Lake County Tax Revaluation Prompts Public Hearing
Lake County faces a sharp revaluation of personal property and real estate totaling 342 million dollars fueling a debate over millage rates. The Board of County Commissioners and the School Board plan a joint session in Tavares to set proportional rate reductions and ensure fair burden sharing while expanding taxpayer participation.
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Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
County School Board
Tavares
Florida
R. G. Cassady
Mount Dora
Jack” Simpson
Buster” Williams
Women Club Leaders Call For Gas Tax Rollback
The General Federation of Women's Clubs with 11 million members urges rollback of the fourth cent of the federal gas tax. They warn that the temporary levy has become effectively permanent and that total gas taxes exceed 50 percent of the item’s price. The campaign seeks relief for families facing rising gasoline costs.
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Federation
Gardening In The Sunshine State: African Violets Care
HERVEY SHARPE outlines indoor violet care for Florida summers. Tips cover watering via wicks, leaf symptoms from cold water, light needs, repotting yearly, soil mix with peat sand and loam, fertilizer amounts, and Saintpaulia varieties. Also explains propagation from leaf cuttings, lighting, temperatures, and pest control including mealybugs mites and crown rot with cautions on disposal.
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University of Florida
Saint Paulias
Letters to the Editor on Florida license renewals
A Mount Dora reader urges the newspaper to inform residents about 1951 license rules and renewal procedures effective September 1. The writer includes a Department of Public Safety brochure and stresses birth-month renewals to ease public confusion and avoid overload on any single month.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Department of Public ‘Safety
Florida Chamber urged action on Latin America crisis
The Florida State Chamber of Commerce Inter American division met in Tampa to urge immediate steps to keep Latin America within democracy. Speakers urged learning Spanish in public schools, noted U S misunderstanding of regional history and culture, and highlighted Communist outreach. Attendees included Doyle E. Carlton and B William Winkel, stressing language as a key to better hemispheric ties.
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America
Florida State Chamber of Commerce Inter-American Division
Tampa
Rollin S. Atwood
Office of Special Operations
Inter-American Development Bank
Ica
de Lesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Organization of American States
Kennedy
Cuba
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Dade County
Doyle E. Carlton
Pan-American Commission of Tampa
B. William Winkel
International Trade Department
Florida Development Commission
I. P. Pedraza
Florida Portsand Foreign Trade Council
Dentists and technicians to attend UF Health Center program
Dr. R. F. Wason and R. C. Winkle of Mount Dora will attend post graduate courses for dentists and dental technicians at the J Hillis Miller Health Center University of Florida Gainesville. The program is sponsored by the Florida State Dental Society and began Friday and continued Saturday.
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R. F. Wason
R. C. Winkle
Mount Dora
Tal
J. Hillis Miller Health Center
University of Florida, Gainesville
Florida State Dental Society
Religious Services and Schedules Listed for Local Churches
Church notices detail service times and leaders for multiple denominations including Baptist Methodist Church of Christ United States Army Church Saint Edward's Episcopal Central Christian Mount Dora Church Community Chapel First Church of God and Latter Day Saints with Bible schools worship hours and midweek meetings across the city.
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Reorganized
Church OF Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Fifth Ave
D. B. Rippberger
Central Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Mount Dora-Eustis Road
Lester C. Doerr
Bible School
First Church of Christ Scientist Sunday Services
Corner of Lemon and Grove hosts Sunday services at 11 00 a m with Sunday School at 11 00 a m and a Wednesday evening service at 8 p m scheduled for weekly observance.
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Church OF Christ
Fifth Ave
Sam Ayers
Cletus Stutzman
General Assembly
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Lemon & Grove
Presbyterian Church Sunday services notice
Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. Worship Service at 11:00 A.M. Dr. G. J. Schillerstrom is the minister.
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Ee Ee Church
Sixth Ave
Alexander
George L. Kress
Presbyterian Church
G. J. Schillerstrom
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George M. Johnson
Valerie Johnson
James E. Ryan
Avawde
Sunshine State
Hervey Sharpe
Farm Extension Service
The
W. A. Milton, Jr
P.S
By Russell Kay
Dorans
North Lake County
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Baptist Church
Sixth and Tremain
David Coffield
Training Union
Methodist Church
James Jones
ST. Edward’s Episcopal Church
Grandview St
Community Chapel
First Church OF God
South Highland St
Joe. Bellamy
Eustis
Sorrento
Rehraums Hardware
Mount Dora, Florida
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