Registration deadlines loom for Mount Dora voters
In Mount Dora area residents face registration rules ahead of the upcoming election. Hall of the County Courthouse is the sign-in site with registration closing next Tuesday. Absentee ballots are available at City Hall for those who will be away, while service members can vote via affidavit of voting privilege.
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Hall of the County
Mount Dora
Sylvan Shores
Franklin
Ion
United States
Sophia Ptrar
Corvallis
Wash
Gilfillan
Oregon State College
Scientists Debate Isoniazid Role in Tuberculosis Care
Officials across Florida and the nation weigh the drug isoniazid as a potential advance against tuberculosis. While some report hopeful responses like weight gain and improved symptoms, critics caution against overreliance and note production costs and toxic risks. Public Health leaders say no sudden program change is warranted, stressing sustained hospital and community efforts alongside chest surveys and rehabilitation.
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Florida
Orlando
Es E. Perkins
Tuberculosis
Anderson
U.S
Dr. Anderson
States
New ACL Agent Starts Aug. 1
A new station agent will take over Aug 1 at the Atlantic Coastline depot. He is C G Schall of DeLeon Springs, who will replace Paul Turrentine who resigned last year. During the interim, E B Seddon has been temporarily filling the post. Schall, a bachelor, will make his home here.
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Atlantic Coastline
C. G. Schall
DeLeon Springs
Paul Turrentine
E. B. Seddon
Schall
Mayor Enforces Rooster Alarm Clock Ban in City
Mayor Lou L. Heaton says the city will strictly enforce an ordinance prohibiting roosters within city limits. Offenders face fines up to 200 dollars, with enforcement starting August 1 at City Hall for police to reference.
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Lou L. Heaton
City Hall
Tommy Kelly Jr. Returns Home After 19 Months Service
Tommy Kelly Jr. is back home after serving nineteen months. The article notes his return and references his family and local community reception.
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Kelly
Tommy Kelly, Jr
Indonesia’s Path to Self Rule Told to Kiwanians
Talbot Simpson, longtime Indonesia resident and Mount Dora real estate man, spoke to Kiwanians about Indonesia’s 400 year arc from Portuguese trading posts to Dutch colonialism and the 1949 transfer of sovereignty. He cited the UN helped pressure to end Dutch control, and noted Indonesia’s vast resources, its four largest islands, diverse population, and 78 million people across 739,000 square miles.
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Far East Archipelago
United Nations
Talbot Simpson
Indonesia
Mount Dora
Standard Oil Co
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
U.S
Simpson
Archipelago
Java
Guinea Ing
Indone
Sia
Borneo
Texas
Great Britain
Sumatra
California
South Carolina
Celebes
Nebraska
He United States
United States
County Resident Frank Druar Embraces Hobbies in Florida Retirement
Longtime automotive engineer Frank Druar of Mount Dora pursues telescope building, boat crafting, rod making, and photography in retirement. He previously worked at Packard and Timken, moved from Detroit with wife, and now maintains a home workshop full of self made tools including a milling machine and lens grinder.
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Lake County
Frank Druar
Sylvan Shores
Hardy Meineke
H. W. Meincke
Druar
Florida
Indus- WY
Frank Druat
Detroit
Mr. Druar
Packard Motor Co
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Bower Bearing Co
Hsbbies
Niagara River
Druar builds self turning telescope motor for night sky
F T Druar devises a motor driven telescope mount that can rotate to follow celestial objects across the sky in 24 hours though limited by horizon to horizon motion. He uses a side camera to focus on objects and start observation at will. The Druar family hobby notes fill their Detroit home with photos and craft items.
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Druar
Property Owners Withdraw From Paving Plan
City shelves plan to pave additional street on Normandy in a share the cost program begun this summer. Tenants on 10th Avenue East asked to be released from obligations after learning costs could reach nearly $900 with five installments at 6 percent. Total project cost was estimated at $5,086 with two thirds paid by owners and one third by the city. Normandy Drive paving is nearly finished and Grant Street in East Town is under construction to ease rain damage on the clay road serving the area.
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Normandy Sr
10Th Av
Normandy Dr
Grant St
East Town
Many League Will Meet In Mount Dora
The Lake County League of Municipalities holds its summer meeting in Mount Dora on Wednesday July 30 with President William Stewart presiding at a 6 30 p m dinner at the Community building. Reservations go through Karl Lehmann secretary of the League. Discussion covers ordinances on magazine solicitation crews donation solicitors and door to door selling. Special guests are new county officials taking office early next year Frank E Owens Charles Vaughn and Sam Buie.
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Lake County League of Municipalities
Mount Dora
William Stewart
Karl Lehmann
Tavares
League
Frank E. Owens
Eustis
Charles Vaughn
Umatilla
Sam Buie
Ocala
Stewart Named Mount Dora American Legion Commander
City Clerk William Stewart becomes Mount Dora’s American Legion commander for Post 35, succeeding Ww. Sage. He was elected at a meeting last week with new officers Kenneth Jorgen Jr as first vice commander Dr. R. F. Wason as second vice commander O. D. Stephens Jr as finance officer Bill Walker as sergeant at arms C R Javens as chaplain Leo Reic historian George J. White R. R. Eddy and Kendall Jones named to the executive committee.
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William Stewart
Mount Dora
American Legion
Ww. Sage
Stewart
Kenneth Jorgenson
R. F. Wason
O. D. Stephens
Dutch policy reversal slows postwar industrial growth
The passage notes a shift in Dutch policy away from prewar tactics that funded new industries. It highlights reduced reliance on foreign capital and enterprise and a move away from duties exemptions and accelerated write-offs for imports and capital investments.
Delaney Committee Warns On Fluoridation Policy
A Delaney committee report urges a conservative city by city stance on fluoridation, warning of long term risks and urging residents to decide for themselves. Opposition comes from Mount Dora Citizens Committee led by W M Kennedy, while proponent letters to citizens push dental benefits claims from pilot sites like Newburgh and Kingston, though some assertions lack full committee backing.
Kingston Is Not Yet Fluoridated
An inquiry in Kingston New York the control city in the Newburgh Kingston fluoridation experiment yielded a negative reply. Mount Dora Friends and Parents say Kingston withdrew from the study after seeing Newburgh’s benefits and began fluoridating. Dr Sidney B Finn University of Alabama said Kingston has been lost to the study and fluoridation is under consideration. Albert Kurdt Kingston Chamber of Commerce secretary says fluoridation under consideration.
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Kingston
N. Y
Newburgh
University of Alabama
Albert Kurdt
Chamber of Commerce
Calculated Risk in Dental Decay Retreat
Commentators call the policy a calculated risk praising the goal of reducing dental decay while warning the current situation does not justify health risks to even a small number of people.
Letters To The Editor Oppose Fluoride Tablet Solution
Dentists affiliated with a news service oppose fluoride public health schemes and propose a remedy. They offer to supply the cost of one milligram of sodium fluoride daily for about 40 million U S children over ten years under strict safety conditions.
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United States Public Health Service
United States
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