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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
2
The Mount Dora Topic is issued weekly in Mount Dora Florida by the Mount Dora Publishing Company. It is entered as second class matter at the Mount Dora Post Office on April 7 1916 under the 1879 act.
A letter to the editor criticizes an atheist campaign to curb chaplains in the military and urges taxes on Bible and Prayer. The writer ridicules court decisions on religion in schools, mocks opponents, and urges readers to contact their congressman. The tone is combative and conspiratorial, urging religious and legal contest over church-state issues.
The Christian Science Monitor notes a shift in views on civil rights demonstrations. A Gallup poll found 74 percent believe mass demonstrations hurt the Negroes' cause, while a Freedom House survey under Elmo Roper and Leo Cherne indicates 71 percent see direct-action demonstrations doing more good. The piece asks whether these views reflect wishful thinking and urges individuals to base position on higher principles.
The Lake County Safety Council meets at the Lancer Restaurant in Leesburg. Bill Reedy appoints committees: Bill Martin Home Safety Don Taylor School Safety Bud Jenkins Business Jim Payne Agriculture Stan Klar Industry and Sports Highway Safety. The group aims to enlist leaders countywide to promote accident prevention and public education and to foster personal safety responsibility. Mary Webb
Irene Schaffer Ken Hill Dr W Mockett and Gerald Mills were the low scorers in a weekend event with 61s. Sam Maloy and Florence Helard posted low gross in the Scotch Foursome while low nets went to Janet Fetherlin and Walter Gray. Low putts were Ray Fritz and Jessie French with near pins by Water Gray and Irene Petes. Summer league standings referenced, with a stylistic note about critiquing trees.
Central Florida river and lake levels fall as Moss Bluff Lock discontinues discharges on the Oklawaha River. Lake Griffin near Leesburg nears record low, prompting calls to release water from Lakes Harris Eustis and Dora to raise Griffin gradually. Regulation stresses long term planning beyond the current pattern.
Edwin R. Waite president of the Mount Dora Insurers Board writes to defend the city’s insurance bidding. He argues two proposals were sufficient, cites prior work with Travelers Insurance, and states board members invest tax dollars in Mount Dora. Waite rebuts critics of the board and emphasizes negotiated, not purely competitive, insurance decisions.
Army Engineers say Moss Bluff navigation lock will stay open only for boats that can pass extremely shallow water and urge all craft on the Oklawaha River to proceed with extreme caution until water levels normalize. Small boats may pass, but large vessels cannot.
Thirteen Mount Dora Civil Air Patrol cadets completed phase 1 with an orientation flight marking graduation. 1st Lt. Neil Neiford, squadron commander and flight instructor, announced the cadets Jerome Anderson Richard Babb Jerome Cliff Walter Eaton Joseph Fazie Stanley Haskins George Litsinger James Lunsford Joseph Lunsford Dallas Miley David Neiford Douglas Neiford Rob ert Rutter. Youths ages 13 to 18 may contact the squadron personnel officer at 383 3379 to join.
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club of Umatilla ran a 4-table Howell movement. Winners were Mrs B J McCabe with Madge Gardner first, Ray Breeden with L F Douglas second, and Anne Walker with Steve Johnson third. Next week's game moves to the Harry Anna Crippled Children’s Home Auditorium at 7:30 Monday.
Mount Dora patients in Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis this week include Dorothy Brinker Katherine Codding Eric Ormesher Helen Holmes Lulu Firster Asher Wiggins Perry Crane Lottie Hoecker John Phillips Frances Williamson and Helen Sheldon.
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