling group through professionals who will volunteer to talk with high school students about careers. Doctors, bankers, lawyers, engineers, and others would share experiences to guide students and reduce misfitting paths, with backing from the Business and Professional Women.
Bill Lasater and Ellis Winton praise Editions of the Topic for enjoyable reading and thank the Chamber of Commerce for aiding fishing possibilities in Lake County. Lasater expresses pride in winning a 5 hp motor prize and looks forward to another successful season.
A diary style entry recounts a five day beach vacation at a Gulf of Florida cottage shared with Gladys Malone and Win Owens. The narrator describes hot sun, shell hunts, night fishing on the shore, periwinkles, crabbing, and moonlit ocean swims with friends the Owens and Conners, hoping for a cooler wind and more time.
The Reba Gibson and Northwest Circles of the Women’s Society of Christian Service will hold a joint meeting at the parsonage 440 E Sixth Ave next Tuesday afternoon July 12 at 2 30.
No polio cases found at the Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital this week while two patients remain under treatment at Leesburg. The check confirms current status and regional distribution of polio cases.
Notice to appear required for Helen Quale in the Edwin T. Quale divorce suit in Lake County Circuit Court Florida. Defendant must file an appearance on or before August 8 1949. Judge T. G. Futch presiding at date July 6 1949.
A reader thanks the newspaper for gift copies and compliments the Mount Dora Topic for its quality over size. They note little filler, call it the most interesting paper read, and mention Drew Pearson's Washington Merry-Go-Round column titled Breatz Food as very interesting.
A reader thanks the paper for warmth and clippings on the IceHouse Players and notes a May 19, 1949 article mentioning her by name. She encloses a money order for a Topic subscription and signs as Mrs V Giardino.
A Waxton Paxton quotation asserts ideas outrun cannon and armies describing thoughts as mightier than martial force and principles yielding more victories than chariots. The line emphasizes the power of intellect and conviction over brute strength.
A diary style entry chronicles a Florida coastal vacation near Bradenton Beach and Anna Maria with sunburned days, Gulf swells, erosion worries, and nightly sunsets. The author describes pride in Mount Dora views, citrus farmland back home, and July orange blossoms perfume as they return to the typewriter.
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