Basil Rathbone to Open St Edward's Concert Series
Basil Rathbone, famed Sherlock Holmes actor, will headline the St Edward's Episcopal church concert series opening January 10 at 8 15 p m in the community building. The feature highlights Rathbone's stage and film career and his WWII service. Tickets remain available from Mrs LeRoy Spilatore.
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Basil Rathbone
St. Edward’s
St. Edward's Episcopal Church
Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Liverpool
Othe Rathbone
A. Milne
Stephen Phillips
Laurence Binyon
Frank Benson
Stratford-on- Avon
Sir
Mr. Rathbone
Romeo
Tago
Cassius
Orlando
London
Peter Ibbetson
George du ‘Maurier
David Copperfield
Anna Karenina
Reta Garbo
Captain Blood
Tovarich
Danny Kaye
Serong
Liverpool Scottish
Releif
Los Angeles Area War Chest
Edward R. Murrow
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Witness
Hans Brinker
Geraldine Page
Columbia
Leopold Stokowski
Peter and the Wolf
Honneger
King David
Pasha Selim
Mozart
Stratford
LeRoy Spilatore
Eustis Plans Urban Renewal Survey Despite Snag
DeWitt McGee Jr planning engineer leads a $9,750 survey for Eustis with half funding from federal Urban Renewal. Daytona Beach balks at a model slum clearance ordinance, delaying participation while Eustis proceeds with a comprehensive land use, population, economic, street, zoning, public works, and annexation study and a capital budgeting plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt McGee, Jr
Daytona Beach
Eustis
City Commission
Commission
Byerlee and Goulder Win Yule Decorating Contest
Azalea plants will grace the homes of two Mount area residents after they showed extra special finesse in holiday decorating. Fred Byerlee of 410 Tremain St and W A Goulder of Lake Gertrude Manor won the Chamber of Commerce Yule tide home decoration contest.
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Mount Area
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Byerlee
Tremain St
W. A. Goulder
Lake Gertrude Manor
Chest X Ray Unit Schedules Visits in Mount Dora and Surrounding Areas
A Lake County mobile chest X ray unit will tour Mount Dora and nearby communities next week, visiting Citrus Culture Corp headquarters, Mount Dora Growers Cooperative, and First National Bank, then spreading to East Town, Grandview, Grant streets, Sorrento, Cassia, and Lake Jem. X rays are free to residents to detect tuberculosis with positive results prompting medical follow up. The effort is funded by Christmas seal sales and led by the Lake County TB and Health Association with state and county health departments.
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Lake. County
First National Bank
Bank Corner
East Town
Grandview
Grant Sts
Sorrento
Driggers Store
Cassia
Lake Jem
Carlton Packing House
The
Health Association
Lake County Health Department
Florida State Health Department
Durham Young To Close Hospital and Seek Grant Aid
Leesburg plans to close its Durham Young hospital in 1962 transforming it into a clinic. A citizens committee pushes a Hill Burton funded public hospital at a $1.5 million cost with 40 percent federal aid on a 19 acre site offered by G. G. Ware.
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Dorans
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Frank Cole
Special Citizens Hospital
The
Young Hospital
G. G. Ware
First National Bank
Citizens Group
Wesley Fellowship Postspone Meeting With Supper And Entertainment
The Wesley Fellowship class of the First Methodist church school will postpone their regular meeting until Tuesday. A covered dish supper is planned at 6 30 p.m. with entertainment to follow.
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Wesley Fellowship
First Methodist Church School
Mount Dora Sees Quiet Growth in 1958 Building boom and new shops mark year
Mount Dora ended 1958 with steady growth in housing and commerce. About 47 Sylvan Shores homes valued near $750 000 complemented new subdivisions including Golden Heights and Lake Gertrude Manor. City stores boosted Christmas shopping amid a year of modernization and brighter window displays.
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Furter Chat Mount Wvora
Sylvan Shores
Lake Gertrude
Lake Gertrude Manor
Poland
Mount Dora
Golden Heights
Highway 441
Here
Triangle Acres
Bob Silkworth
New JayCees
Dorans
Mr. Silkworth
Realty Growth Drives Mount Dora Development In 1958
Mount Dora real estate and agriculture expanded with about 1.1 million dollars in activity last year led by $889,150 in new buildings and $150,000 in farm or citrus land sales. The chamber cites 500 acres in groves and 200 in crops. Major 1958 projects included the Florida Telephone Corp. building and St Edward’s Episcopal Church. 1959 plans feature a $200,000 Citrus Culture Corp. plant and a $30,000 Methodist church Sunday school addition along with a planned $1 million Sylvan Shores shopping center.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Age
Chamber
Florida Telephone Corp
St. Edward’s Episcopal Church
Citrus Culture Corp
The
Methodist Church
Sylvan Shores
Tim Croak
IceHouse
Central Florida
American Legion
Grandview
One Minor Wreck Marks Marshmas Record in Mount Dora
Police Chief James Orr reports Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were accident free in Mount Dora except for one minor wreck. Walter M. Lewis backed into Leila W. Deison’s car at a dead end on Third Avenue and Clayton Street causing about 77 dollars in damage. no damage to the truck.
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Mount Dora
James Orr
Walter M. Lewis
Lake Jem
Third Ay
Clayton St
Leila W. Deison
Orr
Mount Dora Year in Review 1958 Highlights
A non spectacular year in Mount Dora with steady growth and notable events. Key items include Citrus Culture Corp fire setback, Lake County citrus prosperity near 75 million in income, new sewage plant plans, council reorganizations, annexation talks, and community concerts.
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Byerlee
Goulder
Dora
Durham Young
Bisoon
Goring
Lake County
Alk Wack
Unser St
Howard Simpson
Patton
Jesse Daniels
Florida Chain of Missionary Assemblies
Bill Prinz
W. D. Patton
Sewue Sires
Florida
LeRoy Collings
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Mutual Concert Association
Janus
Sara McCain
Susan Odum
Oscar Schubert
Max E. Wettstein
Parent- Teacher Association
Henry W. Land
Ray M. Hayes
Ellen Bryant
Truman G. Futch
A. P. Buie
Jesse
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