New Triangle Bank Planned for Mount Dora Center
A proposed Triangle Bank and Trust Company seeks a charter with filings in Tallahassee and Atlanta for FDIC coverage. Directors include John Wilkerson and Leonard L. Phillips. president to be Leonard M. Chaffee, with Osler Adams as executive VP and cashier. An annexation of 11 Stivers, Inc. lots was approved for the site at the East side of the Golden Triangle Shopping Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Bank and Trust Company
Mount Dora
Golden Triangle
Stivers, Inc
New Bank
Leonard L. Phillips
Western Auto
Harry Holstein
Eustis
John Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Roy Christopher
Phillips
Tavares
State Comptroller’s Office
Tallahassee
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Atlanta
Comptroller’s
FDIC
Triangle Area
Robert E. Travers
Holstein
L. R. Huffstetler, Jr
Timothy R. Croak
T. C. Boyd, Jr
W. W. Friedman
Harry Troller
Samuel P. Mims
Joseph K. Creamons, Sr
Frederick C. Andrews
Bernard J. McCabe
Leonard M. Chaffee
Sylvan Shores
Mr. Chaffe
Saxelbye and Powell
Jacksonville
Mr. Phillips
Federal Deposit
Mount Dora Police to be Featured in Florida Police Journal
The Mount Dora Police Department will be the subject of a pictorial article in the January February 1963 Florida Police Journal. Chief J T Bud Huett said the feature covers personnel activities and accomplishments and highlights the department among outstanding law enforcement groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Richard Martin
Edith Sage
Grady Pait
Robert D. Yates
James C. Orr
E. L. Lane
Earl Wise
J. T. “Bud” Huett
Florida Police Journal
Florida Peace Officers’ Association, Inc
J. T
Bud” Huett
Stetson Students Die In Auto Crash Near Eustis
Two Stetson University students Frank Townsend 21 Lake Wales and Robert LaSalle 18 Daytona Beach died early Saturday when their sports car collided with a tractor on State Road 44 near Eustis. Townsend drove the car and struck a tractor driven by Herbert Devore Winter Haven. Trooper Carson Turlington investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stetson University
Eustis
Frank G. Townsend
Lake Wales
Robert J. LaSalle
Daytona Beach
Townsend
Herbert Devore
Winter Haven
Carson Turlington
Florida Highway Patrol
Turlington
Collis
Remember When Donnelly Street Was a Grassy Lane
A 1887 photograph shows the Community Congregational Church at 7th and Donnelly with members in late 1800s dress. The image, taken from the future Mount Dora Post Office spot, includes a former drug store building. The picture belongs to Clayton Tremain of Mid-Florida Gas Co., who acquired it from his father Louis Tremain, an early church founder.
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Donnelly St
7Th and
Donnelly
Community Congregational Church
Mount Dora
Clayton Tremain
Mid-Florida Gas Co
Louis Tremain
Community Church
City council weighs Lakeside push to contact Mount Dora burials
Mount Dora officials debated Lakeside Memory Gardens effort to survey residents about burial plots at Pine Forest cemetery. Lakeside’s reps argued surveys were not door to door sales, while the mayor feared indirect solicitation and upheld ordinance bans. A committee will study the issue with Lakeside representatives as bids open for an $815000 sewer project and other city plans move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Forest Cemetery
Ray Shives
Lakeside Memory Gardens
Eustis
Umatilla
Verdual W. Hamlin, Jr
Eustis Mortician
Bar
Bara Hamlin
Jesse D. Willmott
Willmott
Mount Dora
Hamlin
Lakeside
Shives
United States
Tavares
Mr. Shives
R. O. “Dude” Grantham
State Health Department
Brandon Wald
Tech
Record City Election Registration Tops Previous High
Registration at City Hall reaches 1,763 for the municipal vote next Tuesday. Vying for Council three seats are Ellwyn Brown Lake W Coleman Thomas Houser Clarence D Owen and J Pinkney Turner. City Clerk candidates are Robert L Morton Mel R Wagner and George Stuart Wilson. Park Commission sees five year post contested by Win Sleight and James C Harris. Balloting 7 am to 7 pm in City Hall Council room. hand count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Park Commission
Ellwyn Brown
Lake W. Coleman
Thomas Houser
Clarence D. Owen
J. Pinkney Turner
Robert L. Morton
Mel R. Wagner
George Stuart Wilson
James C. Harris
Brown, Houser
Turner
Margaret Lafroos
Fletcher Crane
Clancy” Owen
Mel Wagner
Messrs
Morton
Wilson
Lions Club
Block
Brown
Houser
Owen
Coleman
Lillian Coe
Glaucoma Clinic and Voting Event in Mount Dora
Mount Dora residents may vote at City Hall and receive a free eye examination December 11. The Lions Club sponsors the Glaucoma Clinic at the Community Building from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Orlando doctors will screen for glaucoma, with free transport offered by local providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Lions Club
Central Florida
Orlando
City Hall
Lake Oil Corporation
Triangle Cabs
Lion
Samaw
Building Permits Totals in Mount Dora for 1962
Tax Assessor John Cain reports Mount Dora building permits for the first 11 months of 1962 totalled 631 000 dollars, down from 883 825 dollars in the same period last year. The 1962 permits cover 30 homes vs 31 last year. November alone saw nine permits totaling 36 350 dollars, including five homes, compared with eight permits for 16 150 dollars in November 1961 including one new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cain
Mount Dora
Hotel Opens Dining Room For Winter Season
The Sylvan Shores Hotel will open its dining room for the Winter season on Friday December 14. Owners Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Hamilton announce chef William Jarvis will run dining room operations. Lunch is served daily 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Dinner is served 5 to 8 p.m. with Sunday hours 11:30 to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Shores
M. K. Hamilton
Alt. U. S. 441
Hamiltons
William Jarvis
Jarvis
Dowds’ Organization
Tiki
Orlando
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Tides
St. Petersburg Beach
Santa Leads Mount Dora Christmas Parade and Festivities
Mount Dora schedules the Fifth Annual JayCee Christmas parade for Saturday at 2 pm with Santa Claus in Donnelly Street route. Dwight Mosteller notes more floats bands and entries than last year as shops offer promotions and prize drawings precede a downtown observance with a grand prize at 8 30 pm.
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Santa Claus
Mount Dora
Dwight Mosteller
Santa
Golden Triangle
Mosteller
City of
First National Bank of
Winter Garden
Leesburg High School
Apopka
Carver Heights
Eustis High School
Eustis Vocational
Lake Weir
Ocala
Eustis
Tavares
Leesburg
Donnelly Park
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly
Limit Sts
Gilbert Park
Courthouse Remodel Planned in Lake County for $600,000
The old Tavares courthouse will be remodeled at an approximately $600,000 cost. Lake County Commissioners directed Leesburg architect Howell Hopson to prepare specs for quick bids. Offices will be shifted and expanded into two jail floors remodeled for office use.
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Tavares
Lake County Commissioners
Howell Hopson
Leesburg
Mayor Willmott disposes eight traffic cases this week
Mayor Jesse D Willmott announced the municipal court dealt with eight traffic cases one driving while intoxicated and four disorderly conduct matters this week Bonds totaling 205 were forfeited and 195 in fines were imposed.
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Jesse D. Willmott
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Ruth Graham
Margaret Bowen
Winnie Coffey
Edward Mitchell
Joseph Kircher
Ruth Kircher
Alma Stephens
Josephine Swager
Agnes Truesdale
Elmira Loder
Frances Williamson
Huett
East Town
Progressive Citizens Association
R. C. Durden
Camp St
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John
Citrus Culture Corp. Weekly
Tavaresse Ereteeeeemnes
Toe Mennawenee
Sorrento Lake Eldorado
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