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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1969
Page
4
A Mount Dora report questions Head Start's effectiveness citing a Westinghouse Ohio University study. The piece argues the program does not improve readiness or outcomes for disadvantaged children and calls for changes or termination.
A Sylvan Shores Association bill to restrict annexation votes to landowners and limit annexation elections to every two years failed in the Senate due to improper advertising. Harry Fogg blamed a mixup for the 30 day notice requirement not being met. The measure may be reintroduced next year. The article also notes a sinkhole at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center caused by a leaky sewer pipe, now slated for repair as a new sewer line is planned for area expansion.
Assistant Police Chief Dick Martin escorted three prisoners to the city’s new jail to clean grounds. A door locked without a key, forcing Griggs to drive to the old station for unlock. The incident highlights early safety and reliability concerns with the new jail.
In a Retirees' Retreat conversation the Bald One recalls a man named Baraquey Dangerfield born of Baraquey and Dangerfield parents from Virginia. The group discusses whether such a name could be an asset and whether Barry, as they called him, pursued acting or writing talents, but his real gifts remain unclear.
In a playful exchange narrator George L. Kress notes the fate of a man who marries a Pittsburgh steel heiress, Mary Zink Baraguey Dangerfield. The Head Scratcher adds a joke about wives adopting their husbands’ names.
The Topic lists editor and publisher Jim Waldron and Sandy Waldron, addresses for mailing and offices in Mount Dora Florida, contact phone, subscription rates, and the paper's second class filing date of April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Post Office under Act of March 3 1879.
Chamber executive secretary Jean Cook spent a week in Athens for a conference of chamber executives. City Clerk Carl Fowser said city employees, including councilmen, have drawn expense money only once this year for a city business trip to Tallahassee during the legislative session. Fowler city attorney Roy Christopher and councilman J P Turner accompanied the group on the flight.
A compiled list of subscription holders and medical professionals includes A. E. Whiteside, L. D. Hower, H. A. Young, Mrs A. H. Butts, John Bryan, D. J. Borton, Fletcher Crane, O Trager, Franklyn Gaede, Roy Lint, a E. D. Breckenridge, T. R. McNeill, W. R. Northlich, Clinton B. Allen, I. S. Campbell, Sidney Johnson, Earl Anderson, John Asay, Harry M. Arters, Andrew Waksman, Talbot Simpson, Lavant P. DeWolf Jr., among others in Mount Dora and nearby towns.
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