Mount Dora Councilwoman Murray Re-elected to Second Term
Mrs. Murray the sole woman on Mount Dora City Council was re elected in January to a second term and named chair of Cemetery East Town Development and Beautification committees. She discussed cemetery upkeep plans including expanding five acres and preserving stones while noting funding and vandalism challenges in park and development projects.
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John Alden Murray
Mount Dora
John Aldrich
Mrs. Murray
Mount Dora Central Park
Murray
East Town
Topic newspaper contact and masthead details
The TOPIC lists editor Jim Waldron and business manager Sandy Waldron. It provides mailing address P. O. Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757 and offices at 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora. It notes subscription rates and the 1916 second class matter entry date.
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P. O
Mount Dora Florida
West Fifth Avenue
Mount Dora
Florida
Two for the road in Mount Dora draw varied visitors
Mount Dora attracts visitors for scenery and climate but locals note retirees enjoy quiet life and recreation. The piece centers on Philip Andrews a Puerto Rican migrant worker who speaks no English and travels with companions including a man named Johnny and son Raymond.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Raymond
Philip
Struggles of Immigrant Family in Mount Dora Shack
Philip and her son Raymond live in a one room Mount Dora shack rented for ten dollars weekly. Raymond, nonEnglish speaking and barefoot in material poverty, faces bullying from neighbors and lacks schooling. Officials note welfare limits while the family, found by local workers, awaits aid and groceries as fruit runs out.
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Mount Dora
Raymond
Philip
Lake County
Office of Economic Opportunity
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Pine Forest Cemetery
East Town Development Committee
Jim Waldron
Sandy Waldron
Philip Andrews
New England
Johnny
Puerto Rico
Pillip
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