City Council Advances Fluoride Water Plan
The City Council, in a special session, approved a first reading of an ordinance to add sodium fluoride to the drinking water to prevent tooth decay in children. Proponents cite five doctors and one dentist in support, with estimated annual per capita cost about 10 cents and facility cost around 500 dollars. The plan proposes adding one part per million fluoride, to be carefully controlled, with further readings set for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Bardwell
A. P. Black
University of Florida
State Board of Health
State Board
Bardwell
Frank Taylor Memorial In Mount Dora Lions Bowling Clubhouse
Frank Taylor, longtime president of the Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club, funded a $6 000 addition to the clubhouse and led efforts for new courts. He died at his Hudson Massachusetts home aged 79 after wintering in Mount Dora. He leaves a sister Mrs Dawes of Hudson and was a former head of Thomas Taylor and Sons. Funeral services were in Hudson with burial at Forestvale Cemetery.
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Mount Dora
Frank Taylor
Lake Dora
Mr. Taylor
Hudson, Mass
Tremain St
Lawn Bowling Club
Florida
England
Taylor
Thomas Taylor & Sons
Hudson
Taylor Memorial
Masonic Lodge
Unitarian Church
Fred. B. Dawes
Forestvale Cemetery
Sardine Parley in the 81st Congress Adjourning Threat
Congressman Syd Herlong Jr reports crowded conditions in Washington. The 81st Congress meets in cramped rooms after Capitol repairs, with 435 members and 96 senators pressed in nearby spaces. He fears hasty action to end session and urges adjournment or no new legislation.
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Syd. Herlong, Jr
Lake County
Capitol
Florida Senate
House
Florida House of Representatives
Congress
New Traffic Signals In Mount Doral Area
Mount Doral installed a new traffic signal at Fifth Ave and Highland where Highway 441 turns sharply. Warning lights were added at Highland and Liberty and at Fifth Ave and Grandview. City Council approved the measure in March.
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Mount Doral
Fifth Av
Highland
Drowning Rescue At Daytona Beach
Harold Overhiser Jr. pulled a four year old from the rough Daytona Beach surf on Sunday after a breaker dragged the boy under. He revived the child and assisted in locating the parents. The note adds that the first war submarine was built by the United States in 1776.
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Harold Overhiser, Jr
Daytona Beach
Harold
United States
County budget funds to back mosquito control efforts
County commissioners will approve a 1949 to 1950 budget including 8500 for mosquito control, part of a 555 525 total. Mount Dora debates fogging trials funded by city funds and county health unit support, while a 003 levy will raise money for the health unit.
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Mount Dora
Leesburg
Tavares
Eustis
Blaze Destroys Zellwood Packing Building Owned by Railroad
Investigators from Seaboard Airline Railroad and insurers probe a Saturday night fire that wiped out an empty Zellwood packing and storage building. Owned by the railroad and leased to John Eick of Sanford, the unoccupied structure stored veneer baskets field crates and machinery and is estimated to have $15 000 in damage. The fire was found only after the building was nearly consumed on a secluded road off the muck lands main road.
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Seaboard
Zellwood
John Eick
Sanford
Eick
Re Lights Pilot Burned Hand In Fifth Avenue Apt
Mrs Carl Spang was treated for severe burns on her right hand after gas accumulated from a hot water tank pilot light. The explosion occurred when she lit a match as the building restored gas after neighbors moved. The outage and resupply caused gas to flow back into the open pilot light.
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Carl Spang
Spang
The Day You Give Him Over To Being A Citizen Of Tomorrow
A reflection on sending a child to school and the emotional shift as a parent loses the baby to education. The piece contemplates Americanism patriotism and guiding a child through questions about why things are as they are, signaling grown up responsibilities.
Lake County Leader Frank Owens Keeps Breakfast Promise
Frank Owens chairs Lake County commissioners with a quiet, serious mien while cherishing family ties and a habit of cooking breakfast for his wife Winn. His roots trace to Florida citrus farming and the formation of Lake County, with the Owens lineage tied to Umatilla and Mount Dora in Orange County.
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Frank Owens
Lake County Commissioners
Winn
Owens
Florida
Macon
Georgia
J. M. Owens
St. Francis
St. John’s River
St. Vis
Ida
Umatilla
Mount Dora
Orange County
Orange
Sumter
Lake
Lake County
Ohana
Nahe Pounie
F. E. Owens Jr. Builds Diverse Career in Dentistry Law and Business
F. E. Owens Jr. pursued dentistry in youth, practicing nearly 30 years in Umatilla and Eustis. He later studied law at the University of Florida, graduating in 1914, then partnered with J. Peterson in Lakeland before entering mercantile business with his uncle J. C. Owens.
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Umatilla
Eustis
Owenses
Frank
Presbyterian College of Florida
University of Florida
Law
Lakeland
J. Peterson
United States
Owens
J. C. Owens
City to pursue sewer plan. water rate hike debated
City officials engage the Orlando investment bankers Leedey Wheeler and Alleman to finance an initial 395 400 sewer project as part of a larger 1 453 400 plan. Council mulls higher water rates and notes four fifths of debt service would come from the water fund while serving 680 homes in a zoned area.
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Tom Cooley
Orlando
Florida
Smith and Gillespie
Jacksonville
Leedey, Wheeler and Alleman
Wiley Gillespie
Paul Pierce
Gillespie
Council
Water Department
William Stewart
Richa Eddy
D. Fletcher Crane
McDonald St
Dora
Lincoln
Liberty
Highland Av
Tennis Club Formed Meets Orlando Sunday
Mount Dora forms tennis club led by international star Dr Hugo Curry and others. The group lines up a Sunday inter club opener against Orlando at Donnelly Park at 3 p.m. to boost local tennis and plans junior club and future matches with Daytona Beach.
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Mount Dora
Orlando
Donnelly Park Court
Florida Sun
Hugo Curry
England
Charles Norris
Vacuum Foods
Bob Widmer
Thomas Williams
Daytona Beach
Dr. Curry
City Buys Data On Egg Pool Plan For City Swim
City Clerk William Stewart mails inquiries to multiple cities to learn how to build a municipal egg pool for about 5000 dollars. The council favors spending up to 5000 dollars near the school to provide a swimming space and teach swimming as part of physical education, a plan proposed by contractor Chet Conelly.
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William Stewart
Con
Chet. Conelly
Work On Dock Starts Today
Workmen begin building a 70 foot long by 4 foot wide municipal dock at Gilbert park lake front. The dock, funded by a $350 city grant and built by Bob Wise, aims for completion by Sunday with a swimming depth area roped off for youngsters and a platform for boating and picnic use.
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Gilbert Park
Bob Wise
Bill Prinz
Prinz
Mayor Considers Bids for New City Police Car
Mayor J E Fortner told a special meeting the city will decide within days on a new police cruiser. The current car has 125000 miles and bids will be taken with a council vote expected at the August meeting.
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J. E. Fortner
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Citizens OF Tomorrow
Jessie Pike
Wallace Pikes
Bobby Simpson
Howard J. Simpsons
Ann Carroll
Lewis Carrolls
Lewis, Jr
Ann
Jessie Lee Dresser
H. C. Dresser
Jimmy Simpson
Bobby
Howard Simpsons
Carline Edinfield
Frank Edinfields
Burton Moorhead
C. E. Moorheads
All Boy
Punky
Virginia Gregg
Albert Greggs
Bess Davidson
Frank Davidson
Mary Ann Brotherson
T. A. Brothersons
Mabel Norris Reese
Owen
River
Flor
F. E. Owens, Jr
Tennis Club
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