Council approves first reading to rezone Sylvan Shores
City Council moved the first reading of an ordinance to rezone a portion of recently annexed Sylvan Shores. Three of eleven lots will stay residential while eight become commercial. Stakeholders include Howard Kaser A J Elsman Harold C Byers and Sylvan Shores Property Owners Association. Two more readings are needed.
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Council
Sylvan Shores
Houser
Turner
Amet
Ate Ee
Howard Kaser
A. J. Elsman
Harold C. Byers
Tom Champion
Sylvan Shores Property Owners Association
Champion
Wilkerson
Robber Steals Diamonds From Horsley Jewelers
Mount Dora police investigate a theft at Horsley Jewelers on Donnelly Street where a robber smashed the display window and stole about 600 dollars in diamond rings. Two rings were dropped. one inside the window and one on the sidewalk near Rehbaum's Hardware. Police were alerted around 9 45 by theatergoers. Bloodhounds followed tracks for blocks to the east city limits. scent was lost. Insurance covered window replacement.
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Mount Dora
Horsley Jewelers
Donnelly St
Rehbaum
Huskey Seeks Annexation of Property at Highway 441
Mr E Everette Huskey appeared before the Council Tuesday night asking the city to annex a tract owned by Huskey Development Company Inc on new Highway 441. He noted one motel nearly finished another planned and seven other firms ready to move in. The council deemed power and water feasible but sewerage as a major item. first reading on annexation passed, sewer plan to be settled before second reading.
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E. Everette Huskey
Huskey Development Company, Inc
Huskey
McCall To Direct Red Cross Campaign
Lake County Sheriff Willis V. McCall will head the 1963 Red Cross fund drive starting March 1, marking the movement’s 100th anniversary. He notes local aid programs, including 250 families aided for servicemen leaves and 152 Gray Lady volunteers who logged 15,740 hours in school clinics under Red Cross supervision.
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Lake County
Willis V. McCall
Red Cross
McCall
Rotarians Hear Travel Program on Scandinavia
Paul Heinze spoke to Rotarians at the Community Building luncheon about his recent trip to Scandinavian countries using color slides. Next week’s speaker will be Dr. George Sadler, ambassador from the Golden Triangle Link of the Chain of Missionary Assemblies.
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Paul Heinze
George Sadler
Golden Triangle
Chain of
Missionary Assemblies
Jacksonville Mayor Burns to Speak at Mount Dora Chamber Dinner
Jacksonville Mayor Haydon Burns will headline the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce annual dinner meeting joined by the Mount Dora Kiwanis and Lions clubs at 6 30 p m in the Mount Dora Community Building The speech highlights Jacksonville redevelopment projects totaling about 250 million dollars accomplished without Federal funds and Burns national and international civic roles. The chamber will also vote on directors to fill terms and launch the second stage of the annual membership drive with a breakfast at Villa Dora Tuesday morning.
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Haydon Burns
Jacksonville
Mount Dora
Burns
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
United States
International Municipal Congress
The
Hague
West Berlin
Kennedy
National Civil Defense Advisory Council
al Rehbaum, Jr
Orlando TV Station Renames to WFTV on Anniversary
Channel 9 in Orlando has changed its call letters to WFTV as of February 3 1963 while celebrating five years on air in Central Florida. President Joseph L Brechner said the new initials stand for Wonderful Florida Television reflecting expanded service to over one million people in the region.
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Orlando
Channel 9
WFTV
Central Florida
Joseph L. Brechner
Florida Grape Growers Meet Focuses on Cold hardy Fruits
The Florida Grape Growers Association will hold its mid winter meeting in Lake County at the Agriculture Center in Tavares on February 8 starting at 10 00 a m. The program features speakers on peaches in Florida post freeze care ornamental plant care grape possibilities and crop diversification with demonstrations to follow after lunch hours and pruning grafting of grape vines.
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Florida
Florida Grape Growers Association
Lake County Agriculture Center
Tavares
SR 19
Lake County
Bob Norris
Charles Demko
Central Florida
Fred P. Lawrence
University of Florida Agricultural Extension Service
R. E. Norris
L. H. Stover
Leesburg
E. W Cake
Gainesville
Hurricanes Defeat Lake Weir in Conference Battle
Mount Dora's Golden Hurricanes defeated Lake Weir 51 to 26 in a Mid-Lakes Conference basketball game. The Hurricanes stay in first place with a 9-2 conference record. Mount Dora Junior Varsity also won 36 to 23.
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Hurricanes
Lake Weir
Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Mount Dera
Police Host 5th District Meeting in Mount Dora
Mount Dora and Eustis police announce the 5th District Meeting of the Florida Peace Officers Association on March 20 in Mount Dora. Police Chief J. T. Bud Huett stated the sessions will be held there with local officials coordinating.
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Mount Dora and
Eustis
Florida Peace Officers Association
Mount Dora
J. T
Grantham resigns from council as Conboy becomes president
R. O. Dude Grantham resigns from the Mount Dora City Council after three terms to seek appointment as Superintendent of Streets and Sanitation. Council Vice President Gordon Conboy is set to assume the presidency. The city plans to select a new council member and hire a new supervisor as longtime Streets and Sanitation chief C. R. Javens retires February 22.
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R. O. “Dude” Grantham
Grantham
Javens
Jesse D. Willmott
Dude” Grantham
Gordon Conboy
Willmott
Mount Dora High Names Honor Roll Students
Mount Dora High School announces honor roll status for the first semester. Eighth grade A students are Linda Bowen Maureen Stewart and Alice Toy. A B average lists include Patty Card Mary Mockett Nettie Reed Pat Wason and Sam Williams for grade twelve.
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Mount Dora High School
Linda Bowen
Maureen Stewart
Alice Toy
Patty Card
Mary Mockett
Nettie Reed
Pat Wason
Sam Williams
Bill Bolt
Charlene Codding
Mary Davis
Philip Dettra
Phyllis Godwin
Sheila Ham
Gay Hawkins
Pat Scogin
Larry Tanner
Rusty Tyre
Sue Wagner
Mike Croak
Nora Kelaher
Mike Stewart
Tara Swartsel
Dolores Caudel
Anne Potsko
Judy Stewart
Sue Straight
Mary Ann Tanner
Jackie Bolt
Peggie Bowie
Kathy Cox
Georgia Greenwell
Brett Horsley
Martin Morgan
Freya Silva
Dianne Strickland
Jeffrey Bowen
Jane Cato
June Coleman
Alice Driggers
Dianne Flint
Virginia McCabe
Margaret Melvin
Virginia Pease
Cathy Stewart
Nancy Wells
Eastern Star Installs New Officers Friday
Mount Dora Chapter 103 orders new 1963 officers for the Eastern Star ceremony set for February 8 at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Mrs Helen Theus of Leesburg will install, aided by Mrs Opal Keen, Mrs Eleanor Jackson, Mrs Eleanor Ford, and Mrs Mary Klein as officers. New officers include Louise Lee as Worthy Matron and Freeman Lee as Worthy Patron with a full slate of officers and a Temple Circle reception afterward.
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Mount Dora
Order of Eastern Stars
Masonic Temple
Helen Theus
Leesburg
Opal Keen
Eleanor Jackson
Eleanor Ford
Tavares
Mary Klein
Louise Lee
Freeman Lee
Evelyn Hodges
Robert Hodges
Lillian Brozek
Doris Camp
Alice Jackson
Clara Atkins
Twila Dismukes
Mabel Saunier
Marshal
Thelma Bernhoehr
Thelma Sykes
Adah
Mark Peters Named Local Civil Defense Chair
Mark Peters was appointed Mount Dera civil defense chair by new city council president R. O. Grantham who resigned the post due to broader duties. Peters previously served as assistant civil defense chairman.
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Mark Peters
Mount Dera
R. O. “Dude” Grantham
New City Council
Peters
Civil Defense
Mother's March fund drive raises $711.62 in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Junior Woman's Club sponsors the Mother's March for polio and crippling diseases collected $711.62 in their annual can drive. President Mrs Earl Hodges announced the tally and thanked volunteers for their efforts on January 31.
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Mount Dora
Municipal Court Dockets: 24 Cases Hearings and Fines
Municipal Court this week heard 24 cases including 20 traffic and four disorderly conduct charges. Mayor Jesse D. Willmott reported fines totaling 450 dollars and bond forfeitures amounting to 210 dollars.
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Jesse D. Willmott
Hospital Patients a Mount Dora Admissions List
Mount Dora patients admitted to Waterman Memorial Hospital this week include James Harris Emma Granger William Baxter Goldie Bowman Raymond Harry Young and Reginald Parker.
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Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
James Harris
Emma Granger
William Baxter
Goldie Bowman
Raymond Harry Young
Reginald Parker
Bread Day planned by Lake County Pilot Club
Pilot Club of Lake County announces its second annual Bread Day in the Golden Triangle on Friday March 8 with street stations in Eustis Mount Dora and Tavares. Proceeds fund Lake County Blood Bank Physical therapy equipment Lake Pilot School for the Exceptional Child and glasses collection. Rummage sales set for Feb 23 and March 2 at 111 N Eustis St Eustis.
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Pilot Club
Lake County
Golden Triangle
Eustis
Mount Dora
Tavares
Helen Karras
Lake Pilot School
N. Eustis St
New Additions At Lake County Fair
The Lake County Fair adds a metal building over eight thousand five hundred dollars for 4 H and Home Demonstration clubs exhibits at Eustis Fair. Additional seating is added in the livestock pavilion show ring. The first seating unit was built four years ago by the Future Farmers of America of Lake County. New concrete bleachers were built by the Lake County Fair Association.
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Florida
Future Farmers of America of
Lake County
Lake County Fair Association
Vernon Swartsel Seeks 4-H National Conference Award
Vernon Swartsel of Mount Dora a University of Florida sophomore competes in the annual 4-H National Conference Award Program. He and Sam Baker of New Port Richey state boys winners present eight years of community safety work plus public speaking and home beautification honors.
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Vernon Swartsel
Mount Dora
University of Florida
Swartsel
Sam Baker
New Port Richey
Vernon
Golden Triangle
Lake County
Biography comes to IceHouse Theatre this Tuesday
The IceHouse Theatre opens next Tuesday with Behrman’s Biography. Newcomers Marie Nachrein er, Sid Johnson, and Joe Nixon join Anita Kauffman, Bill Dunnagan, Steve Johnson, and Debbie Sanders in a cast praised for wit and timing. Box office is open Saturday and daily next week from 10 to 1. Half yearly memberships for three plays remain at $4.00.
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IceHouse Players
IceHouse Theatre
Noel Coward
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