Millage Set for County Operation and Schools at 31.8
Lake County commissioners approve the budget setting the total ad valorum millage, exclusive of debt service, at 31.8 with 13.8 mills for government and 18 for schools. Mount Dora and other towns show varied debt service levels. Clermont and Sorrento are debt free. The vote included a dissent from the board, and details on how taxes will appear on bills were requested.
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Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
Paul Reed
Millage Increase Aids County School Building Program
County schools will levy 18 mills on non-exempt property raising 2 216 258 for operations and 342 847 for reserves debt service. The 2 mill rise funds a county building program including white and colored facilities across Mount Dora Groveland Leesburg Umatilla Eustis Howey Clermont and Fruitland Park with priority to Urbatilla and Tavares elementary projects.
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Mount Dora
Clermont
Eustis
Leesburg
Tavares
Sorrento
Okahumpka
Unty
Ible
C. A. Vaughn, Jr
Vaughn
East Town
Groveland
Umatilla
Tavares White
Eustis White
Fruitland Park
Urbatilla and Tavares
No Limes In Lake County Says Agent Norris
County Agent E. Bob Norris says Lake County cannot properly support Persian or Key limes. He notes the area is too cool for lime growing except in the warmest, best protected locations.
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Bob” Norris
Suit risk looms over Oak's dying Fifth Day tree
City faces possible damages suit after a half century old parkway oak fell on Paul Johnson's uninsured truck during a July storm. Insurance denies liability, citing no premonitory signs. Debate rages over removing old trees versus replanting with new specimens as Park Commissioner and local groups weigh safety and heritage.
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Paul Johnson
Johnson
Att. W. M. Kennedy
Sander
Bill Ward
Dan Bishop
Bishop
Ward
Fifth Av
Fifth and
Highland
Turner
Louis Tremain
Mount Dora
Lakes and Hills
Park Board
Carl Graves
Pine Orchard
Conn
Hospital List in Lake County This Week
In hospital listings for Lake County this week are Frances Berteau Lake Jem Alvard Bishop Joseph Jubb Clarence Tincher and three year old Clarence Schulster at Waterman Memorial Eustis and E H Van Voorhis Durham Young Leesburg.
Stake County Personalities: John McCormick’s Possible Tomorrow
Lake County probation officer John McCormick oversees 100 to 150 juvenile cases each month. He sees delinquency as a social issue and aims to steer youths toward positive paths, drawing on his youth, football background, and patient, counselor approach.
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John McCormick
Lake County
McCormick
John W McCormick Native Floridian Lumber Family Notes
John W McCormick born 1919 in DeLand Florida. His family long operated lumbering from Crow's Bluff area between Eustis and DeLand. He attended DeLand schools and Bolles Academy before Stetson University, then enlisted in the Navy in 1943.
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John
DeLand
Kentucky
Tavares
J. Will McCormick
Florida
Willis McCormick
Eustis
Crow’s Bluff
Bolles Military Academy
Jacksonville
Stetson University
Navy
Cigaret Sparks Wreck Disrupts Church Wedding Rehearsal
A wedding rehearsal at the First Methodist church was disrupted by a wreck allegedly caused by lighting a cigaret. Driver John Durham paid about 800 in settlements for damages to two cars, with his uninsured truck sustaining over 100 in damage. Durham admitted lighting the cigaret as his truck struck William Baker’s car, father of the bride, and also hit the church organist Mrs Frances Walter’s vehicle.
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First Methodist
John Durham
Lou L. Heaton
Durham
Heaton
William Baker
Dorothy Baker
Frances Walter
Leesburg
Walter E. Fields
R. C. Green
Orlando
Highland
Hermanya
Sanford Rd
John B. Cornwell
Mount Dora
James H. Gay
Sorrento Marine John Driver Jr Receives UN Medal
John E. Driver Jr of Sorrento proudly wears a United Nations medal and Korean Service ribbon earned during his service from April 1952 to April 1953. He was recently promoted to staff sergeant at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miami.
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John E. Driver, Jr
Sorrento
United Nations
Driver
Marine Corps Air Station
Miami
A Hilarious Ozarks Road Misleading Moose
In the Ozarks a motorist asks a local if he is on the road to Kansas City. The resident replies the route meanders, becomes a hog trail then a squirrel path, and finally ends in a knothole, offering comic guidance.
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The
Ozarks
Kansas City
Planning Board Reorganization Sparks City Debate
Mount Dora planners clash over size terms and powers as they study successful boards in other cities. They urge a board with real authority to enforce sewer and zoning policies, while considering zone based or club representation and a five year term compromise.
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Planning Commission
Lou L. Heaton
J. G. Ray, Jr
Heaton
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Ray
Lake Front
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Woman’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
John Bethel
Yacht Club
D. Fletcher Crane
Girl Scouts
Bethel
Civic Club
Crane
Ednad S. Patton
Mount Dora police chiefs earn diplomas at Eustis school
James Orr and Herman Cox, Mount Dora police chief and captain, were recognized as graduates of the annual police officers school at Eustis. They and fellow volunteers completed four years of study earning certificates of achievement and were honored by Mayor Lou L. Heaton. A picnic at Gilbert Park capped the event as families celebrated the diplomas.
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Mount Dora
James Orr
Herman Cox
Eustis
Cox
Orr
Lou L. Heaton
Gilbert Park
Mount Dora Records First Polio Case In Six Years
Four year old Brett Horsley, son of Mr and Mrs Walker Horsley, is reported recovering from polio in Mount Dora. The child contracted a mild form after treatment for a suspected kidney ailment and has been cared for at home by his parents amid concern over the outbreak.
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Brett Horsley
Mount Dora
Walker Horsley
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Stake County
Mabel Norris Reese
Lake Countrs Pematen
McDonald Ail
Ithav
J.W
Denstock
John W. McCormick
Pamela Brown
Anita Stedronsky
University of Miami
Cigaret
Tacitus
Commission
Dora Boy
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