Mount Dora Mayoral Race Signals Call for Safety
Mayor candidate Lou Heaton faces a straw poll as Ray Blanchard contends, with emphasis on highway safety and curb on speeding. A truck speeding on Orange Blossom Trail prompts citizen vigilance and enforcement concerns, illustrating the governing focus on public safety and orderly conduct.
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Lou L. Heaton
Mount Dora
Ray Blanchard
Lou
City Hall
Ray
Lake Dora
Sylvan Shores
Heaton
Lou Heaton
Orange Blossom Trail
Grand View Hotel
Youth Center seen as political football by Junior Woman's Club
The Junior Woman's Club sponsors the Youth Center in a campaign that has been publicly debated and discussed among local youths, highlighting the center as a point of political contention.
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JWC
Tangerine Shores Welcomes New Neighbors and Community Projects
Mr and Mrs J I Hull of Massachusetts Mrs E N Deacon of New Hampshire and Mr and Mrs J F Petura of New Jersey recently bought homes in Tangerine Shores on Lake Ola. A Sunday welcome potluck hosted by S M Waldenburgh featured guests including Mrs Peniston from New York City. Clarence Estey led a committee to complete a new shuffleboard court in the park as a Tangerine Improvement Society project. Dr Louis Johnston spoke on Man's Patience with God urging support for TB stamp funds. Mrs Henry Brown celebrated her 86th birthday. Walter Sayre and Oren Allen spent Thanksgiving in Winter Garden. The Book club read Cry the Beloved Country by Allan Peyton with several members present.
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J. I. Hull
Massachusetts
E. N. Deacon
New Hampshire
J. F. Petura
New Jersey
Tangerine Shores
Lake Ola
S. M. Waldenburgh
Peniston
New York City
F. D. Hubbard
Larry Keith
Paul Ashbaugh
G. S. Bliss
Pat Hover
Clarence Estey
Tangerine Improvement Society
Louis Johnston
Hubbard
Bliss
Henry Brown
Jim Moody
Walter Sayre
Oren Allen
Winter Garden
Book Club
C. E. Poling
Allan Peyton
Reba Smith
Moody
C. H. Estey
Blanch Briggs
Mabel Wile
Mary Gay
John Hronek
Sayre
Mount Dora Urges Forward Motion Civic Progress
A Mount Dora editorial argues against clinging to the past and urges progress through youth facilities, lake pollution cleanup, and a planned swimming pool. It endorses a nonbinding public poll to guide five year planning and critiques a mayoral platform tied to traffic light issues. It defends youth centers as vital for delinquency prevention and civic growth.
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Longfellow
Mount Dora
Florida
Yesteryear
Long
Ray Blanchard
F. E. Burton
Liberty
Highland St
State
Burton
State Road Department
Sanford rd.Highland
Blanchard
Electricity Department
Lou L. Heaton
Planning Commission
Lou Heaton
Gratitude Toward Mount Dora's City Finances Urged
The city urges taxpayers to study its annual financial report, praising management and municipal electricity, while urging support for local merchants who bear much of the city’s operating costs. It notes transfers from the light department, real estate taxes, and higher business rates, urging residents to buy locally.
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Mount Dora
Light Department
McCarthy Nutcracker Shapes Truman McCarthy TV Feud
Christian Science Monitor reports a struggle over communist hunting shifts from Congress to the executive. Truman attacks McCarthy while McCarthy demands equal airtime and threatens FCC complaints as Eisenhower appoints two new FCC members. Broadcasters face political pressure in a tense national row.
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Brownell
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Senator McCarthy
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Federal Communications Commission
Eisenhower
FCC
John C. Doerfer
Robert E. Lee
Trade Journal Broadcasting
Joking Office Note Highlights A Patron’s Quiet Exit
A secretary disappears at 5 pm prompting a curt note found by her employer. The next morning a girl reveals a taunting message about the chair being warm yesterday. A bank president jokes with a long time janitor about leaving with accounts, humor masking routine.
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Estig
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