Mount Dora Widening Route Plan Faces Survey Results
William H. Dial is expected to present the engineers survey at a meeting detailing the best route for widening the Orange Blossom Trail. The study, demanded by the Planning Commission, covers traffic counts at city limits to gauge truck flow and trip destinations. No completion dates are set for the Orlando to Leesburg segment. Mount Dora findings may influence future work.
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William H. Dial
Orlando
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Apopka
Silver Lake Road
Lake County
Sylvan
Eustis
Triangle
11Th Ay
Woman Santa Aids Bible School Fund
A frail woman visits the Christian Home and Bible School campus seeking to contribute anonymously to the fund for children. She donates 50 dollars, then another gift, declines a ride home, and vanishes, leaving thanks for anonymous help. Thirty eight children receive a Pinecastle Air Force Christmas gift party with toys and clothing for service members.
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Christian Home and Bible School
J. C. Boyd
Mt Aot
Pinecastle Air Force
Alfred Johnston
Insomnia Painter Hull Debuts New New York Scene
Artist Hull and her hostess Verna Hull presented one of her oil paintings to Mrs. Carl S. Graves at the Villa Dora on holidays. The New York scene is framed in Hull’s distinctive design, originally framed by herself but now produced by others after her curing insomnia venture proved profitable.
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Verna Hull
Carl S. Graves
Villa Dora
New York
Vernon Herbst
Carl
Helene Graves
Ee Ee
California
Europe
Verna
Whitney
Mount Dora
Whitney Museum
Flora Miller
Billie Burke
Baron Raffaello de Banfield
Trieste
Comedy On IceHouse January Slate Delights Local Theatre
Ice House patrons will see a light comedy about a son who turns straight to the horror of his London family. Phil Lauben leads the cast with Irma as his real life wife. Betty Fellows stars in White Sheep of the Family with Chubby Merchant returning as a vicar. Other cast members include Bernice Laing Jim Coding Barbara Thompson and Buck Pennington directs.
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London
Ice House
Phil Lauben
The
Little Theatre
Irma
L. du Garde Peach
Ian Hay
Betty Fellows
Merchant
Joe Matuscio
Bernice Laing
Jim Coding
Barbara Thompson
Atd Buck Pennington
Mayor Will Hold Title Until Jan 9
Mayor Lou L. Heaton will retain his current title through next week and attend the City Council session as chief executive rather than in the elected Council post. Mayor-Elect W. D. Patton remains an onlooker in police court and at the Council session. The charter sets new officials to take office on the second Tuesday in January.
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Lou L. Heaton
W. D. Patton
Santa Claus Salesman Delivers $1000 Prize to Zellwood Mother
A 19 year old Zellwood mother named Frances Beasley, separated from her husband, nearly rejected a door to door salesman. The visitor proved to be Philip Lindsay, a Mount Dora based marketing adviser, bearing a Santa Claus message announcing she won a $1000 pre holiday store promotion. The prize will help cover hospital bills for her newborn. She plans to save most for her son's education.
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Zellwood
David Sumner
Santa Claus
Philip Lindsay
Mount Dora
Central Florida
Frances Beasley
Postal Appreciation Fund Reaches $40
Dorans show thanks to postal workers with a Christmas Appreciation Fund of 43 dollars turned over to Postmaster Harry Hopcraft. Contributions mainly in dollar amounts included an anonymous 5 dollar gift and others of 2 or 3 dollars.
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Dorans
Yuletide
Harry Hopcraft
Verna Hull Expresses Beauty With Knife Color Inspiration
Verna Hull, a rising painter, travels to Mount Dora after a New York stay. She rose from fashion photography to art using a kitchen knife for painting, turning misfortune into a career with dozens of sold works and commissions.
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Verna Hull
Mount Dora Opens Year with Growth in Electricity and Tax Revenue
The 1955 Mount Dora audit shows total assets of 1 499 310 and liabilities of 1 076 806, with bonded debt down 3 800 from revenue in light and water. Electricity sales nearly doubled in a decade, tax roll valued at 9 155 350 yielding about 9 000 more revenue than 1954, and the city’s tax millage fell from 12.5 to 8.3.
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Mount Dora
Sheppard and Sheppard
William Stewart
Lions Club
Mount Dora 1955 Building Permits Surpass Half Million
Mount Dora issued building permits valued at over 514 800 in 1955 within city limits with 59 new homes and 470 500 in remodeling. Sylvan Shores surpassed the city with 72 new homes. June led permits at 82 400 and January 67 800 for homes. March saw 102 800 in real estate sales and 71 700 in building permits.
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Mount Dora
John Cain
Sylvan Shores
Lake County population up 27 percent since 1950 census
Lake County’s July 1 population is estimated by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce at 46,200 with 37,300 whites, reflecting a 27 percent rise since 1950. Statewide growth is 31.7 percent to 3,649,900, while Liberty County records the largest county loss at 25 percent.
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Lake County
Liberty County
Florida
Bewhiskered Figure At Donnelly Park Causes A Scene
Elaine Humphrey reacts in fear as a bewhiskered stranger approaches in the top panel. Susie Schey then confesses feelings and kisses Santa, while Trina Pinkston and Santa discuss matters calmly. In the lower panel, Margie Ann Ricks appears as a doll-like figure in the scene.
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Donnelly Park
Elaine Humphrey
Susie Schey
Santa
Trina Pinkston
Margie Ann Ricks Con
Miss Jepson To Give Tips On Voice Culture
Soprano Helen Jepson will present a singing and lecture event in Mount Dora on Saturday January 14 at the Community building. The IceHouse Players sponsor the concert to raise funds for a new theatre in Gilbert Park on land granted by the city last summer. Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Helen Jepson
Mount Dora
Miss Jepson
IceHouse Players
Gilbert Park
Chamber of Commerce
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Donnelly
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Eddie Stevenson
Bill Morrell
Mount Mae
Bobbie Swiger
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