Mount Dora Considers Plan To Restructure City Board
A potential overhaul of the Mount Dora Planning Commission seeks a smaller, stronger panel with power to fund surveys and hire experts. The proposal, backed by Mayor Lou L. Heaton and the Chamber of Commerce, would pair Lions Kiwanis and Women’s clubs with two delegates each to City Council-aligned terms. Aimed projects include lake cleanup at Lake Dora, a sewage disposal plant, a recreation center, and a Chamber building in Donnelly Park.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Lake Gertrude
Carl Graves
Parent-Teacher Association
Lions Club
Heaton
Lions, Kiwanis and
Chamber of Commerce
Woman’s Club
Lake Dora
Donnelly Park
Dora Boys Attend Jamboree in California
Mike TeStrake Jr. returns home from his third World Boy Scout Jamboree in Irvine with Hillcrest fellow George Cox of Mount Dora. Mike, surprised by his selection to fill a vacant Orlando delegation post, praises American nature as superior to all.
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Mike” TeStrake
America
George Cox
Mount Dora
George
Mike
Walter TeStrake, Jr
Austria
Grand Canyon
Cox
TeStrake
Irvine
Cal
Valley Forge
Orlando
La-no-chee
Lake County
Diane
California
Herlong Opposes Ike Refugee Bill Over Rosenberg Furore
Congressman A S Syd Herlong Jr declares he will vote against President Eisenhowers refugee bill allowing about 240000 refugees from Iron Curtain areas. He cites Rosenberg case uproar and warns up to 40 percent of admitted aliens could be subversives. He recalls a potash import episode linked to displaced persons and warns against weak security.
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Supreme Court
A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Eisenhower
Iron Curtain
Herlong
Rosenburg
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Institutions Feel Impact Of Eating Crumbs
The Rev H Maurice Felton urged at the Methodist church that society relies on church founded colleges and the Bread of Life not crumbs. He cited Harvard Princeton Yale as examples of church roots and warned that America has grown complacent eating crumbs while institutions suffer the impact. He referenced the Canaanitish woman’s plea for crumbs as a call to renewed faith and ambition.
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H. Mauriece Felton
Methodist Church
Mr. Felton
Church of Jesus Christ
Harvard
Princeton
Presbyterians
Woodrow Wilson
Yale
Jesus
House of Israel
Lake Dora Fish Camp catches big drum on Gulf inlet trip
Mrs. F. F. Finzel led a Lake Dora outing with Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Dickey aboard at an island near Fort Myers. The group reeled in a dozen drum fish. the largest weighed 32 1/2 pounds, while Mrs. Dickey landed two drum totaling 18 3/4 pounds and Mr. Dickey’s top catch reached 14 4/2 pounds.
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F. F. Finzel
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Gulf Inlet
Bread of life and crumbs at Christmas and Easter
The speaker praised faith as the passport to the Kingdom and cited the Canaanitish woman as an early example of Christ’s overflow from his spirit. He warned that many settle for crumbs rather than the bread of life during Christmas and Easter celebrations.
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Christ
Mr. Felton
Crane to visit Mayo Clinic for eye operation
Councilman D. Fletcher Crane awaits appointment at Mayo Clinic Rochester after returning from Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville. An eye operation was postponed due to hypertension. he and Mrs. Crane plan to travel to Mayo Clinic in a few days.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Crane
Riverside
Lake County Adds 2.95 Mills To Taxes In New Budget
The Lake County Commission plans a Monday meeting to finalize a budget that adds 2.95 mills to levies, bringing the 1953-54 rate to 13.8 mills. A new waterways authority will fund conservation efforts with a $41,000 measure, led by Byron Herlong and with officeholders including Gene Burrell Floyd Harrison. The total proposed expenditure for the coming year tops $1.06 million with multiple funds detailed.
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Lake County
Board of Commissioners
Lake County Ocklawaha Basin
Waterways Authority
Byron Herlong
Leesburg
Gene Burrell
Eustis
Floyd Harrison
Clermont
Frank Owens
Circuit Court
Carl Duncan
SS Authority
Beauclaire
Ocklawaha
Apopka
County Health Department
Young Minister Seeks To Start Lutheran Church
Rev. Phillip C. Schlessmann, 25, based in Mount Dora, seeks to establish a Lutheran church serving Mount Dora, Eustis, Tavares, and Umatilla. He will be ordained at Trinity Lutheran Church in Orlando and conducts Sunday services in Sanford at 7 30 p m. He invites area Lutherans to discuss opening services and building a church. He recently graduated from Concordia Seminary Springfield and lives on Route 441 south of Mount Dora with his wife and two daughters.
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Mount Dora
Phillip C. Schlessmann
Golden Triangle
Young
Schlessmann
Trinity Lutheran Church
Orlando
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Church of Lutheran Hour
Sanford
Concordia Seminary
Springfield
Ill
Mission Board
Plymouth
Wis
Victoria
Christine
Eustis
Tavares
Umatilla
Peters Granted GE Franchise Moves Mount Dora Outlet
Mark Peters, manager of Economy Auto in Citrus Culture Corp. building on Fifth Ave., is granted General Electric home merchandise franchise. The shop relocates from Donnelly St to Fifth Ave as Walter Tucker’s former Crane Furniture Store No. 2 closure shifts GE sales in Mount Dora. W. C. Lanham, GE Florida sales manager, confirms coverage of heavy appliances including freezers disposals televisions and air conditioning.
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General Electric
Mount Dora
Donnelly St
Fifth Av
Mark Peters
Tthe Economy
Citrus Culture Corp
Walter Tucker
Donnelly
Sixthav
Peters
W. C. Lanham
Florida
Edward Sherwood Jr A Boy With 15 Hour Days And Many Jobs
Edward Sherwood Jr, a Mount Dora youth, juggles multiple jobs from pre dawn milk routes to lawn care and newspaper distribution. He also pursues bass tuba lessons and shines shoes at a barber shop while managing outlets at local stores. He began working early after his family moved from Massachusetts in 1950 to support six members.
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Florida
Lake County
Edward Sherwood
Edward
Sunset Valley Dairy
Edward Sherwood, Jr
Cecil Parker
Parker
Sunset Valley
Castaed
Donnelly Park
Mount Dora
Massachusetts
Highland St
Young publisher Edward Sherwood faces dog attack and legal woes
Edward Sherwood Jr starts with ten papers and grows to eighty copies sold. On a doorstep round, a neighbor’s dog lunged at him, injuring his calf and incurring a $40 medical bill. He plans to seek responsibility but lacks legal knowledge.
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Edward
Law
Dining Room At Grand View To Open Soon
Mrs. Marianna Clark new owner of Grand View hotel plans to open the dining room to the public on Sunday August 2. The 30 room hotel is booked solid for the winter season as the Hames brothers retire. The previous owners C E and his wife will vacation at Bar Harbor then Canada before returning to 634 North Tremain Street to live.
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Marianna Clark
Grand View Hotel
Clark
C. E
James Hames
Hames
N. Tremain St
Bar Harbor
Maine
Canada
James
Norfolk
City Improves Donnelly Street Parking Alignment
Mount Dora authorities upgraded diagonal parking on Donnelly Street this week by adding four inches to each bay to reduce fender scrapes and backing anxiety. Mayor Lou L. Heaton said four more inches will be added later, with yellow lines marking the spaces. one space will be removed and some meter posts require relocation.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Street
Lou L. Heaton
No Doubt of It Trucks Stretch Across the Nation
The passage notes an enormous fleet of American trucks, imagined end to end from Los Angeles around the world, illustrating vast numbers and scope of the trucking industry. It emphasizes scale and reach of freight transport across the country.
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America
Los Angeles
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Ike
Mayos
Boileau
U.K
Lutheran Church
William Lloyd Garrison
Grand View
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