Council Ducks Facing Fire Truck Problem In Adopting Budget
City council adopts a 529 907 budget for the next year without funding a new fire engine and with a 20 percent gamble that the 1937 auxiliary truck will last. Fire Chief warns pumps run poorly and repairs cost 950 to 2500. Debates over depreciation funds and a used truck option surface as council shifts the problem to the next administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou L. Heaton
Lake Coleman
Howard Simpson
Successors
Margaret Lafroos
Harold Larsen
Bill Prinz
Council
Heaton
Simpson
Robert Walker
William C. Stewart
Conn Coleman
Stewart
Coleman
Walker
Prinz
Rollin Javens
Mount Dora Council Mulls Fibre Glass Boat Plant Seed
A Mount Dora councilman calls a potential fibre glass boat maker a seed for future industry. discussion covered leasing five acres on Sanford road for five years or tax concessions to attract the plant. A Wisconsin firm is touring Florida sites. Sanford road land is eyed for possible small industry sites. The operation would hire five to six skilled and about a dozen workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Howard Sim
Sanford Rd
Bill Prinz
Florida
Roy Christopher
Chamber of Commerce
Simpson
Wisconsin
Simpson Packing Co
Sanford Road
Christopher
First National Bank Sees Deposits Rise in 1957 Half-Year
The First National Bank reports six month figures showing deposits of 8,636,779, up 427,548 since January. Total assets stand at 8,708,141 with loans and discounts of 1,535,180, up nearly 200,000 from a year earlier.
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First National Bank
Mrs Patton Survives Guthrie Ky Train Wreck
Mrs Ednar S Patton wife of Mayor W D Patton survived a Guthrie Kentucky train wreck last weekend when her coach remained undamaged while others were wrecked. She recalled the crash as the coach swayed and the others left stopped. She traveled from East Liverpool to Nashville to report she was all right as cameras swarmed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ednar S.patton
W. D. Patton
Patton
Guthrie
Mr. Patton
John McDonald
Liverpool
Ohio
Pattons
Bob
Waukegan
Nashville
Pat
Newborns Reported at Waterman Memorial Hospital
New arrivals this week include a girl born June 30 to Mr and Mrs Ralph Ebersole and a boy born July 1 to Mr and Mrs R B.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Ralph Ebersole
R. B
County Judge Pushes Separate Juvenile Housing Plan
Lake County Judge W Troy Hall Jr urges sheriff to stop placing adults in the juvenile ward and calls for a new county center for youths and elderly, highlighting overcrowded, mixed facilities and a plan to use idle funds for a centralized care complex near Tavares. The issue includes Negro and white youths and gender divisions amid ongoing discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Judge Hall
Willis McCall
Sheriff’s Office
W. J. Williams
Grover Hinebaugh
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Tavares
Lake County weighs voting machine bids for 50 units
The Lake County Board of Commissioners debated purchasing 50 voting machines with bids from 1641 to 1741 per unit plus interest. The Automatic Voting Machine Co offered manual or combined electric options with pre paid delivery and financing over nine years, while total costs could reach about 104 500 over ten years. Exhibits and demonstrations are planned for August with both vendors to bring machines to the courthouse.
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Eee
Lake County Board of Comper Sear
Lake County
Automatic Voting Machine Co
Tavares
Florida
Miami
Jacksonville
Lawn Bowling Leader Undergoes Surgery in Orlando
Dr. Glenn Neptune president of the Lawn Bowling club is in Orange Memorial hospital Orlando this week for surgery.
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Orlando
Glenn Neptune
Lawn Bowling Club
Orange Memorial Hospital
Lake County Moves Toward Juvenile Refuge Pending State Approval
Lake county commissioners approve a juvenile court budget up 24 400 dollars with a 10 000 dollar minimum to rent and maintain a juvenile home in Fruitland Park. A writt en state report and local approval are awaited before authorizing the home, as officials seek to remove youths from dangerous home conditions and stop housing minors with adults at the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Fruitland Park
State Health Department
Emmett Peter
Leesburg
George Singletary
Citizens’ Committee
Kinne Pearce
Pearce
Dorothy Alexander
Jack Hooten
Lake County
Willis McCall
Undemocratic Remarks Over Police Reserve Dissolution
The mayor dissolved the police reserve by executive order after members clashed over bylaws and duties. Mark Peters protested by returning his badge, while Tom Ledford Richard Hart enstein and others were noted as resigning or retaining status. Peters and Conelly challenged the mayor's authority, saying such an action required broader member assent or a formal dissolution process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Peters
Reserve
Tom Ledford
Richard Hartenstein
Chet Conelly
Roy Ledford
Walter Brantley
J. T
Bud” Huett
Ray Blanchard
Ernest Hobdy
Ira Barbee
Vaughn Snell
Sam Bagwell
Peters
Conelly
Brantley
Orr
Uestions
Kiwanis
Lions Club
Patton
Roy Christopher
Berne Ober
Lake County budget in doubt as sheriff department budget raised
Lake County faces an unclear next fiscal year with the total budget and tax millage unresolved. The County Commissioners have not finalized departmental figures and must align them with expected tax income. Sheriff Willis Mc Call’s budget, submitted but not yet discussed, adds to the headache as a new state bill directs sheriffs to provide fees and forfeitures for salaries and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
Willis McCall
County Board
Sheriff McCall
Jack Hooten
Clermont
Frank E. Owens
O. M. “Jack” Simpson
Mount Dora
Pas Yaar
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