Floridora Inspires Summer Tales From Readers and Local Notes
Eight year old Bobby Ryan of Mount Dora breaks an arm after slipping from the pool edge and must wear a cast for eight weeks of summer. Betty Hawthorne of Sorrento recalls wartime aviation spotters and past Topic Files items. Ice House Players renew director Dale Carpenter for another year as Floridora sails in Barnegat Bay aboard a 22 foot runabout christened Floridora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Ryan
Mount Dora
Bill Ryan
Ryan
Bobby
Betty Hawthorne
Sorrento
Naval
Paul Mosteller
Betty
Ice House Players Inc. Board of Governors
Dale Carpenter
Carpenter
IceHouse
Floridora
John Sheppard
Golden Triangle
Manahawkin
N.J
Barnegat Bay
Langley reviews '73 Legislative session
Freshman state representative Richard Langley spoke to the Mount Dora Kiwanis Club about the 1973 session. He praised Florida’s bicameral system, noted the House’s liberal tilt due to urban districts, and described committee influence on bills. He highlighted education finance reform, fair tax assessment, elections reform, judicial funding, and a landlord tenant bill, but faulted the lack of tax relief despite a large surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Dick) Langley
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Herb Hawthorne
Roy Christopher
Clermont Republican
Florida
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Langley
Lake County School Board
Nance
Mount Dora City Council Acts on Parks and Ordinances
The council passed three ordinances final readings including annexing five Florence Road properties and two impact assessment charges tied to building permits. A junk car ordinance received first reading. They cut Gilbert Park road repair to 300 from chamber fees and debated budgeting for next year.
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Mount Dota
Florence Road
Sylvan Shores
Park Board
Gilbert Park
Chamber of Commerce
Tyrone Parker
Parker
Fifth Ave
Donnelly Park
Jesse Willmott
Worj- FM
John Curran
Mount Dora
Curran
FCC
Regulatory Commission. Council
Local Classifieds Fragment Teases Notices and Pages
A garbled page fragment from a historic newspaper shows section headings for Classifieds Legal Notices and Deaths. It mentions topics like business guides and schools with scattered editorial notes and unreadable lines.
Topic office closes for Florida association meeting
The Topic office will be closed all day Saturday June 23 as the publisher attends a Florida Press Association convention in Port St. Lucie at the St. Lucie Hilton Country Club Resort. Sessions cover the electric power and gasoline crisis and Florida newspaper growth. Delegations from daily and weekly papers across the state attend the semiannual gathering running from Thursday to Sunday.
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Florida Press Association
St. Lucie Hilton Country Club
Port St. Lucie
Florida
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By A. M
Stern
Huber
Donnelly St
Karl Bolander
Bolander
William Ward
Florida Power Corporation
Eustis
Ward
Florida Power
FPC
Lake Sumter Mental Health Center
Lake County
Leesburg
Clermont
Tavares
Business Guide
Coro Eveateese
Svevahen
Topic Office
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