Lake county weighs school building plan amid equality debate
Lake county leaders study a state survey proposing a 2.82 million dollar county school building program. Mount Dora questions unequal spending totals while payments differ across Leesburg Eustis Clermont Groveland and East Town, with objections voiced on cafeterias gyms and new schools.
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Lake County
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Eustis
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
East Town
D. D. Roseborough
Frank Lawler
Florida
Roseborough
Clermont
Oakley Seaver
Groveland
Ray Hayes
George J. White
R. C. Bardwell
Gordon Dake
Kendall Jones
Jones
White
C. O. Lott
Meter Installation Due Momentarily
The city expects the installation of meter heads on downtown posts to begin soon. Mayor D. Fletcher Crane says coin boxes will be added to enable one hour parking under guard. The Chamber of Commerce, pleased with a 250 to 193 straw vote on the issue in September, had asked for a delay.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Ange
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Face Knotty Problem in Mount Dora Election
Voters in Mount Dora face a lengthy ballot in the upcoming municipal election at City Hall. The mayoral race has a single official candidate Lou L. Heaton, with write‑in options. Henry Beims contests the city clerk post against incumbent William C. Stewart, while six candidates seek four council seats: J. H. Barnhart, T. A. Brotherson, Esther Wyatt Bishop, D. Fletcher Crane, Wayne Moon, and Ernest P. Mosteller, plus Walter Tucker seeking write‑in votes. Park Board races feature Dan Bishop unopposed and Election Board seeks Angus McDonald and Herbert Whitehead.
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Mount Dora
Lou L. Heaton
Florida
Henry Beims
William C. Stewart
Walter Tucker
J. H. Barnhart
T. A. Brotherson
Esther Wyatt
Daniel) Bishop
D. Fletcher Crane
Wayne Moon
Ernest P. Mosteller
Mrs. Bishop
Crane
Moon
Mosteller
Park Board
Dan Bishop
Election Board
Angus McDonald
Herbert Whitehead
Dallas Man Among Navy Crash Victims at Pensacola
Pat Dinsmore of Dallas Texas son of Mrs Howard Parker of Sanford Road was among six killed when a Navy plane crashed at Pensacola Monday Mrs Parker left for Dallas as authorities investigated the accident.
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Pat Dinsmore
Dallas
Tex
Howard Parker
Sanford Rd
Pensacola
Lovett Super Market Opens Today in Central Florida
The new Lovett's Super Market opens at 2 p.m. replacing the Piggly Wiggly at Fifth and Donnelly. An accident at the site left 14 year old Donald Stovall with a fractured skull, but he was recovering days later at Durham Young Hospital in Leesburg. Manager Leon Kelly and meat and produce staff are named with a large 57 by 103 foot store on a 140 by 140 foot lot featuring a notable produce department and semi self serve meat section.
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Mount Dora
Lovett’s
Seventh and
Ellgst
Fifth and
Donnelly, Wi
Lovett Chain
Leon Kelly
Florida
Donnelly
Lovett's
Donald Stovall
Ab Stovall
11Th Av
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Roy Key
Lake County Personalities explores James E Handlen music career
The series profiles Mount Dora schools music director James E Handlen. It recounts his early encounter with soprano Galli Curci in Portland Maine at age 11 and traces his rise through Florida school bands and choirs amid the Roaring Twenties era shaping American entertainment.
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James E. Handlen
Mount Doral School
Florida
America
James Handlon emerges from Mount Dora musical lineage
James Handlon, son of retired mandolin master George Handlon of Punta Gorda, grew up in a musical family. He sang from age eight and gained early fame in Portland church and social club appearances, with a pivotal encounter to be noted with the legendary Galli-Curci.
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Mount Dora
George Handlon
Punta Gorda
Handlen
James
Portland
St. Luke’s Church Choir
Ee Spee
Sn Hs
Galli-Curci
Key Club Guests Dine With Community Leaders at Villa Dora
Kiwanis members hosted Key Club youths and seniors at Villa Dora Monday evening. Guests included Stephen Gregor Dr. Robert Wason president Paul Reese M O Buster Williams Ronald Aldrich and coaches Dan Spear and Paul Odom. Gregor received a farewell gift as he moves to Winter Park. An A B Stimpson closing line follows.
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Key Club
Villa Dora
William E. Holler
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Holler
Stephen Gregor
Robert Wason
Paul Reese
M.O. “Buster” Williams
Ronald Aldrich
Dan Spear
Paul Odom
Mr. Gregor
Em Club
Winter Park
Lake May Forfeit Right To Re-Try Walter Irvin
Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch weighs change of venue for Walter Lee Irvin in the Groveland case. Defense motions accuse Sheriff Willis V. McCall of murdering co defendant Samuel Shepherd and firing on Irvin. The hearing also tackles disqualification of the prosecutor and suppression of earlier trial evidence as venue questions loom.
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Lake
Walter Irvin
Lake County
Truman G. Futch
Tavares
Walter Lee Irvin
United States Supreme Court
Shepherd
Willis V. McCall
James L. Yates
Samuel Shepherd
Irvin
McCall
Yates
Futch
Akerman
Jesse W. Hunter
Bay Lake
Marion County
Ocala
Remembering Lake County’s 1912 Supreme Court meeting
A retrospective feature traces Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch and State’s Attorney Jesse W. Hunter meeting in 1912 at the Florida Supreme Court. Their bond began as they both earned law credentials from a joking exchange about the University of Scuffletown and grew into lifelong colleagues in Lake County.
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Truman G. Futch
Jesse W. Hunter
Lake County
Supreme Court of Florida
Jesse Hunter
University of
Tallahassee
Truman Futch
City Considers Mosquito Control Budget Boost
County sanitation officer Burke Chester urged the council to appropriate $1,250 from Mount Dora for the county wide mosquito spray and control plan, a $200 increase over last year.
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Burke Chester
Moun Dora
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Mary Baker Eddy
Lovett
St. Luke's Choir
James Handlen
James Handlon
St. Luke’s Church
Jim Handlon
James E. Handlon
A. B. Stimpson
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