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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1970
Page
4
Council member Tyrone Parker begins his first term as Chairman of three committees and warns the budget is tight. He leads Recreation and Parks and Waterfronts, oversees youth programs, docks, and park care, with Mount Dora Central Park as the only new project.
Letters propose forming a Mount Dora Civic Pride Corps with representatives from city government Chamber of Commerce Garden Clubs school system and other groups. It calls for year round action plans fundraising publicity and a Junior Pride Corps to police litter with incentive payments and uniformed gear.
Mount Dora hosts visitors Philip Ward and wife in Clermont for a shopping and lunch trip. Ward, a masthead collector, has over 1,000 issues in his growing archive. Dun and Bradstreet lists 87 Mount Dora businesses from January 1970 data. The 1970 Sailing Regatta is set for April 4–5 by the Yacht Club. Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis recorded 31 admissions on February 23 1970, the day’s record.
The Topic lists staff roles with editor Jim Waldron and Sandy as publisher and business manager. It provides the Mount Dora mailing address P O Box 197 and editorial offices at 132 West Fifth Avenue. It notes telephone, subscription rates, and 1916 second class matter entry date.
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