Secret Session Increases City Taxes Delays Orange Groves Reform
Mount Dora council held a closed session to add 2 dollars per front foot to property valuations abutting streets and delay action on orange groves until 1958. Officials noted inequalities in taxation between home lots and groves and discussed impacts on 1959 budgets, while residents faced shuffled notices and protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.D. Patton
Gordon Conboy
Robert Walker
John Cain
Lou L. Heaton
Heaton
Board of Equalization
Bill Prinz
Mount Dora
Pinecrest
Prinz
Howard Simpson
Grove
Fisherman’s
Gilbert Park
Mr. Prinz
Simpson
Lake Coleman
Walker
Hugh Hannah
Tavares
Sylvan Shores
Lake Gertrude
East Town
Mount Dora and
Eustis
R. W. Harned
G. H. Payn
John Groves
Pinecrest, Inc
Christian Home and Bible School
H. D. Rice
Robert Travers
Sylvan Shores Point
Lake Woodward
Lake Saunders
Highway 19
Bowling Club Asks Probe of Hatfield Death
The Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club passes a resolution to City Council asking investigations into the death of 89 year old Abraham Hatfield who was killed by an Atlantic Coast Line train near the Lakeside Inn on January 26. The club seeks enforcement of traffic laws and railroad protections at three grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Bowling Club
Abraham Hatfield
Lakeside Inn
John Chesley
Hatfield
Atlantic
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Evening of Music draws crowd for sixth annual event
The sixth Mount Dora Evening of Music opens with a full auditorium as Conductor Miller prepares to lead. BPW members distribute programs while Leesburg residents celebrate the city's 100th anniversary with beards. Attendees include Mrs. Howell, Bernard McCabe family, Mrs. Flynn visiting, and local and visiting guests. Frederick Sleight and Dr. Robert Walker present appreciation to Director Frank Miller and Symphony board president Helen Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Miller
Toy
Leesburg
Atty
P. B. Howell
Howell
Bill Cumba
Bernard McCabe
Lee
George. Flynn
William McLachlan
Forrest DeGraff
William Breckenridge
Rosemary Bennett
BPW
Eustis
Donna Wilt
Robert Walker
Frank Bennett
Ronny Aldrich
Gary Potter
Larry Smith
J. B. McDonald
Sylvan Shores
Edie Goldie
Baird Hunsicker
East Liverpool
Ohio
L. W. Smith
Frederick W. Sleight
Kiwanis
Sleight
Frank Miller
Helen Ryan
Symphony Board of Directors
Two Concerts at Mount Dora Evening of Music Delights Audiences
The Florida Symphony Orchestra performed Scheherazade and other works to a sold out Mount Dora audience. The concert, praised as the best ever, stretched overtime and sparked talk of a second Evening of Music next season. The 56-member ensemble conducted by Frank Miller delivered dramatic Rimsky Korsakov and Bizet pieces with strong soloists including Alphonse Carlo and Ted Brys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Mount Dora
Frederick W. Sleight
Orlando
Frank Miller
Rossini
Georges Bizet
Rimsky-Korsakoff
World Prayer Day Planned in Mount Dora Observance
Mount Dora hosts World Day of Prayer at Community church on March 8 at 2 p.m. with seven ministers, including Rev. Lester Doerr and Dr. C A Carrier. Queen Salote leads the opening in Tonga with the event circling the globe to Alaska and benefiting missions and leadership education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Community Church
Tonga Islands
Salote
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Constance Fenske
Lester Doerr
The
Christian Church
Robert R. Reed
James Jones
David Coffield
George Darling
John F. Mangrum
C.A. Carrier
W. D. Patton
WLCO
Fenske
Rosalie Britt
Beulah Lawrence
Mount Dora selects north Highway 441 route amid protest
Mount Dora officials endorse a north route for the Highway 441 rerouting four-lane project, aligning with state official Richard Edgerton’s plan. Opponents including Dr. C. M. Tyre warn of heavy losses to groves and property, urging southern alternatives and warning of costs to rights of way and city services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
State Road Board
Richard Edgerton
LeRoy Collins
East Town
Franklin Park
Limit St
Donnelly St
Old Eastiard
Morningside Dr
R. L. Bowie
Lake Woodward
New 19
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowling Club
Gielen Hunt Jackson
Henry
Meaway Engin
George Amory
William Dial
Dial
C. M. ‘Tyre
Orange Grove
Lake County
Irrately
Lake Louise
Dr. Tyre
Daytona Beach Grove
Lake Dora
Dora
Umatilla
Donnelly Estate
O. M
Jack” Simpson
John A. Heist
James Simpson
Howard
Jack
Federal Highway Bureau
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