Planning officials to host Mount Dora town hall meeting
A community forum at Mount Dora Community Building begins at 8 p.m. with 7:30 p.m. music and an 8 o’clock film on Lakeland civic progress. Kiwanis president Charles S. Pettyjohn moderates a Q A session with panelists including Henry Link and Al Rehbaum Jr. Adley of Candueb, Fleissig, Adley & Associates speaks on city planning.
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John Richmond
Rotary Club of
Mount Dora
Charles S. Pettyjohn
Kiwanis Club of
Lakeland
Gerald L. Dake
Candeub, Fleissig, Adley & Associates
Harry C. Adley
Atlanta
Adley
Henry Link
Roy Spilatore
al Rehbaum Jr
Tom Champion
Pettyjohn
Richmond
Sunrise Service at Lake Gertrude Sunday
The Easter Sunrise Service will be held Sunday at 6 a.m. on Lake Gertrude shores. The event is led by Mount Dora Ministerial Association members with Rev. Klaus Koch as speaker and Rev. Kenneth Book giving the welcome. Henry Fogg arranges improvised seating. attendees are asked to bring newspapers or blankets. Parking will be available. Mount Dora supplies power and WVGT provides a speaker system.
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Lake Gertrude
Ministerial Association
Mount Dora
Klaus O. R. Koch
St. Philip Lutheran Church
Kenneth Book
First Presbyterian Church
Henry Fogg
Sylvan Shores Home Owners Association
WVGT
Coffee Drinking Philodendron Office Tale
A light journal note describes a coffee loving philodendron in The Topic office and a quirky maintenance routine. It mentions Leon’s weekly cleaning, Friday coffee mishaps, and a local donor’s plant care quirks. The piece also reports Frances Sellers becoming Waterman Memorial Hospital nursing director and notes a St. Cloud Mount Dora High School baseball game and Easter weekend cautions.
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Leon
J. W. Shaw
Topic
Frances Sellers
Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Emily Myers
First National Establishes Trust Dept with Mrs Horner
First National Bank of Mount Dora forms a trust department. President George J. White Sr. announces Mrs. Henrietta S. Horner becomes assistant trust officer, while White becomes trust officer. Horner, Florida resident since 1913 and former County Judge aide, brings probate and county office experience.
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First National Bank of
Mount Dora
George J. White Sr
Henrietta S. Horner
White
Horner
Florida
Lake County
Than Caw TeRaw Calline
Nems neweEway
W. Troy Hall Jr
Trust Department
U.S
Jim Davis Overcome At Fire Recovers
Jim Davis 38 a city utilities department employee and volunteer fireman was overcome Monday morning at a house fire on Golden Isle Drive and treated by city physician Dr Fred Andrews before being moved to Waterman Memorial Hospital. He returned to work Tuesday.
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Jim Davis
City Utilities Department
Golden Isle Drive
Davis
Fred Andrews
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Neal Tucker
Girls In 509 To Drop Curtain On IceHouse Run
The IceHouse Theatre on Unser Street ends its 1964-65 season with The Girls in 509 a spoofful farce opening Tuesday at 8 15 p m and running five nights through Saturday Bleeker Wilkerson returns to the local stage backed by Frances Geddes and a cast including Paul Gerding Bill Rodda Carolyn Dight Jim Oliver Clayton Gates John Nixon Charlie Wagner Richard Litsinger and Ray Clay The play references a 1958 Broadway production with Peggy Wood and Imogene Coca in the original lead roles. The plot centers on five girls sequestered from society awaiting the end of a White House term with humor to spare.
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IceHouse Theatre
Unser Street
Bleeker Wilkerson
Witchy
Queenie
Peggy ‘Wood
Imogene Coca
Herbert Hoover
White House
Dennis Stephens Funeral Honors Firefighter and Reserves Member
Dennis L Stephens Jr 25 drowned April 7 while resident of Mount Dora. He worked for Mount Dora Fire Department and served in Mount Dora Police Reserves. Survived by wife Betty two daughters Diana Jean Denise Ann his parents Dennis L Stephens Sr of Eustis two brothers Ronald Sanders Linda sister. funeral at Rehbaum Chapel with Interment Pine Forest Cemetery.
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Rehbaum Chapel
Dennis L. Stephens Jr
Mount Dora
Eustis
Eustis High School
Howey Academy
Diana Jean
Denise Ann
Dennis L. Stephens Sr
Donald Earl
Ronald Sanders
Gainesville
Linda
David Coffield
Pine Forest Cemetery
State Beverage Dept reports February cigarette tax share
Ben Morris director reports February 1965 net cigarette tax collection distributed to the state amounting to 7001.00 dollars plus 0.67 dollars as its share.
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Mount Dora
Ben Morris
State Beverage Dept
Planner backs buying tracts for downtown parking plazas
An official from Candeub Fleissig Adley endorses city plans to purchase property for two downtown parking plazas. The proposal, tied to downtown revitalization, includes potential traffic studies and off street parking needs. City Council approved 31500 for tract purchases from Fletcher Crane Al Rehbaum Sr and H D Warren with plazas costing about 8000. The sites span Donnelly Baker and Fourth Fifth Donnelly Alexander areas with future malls to connect pedestrians to Donnelly Street.
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Gerald L. Dake
Candeub, Fleissig, Adley & Associates
City
Dake
Tom Champion
Fletcher Crane
al Rehbaum Sr
H. D. Warren
Champion
Donnelly and Baker
Donnelly
Fourth
Fifth
Donnelly and Alexander
Donnelly St
Louise Rivers
Value Of Planning In Mount Dora Growth and Standards
A 1960s style editorial argues Mount Dora can guide its growth through comprehensive planning. It contrasts rapid regional expansion with the town's choice of high or low development standards, urging forward thinking to avoid slums, pollution, and inefficiency while preserving quality.
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Saurusway
Florida
Mount Dora
Huett To Head Legion Post 35
J. T. Bud Huett was elected Commander of Mount Dora Post 35 American Legion at the annual officer election held Friday. Other officers chosen include Col. John Drury as first vice commander J F McKinna as second vice commander Joe Golden as Chaplain Henry Link as historian Roy Christopher as service officer Leo Reichert as finance officer and Charles Cooper as sergeant at arms.
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J. T
Bud) Huett
Mount Dora
American Legion
Col
John Drury
J. F. McKinna
Joe Golden
Henry Link
Roy Christopher
Leo Reichert
Charles Cooper
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