Public Invited To Dedication Of New Waterworks Building
The city will dedicate the new waterworks plant on August 26 at 1 30 p m led by Mayor Lou Heaton and Jerry Barnhart to honor late councilman Ernest P Mosteller view the $258 536 project funded by a $300 000 revenue note plan The expansion doubles city water capacity and includes a $50 000 pump house a $20 000 well and a large reservoir with landscaping and modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest P. Mosteller
Mount Dora
Lou L. Heaton
Council Utilities
Jerry Barnhart
Mosteller
Florida
Albert E. O’neall
Saine Co
Orlando
Commission Mosteller
Heaton
Slater Cox
Eustis
Council
Alice O’neall
Waterworks Improvent
Lake County Disaster Readiness Scrutiny At Tavares Meeting
Red Cross official Robert Sheplar warned Lake County lacks a formal disaster plan and urged paper planning. He called for prepared food, water, ambulances, medical staff, road clearance equipment, patrols against looting, and perfected communications with schools making first aid compulsory. He noted risks from tornadoes and hurricanes and described blood stockpiling for civil defense and medical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Tavares
Robert T. Sheplar
Atlanta
American Red Cross
Sheplar
Lake
Florida
Midwest Plains
Red Cross
Rio Grande Valley
Great Voluntary Disaster Organization
Fathers to march for polio drive in Mount Dora
A group of Mount Dora fathers will march through area residences next Monday evening. The fire siren will sound at 7 p.m. as residents turn on porch lights to donate toward Mount Dora’s $450 share of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis emergency drive. The march is led by husbands of the Junior Woman's Club, with Mrs. Stanley Tyre as drive chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
National Foundation For
Stanley Tyre
National Foundation
James B. Jackson
John W. McCormick
Arthur Colaianni
Services Held For Mrs Lindman 89 At Mount Dora
Mrs Anna N Lindman mother of Mrs G B Hurlburt and Mrs William Prinz died quietly at the Prinz home on Lake Dora Sunday at age 89. She came to Mount Dora 34 years ago with her husband the late A J Lindman. Survived by a daughter Mrs J B Cozart of Memphis one grandson three great grandchildren and a sister Miss Fva P Thompson. Science services were held at Rehbaum Funeral home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna N. Lindman
G. B. Hurlburt
William Prinz
Prinz
Lake Dora
A. J. Lindman
Mount Dora
J. B. Cozart
Memphis
Einstein on the Future’s Immediacy Inspires Reflection
The note highlights Albert Einstein stating that the future arrives quickly, urging consideration of impending time. It frames futurity as an unavoidable horizon prompting contemplation.
Mount Dora Teachers Open Preplanning With Vision Emphasis
Rev. David Coffield addressed Mount Dora's 82 teachers at the pre planning session for Fifth Avenue school. He urged spiritual sight to guide present opportunities and future possibilities while new staff members joined the faculty and plans for curriculum changes began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Roseborough
Anna Rae Straight
Nellie G. Rose
Margaret Rittenhouse
Eudell Sutley
Edward Hansel
David Coffield
Mount Dora
Baptist Church
Ronald Aldrich
H. Mauriece
Felton
Methodist Church
Jesus
Coffield
Lou L. Heaton
ABC
Babey Family Swamped by Demand in Used Furniture Pop Up
Scott Babey joins Floyd N. Shaver in Leesburg and tests the used furniture market. A recent Topic classified ad shows a living room suite rug lawn mower and more that attracted dozens of replies. The Babeys move and place another ad to sell a dining set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Babey
Floyd N. Shaver
Leesburg
Babeys
City Delays Action On Torentine Property Bid
City Attorney Roy Christopher said the council will delay any action for the time being on its bid for the Torentine property on Grandview Street. The site is sought for a sewage treatment plant and by County Commissioner O M Simpson to protect Pine Island property. Attorney W M Kennedy, representing other heirs of Annie Terentine, noted a bidding contest exists on the estate tied to the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Christopher
Torrentine
Grandview
O. M
Jack” Simpson
Pine Island
W. M. Kennedy
Annie Terrentine
State Board of Health
Jack Groves
Ray
Heaton
Council
Lions Club
Brennand
Youths oppose Donnelly Park pool plan in city poll
A city straw poll of 1,500 cards showed greater support for placing the swimming pool at the school site over Donnelly Park. City Clerk William Stewart avoided exact tallies, noting only a small stack height difference favoring the school location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly Park
William Stewart
Jack Groves
Park Commission
Gilbert Park
Lake Dora Cove
Elizabeth Evans Park
Donnelly St
Tennis Court
Lions Club
Gertrude
Registration Hours Listed For 1954 55 Term
Registration for the 1954 55 term opens Thursday August 26 and runs through August 27 with an August 31 late arrival period. Elementary grades register 9 to 11 30 and 1 to 3 on August 26 except bus students. Seventh and eighth graders may register August 26 or 27 9 to 11 30 or 1 to 3. Ninth graders register August 26 9 to 10 30 in the ninth grade home room. Sophomores and juniors register 10 to 12 and seniors 9 to 10 in their old home rooms. Bus students register August 27 8 30 to 10 30. Elementary pupils arriving late may register August 31. Classes start September 1.
Old Settler Dies In Cleveland Ohio
W C Jeremiah 89, founder of Belmont Heights community on Old Fustis road, died Aug 7 in Cleveland at his son's home. Survived by wife, who remains with sister Mrs Lydia Martin in Cleveland. He was a longtime Mount Dora area resident from the mid 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Cleveland
Ohio
W. C. Jeremiah
Belmont Heights
Eustis
Jeremiah
William
Fustis Rd
Lydia Martin
Clark Av
Lions press for pool bid vote in Mount Dora council
Mount Dora Lions press for council to accept the Brennand bid for a 50 by 75 foot municipal pool funded half by subscriptions and half by city funds. A heated council vote 4 to 2 approved the bid amid questions of bidding legality and state health board approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora Lions Club
Council
Ray
Freezette Open House Opens on Orange Blossom Trail
Mount Dora manager Sam Swiger announces the Ham mock House Freezette Patio opens this week on the Orange Blossom Trail near Tavares. Owned by Rut and Lou McKinney of Eustis, the drive in will host a gala Saturday from 2 to 5 pm with cone gifts. The shop will offer sand wiches and milk shakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Swiger
Mount Dora
Tavares
New Concern
Rut
Lou McKinney
Eustis
Haynes Elected President of Central Florida Hoo Hoo Club
Haynes of Brown Builders Supply Mount Dora and Eustis was elected president of the Central Florida Hoo Hoo club at a Thursday evening Orlando meeting. The association annually holds a Mount Dora gathering at the Villa Dora hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold. Haynes
Brown Builders Supply
Mount Dora
Eustis
Central Florida
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Eastfard
Limit St
Stewart
Mosteller Building
Albert Einstein
Donald Conway
Kent
Old Eustistd
Stetson
Duke University
Conway
Annapolis
Navy
Nelsa O'Hara
Helen Whittington
Charlotte Bennett
Esther Maglathlin
Edna TeStrake
Jimmie Batton
Rhoda Horton
Jean Jackson
Sarah Toy
Mary Ella Austin
George Clement
Alexandra Birkbeck
Elliott Bolin
Doris Camp
Evelyn Cassady
Bobbie Clement
Harry Dandridge
James Jackson
Nana T. Laney
Dan Spear
Rosemary Bennett
Lions
Gordon Conboy
Lillian Christie
L. T. Brennand
J. C. Ray, Jr
Lions Committee
Swiger
Haynes
Hoo Hoo
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