On With Progress Downtown Parking Plaza Plan
Mount Dora City Council approved plans to develop the Downtown Parking Plaza east of Donnelly Street following a recent Circuit Court ruling in Tavares favoring Atkins landowners in a condemnation suit. The council also discussed annexation voting logistics and maintenance upgrades including sixteen new planter boxes with coach lighting while considering CAP’s bid for East Town Youth Center and a new zoning map for Billingsly Acres near Tuxedo Feed Store.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Street
Tavares
W. Troy W Hall, Jr
Atkins
Tom Champion
J. P. (Pinkney) Turner
Tommy Houser
Fifth Avenue
Baker and
Donnelly
John Cain
Council
Mount Dorans
CAP
Lake County
East Town
Jesse Wilmott
Robert Wason
Oscar Schubert
Billingsly Acres
Tuxedo
Gordon Dake
Christian Home and Bible School
Lake County approves 1966-67 school budget
The Lake County Board approves the 1966-67 school budget with revised millage to meet a 25 percent property valuation increase. Key items include rising K-12 spending to 9.02 million, junior college operating at 652,103, and debt service and capital improvements rising as expenditures shift toward instructional salaries.
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Lake County
Talmage
Lake Sumter Junior College
Driver Classes To Be Held At Rotary Luncheon
At the Rotary Club luncheon it was announced an eight hour driving improvement and safety course will be held two hours per night for four evenings. The sessions run 7 to 9 p m on August 16 23 30 and September 6 at the Bank of Mount Dora. Instructor is Donald Taylor with contact Bill Proctor at 383 2191 for details.
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Rotary Club
Bank
Hospital Patients List At Waterman Memorial
Mount Dora patients at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis this week include Mathew Green Helen Holmes Hazel Nash Joyce Smith Stella Stubble Mae Horak Maggie Washington Amanda Sharp Ethel Tripp Helen Tur quand Charles Brooks Sr Walter Frey George Ober Talbot Simpson and Zada Brantley.
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Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Mathew Green
Helen Holmes
Hazel Nash
Joyce Smith
Stella Stubble
Mae Horak
Maggie Washington
Amanda Sharp
Ethel Tripp
Helen Turquand
Charles Brooks, Sr
Walter Frey
George Ober
Talbot Simpson
Zada Brantley
Mount Dora Golf Course Closed Until Noon Saturday
Webb Jameson of Mount Dora Golf Club informs members and the public the course will be closed until noon on Saturday August 13. The Martin Orlando Company will host its golf tournament at Mount Dora with a 6 a.m. teeoff.
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Webb Jameson
Mount Dora Golf Club
Martin-Orlando Company
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Referendum asks voters to choose annexation
Mount Dora residents face a referendum on annexation next Tuesday August 9 as part of a state law framework. The measure requires a majority of local electors voting for annexation and for the city to extend its laws and ordinances to the new territory. The call urges Mount Dorans to vote yes or no.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Mount Dorans
Sylvan Shores
Normandy
Overlook
Old Eustis Road
John Cain
Cain
Morningside Drive
Helm Road
Normandy Area
Lou Heaton
Fluordination Talk Slated In Mount Dora
Dr. Jerry Wilkins a dentist from Eustis will present the film Science Fights Tooth Decay and speak to the Mount Dora Jaycees on fluoride benefits.
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Jerry Wilkins
Eustis
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Little Leaguers Win 1966 Season Crown
The Mount Dora Kiwanis team captured the season championship by defeating the American Legion in a three game series. Bill Fowler earned wins with a one hitter until the sixth in the decisive game, while Jeff Fowler and Keith Ingraham fueled Kiwanis with two hits apiece in the final 4-2 victory. Scott McCullough and McCullough’s eight hits helped the Legion push a 6-5 second game cliffhanger, but Kiwanis prevailed in game three with an inside the park grand slam by Steve Albritton and eight Kiwanis pitching wins overall.
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Kiwanis
Mount Dora
American Legion
G. A. Jaillet
JayCee
Legionnaires
Bill Fowler
Ronnie Turner
Tommy Land
Johnnie Bales
Kiwanians
Jeff Conner
Scott McCullough
Legion
McCullough
Charles Carter
Keith Ingraham
David Hardman
Jeff Fowler
Steve Albritton
Mount Dora Annexation Would Grant Tax Free City Privileges
If the August 9th annexation vote passes, residents of the new areas would enjoy city services without city taxes until 1967. The Mount Dora City Charter ties tax liability to January 1, so new residents avoid city taxation for the current year until the 1967 tax bills.
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Mount Dora
Wason Named to UF Dental School Dean Post
Dr Robt Wason appointed dean of the University of Florida new dental school as it plans to join the J Hillis Miller Health Center. Ackell from Western Reserve University named associate dean and leader in dental services.
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Robt. Wason
UF Dental School
Edmund F. Ackell
Western Reserve University Dental School
University of Florida
New Dental School
J. Wayne Reitz
J. Hillis Miller
Wason
Florida State Dental Society
Wayne Reitz
Wayne Reitz’s Special Liaison Committee For the New School
Ackell
Tufts University
Western Reserve
Dental School
Rainfall data for week ending August 2 reported
Citrus Culture provides rainfall figures for the week ending August 2. The report summarizes totals across regions and notes any notable deviations or patterns in precipitation.
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Citrus Culture
Spilatore Joins Florida Wing of Civil Air Patrol
Dr. Leroy W Spilatore, Mount Dora physician, named Medical Executive Officer Major in Florida Wing. Wing is the nation’s largest, with Lake Sumter Cadet Squadron led by Lt. Herman Higdon. Cadet program emphasizes leadership, aerospace education, and Moral Leadership guided by chaplains, with four phases and multiple achievements.
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Spilatore
Florida
Civil Air Patrol
Leroy W Spilatore
Mount Dora
New Jersey
University of Alabama
College of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Philadelphia Hospital
Medical College of Osteopathy
CAP
CAP Go
Robert W. Graves
Tavares
Ricky Litsinger
Tangerine
Tommy Welsh
Joe Lundsford
Robin Snell
Patty Snell
Lake-Sumter
Ron
Golden Triangle
Lake Cadet Squadron
Lake Sumter
WVGT
J. F. Curry
Jimmy Doolittle
Air Force Base
Billy Mitchell
Amelia Earhart
Carl A. Spaatz
Moon Is Blue At IceHouse Aug 19 21
IceHouse Players revive F Hugh Herberts The Moon Is Blue with Patty ONeill played by Carolyn Dight of Umatilla and Don Gresham by Bill Andrews of Mount Dora. Performances Aug 19 20 8:30 pm and Aug 21 2:30 pm marking a first repeat for IceHouse. Peggy Huebsch of Eustis previously starred as Patty ONeill.
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Patty O’neill
IceHouse Players
F. Hugh Herbert
Carolyn Dight
Umatilla
Carolyn
Sam
First State Bank of
Don Gresham
Bill Andrews
Mount Dora
Bill
WVGT
IceHouse
Jim Oliver
Eustis
David Slater
Jim
Dynatronics
Sanford
The
Eustis Jaycees
Peggy
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MD Kiwanis Little Leaguers
Billie King
Leroy W. Spilatore
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