Citizens Await F Day Amid Fluoridation Debate
Mount Dora residents and nearby areas weigh a city ballot on fluoridating the water at one part per million or less. City Clerk William C. Stewart has mailed 148 ballots with Aug. 1 deadline to count in the Aug. 4 vote. Supporters defend fluoride as prevented dental caries while opponents call sodium fluoride a toxin and challenge legality.
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Mount Dora
William C. Stewart
Sylvanes
Franklin Park
Lake County
Stewart
Panama City
Charles T. Bet
Toledo
Ohio
Anti-Cancer Club of America
Betts
Massachusetts Women’s Political Club
Boston
Clinton
Columbus
Freeport
Ill
Massachusetts
Fluorine Paper Explains Storage and Admits Ill Effects
Dr. A P Black notes fluoridation aims while Dr. George K Davis argues storage of fluorine in the body is under study. He warns higher fluorine levels can harm heart and skeletal muscles and may affect enzymes and the liver. He stresses low levels for safety.
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A. P. Black
University of Florida
George K. Davis
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Gaines
Davis
Black
Mount Doraine
Washington
South Africa
Quincy's Orange Juice Drive Promotes Child Dental Health
In Quincy Massachusetts a Kiwanis backed program serves Florida orange juice to 3,500 schoolchildren at the Dental Health Clinic during May. The juice, donated by local wholesalers, aims to teach citrus benefits and proper diet for better mouth hygiene under Dr Louis E Sullivan and with Ed Lane assisting Florida Citrus Commission.
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Quincy
Mass
Kiwanis Club
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida
Dental Health Clinic
Louis E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Ed Lane
Frankfort Dispatch Confirms Dickson Reaches Air Force Colonel Rank
A report from Frankfort Germany announces Robert W. Dickson of Mount Dora has become a full colonel in the U S Air Force. He serves with the headquarters division of the 433rd Maintenance and Supply Group. Dickson is a Mount Dora High School and Riverside Military Academy alumnus and earned an engineering degree from the University of Florida.
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Frankfort
Germany
Robert W. Dickson
Mount Dora
R. W. Dickson
The Moral Progress of a People
A concise maxim attributed to James Martineau notes that moral advancement cannot commence until a society gains genuine independence. The statement underscores the link between freedom and ethical development.
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James Martineau
Waterworks expansion eyed for Eustis area near Mount Dora
Supervisor Harold Overhiser oversees laying 3000 feet of six inch pipe destined for Eustis with $5591 worth of pipe ordered by E M Remley for a 60 unit subdivision. Remley paid $2000 deposit. city to refund as homes connect. City may seek revenue note to cover about $165000 while Mount Dora could serve if Eustis declines.
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Harold Overhiser
Eustis
E. M. Remley
Eustis Rd
Remley
Mount Dora
Albert E. O’neall
Faith in Mount Dora Man Seeks Private Investment
Local notice profiles Bill Ward Mount Dora tree doctor seeking $3,000 cash loan to build a solar designed home using 12 Grandview end John street lots as security. He offers a first mortgage on the home and plans to add a free doctors school for conservation. The appeal targets individuals with faith in the city and in Ward’s integrity.
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Mount Dora
P. O. Box
Bill Ward
Florida
Japan
Sally
Ia A Caeetan
Grandview St
John St
A. D. Marshalls
Lloyd Atkins
Ward
County Personalities: Mrs. Lucile C. Tally of Tavares
An editor’s note profiles Mrs. Lucile C. Tally, Florida native and Lake county descendant, praising her support for the United Nations and diplomacy plus civil defense. She defends Dean Acheson and recalls meeting President Truman after the 1948 election, noting her family ties to the Cottrell lineage and Yalaha origins.
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Lucile C. Tally
Tavares
Em Te Mendes
Esire For World Peace
Stra Lucile Tally
United States
United Nations
Free Nations
Inter
Dean Acheson
Tally
Truman
Florida
Democratic Executive Committee
White House
Cottrell
Lake County
W. M. Kennedy
Mount Dora
Christine Cottrell
Adairville
Addie Jackson Green
Yalaha
Z. Jennings Cottrell
South Carolina
Lucile C Tally Early Florida Life and Teaching Career
Lucile C Tally grew up in Yalaha where her father ran a lumber business and planted citrus. after his death at seven she moved to Leesburg and taught school in Marion County and Tavares. Her son Col Emmett Murchison Tally Jr served in the U S Air Corps and worked on the Pentagon staff in Washington.
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Yalaha
Lucile
Florida
Big Lake Harris
Leesburg
Madison
Marion County
Tavares
Emmett Murchison Tally, Jr
U. S. Air Corps
Pantagon
White Defends Secrecy Over Citrus Decline Report
Mount Dora banker George J. White, a State Plant Board member, defends secrecy around a report describing a mild form of quick decline in some Florida citrus groves. Board issued cautious statement to avoid panics while noting few infections in Lake County and plans for laboratory study and possible funding. White attends Jacksonville meeting July 24 to discuss further investigation and funding.
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George J. White
Mount Dora
State Plant Board
Florida
White
California
Louisiana
Lake County
Plant Board
Arthur C. Brown
Lake County's Demo Delegate Russell Backed by Boyd
J A Tar Boyd of Leesburg left for Chicago with hopes for Senator Russell, saying Russell is not a controversial figure and could carry the South. Boyd, Florida legislator, fears his $600 political stake may prove wasteful after reading Drew Pearson's column about alleged delegate buying for all expense money and extra funds.
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Lake County
J. A
Tar” Boyd
Leesburg
Chicago
Richard B. Russell
Boyd
South
Russell
Florida
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Far East Observers To Address Kiwanis
Two speakers will discuss the Far East at a Kiwanis meeting. Talbot Simpson, formerly with an oil company in Sumatra, will speak today. Next Thursday luncheon features Dr. Albert V. Hardy, director of Florida State Board of Health laboratories, on diseases among Korean War prisoners.
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Far East
Kiwanis Club
Talbot Simpson
Sumatra
Albert V. Hardy
Bureau of Laboratories
Florida
State Board of Health
Jacksonville
Korea
Hardy
United States
United States Public Health Service
United States Navy
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Baruch Urges Atomic Control Safeguards Before Disarming
A quotation from Bernard Baruch emphasizes that before relinquishing winning weapons a guarantee of safety is required against atomic threats and war itself, advocating strong global safeguards. The remark aligns with U.S. plans for atomic control and broader peace objectives.
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Bernard Baruch
U. S
Lions Complete Two Good Deeds
The Lions club reports two completed service projects. The Summer drive raised 1,001 for Mount Dora’s share of the Land O Lakes Girls Scout Council covering Marion Sumter Citrus and Lake counties. A dock for blind Robert DeMent, 40 by 3.5 feet, was built with Eustis Lions aid on Pumpkin Pond to help him enjoy fishing and swimming.
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Lions Club
Mount Dora
New Land
Robert DeMent
Eustis Lions Club
DeMent
Eustis-DeLand Rd
Pumpkin Pond
Lion Ss
Aid of the
Investigators Wanted for Civil Service Posts in Five States
Applicants sought for investigator positions with the U S Civil Service Commission covering Florida Alabama Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee. Entrance salaries range from 4205 to 5060 with travel requirements and a written test. Details available at local post offices. The note ends with a misquoted quote attributed to Samuel Smiles.
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Emplo
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Rma
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Lake
Seans Russell
Samuel
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