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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
4
The Mount Dora Topic lists staff and pricing notes with Plant Super Paul H Reese and editor Mabel Norris Reese LaMar. The item mentions silver subscription prices in advance and lists publisher and superintendent roles.
A local hearing debated rail schedules affecting Mount Dora and surrounding towns. The commission heard testimony on continuance versus curtailment, with references to travel impact and regional line operations.
A reflective piece describes a fall day with clear skies and cool breeze along a highway toward Lake County. The scene shifts to a neighborhood gathering for a church community sing as residents welcome visitors and share in a peaceful sunset.
Mount Dora High School to hold its first student council election next Tuesday. Candidates Eddie Harding and Helen Wages lead the presidential race with Bob Schneider as a contender. Bettye Ann Ray and George Sims vie for secretary treasurer. Petitions require 27 signatures from seniors for president and 27 from juniors for other offices.
The Golden Hurricanes enter their fourth conference game Friday night at home with renewed confidence after a tough 13-0 loss to Apopka. Officials’ interference on a Mount Dora tackle and a late 10 yard pass in the fourth quarter turned the game, though Apopka showed stronger defense and the local squad pushed the undefeated rival through most of the contest.
Cranberry bogs are regularly flooded to control injurious insects, a method that targets pest species by creating conditions unsuitable for their breeding. The practice is noted as a standard environmental management technique in bog ecosystems.
Mrs Josephine Gardner Thomas 91, widow of Lawrence M. Thomas, died last week in East Liverpool Ohio. The couple built a Florida home overlooking Lake Dora and hosted visits by relatives, with burial in Lisbon Ohio after services in East Liverpool.
Across churches citywide the fall schedule features youth focused services at First Baptist with a new series New Pictures in Old Frames leading to Baptism and morning themes The Community church hosts Dr Robert R Reed on The Man Who Walked With God and Lord Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place soloist Esther Wyatt Bishop The First Methodist encourages Do You Really Care and Roadways to God with Rev Robert M Blackburn Also noted is a mass meeting of Central Florida Methodists in Orlando with sessions beginning in the morning
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