Bond Issue for Schools Hinted in Lake County
Lake county school board discusses bond issue plans amid debate over consolidation. Some members push for keeping separate high schools while planning a county survey in October to guide building needs and funding. A proposal to buy 20 acres adjacent to Eustis Heights provokes concerns over campus size and maintenance, with a delay urged until after the survey.
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Board Cool
Kindle
Lake County
Sirianna
Eastern
Mount Dora
Eustis
Umatilla
Tavares
Lacy Thomas
Groveland
Eustis High School
Fred Adkinson
City faces dispute over plumbing inspections in Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora and Lake County officials spar over a local bill claiming county plumbing inspector authority. The city of Sylvan Shores has conducted inspections without formal power, hoping to protect residents and ensure safe installations as Leesburg population debates applicability. The commission will consider the issue after September.
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Leesburg
Duncan
Commission
Sylvan Shores
Christopher
Contributing Case Is Continued In Mount Dora
The case of two half brothers charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors in Mount Dora was continued by County Judge W Troy Hall Jr Their plea day appearance involved two runaway girls aged 14 and 15 taken to a Mount Dora home The girls case will be heard at the next county court term following the circuit court opening later this month The 14 year old girl has been transferred to a Girls facility
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Mount Dora
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Top Honor Soldier Returns Home for 30 Day Leave
Private David E. Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Sanders of Lake Jem, was named top honor student in a class of 23 at the U S Army Artillery and Missile School Fort Sill Oklahoma for the Fire Control Systems Maintenance Course. A letter from Col E G Hahney, director of the school, carries congratulations and the official citation.
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David E. Sanders
Germany
James Sanders
Lake Jem
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Fort Sill
Okla
E. G. Hahney
Howey in the Hills Paving Project Draws Scrutiny
Two Lake County newspapers scrutinize a Howey in the Hills road paving program using county labor and equipment. The Orlando Sentinel lauds the project as good sense, while the Tampa Tribune reports on county supervision by Commissioner Fred Cross and involvement of county prisoners, East Lake Construction Co. equipment, and questions over payments and district allocation.
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Lake County
Howey-in-the-Hills
Orlando Sentinel
Lake County Commission
Fred Cross
Pittman
East Lake Construction Co
Fred Cross, Jr
Howey Project
A. J. Elsman
Howey
Cross
Tribune
J. C. Cowart
Groveland
Silver Lake
Limit Street Co op Paving Project in Mount Dora Area
The Mount Dora area funds paving of Limit Street within city lines with county work on the clay road beyond and county equipment on both. Abutting property owners pay one third per front foot, while the city covers labor and material costs and about 500 for oak tree removal at Donnelly Street.
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Mount Dora
Howey-in the-Hills
Silver Lake
Limit St
Donnelly St
Bill Prinz
Camp St
Citrus Culture Corp
Sylvan Shores
Leesburg
Hurricanes Meet At 1 P.M. Friday
Would be Hurricanes members are reminded to attend at 1 p m Friday in the high school gym for the first season session with coach Dan Spear. They will map practice schedules and be assigned playing positions as they reform the team.
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Dan Spear
Trustees weigh race and spousal judgment in teacher case
The Lake County school board debates Elsie Broomfield’s job application after member Fred Adkinson opposes due to her husband Bishop a former teacher fired in Eustis. Chester Crowder defends the couple, saying the wife should not pay for the husband’s past. Chairman Paul Bryan urges study by trustees. Only Mrs Treadway signs due to absence.
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Board of School Trustees
Fred Adkinson
Chester Crowder
Mount Dora
Eustis
Adkinson
Elsie Broomfield
Bishop
Sylvan Shores
Mr. Adkinson
Morley 85 Former Councilman Dies in Mount Dora
Nelson W Morley 85 a former councilman and school board member died Sunday at Waterman Memorial hospital Eus tis. A Mount Dora resident since 1914 he came from Mentor Ohio and was a retired mechanical engineer. He leaves wife Frances two daughters Mrs W R Graham Winchester Ky and Mary Morley Columbus Ohio two sons Frank T DeLand and Nelson W Cincinnati three sisters Mrs John D Nutting Cleveland Ohio Mrs J K Marden and Miss Bertha Morley Claremont Cal and six grandchildren Funeral services were held at Rehbaum s Funeral home Tuesday with Rev John F Mangrum officiating Interment Pine Forest cemetery.
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Nelson W. Morley
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Mount Dora
Morley
Mentor
Ohio
Congregational Church
Frances Morley
W. R. Graham
Winchester
Mary Morley
Columbus
Frank T
DeLand
Nelson W
Cincinnati
John D. Nutting
Cleveland
J. K. Marden
Bertha Morley
Claremont
Cal
Rehbaum
John F. Mangrum
Pine Forest Cemetery
Councilman Howard Simpson Home After New York Treatment
Councilman Howard Simpson and his family returned from New York last weekend. Their son Jimmy shows marked improvement after treatment there for a leg injury suffered last fall.
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Howard Simpson
New York
Jimmy
New Faculty Faces Set for Mount Dora Public Schools
Mount Dora public schools begin pre planning next Monday with unchanged total staff but new teachers in first and fourth grades. Helen Erickson and Alberta Marvin join first grade, Cora Ervin and May N Gray teach fourth grade, V Louise McClure leads vocal music, and Jean Jackson returns to home economics. Principal D D Roseborough enters his 36th year, with Ronald Aldrich as assistant. Registration starts August 28 with staggered times by grade.
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Mount Dora
Helen Erickson
DeLand
Alberta Marvin
Cora, Ervin
Cleveland
Miss
May N. Gray
Florida
Alabama
V. Louise McClure
Jacksonville
Florida State University
Jean Jackson
Bobbie Clement
Marvin H. Martin
Tavares
D. D. Roseborough
Ronald Aldrich
Ann Hamlin
Helen Whittington
Rhoda Horton Watson
Rosemary Bennett
Rose
Kiwanis Club
Roseborough
Interest Rate On School Funds Wins Praise
The Lake county school board will deposit its instructional account in the First National Bank at Eustis this year as a gesture of encouragement, withdrawing from Mount Dora First National Bank where the funds will stay longer. Mount Dora offers 2.5 percent on longer deposits and holds about $90,000 of school funds, while the board notes the county’s largest bank has under $50,000 on hand.
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First National Bank
Eustis
Lake County
Mount Dora First National Bank
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Tom Talmadge
Talmadge
East Town Pool Dedication Ceremony Today
Citizens are invited to East Town at 2 p.m. for the dedication of the $25,000 East Town swimming pool. Mayor W. D. Patton and Pool Chairman Lake Coleman will be principal speakers, with Rev. N. R. McNair and C. O. Lott also in attendance. The pool and bathhouse are complete after weather delays, part of a cooperative city-citizen effort led by local leaders.
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East Town
W. D. Patton
Lake Coleman
N. R. McNair
Progressive Citizenship Club
C.O. Lott
Professor Lott
East Town School
University of Pittsburg
Donnelly Street Porch Removal Underway This Week
A major change on Donnelly Street involves tearing down the porch that overhangs the sidewalk at the Rehbaum apartments. The structure sits above Tremain Realty Co. and the Boring Bradford agency.
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Donnelly St
Rehbaum
Tremain Realty Co
Boring-Bradford
All-Negro Jury Probes Death Near City Dump
An all Negro coroner s jury was impaneled by County Judge W Troy Hall Jr to investigate the death of Ivan Stanfield a Georgia born farm worker found dying near the city dump last Saturday morning The jury recessed to Aug 21 for more information On scene a man was found by Nora Kane with injuries including a chest wound a deep head gash and a crushed ankle Mount Dora police said Stanfield died at Eustis hospital Deputy Ervie Griffin testified the sheriff s office learned of the death four hours later He noted a quarrel with a Sorrento man but did not tie him to the death Anyone knowing more about the death is asked to contact jurors Albert Tancimore Allen Clark Curtis Strickland John Vickerson Alfred Gamble or Theodore Goggins of East Town
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W. Troy Hall, Jr
Ivan Stanfield
Eustis Hospital
Ervie Griffin
Sorrento
Stanfield
Unwed Father Not Added to School Policy
Fred Adkinson, a school board member, urged fairness at a board meeting over a revised policy. The policy would allow married or divorced students to attend adult education if they left regular school, aiming to include unwed mothers, with calls to extend the rule to unwed fathers but no action taken.
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Fred Adkinson
Adkinson
Zecca Y
M. Peloni
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