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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1967
Page
4
Banks in Mount Dora agreed to include a Topic coupon with monthly statements because the paper serves as a community service. The article notes the newspaper informs citizens about city government, clubs, and local life, and relies on readers and advertising revenue to pay staff.
Lake County and the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission run a project to seine rough fish from Lakes Dora Beauclaire and Carlton. County raises fishing license fee by one dollar though the license shows three dollars prompting suspicion and vendor avoidance. Publicity across media is urged to inform fishermen and ease sales.
A reader recalls living in Tangerine from 1952 to 1961 and asks for more Tangerine and Mount Dora social news. The letter requests a livelier paper and notes the sign off includes an address in Dunedin Florida for Mrs. Bliss.
Patients at Waterman Memorial Eustis listed this week from Mount Dora include Frank Bedinger Lawanna Newborn Columbus Samuel Harman Ira Bar Ismay Boroughs John P el Marie Bryant David Coch Tahe Bernice Dingman Cal FE McHaffie Delbert Wagoner Eu s mice Wagoner. Ida making it a crime to counterfeit force possess unlawfully or steal a credit card. Florida is the second state to adopt such a statute. A similar measure was passed earlier in the summer by the North.
Mount Dora High School opens 1967 season under coach Spear with up from J V players and a fullback duo Durias and Snowberger. The lineup includes Williams Race Kennedy Shaw Duvall Dufour Brown Turner Adkins Bennett Messick Dalton McConnell McKenzie Dyer Wetherington Hughes and aims for 10 0 and the Mid Lakes Conference title as band and majorettes perform at 8 p.m.
Blood banks and labs in Miami collected nearly 200000 pints of blood last year and paid donors about $2 million in compensation. The report highlights large scale community blood drives and donor payments amid ongoing healthcare needs.
M T Dixon of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs announced a program to mail Veterans Administration benefit checks directly to a beneficiary s bank for deposit. Eligible recipients include veterans widows and dependent parents. The process requires bank consent Form 233 power of attorney and a change of address form marked For benefit checks only.
Don D. Meiklejohn director of the State Beverage Department reports July net cigarette tax collections reached 5,560,311.32 dollars with 5,609.72 dollars to be returned to Mount Dora.
Frank Lake, Lake County ALSAC director, announced the first annual Teenagers March in the Mount Dora area for Sept 21-22. Co-Chairman is Arth ur Womble of the 13th Dimensions teenage band. event supports St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Last year over 200,000 participants raised more than $1.5 million. Expenses stay under 10 percent with more than 90 cents on the charity.
Florida retailers and department store buyers will preview 1968 men and boys resort fashions during the 18th Market Week by the Men's and Boys' Apparel Club of Florida at Miami Beach September 17 to 20. Innovations include disposable sportswear, distinct from single use paper apparel.
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club met at the Umatilla Community Building Monday night. In the five-table Howell movement the winners were Mrs E A Nim nicht and Mrs R B Cooper first Anne Walker and Madge Gardner second Memory Martin and Mrs Bernard McCabe third.
The Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch 11 miles north of here marks its 10th birthday on October 1 with a public celebration. A new $35,000 fire station and automotive shop will be dedicated funded by the Florida State Firemen's Association. Congressman Don Fuqua will give the dedication address. A 12:30 p.m. barbecue precedes the 1:30 p.m. rites. The ranch founded in 1957 serves 100 plus boys on the Suwannee River and is supported by voluntary contributions valued at over $1 million.
Divers recovered roughly 4,500 silver coins in the Atlantic off Florida, with values estimated between 60 000 and 90 000 dollars. The coins came from a Spanish treasure ship of the 1715 fleet that sank in the region.
Lake County surpassed its $12,000 goal for the 1967 Cancer Crusade by raising $12,329.83, Crusade Chairman Robert Warfield reports. Missed donors may mail checks to Lake County Unit Box 12 Eustis. The unit offers services from loan closets to cancer education and patient transport to clinics.
The 13th Palms For Christmas project fuels garden clubs across Florida with a 1967 theme In Florida we say Merry Christmas with Palms. Clermont Garden Club plans a Palm Door Swag Contest as members decorate post offices libraries and other public buildings.
The article notes that three meals a day is common in the U.S. but other countries differ from one to four meals daily. It emphasizes proper nourishment and suggests vitamin supplements for those who do not eat well, inviting readers to visit the store for complete vitamin stocks under the motto Everything for good health.
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