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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1946
Page
4
The page shows Edith Edeburn Keller editors and staff including George C Keller and Eugene Le Downs. It lists display advertising and classified rates, with a pledge to the flag of the United States and the nation’s values of liberty and justice for all.
A single day last week passed without any rear end collisions as drivers backed out from diagonal parking on opposite sides of the Topic office block. The writer questions why drivers fail to watch behind when reversing from spaces.
April permits in Mount Dora totaled 52000 for new houses and improvements. Several homes are under construction and renovations continue on many existing buildings. The A P Company opened a large market in Mount Dora last week.
Leesburg reports 200000 in new homes under construction with 110000 valued in March and April. Lake County Chamber of Commerce vice president J Carlisle Rogers notes groves valued at 150000 changed hands in the period. A fishing camp and trailer park on Lake Harris started but material shortages delay completion.
Florida welfare boards oversee needy care and rehabilitation plans. District 11 in Leesburg serves the area and determines eligible assistance amounts. A reader on $10 monthly old age survivors insurance can apply if residence age and need meet requirements, with income counted. Home ownership is allowed. other property may be considered for conversion to cash. For details write Leesburg Box 361 or contact this newspaper.
Ten year old Richard Jensen, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Jensen of Jacksonville, formerly Mount Dora, is one of 100 nationwide winners in a contest to honor the best teacher of 1946. He will receive ten dollars and a Quiz Kid pin. He praised his teacher Mrs Coleman for daily learning and kindness.
Ralph Arey assistant secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce returns to his desk in the Court House after several weeks of illness. He is greeted warmly by friends as he resumes duties and his coworkers note his improved health.
Lake County offers on the job training for veterans through approved local business firms. Ninety one firms have final approval with about fifty more in process, enabling training for 169 veterans across various Lake County industries. Applications are handled via the Lake County superintendent and James C Hunter, the county service officer, near the courthouse in Tavares.
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