Lake County Agriculture Drives County Economy
County agricultural income totals feature crops like blackberries celery sweet corn and cucumbers plus ornamental plants and nursery stock. Livestock including dairy cattle poultry and beef operations contribute millions, with beekeeping and forest products adding notable value. Recreation and summer homes also bolster the economy.
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Lake County
William M. Nixon
Nixon
Glen L. Loveless Jr
Pram
Loveless
Terrell Davis
Florida
Gehyere
Hagesl Dennitt
Allie
City Receives Fourteen Applications for Clerk Post
Mount Dora expects 14 applicants for the city clerk job after resignations. Interviews to begin in January with Mayor Jesse Willmott, Councilman Gordon Dake, and Acting City Clerk John Cain screening candidates. Cain also serves as tax assessor and building inspector.
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Jesse Willmott
Gordon Dake
John Cain
Dake
City Council
Mount Dora
Cain
Mel Wagner
Lake County Beekeeping and Green Belt Efforts Highlighted
The county estimates 9 600 beehives driving pollination of many crops and notes that the value cannot be measured in dollars. County slabaie and zoning work aims to develop resources for broad benefit, while agriculture advocates maintaining green belt areas to protect against water and air pollution.
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Lake County
Saving Money Regularly Through Payroll Savings Plan
A promotional piece explains enrolling in a Payroll Savings Plan via a card, with automatic deductions for U S Savings Bonds. It highlights reduced temptation, future value at maturity, and patriotic framing to encourage employees to save each payday.
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U. S
Math Division Chief To Meet With PTO Here
Buford A. Robinson, head of the mathematics division of Lake County public schools, will meet Mount Dora parents Monday night. The Mount Dora PTO invites a large turnout to discuss the modern math program and its pros and cons at Roseborough Elementary School cafeteria beginning at 7:30 p.m.
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Buford A. Robinson
Leesburg
Lake County Public Schools
Mount Dora
PTO
Robinson
Roseborough
15 Traffic Deaths Seen For Weekend
Col. H. N. Kirkman of the Florida Dept. of Public Safety cites a Florida Highway Patrol forecast predicting 15 fatalities in traffic crashes on Florida streets and highways during the 54 hour New Year holiday period from 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday. He urges sober driving to avoid holiday trouble and a safer New Year.
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H. N. Kirkman
Dept. of Public Safety
Florida Highway Patrol
Florida
Insurance risks rise as fire protection suspended townwide
The council reports a 304 to 208 margin on a nexation proposal and warns that suspending city fire protection may lead to higher insurance premiums. Insurance agents urge policyholders to review contracts for adequate coverage as the major risk shifts to potential total losses in outlying areas.
Time is Life Warns Against Squandering It
The quote urges valuing time as the essence of life. It emphasizes not wasting moments and frames life as a precious, finite resource. Franklin’s wisdom underscores purposeful living and efficient use of each day.
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Franklin
Salesmanship Course Offered During JC Spring Term
Kenneth Bragg will instruct a night salesmanship course at LSJC as part of the Spring Term offerings at the Lake Center. Open to adults in selling or advertising and to Mid-Management students, with no prerequisites, the class runs 7 to 9 45 p.m. Tuesdays starting January 4.
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Kenneth Bragg
Sill Lake Center
Bragg
LSJC
Education is the Cheap Defense Nations Quote
The fragment attributes a quotation to Burke, noting education as a cheap defense for nations. The readable text centers on the idea that learning serves as a protective measure for a country.
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Burke
Henry VII invites to Guines palace with spiced wine fountain
Present day connoisseurs would covet a 16th century invitation from Henry VII to join him at a temporary Guines palace. Outside the 12,000 square yard edifice spiced wine, claret and water spouted from a gilt fountain.
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Henry VII
Guines
France
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