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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
4
A reflective piece recalls a flag ceremony in Florida where a daughter’s hopeful gaze inspires a plea for peace. The author links the event to wartime memories and a call to invest in youth, hoping future generations will endure with faith and resilience.
Lake County movie house owners oppose a proposed 10 percent state tax on film admissions, arguing patrons already pay 20 percent excise tax and that a 30 percent total would burden working-class moviegoers who sacrificed during the war. The film industry notes movies supported bonds and soldier entertainment and opposes additional charges.
The Mount Dora Bowling club offers sincere sympathy to Mrs Dooley and family after the sudden death of post master Cliff Dooley. Editor AL Maben notes the club’s regard. Marcus C Fagg of the Children’s Home Society thanks for publishing a homes appeal for older boys and girls. Patronize Mount Dora merchants locally.
A 16 week 1947 period saw about one million cars built with roughly 85 percent sold for cash and the rest on installment plans. The advice urges buyers to use installment loans through their banks and obtain insurance from their own agents for savings and local service.
Mabel Norris Reese profiles Munroe Simpson longtime Mount Dora leader who arrived as a child in a covered wagon and built a mercantile empire. He served as town mayor and county official guiding roads banks and waterside improvements while his family sustained local farming and fruit growing networks.
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