Annexation dies from apathy in Sylvan Shores vote bid
The Sylvan Shores annexation proposal, backed by Marion Brinker but opposed by Henry A. Stein, appears to die at the City Council meeting next Tuesday. Lawyers warn on a one vote per owner rule, while residents cite better police fire service and street repairs as motives for annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Shores
Lou L. Heaton
Ve Cones
Mount Dora
Marion Brinker
Property Owners Association
Brinker
John D. Rockefeller
Damage Suit Transferred to Lake County
An Orlando law firm for Mount Dora won moving the Gertrude Vorhees damage suit against the city to Lake County. The case, refiled in circuit court, seeks $250 000 after her husband Gerald Vorhees was electrocuted on a Mount Dora power line extension last Fall. A Lake County jury will hear the case instead of Volusia County. The city is represented by Sanders McEwen and Bersen.
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Orlando
Mount Dora
Gertrude Vorhees
Lake County
Roy Christopher
Mascotte
Wallace G. Mathis
Mary
Vaughn
Lacy Thomas
Groveland
Collins
Naegree
Allen Platt
P. B. Howell, Jr
Leesburg
Platts
William Lee
Clermont
Truman G. Futch
Platt
Futch
Florida Supreme Court
Conway
PTA Planning Period Slated for First Grade Parents
A planning period for mothers of first grade students will be held next fall at the school. The sessions, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, run Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 45 to 4 p.m. Parents are urged to attend to learn how their children will be taught.
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Parent-Teacher Association
School Composition About Geese Draws Laughs
A student wrote a playful piece on geese describing them as heavy birds with a head at one end. The which lacks poetry and humor, noting ganders have curled tails and that geese do not lay or hatch, but simply eat and loaf.
Dora Opens Cancer Drive in Mount Dora
Mount Dora launches a campaign under Mrs. Frederick Sleight to raise 264 for the American Cancer Society. Helpers include Mrs. Bailey DeGarmo Klein Lee and Schneider with George J. White handling donations at the First National Bank. A sidewalk booth beside the bank accumulates contributions on two Saturdays.
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Frederick Sleight
Mount Dora
American Cancer Society
Sleight
George Bailey
J. C. DeGarmo
Mary Klein
R. E. Lee
Theodore Schneider
George J. White
First National Bank
Salk
Moonlight Ride Planned on Lake Dora May 5
A moonlight boat ride will depart the Yacht club dock at 8 p.m. on Thursday May 5 aboard the City of Dora. Music and refreshments will be served on Lake Dora and Lake Beauclaire. The event is sponsored by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints and open to the public with tickets from Crane Furniture Co or church members.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Yacht Club
Lake Dora
Lake Beauclaire
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
City of Dora
Crane Furniture Co
In Hospital Mount Dora Residents Confined in Lake County
Mount Dora residents remain in Lake County hospitals this week with names including Antoinette Kuhlman Effie Keen Clara Mora Chris Uithoven and George Keller listed at Waterman Memorial Eustis along with others Sarahite and Mrs.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Antoinette Kuhlman
Effie Keen
Clara Mora
Chris Uithoven
George Keller
Waterman Memorial
Eustis
Sarahite
Lake County population set to reach 45000 by July
Lake County's population in July 1955 is projected at 45055, up 88715 from 1950 census. The State Board of Health pegged early 1955 estimates at 44500, up 1000 from Jan 1, 1954, with official 1950 census listing 36340. The Chamber notes growth from 8034 in 1890 through decades of change, including the Great Freeze era impact.
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Lake County
Barker and Bride Here for Wedding
The Mount Dora wedding of Raoul Barker and Betty Ann St. Louis brings two theatre figures to the area. Raoul’s brother William Jay Barker IV is already gaining notice in American and European theatre. Zina Rachevsky arrives Friday to wed and is slated to perform across Europe, with Bill Barker known in Hollywood as Liam Barker.
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Raoul Barker
Betty Ann
St. Louis
Mount Dora
William Jay Barker
Raoul
Zina Rachevsky
Europe
Johnny Walsh
181 Club
Hollywood
Bill” Barker
Liam
Lana Turner
Ferdinand II
Better never late maxim than Better late than never
A witty twist on a familiar proverb. The line contrasts two versions of the saying to suggest the value of timeliness, even when delays occur, by implying that never being late is preferred over merely arriving late.
Question of Prosecution in Platt Case Provokes Student
A Tampa Jefferson high school senior, attending a Florida Scholastic Press convention, asked why white teachers have not been prosecuted in the Platt case. She cited a claim Florida law forbids white teachers from teaching Negro children and questioned why Christian Home and Bible School in Mount Dora has not faced action.
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Platt
Linda
Esther
L. B. Chastain
Christian Home and Bible School
Raymond
Laura Belle
Zellwood
Don Conway
Mount Dora
Mr. Conway
Florida Scholastic Press Association
Tampa
Florida
Christian Home
Bible School
Tampa Jefferson High School
Platts
Bible School of
Violet
Orwell Boyd
Willis McCall
Boyd
Allen
Laura Platt
Almeda Norton
Ruth Starling
Lake County
Waiting for Water at the New Municipal Pool
Two boys, Arthur Link and Rodney Hill, stand by a fence near their school awaiting the city pool to be filled. The ready pool is nearly usable with a May start for a regular swimming program and summer hours planned, promising relief from class routine.
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Arthur Link
Rodney Hill
Rodney
Mount Dora rainfall totals lag as season record set
Rainfall in Mount Dora ran behind normal last week with 12.6 inches recorded so far this year, compared to 6.3 inches by this date last year. Weather observers note the year’s total trails behind or ahead of prior figures as precipitation continues.
Lake County school firings spark governor probe calls
Citizens urge Gov. LeRoy Collins to order a full investigation into Lake County school firings, including Mount Dora teacher Don Conway and the Platt case. Protests pour in from churches veterans groups and local officials as ministers back a public hearing and the May 5 school board meeting looms explosive.
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LeRoy Collins
Lake County
Mount Dora
Platt
Conway
National Council of Churches of Christ of
Berry College
Georgia
R. E. Lee
Don Conway
Drive Chairman Urges Cooperation in Kiwanis Fund
J C DeGarmo, drive chairman, appeals to Kiwanis members who have not yet contributed to the Boy Scout Underprivileged Children Fund drive. He notes that some members have not been reached from the solicitation list and asks them to mail their checks to the Chamber of Commerce or be contacted to give.
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Kiwanis Club
J. C. DeGarmo
DeGarmo
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Lake County School Board
Center
Cuba
Mount Dora’s
Havana
Eudell Sutley
Mardie Bardwell
Joni Vincenti
Pam Brown
Dora
Barker and Bride
Robert R. Reed
H. Mauriece Felton
C. A. Carrier
David Coffield
Baptist Church
E. O. McKay
Presbyterian
Hoyt Tatum
Morrison Memorial Methodist
Walter Messimer
First Christian Church
I. Beryl Roberts
First Baptist Church
James R. Carlton
West Side
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