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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
3
The Lake County Board of Public Instruction raised supervisory salaries under the new school law. The top salary is set at 7144 dollars, with two supervisors to receive it. Travel allowance is eight cents per mile, up to a maximum. Those affected include Mrs. Byron Taylor and Bernard McCabe of Mount Dora, Ellis Moore of Umatilla, and Lou Bethea of Tavares.
The Lake Scottish Rite club and Ladies of the Lake will hold a dinner meeting at the Jungle Inn in Tavares Friday July 19 at 7 30 p m announced by secretary J Toms Dover.
Rosemary Bennett a school music teacher will not return this Fall at the Fifth Avenue school. The Lake County Board of Public Instruction announced her resignation and accepted it. Virginia McClure of Jacksonville, a Florida State University School of Music graduate, was appointed to fill the position.
John Alden Murray of Mount Dora learned his brother Donald collapsed on a West Orange golf course with his son on the Fourth of July. He suffered a heart seizure and died before doctors arrived.
Mrs Pearl Dunlap Killian longtime Birmingham resident and active Methodist lay leader died at Waterman Memorial hospital on July 6 aged 73. She leaves husband Charles A Killian three daughters and seven grandchildren. Funeral service followed by interment at Elmwood cemetery in Birmingham conducted by Rev James Jones.
Karl Lehmann secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce will address the Kiwanis club today on Lake County's future. The quote about labor and thinking is noted from Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Lake county tax assessor Ted Cassady says the State Railroad Assessment Board will compare railroad valuations with county methods and may raise rail property values to 100 percent of value. The board defends lowering rail assessments to align with county averages, while Lake county has seen rail rates drop and track removals reducing book figures. Governor LeRoy Collins supports statewide equalization efforts and may convene all tax assessors to Tallahassee to review the property valuation system.
Mrs. Ed Weidmann of Sorrento refused a refund for a Topic classified ad after it quickly produced a buyer for a freezer she wished to sell. She had cancelled the second insertion but received a refund the same day. The Topic was pleased by the strong effectiveness of its ads and refunded the 30 cent second insertion.
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