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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1966
Page
8
The Mount Dora State Bank reports assets totaling 2,697,139.02 with deposits and capital accounts. Deposits total 2,268,269.45 and the statement is sworn by Assistant Vice President Robert H. Bennett before Notary Effie M. Cooksey Peterson on January 18 1966.
The Christmas Seal Campaign in Lake County trails last year for the second time in 38 years. Mount Dora totals $2,973.80 last year versus $2,685.75 this year under Roy Christopher. Lake Jem led by Mrs. John A. Heist with $130 versus $162. Sorrento tops with $107.50 last year and $164 this year, chaired by Richard Weinmann.
Dr. Stanley Karl of Eustis received the Optometrist of the Month trophy from the Central Florida Optometric Association. He was cited for work with the Lake County Jaycees defensive driving school and the Florida Highway Patrol. He helped develop a visual screening school with the Orlando Junior Chamber and their driving program.
The Lake County School Board awarded Fine Arts Construction Co of Dade City a contract worth 4176.60 for two concrete walkways on the Silver Lake campus. Johnson & Smith of Leesburg received a 3185 bid for sodding the area between the sidewalks and the lake.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association will unveil a SunFLAvor exhibit as a centerpiece of the 1966 Citrus Showcase. Festival Week runs February 12 to 19 in Winter Haven at the new giant domed building.
The article credits Hippocrates as the pioneer who separated medicine from religion and first differentiated diseases. It notes his observation based methods and how accuracy did not reappear for eighteen centuries. Advertisements promote Seabrook's Pharmacy Mount Dora offering prescriptions and hospital supplies. Household tip suggests organizing clutter with glass tubes from shelves.
The U S Department of Agriculture suspended Philadelphia dealer Louis Prokoff operating as Louis Edwards for failing to pay a $3 409 repayment award to Mount Dora resident M O Williams for two truckloads of corn. The agency set payment plus interest and kept the suspension until the award is settled and records are provided.
In 1855 near Big Cypress swamp a government survey party ruined Billy Bowlegs gardens provoking retaliation. The Seminole leader faced ridicule before sparking a two year clash that reopened hostilities long after the war's official end.
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