Mount Dora TOPIC Editorial Staff and Details
Feature notes list editor Jacqueline Bowman and staff including Kendall Miller and Sandy Waldron. The TOPIC mailing address is P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida and offices are at 132 West Firth Avenue. Subscription rates are $4.06 yearly $7.00 for two years and ten cents per copy. The paper was entered as second class matter on April 7 1916 at Mount Dora Post Office under the 1879 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Box
Mount Dora
Florida
West Firth Avenue
Mount Dora Park Dream vs New England Imitation
A long-time resident laments Gilbert Park in the 1920s with a brook and mossy oaks. He recalls a Maine man who joined the Park Board and thinned trees to create a New England look, causing the brook and plants to vanish and leaving Mount Dora with an ordinary park.
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Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Maine
Park
New England
Florida
Ten Questions About Wallace for voters
The Christophers propose ten questions to rate candidate Wallace on promises, programs, honesty, constructiveness, audience respect, know how, minority rights, adviser quality, willingness to compromise, and leadership to inspire civic duty. The list frames Wallace as the focus of evaluation for voters.
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Christophers
Humphrey
Nixon
Collins
Herlong
McCall
Wallace
Peace is the military’s true mission and guardianship
A reader argues peace is everyone’s duty and the military’s role is deterrence, not aggression. He says civilians hinder troops, and that soldiers are prepared while the public misinforms, urging defense against freedom’s enemies. He defends the billboard and warns against quick conclusions.
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Freedom
Working Folks Defend Common Sense Against Wallace
A Mount Dora reader denounces George Wallace as unable to curb federal spending and open housing policy. He argues Congress controls such actions, cites Wallace’s failed segregation efforts, and endorses Richard Nixon as the only candidate who can unite the nation and restore peace and decency for all workers who strive for a better America.
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Florida
George Wallace
Congress
Wallace
America
Buffalo
Richard Nixon
Mount Dora Building Boom Touts Progress in 1925
In Mt. Dora the Chamber of Commerce reports a building program nearing a quarter of a million dollars in 1925. A new restaurant is needed as the sole eatery closes in summer. The year also sees a new refrigerating plant post office theatre and lumber yard. Registration drives urged by Oct 13 with poll tax payment. Mrs E E Stokes hosts a fall bridge luncheon at Lake Shore Drive in honor of Mrs Fred Mc Dowell. General Lee will copies issued by Lee Museum Committee at Washington and Lee University. MDHS seniors picnic at Lake Johanna included swimming lunch and desserts. An advertisement promotes a 7 passenger Cadillac Model V-63 from Mosteller Bros Mt Dora.
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J.G. Ray
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Stokes
E.E. Stokes
Lake Shore Drive
Fred McDowell
MDHS
Lake Johanna
Florida
Mosteller Bros
Dora
Only One Hope For The Future
Helena M Wiltere reports a noon news broadcast omitted to feature Congressman Gurney interviewing a returning veteran. The veteran and Gurney condemn U S troop deployments and Vietnam related casualties while urging votes against Humphrey and Wallace amid alleged abuses of the college system. Cont. on page 5.
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Helena M. Wiltere
Mount Dora
Gurney
Vietnam
Humphrey
Wallace
Alabama
State University
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Jacqueline Bowman
Kendall Miller
Hosines
Sandy Waldron
Shreen Hobby
Vernon Cannalay
Joe Boles
Grace Clifton
Noreen Fox
Bill Paul
Mrs. & C. Poting
Robert Taylor
Fred Steete
Alex Whiteside
Pace Paddock Publisher
J. Raymond
BELL
New York, N.Y
Air Force
C, W. Foster
By Sadie Daly
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Lee Museum Committee
Washington and Lee University
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