Salk Vaccine Set for 1600 Lake County Children
Lake county will inoculate 1600 first and second graders with the Salk polio vaccine at 13 school clinics next week. Dr. J. B. Hall says the program, run with the Lake County Medical Society and Nurses Association, plans to follow polio authorities on the number of shots, with private vaccine arrivals possible around April 25 for older children.
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Lake County
J. B. Hall
Mount Dora
Christian Home and Bible School
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Hall
Lake County Medical Society
14Th District Nurses Association
Lake County Health Department
Board of Public Instruction
Local Lake County Hospitals Report Names
This week at Water Memorial in Eustis Edward Sanders and Mrs Ophelia Hutcheson are listed among patients along with Mrs Gladys McCabe and Mrs Virginia Hedegard. Also named are Miss Grace Hicks and Mrs Otto at Durham Youngs burg with further notes on the hospital listing.
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Lake County
Edward Sanders
Ophelia Hutcheson
Gladys i McCabe
Annexation Discussion Set at Sylvan Shores Meeting
Dr. A. K. Bennett presidents Sylvan Shores Property Owners Association invites all residents to a Grand View hotel session on Wednesday April 20. Dinner at 6 30 p m followed by an 8 p m business meeting to broadly consider annexation and encourage non members to join, officials say.
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Sylvan Shores
Bennett
Chris Jacobsen Dies From Rare Hepatitis at 22
Twenty two year old Chris Jacobsen son of Mr and Mrs Chris Jacobsen Sr died Monday after a battle with a rare hepatitis contracted at a military academy six years earlier. He helped grow frogs for a Florida farm meant to boost his health and was educated at Mount Dora High School and a military college with plans for dentistry. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with Rev. Hee Tene officiating.
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Chris Jacobsen
Aschner Foundation
New Orleans
Fire Destroys Story Bros Grocery and Princess Theatre
Fire on Fifth avenue caused extensive damage estimated at fifty to sixty thousand dollars to Story Bros Grocery and the Princess Theatre. The blaze originated in a storage room near a drop cord, with the town’s fire chief citing training needs for volunteers and equipment shortfalls as volunteers joined the battle.
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Jimmy Cooper
Walter TeStrake, Jr
Merle Cleary
Princess Theatre
Donald Wetz
Rickey Shipes
Robby Vanzant
Roy McRee
John McCormick
Fifth Av
Harold Larsen
Story Bros. Grocery
Josephine Simpson
Tangerine
Dave
Mississippi
Fire Hose Warning Given Drivers
Two Mount Dora residents were warned at police court that running over a fire hose is a city offense. Mayor Lou L. Heaton would fine up to 500 dollars or 60 days in jail, but fined J. D. Pease II and Sylvan Shores resident Selmer Clemmons ten dollars with suspended sentence for inadvertent hose contact during a downtown fire incident.
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Mount Dora
Lou L. Heaton
J. D. Pease
II. Sylvan Shores
Selmer Clemmons
Zellwood
Clemmons
Pease
Fifth Av
Pearlie Carter
Apopka
Wic F. Wenner
Kalamazoo
Mich
Orlando Garzelloni
Chicago
Vic
Lake League Seeks Power Plant Hearing in Lake County
Mount Dora mayor Lou L Heaton leads Lake County League of Municipals in a 3 PM meeting with Leesburg officials to discuss creating a county power authority for a new electric plant. Roy Christopher attended Tallahassee. Florida Power questions rush and seeks open discussion before the legislative session.
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Lou L. Heaton
Mount Dora
Lake County
Heaton
Roy Christopher
Tallahassee
West Lake County
T. D. Hayes
Florida Power Corporation
Leesburg
Power Company
Hayes
Mount Dora Growers Report Drought Hits Growth
The Mount Dora Growers Cooperative reports insufficient rainfall in the past week. It notes that during the same period in 1954, 3.6 inches of rain fell, bringing the year to a total of 24 inches of rain to date.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Teaching Controversy Heads to Hearing
Attorney motions push for dismissal as Lake County Court schedules a Wednesday hearing before Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch on the suit against the Lake County School Board over the Platt case and a Mount Dora teacher seeks an open hearing and public apology or resignation. Don Conway, Mount Dora High School math teacher, was dismissed amid the dispute tied to a student petition about the Platt children situation, and he writes an open letter protesting the process while defending his actions and loyalty to the school.
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Larsen
Leesburg
Apopka
Eustis
Mount Dora
R. V. Parker
Allen Platt
Truman G. Futch
Lake County School Board
Allen Diatt
Equcot
Sea Board
LeRoy Collins
Willis McCall
Conway
Don Conway
Fred. Adkinson
Clermont
Platt
Time Magazine
Lions Club
The
Methodist Church
C. A. Vaughn, Jr
Fred Adkinson
Lake County
D. D. Roseborough
Kendall Jones
Mount Dora Public
William E. Lee
P. B. Howell
Platts
Orange County
Memorial service honors Barker and plaque at Camp McQuarrie
Eleven Central and South Florida counties participate in a memorial service for W. J. Barker of Mount Dora. 4-H clubs fund and present a memorial plaque at Camp McQuarrie in the Ocala National Forest for his water safety work with youth. The 2:00 p.m. ceremony on June 9 is public and organized by the University of Florida Agricultural Extension Service with Lake County 4-H providing the podium.
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Central
South Florida
W. J
Bill) Barker
Mount Dora
Camp McQuarrie
Ocala National Forest
Volusia
Hillsboro
Marion
Orange
Citrus
Polk
Pasco
Alachua
Sumter
Charlotte
Lake County
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Florida
R. E. Norris
American Red Cross
Atlanta
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Frill Dress Shop
Western Auto
Arthur Dufour
George Lashar
Byron Smith
Sanford Rd
Florida
Lake League
Board
Mount. Dora
Mr. Roseborough
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