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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1960
Page
1
Mount Dora officials weigh forming a development plan to attract state aid for planning. Council members push for professional guidance to address zoning, industrial siting, and future growth while weighing a $4 000 consultant cost and the impact on the budget.
Mount Dora faces an appeal over a 1958 highway crash that left James Bryant dead and his wife Ellen Bryant suing the city for damages. The Second District Court of Appeals agreed to hear arguments beyond a single damages claim, allowing examination of all liability phases.
Council flags a $9,000 gap between department requests and expected income as it drafts a new budget to start Nov. 1. A $12,000 shuffleboard meeting place in Donnelly Park is proposed, while county review looms for a $1,350,000 sewer project and a $200,000 waterworks expansion.
A Mount Dora widow issues a warning to fellow widows about a handsome street seller targeting homes with a new porch renovation pitch. The article notes a 1951 ordinance on solicitors, a loophole for dairy and farm produce, and historic rooster bans, with penalties up to $100 or 60 days in jail.
The Mount Dora survival class marked graduation night for attendees with perfect ten hour attendance. Ed Douglas announced diploma pick up at City Hall after Thursday and hinted at a makeup series for those lacking certificates. Thirty two attended with sixty nine having taken part at some point. sixteen planned a September first aid course.
Nancy Driver, later Nancy Walters, emerges from Mount Dora as a model and actress after a 1947 beauty crown win and an early 1950s modeling career in New York. She appears at the Princess Theatre in Mount Dora and stars in Bells Are Ringing with Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, while sister Lois settles into a quiet Oklahoma life with Verne J. He’s in the oil business.
City Council's budget committee may add the Shuffleboard club's clubhouse to next year's plans. A $12,000 layout would be funded by club dues and contributions, with the club already contributing about $4,000 toward construction. No building plans exist yet.
George C. Keller 94 former co owner of the Mount Dora Topic died at home in Orlando two and a half weeks after his wife Edith Keller. He was born in Harrodsburg Kentucky and spent most of his life in newspapers including a period as a Linotype salesman. He leaves a daughter Mrs Louis Dolive Orlando a son J F Keller Winter Garden a grandson J F Keller Jr Tangerine two granddaughters and a great granddaughter. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 am from Baom Funeral Home with interment in Greenwood Cemetery Orlando. Pallbearers were George J White Sr Al Repcens Otis Hal Crane and Jesse Willmott.
City Council accepted Contractor A B Sharp bid of 14480 to build the Youth Center on the Highland lot, with possible 500 credit if Jaycees provide painting labor. Budgeted funds total 15000 with extra savings over earlier 24000 estimate. landscaping to be handled by the Jaycees or the contractor.
Etta Austin Blaisdell and Mary Frances Blaisdell built a child book empire as the Blaisdell Sisters, later publishing under a joint pen name. Their works, including Bunny Rabbit's Diary, shaped early 20th century readers and were donated to Mount Dora Public Library to aid summer reading.
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