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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1961
Page
6
Food expert Myra Waldo promotes her book Cooking for the Freezer, detailing methods to freeze prepared dishes without losing flavor. She explains how to select ingredients, adjust cooking times, and design a batch plan so one cooking session yields multiple family meals.
Mount Dora saw a decade of building progress from 1950 to 1960 with permits totaling 6.25 million dollars. Tax assessor John Cain told the City Council this reflects 574 new homes, commercial buildings, and churches. The 1959 peak issued 757,580 dollars, followed by 1954 at 740,660 and 1960 at 611,009.
The State Road Department announces the completion of the third link in the four lane widening of US 27 and 441 between Ocala and Leesburg. J Rolfe Davis says the 714743 project runs from Lady Lake to the Lake Sumter line with 2.9 miles of four lane divided highway and a 350 foot dual bridge over Atlantic Coast Line tracks. W M Construction and W E Whitehurst and Sons built the facility. prior segments near Belleview and Lady Lake to Fruitland Park had been finished in 1959.
Lake Countians may attend a free exhibition near Lake Wales this Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with tours every half hour. Residents show a driver’s license at the door. The event features a Leonardo da Vinci Last Supper reproduction, glass blowing, the NATO Court of Flags, the Tree of the Ages, and a gift shop with Da Vinci Gallery models of ancient inventions.
Traffic engineers project a four lane route from north and west of Ocala to Leesburg will save motorists at least 20 minutes versus the old two lane lake area route. The Ocala Belleview Fruitland Park Leesburg corridor gains a continuous four lane facility as prior segments near Ocala and highway to the lakes region have already been four laned.
Florida shoppers spent about 35 million dollars on candy and confectionery products this year per the Florida Chamber of Commerce. More than 90 million pounds are purchased in the state annually, with Florida manufacturers supplying about 12 percent of the market and producing over 12 million pounds of sweets including pecan peanut and coconut candies nougats caramels chocolates and citrus sweets.
A historical home economics piece lists numerous honey use ideas and quick tricks. It presents recipes and serving suggestions including blends with orange juice and rind, honey butter, glazes for ham and carrots, banana bakes, grapefruit centers, and honey milk drinks.
City announces sealed bids for painting multiple city buildings including Eastwall Community Building auditorium interior and exterior Lawn Bowling Club house and exterior Fire Station. Bids due January 17 at 8 00 P M in the Council Chamber with specifications at City Clerk office. Also Lake County Florida estate notice files final discharge petition for executrix Lena V Bower in the Edward Bower estate with February 6 hearing before County Judge William Milton and Mount Dora attorney Cristopher Donnelly.
The 56th Florida State Fair will run 11 days in Tampa as part of a statewide program. Officials say the event showcases farm and ranch resources and Florida living, organized by the Florida State Fair and Gasparilla Association. Governor Bryant and cabinet members back the fair, with Carl D. Brorein leading operations. J. C. Huskisson, fair manager, was elected president of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions, which called the Tampa show North America’s outstanding fair in 1960. The event offers 75 000 dollars in cash premiums and trophies from trade groups and industries across a 40 acre site with extensive exhibit space. The fair is advertised as a non profit business enterprise.
Dr J Ollie Edmunds president of Stetson University will deliver the commencement address at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Texas on Friday January 20 He is the Florida Baptist Convention 1960 61 president and the first Florida college graduate to become his Alma Mater president Edmunds known for writings on the financial plight of small private church related colleges and highlighted the issue at the Florida Baptist Convention in St Petersburg in November.
The Mount Dora Park Commission aims to finish its annual Spanish moss spray program on 80 to 90 year old oaks by January 31. Chairman Win C Sleight says 213 of 401 trees sprayed so far, weather permitting, with sprays done to prevent moss and other pests for at least three years.
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