Fire department gear drive spurs bids discussion in Mount Dora
Fire Chief Harold Larsen urged $942 for fire hose six asbestos coats and six helmets after a downtown blaze. council debated restoring the garbage fee to help fund equipment. Bids for emergency gear will be considered at the first May meeting as tax cuts and past charges are reviewed.
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Easter Eye
Wayne Moon
Lou L. Heaton
Sylvan Shores
Franklin Park
Robert Walker
Council
Larsen
William Stewart
Bits Of Wisdom From Washington Irving Quote
A concise aphorism notes that discerning truth from falsehood is among the final achievements of the human mind as stated by Washington Irving.
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Washington Irving
Council Hears Sewage Enzymes Plan, Then Defers Action
City council heard a proposal to treat an aging septic tank with enzymatic material to speed digestion and discharge into Lake Dora. The plan, estimated at 125 pounds of enzymes initially at $4.84 per pound plus monthly doses, was tabled after questions about cost and tank condition.
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Don Moriarity
the Market Coverage Co
Everett
Wash
Third Av. W
Lake Dora
Moriarity
Robert Walker
Council
Lou L. Heaton
Rollin Javens
Texan Deserts Texas Opens Mount Dora Barbeque
A Texas man, T C Shivers, deserts Texas for health reasons and opens a modest barbeque on Highland Street in Mount Dora. Once famed for feeding 1 000 at a time in Medicine Mound and hosting huge crowds at Texas Oklahoma Wolf Hunters events, he relocates with his family to Florida joining his brother in Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Highland It
T. C. Shivers
Eustis
Virginia Broadway
Highland St
Shivers
Medicine Mound
West Texas
Amarillo
Farmers’ Cooperative
Panama
Texas-Oklahoma Wolf Hunters Association
Mr. Shivers
Mrs. Shivers
Edward
Donald
Billy
Chery
Ann
Tim
Kiwanis Lunch Talk Spurs $1600 Scout Fund Drive
The Kiwanis club will hear Scout Executive Steve Cor nett at noon. The goal is $2000 for the Boy Scouts and Underprivileged Children's fund. Drive chairman J C DeGarmo reported the fund stood at $1600 last week with reports pending from members. The fund supports the city’s share of Scout activities and aid to needy children.
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Kiwanis Club
Steve Cornett
J.C. DeGarmo
Drive
Central
Noe Rey
Tean
City approves purchase of hitch for police boat rescue
City Council authorizes Mayor Lou L Heaton to buy a hitch for the police car to tow the new rescue boat from the fire station to the lake for emergencies.
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Hitch
Lou L. Heaton
Fredricka Putnam Dies in Leesburg Nursing Home
Mrs. Fredrika Putnam, longtime Mount Dora resident and Baptist church member, died last Saturday after receiving news of her husband Wheeler H. Putnam’s death. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Walter M. Snouse of Springfield Ohio a son Harry Putnam of Chattanooga Tennessee and five grandchildren. Rev. David Coffield officiated at the Baptist church services and interment followed at Pine Forest cemetery under Rehbaum Funeral Home.
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Wheeler H. Putnam
Fredrika Putnam
Leesburg
Baptist Church
Pine Forest
Rehbaum Funeral Home
Mount Dora Officers Graduate From Police School
Four Mount Dora policemen Bennie Williamson J C Ledford Jack Setzer and reserve officer R G Shipes Jr earned full credits after completing studies at the police school held in Eustis.
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Mount Dora
Bennie Williamson
J. C. Ledford
Jack Setzer
R. G. Shipes, Jr
Eustis
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Mount Dora Baseball Faces Leesburg in Season Start
Mount Dora travels to Leesburg for the second game of the season. Home game versus Winter Garden is set for Monday. Umatilla defeated Mount Dora 10 6 as Mc Haffie issued 11 walks and Barks gave up one in two innings. Bob Hall went 4 for 5 and Bo Collins hit a homer.
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Mount Dora
Leesburg
Winter Garden
Umatilla
McHaffie
Barks
Dorans
Bob Hall
Bo Collins
Permits Down in March, City Building Office Reports
Building Chairman Gordon Conboy told Council Tuesday night that March permits totaled 59 200 dollars, 2 075 dollars under March of last year, reflecting a drop in new construction activity downtown.
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Gordon Conboy
Council
Could You Hear Play Council Seeks Public Acoustics Feedback
City council questions audience satisfaction with the new loud speaker system after last week's senior class play. Councilman Ira Kellogg notes he could hear from the back but seeks input from center and side seats. Payment on the system is deferred pending verdicts.
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Ira Kellogg
Council weighs training and state meeting plan
Fire Chief Harold Larsen asked that Fireman George Hall attend the State Fire College in Ocala May 23 to 27. Council President Wayne Moon said the budget committee is studying a pool plan for sending officials to state meetings.
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Council
Harold Larsen
George Hall
State Fire College
Ocala
Wayne Moon
Zero Hour on Appeal in Mount Dora Teacher Case
The Lake County school board has not set a hearing or apologized for the firing of Mount Dora High teacher Don Conway despite his appeal filed April 13. Principal Roseborough says a meeting may be scheduled to heal the rift, while Conway threatens to quit if denied a hearing.
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Mount Dora High School
Lake County School Board
Don Conway
Platt
D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora’s
County Supt. C
Floyd Jaggears
Vaughn
Dick Eddy
Kendall Jones
Mount Dora
Jaggears
Conway
Howell
Platts
Hunter
Florida
South Carolina
Doran Badly Injured in Freak Wreck
M. Buster Williams a Mount Dora produce broker and former Kiwanis president was injured when struck by a Lake County woman while searching his car trunk for drinks for his two sons Mark and Sam His left leg was crushed and a right leg saved by placing his foot on the bumper He remained in severe shock delaying surgery at a DeLand hospital last Sunday.
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DeLand
M. “Buster” Williams
Mount Dora
Williams
Kiwanis Club
Mark
Sam
al Cosimini
Buster
Lake
Larsen Elected Vice President of Florida Firemen Assoc
Fire Chief Harold Larsen told the City Council on Tuesday he has been elected vice president of the Florida Firemen's Association at the Clearwater convention. The association includes about 4,000 members.
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Harold Larsen
Florida Firemen’s Association
Clearwater
Platts Win Victory in School Case Over Croatan Status
Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch ruled against the Mount Dora school board on the Platt family’s bid to keep their children in a white school. The ruling blocks dismissal and orders the board to answer the complaint, while debate over Croatan Indian status and racial eligibility continues.
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Platt
Truman G. Futch
Platts
LeRoy Collins
Allen Platt
North Carolina
McCall
Hunter
Classifieds Buzz as Mrs LaGier Sells Suitcase
Mrs Henry LaGier runs a busy day answering classified ads after selling a Samsonite suitcase. The doorbell rings repeatedly as customers arrive, each with items to buy or trade, reflecting a lively market and everyday commerce.
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Henry LaGier
City Considers Damage Suit Over Fatal High Tension Incident
City council weighs the validity of a liability contract with the Jett company after Gerald Voorhees died when stepping from a truck near Highland street as lines were extended. The suit, filed by Gertrude Voorhees, seeks 250000, naming Mount Dora and its utilities superintendent Overhiser as responsible for the day’s operations. The city attorney notes the foreman’s absence and questions about who held command.
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Gertrude Voorhees
Gerald
Vorhees
Highland St
Mount Dora
Overhiser
Ward City
Roger
Jett Company
Christopher
Council
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Doran
Law
Futch
P. B. Howell, Jr
William E. Lee
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Roy Hamlin
Atty
Tom Cork
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