Youth Camera Club Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Rotary club urges all young camera fans to meet at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 p.m. Tuesday to form the Wheel Camera club a project of the service club. Bob Alderman heads a committee planning lessons and field trips with Fran Henderson Don Taylor and Ray Wright.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Wheel Camera Club
Service Club
Bob Alderman
Fran Henderson
Don Taylor
Ray Wright
Alderman
Rotarians
Herlong Supports Ike Geneva Exchange Proposal
Congressman A S Syd Herlong Jr endorses President Eisenhower’s Geneva idea for an exchange of information with the Soviet Union. He argues democracies are less secretive and that the world seeks peace, criticizing a small Republican group favoring preventive war. He warns that any preventive war would kill many, including civilians.
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A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herlong
Congress
Lake County
Brief Maxim on Actions and Outcomes by Rochefoucauld
A compact reflection notes that brilliance in action should not be judged solely by its outcomes, stressing restraint and discernment in evaluating deeds and their virtue. The saying echoes Rochefoucauld’s ethical inquiry into motives and consequences.
Daughters Issue Call for Clothing
The King's Daughters urge the public to donate clean used clothing for school children. At their meeting last week at Mrs. Chester Ames home they discussed gathering garments for underprivileged children and will accept clean clothes at Mrs. Emma Jane Tallant’s home, 308 Donnelly Street.
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King’s Daughters
Chester Ames
Emma Jane Tallant
Donnelly St
Florida Governor’s praise near New York business leaders
Gov LeRoy Collins of Florida visits New York where he extols Sunshine State prospects during a goodwill tour. In a casual exchange a business tycoon asks about California and Collins responds with a brief remark.
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New York
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Sunshine State
California
Gov. Collins
Parakeet Monty Returns Demand Sparks Classified Clues
In the classifieds today Frank Myers seeks his talkative parakeet Monty described as friendly and capable of saying Hello you stinker. The article notes a startling greeting tied to Monty’s personality and asks owners with information to contact him.
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Peter
Monty
Frank Myers
Blythe
Smog, Navy Service, and Morning Bird Coughing
A voice recalls a veteran’s time in a U S state highlighting smog as a minor issue. They express fondness for the state and describe waking to birds coughing in the morning.
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Navy
The Packwood Case Drama Shaped Florida Law History
Florida Reports 1895 chronicles the Packwood case from Volusia to Lake County with a murder plot, powerful defense by Alexander St. Clair Abrams, and a 19 day trial in Tavares. The isolated Packwood place, the victims, and amid drumbeat of law and vengeance, the drama left residents with an unresolved mystery.
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Youth Center
Boy Scout
Gilbert Park
Tommy Codding
Gordon Schieber
Peggy Graves
Nancy Ellis
Bess Davidson
Packwood
Florida
Florida Reports
Broadway
Lake County
Volusia County
Tavares
Alexander St. Clair Abrams
Florida Supreme Court
Hillsboro River
New Smyrna
Oak Hill
Francis Joseph Packwood
Adelaide Bruce
Mr. Packwood
Miss Bruce
Orange County
William A. McRae
Irving Jenkins
Marion Clinton
McRae Place
E. K. Foster
B. M. Miller
Robert McNamee
John D. Brogme
Alexander St. Clair -Abrams
Mr. Abrams
Abrams
Rong
Garland
Bahama Islands
S. A. Cunningham
Law
County Board Approves $1.38 Million Budget Increase
The Board of County Commissioners passed a record 1,377,208 1955-56 budget with a 175,500 raise for general operation road and bridge and law enforcement. Revenue centers on 14.5 million real estate tax amid a one mill shift for a home for the aged now diverted to county operation.
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Board of County Commissioners
Sheriff's Commission
Mount Dora to Split Into Two Voting Precincts
County commissioners meet to divide Mount Dora into two precincts for the next election. One precinct would be at City Hall and the other at Sylvan Shores Belmont Heights or Lake Gertrude area. Duncan to draft new precinct lines following Simpson suggestion.
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Mount Dora
Sylvan Shores
Board of County Commissioners
O. M. “Jack” Simpson
Eustis
W. L. Duncan
Mr. Simpson
City of
Belmont Heights
Lake Gertrude
George L. Singletary
Mr. Duncan
Lake County Commission Balks At Juvenile Court Budget Hike
The Lake County Commissioners faced a heated budget hearing over a 270 transport fee to Marianna for a juvenile to the Boys Industrial school. Judge Hall sought raises for the juvenile counsellor and secretary plus transportation costs, clashing with County Clerk Owens over fund use and millage increases.
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Board of County Commissioners
Marianna Boys Industrial School
W. Troy Hall
Judge Hall
Owens
Lake County
Dorothy Alexander
Marianna
Ocala
Willis McCall
Sheriff’s Office
Commission
George Singeltary
Kenne Pearce
Pearce
Mr. Pearce
Niles
Hall
Singeltary
Quarrel
One More Chance For Boy Girl Ads In August Issue
The Topic offers a final July Saturday window for free boy girl want ads. Open to students in Mount Dora schools, ads must be submitted by the upcoming August edition.
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Mount Dora
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Ike
Billy Brewster
Uncle Hardy
George Keller
Mr. Keller
E. G. Hardy
Keller
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Pointer
McRae Jenkins
Cost Astonishes Board
Aillaida
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