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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1965
Page
4
Mount Dora Publishing reiterates its weekly Thursday edition in Mount Dora Florida with second class matter status dated April 7 1916 and under the March 3 1878 act. Editor and Publisher Valerie Johnson along with C D Pete Osborne and James E Ryan are listed in the masthead.
A letter to readers argues over campus free speech clashes at Berkley and a public rebuke of Averill Harriman. It defends U S actions in Asia and the Caribbean and urges patriotism, standing for right even if the cause is contested.
Mount Dora adds Seabrook Pharmacy Castle Farms Dairy Store Sew Easy Co Bank of Mount Dora Thompson Furniture Co and Shear Magic Hair Styling in recent months. The Mount Dora Flower Shop and Memorial Rest Home changed hands and WVGT radio station updated. The town is described as a city on the grow with entrepreneurs pushing to stay competitive.
The IceHouse Players concluded their season with an awards banquet honoring top actors and actresses. President Neal Huebsch and Director George Vaughan led six well-presented shows that entertained hundreds. The group urges greater participation and attendance to bolster future seasons.
Governor Haydon Burns proclaims May 23 to 29 1965 as Realtor Week in Florida to honor real estate professionals for promoting home ownership and supporting Build America Better programs. The proclamation cites Realtors ethics and statewide economic contributions and is dated January 26 1965 in Tallahassee.
The council discussed conflict of interest rules under Florida law as J G Ray Jr builder and bank director and Willmott disclosed personal bank holdings. The debate centered on city deposits and which bank should receive public funds despite Wagner retaining deposit authority. William Procter and Warfield pledged to seek more city funds for their bank.
The Johnson Center and Silver Lake Center of Lake-Sumter Junior College will receive a $1,000 Textbook Fund from First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Eustis to aid students in need. Grants target graduates of nearby high schools and cover textbooks for those pursuing college studies, administered by the college.
A humorous notice mixes family details from a May 15 1965 birth at George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC for Jade Bromwyn Stokley born to Mr and Mrs Boyd Overpeck. The column also notes local civic tidbits about streets through IceHouse Theatre and a spring football practice led by Coach Jesse Dyess.
The fires burned 11 436 acres or six per cent of the state’s protected forest lands during March 1969. Florida has 18 236 719 acres under protection and for two years less than half of one per cent burned annually. State forester C. H. Coulter urged citizens to help prevent wildfire destruction of forests.
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