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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1964
Page
1
The 1964 levy is 12.25 mills, up 2.72 from 1963. The main driver is an $800,000 construction budget for Lake Sumner Junior College, a line not in last year's student budget.
State Representative Leighton L. Baker of Mount Dora recounts impressions from the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. He notes demonstrations, Goldwater’s nomination and victory, Florida and South Carolina votes, Scranton’s unity appeal, and critics outside the Cow Palace.
Mount Dora Swim Club members travel to Eustis for the Eustis Swim Club Relays staged as a non stop competition prep for the Junior Olympic Long Course championship in Winter Park. Cmdr Howard Shively, acting coach, notes district qualifying events were held in Leesburg last week and Mount Dora finishes its 1964 season mid August with state meet plans in Clearwater.
City Clerk Mel Wagner resumes duties after a two week vacation. John Cain, tax assessor, filled the clerk position during the absence.
Regular Mount Dora City Council session set for Tuesday at 8 p.m. in City Hall council chambers. The agenda includes routine council business and public comment. Residents are invited to attend and speak on local matters.
A Mount Dora condo development remains alive but stalled as investors and local residents await stronger interest. Patrick, an Orlando developer, muses a rental condo hybrid with one and two bedroom units on the Keezer property fronting Lake Dora, while potential sites elsewhere are also explored.
Construction at Lake-Sumter Junior College progresses on schedule with four initial structures including a science building classroom block teaching auditorium and language laboratory plus a library. The project valued at about a half million aims for completion by year end with future plans for administration student center maintenance auditorium gym and fine arts facilities on a 70 acre site opposite Leesburg Airport.
Mount Dora will meet New Smyrna Beach at 2 p.m. Sunday in the annual Little League All Star game at the Little League Baseball Park. The Mount Dora Jaycees sponsor the event with Barks and Scogin managing the local entry. a two game series opens the schedule.
Citrus Culture releases rainfall figures for the week ending July 28 detailing totals by date and regional variation. The report notes rainfall distribution across fields, with totals highlighted for irrigation planning and crop health assessments.
Frank L. Cogburn of Eustis is named president and director of Leesburg First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Ernest Miller becomes assistant to the president and serves as secretary-treasurer. Cogburn will assume the new role in about 60 days under interim leader Paul A. Miller.
Six Mount Dora firefighters and about 20 spectators escaped injury when a high caliber shell exploded inside a frame dwelling off Clayton Street as the home burned to the ground. The loss was about 5500 dollars. the cause remains undetermined.
Ernest Mathis, about 35, was attacked near Reynolds Store in the 1300 block of Grandview Street Sunday morning. Cisro Moore, 31, was charged with assault after being arrested at his home on Lincoln Street minutes later and is free on a $150 bond. Officer Earl Wise Mathis sustained knife wounds to the neck arm and abdomen and was treated at Waterman Memorial Hospital.
W H Bill Reedy associate director of the Florida Traffic Safety Council spoke to the Rotary Club detailing the council's origins purposes and programs aimed at reducing accidents statewide. He noted 1962 Florida traffic crashes totaled 135000 with 1350 fatalities and outlined education training enforcement and citizen support initiatives. Future Rotary talks include Dr Lester O Schriver on humor and J F Calhoun on Telestar program.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles R. Holley told a Melbourne fundraiser that government aid is a myth and many people think they get something for nothing. He warned that tax dollars fund payrolls of large bureaus and government must take money from people to obtain funds.
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