Major campaign issues: restoring public confidence in Mount Dora
In the upcoming December 11 municipal election three council seats and a City Clerk term are at stake. The editorial urges electing Wyn Brown Tom Houser and Pinkney Turner to restore trust, promote transparent governance, and cooperate with City Clerk Mel Wagner for a revitalized city government and prudent use of public funds.
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Caesar
Wyn Brown
Tom Houser
Pinkney Turner
Mel Wagner
Florida
Florida Tourism Grows on Tax Cuts and Visitors
Mount Dora and Florida winter centers welcome policy changes that cut train and bus taxes and halve plane levies. Florida has seen 10,225,233 visitors in the first nine months, up from 1961, with autos accounting for 85 percent and planes 10 percent of travel, signaling a strong winter season ahead.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Congress
Wendell Jarrard
The
Hoover speaks to youth in new book On Growing Up
The New York publisher William Morrow & Company releases Herbert Hoover’s On Growing Up a collection of longhand letters from American boys and girls. Hoover uses personal experience and a forward by editor William Nichols to share wisdom on public service liberty and opportunity with youthful readers.
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Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Hoover
New York
William Morrow & Company
William Nichols
Hoover
America
Iowa
United States
England
Philadelphia
Opportunity or Disaster for Cuban Refugees
A Reader's Digest December feature by James Nathan Miller highlights Miami Florida's Cuban refugee crisis. It stresses the near 200000 arrivals many educated professionals, willing to take any job, and urges national support, community sponsorships, and humanitarian aid to avert a broader hardship.
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Miami
Cuba
James Nathan Miller
America
Castro
Florida
South Florida
Exercise Benefits and Myths From Medical Society
A medical article discusses that moderate exercise benefits heart vessels and muscles, improves breathing and mood, with debate over lung expansion and digestive impact. It notes excessive effort can depress digestion and weight loss is not guaranteed, while social and mental benefits are emphasized.
Mount Dora Enforces Vagrancy Law Amid Labor Shortage
Mount Dora tightens vagrancy enforcement for loafers of any color as mayor cites labor shortages and warns of strict penalties. The Mount Dora Yacht Club resumes a full schedule with Thursday suppers while Cadet J M Greene returns home from McDill Field for Thanksgiving. Debutantes Ann Bowers Aline Paul and Diane TeStrake attend Leesburg’s Poinsettia Ball with the Maleski family also noted.
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Mount Dora
Simpson
Mount Dora Yacht Club
J. M. Greene
McDill Field
Tampa
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Alfred Rehbaum
Rehbaum
Green Cove Springs
Florida Hotel Association
Lakeside Inn
Richard Edgerton
Association
Leesburg
Ann Bowers
Aline Paul
Diane TeStrake
Stephen Maleski
Mount Dora Art League Thanks For Donnelly Park Show
Mount Dora Art League thanks The Topic for extensive coverage of Outdoor Art at Donnelly Park on November 16. They commend the Park Department especially Mr. C. O. French for cooperation and the Police Department for ample parking provisions. Sincerely, Margaret Tietjen, President.
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Mount Dora
Park Dept
C. O. French
Police Dept
Founder's Circle Xmas Workshop Moves to Mount Dora
Founders Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club will host a Christmas workshop at Mrs. Edmund Chester's home on Monday December 3 at 10 30 a m The event features dried floral arrangements for the Christmas Bazaar hostesses Mrs Alfred Rehbaum Jr and Mrs Marshall Collins and asks members to bring flowering tree lists one empty half gallon bleach bottle and their own sandwiches. Local dignitaries attend the opening of McCorys Store in the new Golden Triangle Shopping Center Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Maleski
G. E. Ripple
Sanford Rd
Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
George J. White
Sylvan Shores
McCory’s
Golden Triangle
the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Edmund Chester
Alfred Rehbaum, Jr
Marshall Collins
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Margaret Tietjen
John G. Trudinger
William H. Seward
Circle Xmas Workshop
John Singer Sargent
Pharmacy
Mount Dor
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
First Federal Savings
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