Annexation Debate Shows Mount Dora Residents Split Over Tax Burden
The Mount Dora annexation discussion highlights mixed views on taxation with outsiders favored by lower taxes yet welcomed for services. Fire and police responses to outside calls raise concerns about city coverage, while residents outside Eustis report differing water and protection costs. The article notes anxieties about future council elections and potential delays if annexation fails next week.
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Mount Dora
Tes
Eustis
Eusts
Guest
Maérie
Shores
Polis
Oath Proposed To Inspire Mount Dora Youth Center
Debates over building a Mount Dora youth center in Donnelly Park arise with concerns about site choice. A reader warns the center may fail in six months if placed at Fifth Avenue corner, while a city official suggests the building could become offices if needed. Supporters urge completing the Youth Center Fund and inscribing an Athens style civic oath inside to boost its life and value.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Fark
Chamber of Commerce
JayCees
Old
Athens
Security by Police and Fire Protects in Organized Society
A citizen extols police and fire protection as central to security in a developed community. He argues annexation to gain city services, noting the deterrent effect of visible law enforcement and rapid fire response. He cites personal desire for prompt aid in emergencies and reflects on Thoreau’s chairs metaphor.
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Vst
W.ll Ee
Bridgman Seeks Podunk Answer In Mount Dora Mystery
Bridgman asks if Mr Hutchins is a winter visitor in Mount Dora or a summer visitor in Podunk. The tale centers on Podunk Massachusetts is a village in East Brookfield and a 70 foot Norway spruce gift from Podunk to Rockfelier Center New York.
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Podunk
East Brookfield
Mass
Mount Dora
Hestrom
El.pp Ngs. I
Frank ‘Bridgman
Mr. Hutchins
Fodunk
Green Winter Lawn With Rye Grass Seeding Guidelines
Instructions for establishing a rye grass lawn in Central Florida including timing, seeding rates, fertilizer, seedbed prep, and watering. Recommends mowing close, dividing seed over northsouth and eastwest directions, and gradual watering to germination. Quoted text ends with a note on culture and character.
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Florida
Deb Shop Christmas Shopping in Orlando Florida
An advertisement style piece highlights The Deb Shop at 649 N Orange Ave Orlando offering holiday fashions and gift ideas. It promotes Florida friendly fabrics Harrub of Boston Bermuda shorts dresses and red white green holiday accents plus family Christmas cards and party supplies. It also promotes a Christmas Club savings plan at First National Bank in Mount Dora with personal anecdotes about saving for gifts and September 1960 club enrollment.
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Dorothy
Orange Av
Orlando
Colonial Dr
Harburt
Boston
Florida
Suburbia
Willie
Sara
Mount Dora
Bankeas
Mount Dora Home Demonstration Club December Meeting
The Mount Dora Home Demonstration club will hold its December meeting Wednesday at noon in the Community building. A luncheon of roast turkey will be served and members should bring a salad hot vegetable or dessert. No workshops but Christmas entertainment. Council luncheon tickets on December 17 at Leesburg Community building available.
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Mount Dora
The Beauty Seen Is Partly In The Observer
A reflective quote attributed to Christian Nestell Bovee emphasizes that perception shapes beauty. It suggests taste and judgment vary with the viewer's inner state and perspective.
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Christian Nestell
Bovee
Irony of Thanksgiving in a Nation of Plenty
Reprinted from the Daytona Beach News Journal Thanksgiving Edition, the piece argues the 1621 prayer for harvest has been mirrored by a century of surplus and waste. It warns riches breed irresponsibility and social neglect, urging a shift toward truth seeking and social responsibility to redeem Thanksgiving’s purpose.
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Plymouth Colony
Pepples
England
New World
John Wesley
Calvin
Chiildren
Plymouth Rock
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Circle Members Hear Tips on Lawn Care
James R. Connell ass't county agent explains lawn maintenance for Bermuda Zoysia Agustine and Centipede grasses to Carelji Circle members. He covers mowing frequency fertilizing schedules and weed control highlighting rug like appearance and diverse maintenance needs. Dorcas Brigham hosted with Mrs. Cookson assisting.
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James R. Connell
Ass’t
Carelji
Circle of the
Connell
Dorcas Brigham
W. K. Cookson
Mount Dora Bridge Winners Named at Lake County Club
Lake County Duplicate Bridge results show Mount Dora top finishes Monday. N S pair Mrs Marshall Collins led, with Mrs Roland Cooper and Mrs William Clifton second. Mrs S C Colley and Ernest Butler fourth. E W winners were Mrs Frank Henry and Mrs A Schrup second, with Miss Virginia Clerk and John Alden Murray third.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Duplicate Bridge Club
N-S
Marshall Collins
Roland Coper
William Clifton
S. C. Colley
Ernest Butler
E-W
Frank Henry
A! Schrup
Virginia Clerk
John Alden Murray
Local Churches Schedule Services Across Town
Multiple religious congregations list weekly worship times and activities. Baptist, Community Congregational, Methodist, Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Reorganized Latter Day Saints, St Edward’s Episcopal, Central Christian, Science, and other churches show Sunday services, Bible study, morning and evening services, choir rehearsals, and midweek gatherings.
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Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
David Coffield
Training Union
Community Church
Seventh and Donnelly
Robert R. Reed
D. D
Methodist Church
Fifth Ave
James Jones
Church OF Christ
Sam Ayers
Cletus Stutzman
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U. S.A
Sixth Ave
Alexander
George L. Kress
Reorganized Church OF Jesus Christ, of
Latter Saints
Y Jennings
ST. Edwards
Grandview
John
Mangrum
Central Christ
Disciples of Ch
Mount Dora-Eustis Road
Lester C. Doerr
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Calla Sik Donneily Street
N. Orange Av
Rist Scientist
Lemon & Grove
Eustis First Church OF CH
Louie Johnston
Gecae
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