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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1959
Page
1
The board plans to ask county commissioners for a May 26 school bond election. They request re registration of free holders from April 9 to May 12 to meet legal procedures and ensure the election occurs at least 14 days after registration.
Col. Forrest Braden, a former Louisville and Terre Haute police chief and early advocate for a national criminal identification bureau, died at his Belmont Heights home. He helped oppose bootleg crime and the Ku Klux Klan, served in the Spanish American War and World War I, and advised on formation of the FBI.
Police Chief James Orr asks city residents leaving for summer trips to sign home check cards at the station. The cruiser will periodically check properties after departure. No phone requests. Service limited to city properties.
Charlie Robinson of Zellwood was arrested in East Town Monday by Police Chief James Orr for breaking into a Zellwood store juke box Sunday night. Description and money on the suspect were reported by Chief Orr and a county deputy after the robbery.
Law requires dog rabies inoculations on Saturday April 11 under city ordinance and state law. A $25 fine applies for refusal or lost tags, with impounding possible if a dog is found without a tag or untagged during day hours. Mount Dora inoculations run 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind City Hall.
The Southeastern District Lightning association championship regatta begins Saturday at 10 am on Lake Dora with races continuing Sunday at noon. The winner advances to the International Lightning championship later this summer. Sponsored by the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce and Mount Dora Yacht Club, headquarters at Lakeside Inn. Registered entrants include J W Aggett and family from Miami, James Daniell and others from Savannah, and several McIntosh, Tibbetts, and Wells families among others. This is the second year Mount Dora hosts the event.
Chief James Orr and Patrolman L. J. Whitcomb of Mount Dora police completed a 40 hour course in Eustis and Leesburg covering Psychology and Criminal Investigation.
Mabel Norris Reese of the Daytona Beach News Journal and Topic wins the 1958 Florida daily editorial award, with a third place for public service on the Jesse Daniels case. Second and third editorial prizes go to Tampa Tribune and Daytona Beach staffers. Orlando Sentinel also places for page makeup.
James Wilkerson, attendant at the Super Test Service station on Highland Street, was robbed early Monday at 5:55. A gun forced him to open the safe containing nearly 857 dollars and about 100 dollars in checks. The suspect, a 25- to 30-year-old man of dark complexion, unshaven, in dirty brown clothes, fled on foot.
The Mount Dora Lions club marked its 20th anniversary with a wine dinner at the Community building. Charter members Al Rehbaum Jr Sam Swiger and Cecil Bowie recalled wartime hardships and club activities while District Governor Jernigan awarded 20 year chevrons to several members and others received 10 year chevrons.
A fried chicken supper from 4 to 7 p.m. in the school dining room will precede an 8 p.m. talent show in the auditorium. Sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association and the Junior class, the event is open to the public.
The city may raise its tax rate when the new tax roll is finalized at year end though assessed grove valuations inside city limits will not change. Current millage is 8.3, covering bonded indebtedness, with debates on past cuts and how them affect next year’s budget. The tax assessor and city attorney clash over roll acceptance and board of equalization timing as officials await final valuations and street-verse changes.
Florida Telephone Corporation warns Mount Dora residents of upcoming traffic disruptions as Donnelly Street becomes one way during conduit installation for improved service. The changeover to new Evergreen 2 prefixes to 3 will coincide with a new telephone building opening and updated telephone books to prevent confusion.
The law is the life principle of organized society, a categorical imperative guiding how society must live. It arises from within the social organism rather than being imposed from outside. Judge John J Parker of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, articulates this view.
In Mount Dora the Meeks family returns home from Boston where doctors at Children’s Hospital expressed cautious optimism about Gary Meeks’s lymphangioma prognosis. An Orlando surgeon had given up, and Gary faces ongoing checkups with potential future intervention if needed, but his mother Wil lard Meeks remains hopeful as the community prays.
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