Mount Dora housing requests surge in July tourism boom
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce reports an unprecedented July influx of housing inquiries, averaging five per day, mainly from the north seeking tents or cottages. Secretary Harold Goforth says few duplexes, apartments, or suitable cottages exist and no clear housing plan is in sight to meet expected winter demand. He urges property owners to list rentals with real estate dealers to make responses possible.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Harold Goforth
Dora
Goforth
Florida
Doran
Tne
Citrus Growers Institute Sets Three Part Program
Fourteenth Annual Citrus Growers Institute at Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park Lake County runs three segments on production and marketing. Aug 26 and Aug 28 focus on production with U S Sub tropical Fruit Field Station and Citrus Experiment Station staff. Aug 27 on marketing with industry leaders. Reservations urged with R E Norris, County Agent, Tavares Florida.
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Camp McQuarrie
Astor Park
Lake County
Orlando
Someone Took Our Bear Say Dorans
Jack Keller and Luther C Greene mourn the loss of a 350 pound bear that wandered from a honey hive near Sanford. C S Sallas of Orlando killed the animal Sunday morning so it could be mounted as a trophy in his camp near Tavares.
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Jack Keller
Luther C. Greene
Sanford Way
Keller
Greene
C. S. Sallas
Orlando
Palmetto
Mount Dora
Caneeeeee
Abe
Florida
Miami
Lull in Hyacinth Control Efforts in Lake Dora Area
Water hyacinths continue to spread in Lake Dora and Beauclair and Orange County lakes. A joint Lake and Orange counties committee failed to meet to hear aerial sprayer bids. Local fund drive yielded 200 dollars for a lake cutter assembled in Winter Garden under Capt. Harry Wise.
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Mount Dora
Lake
Orange Counties
Chamber of Commerce
United
Dora
Beauclair
Orange County
Spr
Seae
Oee
Chamber
Winter Garden
Harry Wise
Judge J C B Koonce Stricken Ill With Coronary Thrombosis
Cir cuit Judge J C B Koonce 77 lies critically ill at his Eustis home from coronary thrombosis. Doctors monitor him as Lake County attorneys delay cases awaiting Judge Fred Hacker of Ocala to set a partial schedule in Tavares.
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J. C. B. Koonce
Eustis
Lake County
Fred Hacker
Ocala
Tavares
Silver Glen Springs To Be Modern Vacation Paradise
The Ferrans and Fallins of Eustis plan a major upgrade to Silver Glen Springs where they sunk 125000 dollars in the purchase. The site will gain 50 new cottages with plumbing and electricity, a master planner will design the future, and a yacht basin will serve cruisers on Lake George.
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Silver Glen Springs
Harry Lee
Sanford
Eustis
Ferrans
Fallins
Lake
Marion
Florida
Eustish
Hollywood
Silver Glen
Silver Springs
Lake George
Atlantic
Lake County to ban Sunday beer sales under 3.2 law
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners ordered all liquor venues to close from midnight Saturday to 7 am Monday to enforce the 3.2 percent alcohol limit on Sundays. Sheriff Willis McCall pledged strict enforcement, primarily affecting Mount Dora area spots, shifting Sunday business to Orange County venues. A note adds that Florida’s tallest tree is an ancient cypress near Longwood.
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Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
Mount Dora
Orange County
Willis McCall
Florida
Longwood
Sanford
Mount Dora Considers City Pool and Recreation Program
Mount Dora residents may gain a public pool at Gilbert Park as part of a broader youth recreation program. The Chamber of Commerce delegation will ask the city council to provide a full recreation plan with pool facilities and potential bond funding. A spring-fed pool site near Gilbert Park is described as feasible at about 10 000 dollars with a chlorination system.
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Mount Dora
State Board of Health
Gilbert Park
Health Department
Little House
Ed Brooks
J. G. Ray
Sam Swiger
Mel Wagner
J. M. Greene
Cecil Parker
Lions Club
Fifth Ave
Gladys Crane
H. W. Fish
Shaded Dell
Jim Simpson
Scouting
Richard Brown
Crane
R. C. Bardwell
Lions
Need Cited For Probate Officer
A backlog of pretrial cases in Lake er, to be addressed by appointing a full time probate officer by September first. The commission seeks funding diverted to pay the officer until October when the new county budget starts. Governor Caldwell will appoint one of four proposed candidates. State attorney Jess Hunter says juvenile law enforcement needs are greatly higher than before due to crowded county and circuit courts.
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Lake Er
Saverite
Frank Owens
Frank J. Banning
A. S. Herlong, Jr
Millard Caldwell
Jess Hunter
Mount Dora’s Frowning Photog Uncle George Lamoreux
The Mount Dora portraitist known as Uncle George Lamoreux, once a hard driving insurance executive with six stenographers, settled in Mount Dora after a health scare. He turned to photography, charging fifty cents for pictures and offering local info from his Crane Building shop at McDonald and Fourth.
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George Lamoreux
Rascal
Dora
George
McDonald
Fourth St
Beg Insurance
Orange
N. J
Hendral
Miami
Flor
Mount Dora praised as paradise for camera fans
Geo W Lamoreux tours Florida scouting scenic spots to photograph. He praises Mount Dora as a haven for camera enthusiasts and notes the Dora canal picture featured in the Topic. Lamoreux seeks true composition in the contrast of water trees and sky.
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Florida
Lamoreux
Gulf
Atlantic
Mount Dora
Dora Canal
George Lamoreux
Helleven
Mount Dora Tiras
Ik Page
Topic Bulletin on Dorans Council Action
Bulletin explains readers will learn Dorans council actions in a later Topic window Thursday morning. The current issue cannot include the meeting results due to press timing. Readers are advised to check for the bulletin to get the latest information.
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Dorans
Council
Chamber Eyes Pool At Gilbert Park With Playscape
Topic proposes a public pool at Gilbert park funded by volunteers and built by Concrete Materials Co. Depew cites pools around the country costing about 10000 dollars, varying with design. Plans include swings slides a trapeze a wading area and a two day parking strip along Tremain edge. agitation followed a health scare at Lake Side Inn pool and a youth swimming drive at the Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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K. A. Depew
The
Concrete Materials Co
Gilbert Park
Depew
Lake Dora
Tremain St
Bill Prinz
Prinz
Tremain
Dorans
Lakeside Inn
Health Board
Chamber of Commerce
Seven Pound Son Born to Carter Family in Leesburg
Mr and Mrs Joe Carter of Mount Dora announce the birth of a seven pound son named Joe Jr at Durham Young hospital Leesburg on July 22. The infant’s mother is Evelyn Dur formerly.
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Joe Carter
Mount Dora
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Joe, Jr
Evelyn Dur
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Patton
Walter J. Patton
Mount Doray
Florida State Guard
Lakes County
Amerca
National Guard
District Legion
Tom Cooley
R. G. White
of Florida
B” Association
4Th Battalion
Mabel Norris Reese
Fla
Geo. W. Lamoreux
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