City poised to require bicycle lights and tags
Mount Dora officials move to enforce an existing ordinance requiring lights on all bicycles after a nighttime collision involving two youngsters. The plan adds mandatory bike registration and city tags, with penalties for riding without lights and guidance to ride on the right and follow signals.
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Mount Dora
J. E. Fortner
Tom Cooley
Richard Shipes
George
David
Carl Tucker
Eighth St
Tucker
Shipes
Fortner
Cooley
Secretary Dora Russell Kay Visits Mount Dora
Secretary Dora Russell Kay of the Florida Press Association visits Mount Dora on Tuesday and Wednesday attending several informal functions as a guest.
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Russell Kay
Florida Press Association
Mount Dora
Just Hope For Charity In Dora Says CofC Note
Mount Dora merchants adopt an iron clad rule requiring a letter of approval from the Chamber of Commerce before solicitors may seek funds. They will recognize drives for Red Cross Boy Scouts Youth Center and similar causes but oppose out of town or personal fundraisers. Merchants warn to demand letters or risk disappearance of solicitors.
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Charity
Chamber
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Youth Center
Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Open Competitive Posts For Substitutes In Mount Dora Florida
The U S Civil Service Commission Atlanta announces an open competitive exam for substitute carrier and special delivery messenger in Mount Dora Florida. Applicants must live within the delivery area or be bona fide patrons and veterans receive preference. Pay starts at $1.04 per hour with a vertical scale to $1.54 after 2024 hours. Applicants must be 18 but under 50 at closing date unless entitled to veterans preference. Apply with form 5000 AB at the Mount Dora post office.
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Atlanta
Mount Dora
Florida
U.S
Mount Ra
Wells at session with Chamber secretary at Chapel Hill
Chamber secretary Bill Wells and Mrs Wells left this week to attend the Southeastern Institute sponsored by the U S Chamber of Commerce at Chapel Hill on the campus of the University of South Carolina. They will remain there until the end of the program.
Graduation Edition Omits Photo Credit for Brenwood Studio
Readers praised the graduation edition showing 28 seniors on Page One but noted a missing credit line. The page lacked the attribution Photos by Brenwood Studio, a detail rushed in during layout.
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Brenwood Studio
Loyalty lesson crowns Mount Dora graduates in 28 ceremonies
Karl Lehmann, president of Montverde School, told Dora's 28 graduates to place loyalty to God, family, employer, and country on firm ground. Diplomas and honors followed, with Jack Keller winning the $2,000 Lewis scholarship and American Legion citizenship medals for boys. Carol Swort led with first honor and multiple prizes. Mary Jo Burr earned auxiliary and D.A.R. medals. Anne Pike and Jimmy Vincent received Danforth awards. The event noted ties to Montverde, sharing the 28 graduate count and gender split.
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America
Mount Dora
Karl Lehmann
Montverde School
Lehmann
Jack Keller
Lewis
American Legion
Carol Swort
Reader’s Digest
Mary Jo Burr
American Legion Auxiliary
D.A.R
Danforth Y
D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora School
Montverde
Cereus and Vines Shine in Mount Dora Gardens
Florida's night blooming cereus returns to Mount Dora with vivid blossoms. At Francis Moorhead's home, a snake-like vine drapes an old cactus as blossoms glow with halo. Moorhead calls his Christ child cactus a manger scene resemblance and invites visitors as more blooms arrive soon. An acre of southern pine yields enough wood for a barn every five years.
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Florida
Mount Dora
Francis Moorhead
11Th St
Moorhead
Dorans
Move Over Florida Becomes Potential Corn State
Zellwin Farms near Zellwood Florida launches a major corn program with 440 acres in production and 150 workers. The hybrid crop, developed from Iowa stock, aims to ship about 50 000 crates this year packed to North markets via pre cooling and iced rail cars while Florida builds a corn reputation beyond citrus.
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Zellwin Farms
Zellwood
Mount Dora
Robert Stewart
Frank Dutton
Mount Doras
Iowa
Florida
Dutton, Stewart
K. F. Jorgenson
Zellwin
Zeltwin Farms
Fred Sleight to Head West for Anthropology Study
Frederick Sleight, Mount Dora businessman and explorer, plans a Western expedition with his wife and Susan. He will study Hopi and Navajo life, geology, and topography, writing findings for publication. He has long pursued geology and anthropology, contributing to museums and lectures.
Natural history student Fred Sleight pursues field work in Florida and Arizona
Frederick Sleight, born in Corning New York, moved to Florida to enter citrus work and nurture his love of natural history. A Mount Dora High School 1936 graduate, he won a Rollins College contest and later studied anthropology and geology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, with summers spent digging up villages to study ancient lifeways.
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Los Angeles
Painted Desert
Fred
Arizona
New Mexico
Little Susan
Fred Sleight
Corning
N. Y
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Florida
Mount Dora High School
Rollins College
Rollins
University of Arizona At
Tucson
Hurlburt To Organize All Grower Citrus Mutual
Florida Citrus Mutual moves to unite Mount Dora area growers under a statewide plan. C B Hurlburt to head local organizing efforts with 14 of 21 directors to be elected by district meetings once 75 percent join. James C Morton cites goals to standardize quality, control markets, promote orange juice, and consolidate sales agencies.
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Hurlburt
Citrus Mutual
Mount Dora
Florida Citrus Mutual
Mutual
C. B. Hurlburt
James C. Morton
Waverly
Lake County Mutual
Morton
Florida
Association
Florida Citrus Commission
Kay Impresses Mount Dora Leaders as Ideal Florida Press Meet Host
Tampa journalist Russell Kay, secretary of the Florida Press Association, wowed Mount Dora Lions and Kiwanis members with a sharp, witty critique of non advertisers. He praised local papers for selling a community with ads while sharing humorous tales at a joint banquet. Kay's fishing trip with Bill Wells and Milton Chapman followed, yielding modest catches and a lighthearted finale.
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Mount Dora
Florida Press Association
Russell
Kay
Lions
Kiwanis
Tampa
Press Association
Yacht Club
Florida
Chamber of Commerce
Jess
al Rehbaum, Jr
Lions Club
Bob Bowers
Bill Wells
W.S. MacLarin, Jr
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
George J. White
First National Bank
Wells
Milton Chapman
Lake Dora
Death Takes Father Of Mrs Hopcraft
Mr and Mrs Harry Hopcraft were called north this week by the sudden death of Mrs Spreng father H I Spreng in Ashland Ohio He died Tuesday He leaves his widow Mrs Spreng and his daughter Mrs Hopcraft Mr Hopcraft is acting postmaster for Mount Dora.
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Harry Hopcraft
Mrs. Hopcraft
H. I. Spreng
Ashland
Ohio
Mr. Spreng
Mrs. Spreng
Mr. Hopcraft
Mount Dora
Early Bird Finds Classifieds Prompt Fast Sales
Alvard Bishop reads the Topic classifieds during the last two Thursdays and finds items for his First Ave home. He goes out early, hears that a refrigerator sold first thing, and returns home to check the Topic’s pages before resuming his search.
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Alvard Bishop
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Stewart
Zellar
Mabel Norris Reese
Frederick
Far West
Susan
Arizona Desert
Enuatte
Mount Dora Express
Wayside
Win Sleight
The
Museum of Northern Arizona
Southwest Muse
Frederick Sleight
Early Bird
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