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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1968
Page
4
The piece notes merchants racing to display Christmas wares earlier each year, with Halloween decors bowing to holiday hype. It observes this trend nationwide, suggesting stores may push Christmas trees into July as competition grows.
In Lake County the GOP surged to victory as Democrats blamed national party trends. Analysts say voters rewarded fresh ideas and rejected overconfidence, hoping newly elected school board and county commission members keep up the aggressive, result driven approach.
Day care at 1546 North Highland Street operated since last summer now hosts forty two children with an average attendance of thirty seven. Children receive a hot lunch and two snacks daily and follow an afternoon kindergarten session or nap. New napping cots funded by community fundraising and rummage sales enable activities. Community contributions include playground equipment books and toys. Volunteers paint and donate time. more activities are planned to expand learning and reading aloud programs.
Sunday's events in East Town included 9 30 Sunday School at Bethel Free Methodist Church. Rev R N McNair serves as pastor and St John P B Church installs Rev Ward as pastor. Federation of Churches holds a two week meeting at Bethel, with Rev Ward as speaker. Community progress noted in cleanup and new homes.
A brief exhortation lists names like Edna Motts Florence Kennedy Marie Cook and others across Ohio Florida and Connecticut urging neighbors to visit the sick during cleanup week. The note emphasizes the importance of showing care and stopping by to comfort those who are ill.
A Mount Dora letter expresses gratitude to Betty Burr Janet French Carleton Johnst Luci Lageau and many others for supporting a Halloween Carnival for preschool children. The note lists volunteers from multiple states and urges more volunteers to help the staff with activities for ages not quite two to six.
Public notice in the County Judge's Court of Lake County Florida states that Emric C Devorsak as administrator of the estate of Sarah F Devorsak deceased filed final returns and a petition for final discharge to be approved by Judge W A Milton Jr on November 29 1968. The notice is dated November 1 1968 and signed by Emric C Devorsak.
Publication page fragment shows JIM WALDRON as publisher and JACQUELINE BOWMAN as advertising head in a local paper. The item reads as a staffing or masthead note with roles listed. No event or date is given.
Public notices include sealed bids for a standby electrical generating system at Mount Dora Fire and Police Station with bid deadline December 3 1968 and qualifications required. Also estate notice to creditors for Helen Armstrong Pratt with six month claim period. Additional adoption petition in Lake County court and a divorce action against Bea Beams Babbs with service to John L Babbs in Newburgh New York and a specified real estate description.
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