County Wins 90000 Grant for Road Right of Ways Plan
Lake County commissioners meet in Tallahassee to finalize a three year program funded by 80 percent of the seventh cent gas tax. The plan includes building a new Eustis to Tavares airline road and completing the Jacksonville to Tampa highway segment. An advance of 90000 is set for right of way purchases including land for a Howey-in-the-Hills bridge. The board also approved funds for clay road maintenance and several state road improvements.
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Lake County
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Tampa
Eustis
Tavares
Ofeata
Lake Harris
Howey-in-the-Hills
Sorrento
Mount Plymouth
Orange County
Sanford
Mount Dora
Leesburg-Groveland
Clermont- Groveland
Lake Shore
Lake Dora
Lake Eustis
Lake Griffin
Mascotte Bay Lake
New Howey Bridge
David R. Savage
Jesse W. Hunter
Clarence G. Bouie
Commissioners deny dictatorial charge over road funding
Lake county commissioners, returning from Tallahassee, plan a formal protest after State Senator Odham labeled the State Road department dictatorial. Attorney Jesse W. Hunter and Chairman Frank E. Owens defended the policy, noting the shift to county control of 80 percent of gas tax funds and first-ever county maintenance grants.
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Lake County
Tallahassee
Odham
Sanford
State Road Department
Frank E. Owens
Jesse W. Hunter
Hunter
Owens
Capricious Fate Interferes With Ohio Partners Florida Trip
Jim Adams of Canton and Elmer Gaum of Akron planned a Florida holiday at Sylvan Shores hotel but fate intervened in Dayton Tennessee. Adams fell ill at the wheel of their auto and died before surgery for ruptured ulcers. Gaum rushed to aid Adams's wife and then returned to Ohio for the funeral.
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Jim Adams
Elmer Gaum
Ohio
Florida
Sylvan Shores
Adams
Canton, Ohio
Gaum
Akron
Mrs. Adams
Dayton
Tenn
Mr. Adams
Sims, Baker Share Prize in World Peace Essay Contest
George Sims of Mount Dora tied for first place with Bob Baker of Umatilla in the World Peace Essay and Speech contest held last Thursday at Tavareski school auditorium. The $50 prize was awarded by the American Legion, churches, and the Lake County World Federalists chapter, with both entrants praised for excellence.
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George Sims
Mount Dora
Tavareski School
Bob Baker
Umatilla
J. Edwin Baker
American Legion
Lake County
World Federalists
Policemen Return To Police School In Lake County
Lake county police officers resumed training this week at Eustis City Hall under Roy Larsen the state coordinator. The session focuses on traffic and safety with next week planned on criminal investigations in two daily sessions.
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Lake County
Roy Larsen
Eustis
Bury
Jackpot Catch Still Doesn't Win The Prize
Four fish weighing 44 pounds, 2 ounces failed to win the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce weekly bass prize. Co. B. Schenk of Tavares won with a 12 pounder from Deadriver, while Norris and Minor trailed with 11 pound 14 ounce and 10 pound 7 ounce catches. Ellis Winton of Mount Dora placed third with a 9 pound 14 ounce fish. All using live bait. William Stonebraker of Flint, Michigan wintering at Lake Jem, registered a 10 pound 7 ounce total.
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C. S. Norris
Seth Minor
Mount Dora
Deadriver
Norris
William Stonebraker
Flint
Mich
Lake Jem
Ellis Winton
Food Handlers School Attracts Large Attendance
More than 130 people attended the Food Handlers School in Eustis last week, conducted by the Lake County Health department under E Russell Jackson of the State Health department. Nine Mount Dora meal sellers were present to learn the latest food handling methods, with certificates to be displayed by the establishments. A similar session is set for Leesburg today and Friday at the Lassiter Ware Insurance building serving Leesburg Clermont Groveland Okahumpka and Lady Lake.
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Eustis
Lake County
Methodists Launch Drive For New Church School
The First Methodist congregation voted unanimously to start a fund drive for a $22,000 church school building on Fifth Avenue. J G Ray Jr led the meeting noting space limits as Sunday school grows and activities expand. The plan includes 11 classrooms a large social hall and kitchen replacing the old parish house. Organizers will meet Monday at 7 30 p m to finalize the drive and subscription efforts.
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First
Plann
Fifth Av
J. G. Ray, Jr
Ent
Cill
Ray
Church
Sellar Announces For 1951 Lake County House Seat
Attorney Tim M. Sellar of Leesburg becomes the first to announce candidacy for reelection in Lake County for the 1951 legislative session. He will run in the May primaries as the Group One candidate for the county.
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House of Representatives
Lake County
Tim M. Sellar
Leesburg
Sellar
Wonderfully Odd Grounds for Divorce Cited in Africa
A historical note reports that among some African communities a husband failing to sew his wife’s clothes can be cited as grounds for divorce, illustrating cultural marital expectations and legal practices of the period.
Boss Joe recalls Florida prison days and road camp life
Lake County resident known as Boss Joe recalls the brutal farm and leasing era of Florida prisons. He remembers Marion Farms in Ocala and yard lineups where prisoners were hired by mills and turpentine operators, witnessing workers collapse from starvation. He now serves as a road foreman at a Tavares road camp, armed and watchful, with eight children at his Lake City home.
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Joe
Florida
Tavares Road
Lake City
Cré
Columbia County
Marion Farms
Ocala
S. A Rawles
Porter
Mem
Prison reforms transform careers of longtime state guard
Joe A Porter reflects on Florida prison history from lease labor to state custody. He notes 1914 reforms ending the lease system and Raiford State Prison creation in Union County. Porter stayed on as a foreman, later with the road department Camp Columbia County, praising the humane changes and improved treatment of inmates.
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Raiford
Union County
Porter
Terrell
Road Department
Camp Columbia County
Petition Seeks Reversal of Mount Dora One Way Street
A petition to reverse Mount Dora’s one way traffic on Alexander street circulated by Richard Edgerton of the Lakeside Inn asks Mayor D. Fletcher Crane to lift the restriction. Signers include a majority of local businessmen citing hotel and post office access hardships as residents must detour via McDonald or Donnelly streets. If granted, it would overturn ex Mayor J. E. Fortner’s December choice establishing the current one way.
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Alexander St
D. Fletcher Crane
Mount Dora
Richard Edgerton
Lakeside Inn
Lakeside
Fifth Av
Edgerton
McDonald St
Donnelly
Alexander
Crane
J. E. Fortner
Welfare State Compared to Prison Life by Raiford Warden
Warden L F Chapman warned at the 1950 Community Forum that welfare state life mirrors prison life. He said people grow dependent on officials for all needs and lose the ability to work. He cited Florida’s rehabilitation record as mixed and described prisons as eroding personal restraint and family responsibility. Prof E E Lewis of Ohio State will speak next week at the Methodist church after returning from Japan.
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America
L. F. Chapman
Raiford State Prison
First Methodist Church
Florida
Mr. Chapman
E. E. Lewis
Ohio State University
Methodist Church
Just
Japan
U. S
Crane Appoints Collins As City Council Reorganizes
The council seats three new members and elevates Marshall Collins to president while naming Collins also to lead the new Planning Commission. Collins appoints Ernest Mosteller and Col. John Bethel to key posts and retains current department heads as the city debates enlarging the Community building.
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Planning Commission
Kiwanis Club
William Christie
Donald W. Conkling
A. C. Quixley
G. B. “Crip” Hurlburt
Collins
D. Fletcher Crane
Wayne Moon
Col
John Bethel
Crane
Ernest Mosteller
Christie
William Prinz
J. M. Turner
Prinz
Helmfield
Mosteller and
Bethel
Richard Shipes
Rollin Javens
A. J. Waltz
Tom Cooley
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora Regatta to Kick Off Weekend of High Speed
The 1950 Mount Dora Regatta returns January 28 and 29 drawing 100 race drivers from coast to coast. Lions Club Days of 49 beard displays, carnival amusements, dime a dance games, and prizes boost funds for sight conservation as Lake Dora hosts racing action near 100 mph speeds. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Yacht Club.
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Mount Dora
Lions Club
Lake County
Lake Countians
California
Maryland
Lake Dora
The
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Florida Road Prison Crews Foster Labor and Reform
Florida enforces compulsory work for felons through 31 state road camps connected to Raiford. Prison crews labor daily on highways, cutting vegetation and performing road repairs under guard surveillance. The policy aims to prevent idleness and mental drift by keeping inmates physically active.
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Florida
State
Raiford
Lake County
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Lake
Seminole Counties
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Methodists
Mabel Norris Reese
Joe A. Porter
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