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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
1
Community leaders condemn a proposed Mount Dora ordinance to license businesses with powers to close operations. Protests erupt as petitions circulate downtown. council holds a hearing on June 6 seeking amendments to curb dictatorial powers and align fees with state law.
Lake County April 1961 retail sales rose 7.7 percent from April 1960, per State Comptroller Ray E. Green. Statewide April sales fell 4 percent year over year. Lake County tax receipts totaled 123,391 dollars in April 1961 versus 114,565 dollars a year earlier.
Pepper Enterprises leaders Milton Pepper and Leonard Pepper plan talks with Mount Dora officials next week regarding annexation to the city and sewer facilities. Councilman Lake Coleman leads the liaison effort as construction on the Golden Triangle Shopping Center progresses with walls rising and footings completed.
Tallahassee agreement ends dispute between Mount Dora and Eustis over Triangle Acres fire protection. A two city board will arbitrate with residents voting in a referendum, and neither town will claim the area while the measure is enacted quickly.
A pointed remark underscores that the United States leads in both culinary variety and in citizens required to follow restrictive diets, highlighting widespread appetite and health concerns.
A minister criticizes a proposed city ordinance taxing spiritual services including divine healers and fortune tellers. He warns licensing religion violates religious liberty and mocks a city committee’s authority while noting possible court challenges. He jokes about a “message bearer” license and Western Union.
The Rev Jay N Booth of Lakeland will become pastor of Central Christian Church in Mount Dora after completing an ad interim post in Winter Haven arriving by September. He has spent over 30 years in ministry across Michigan Ohio and Florida and holds leadership roles in multiple church and local associations. Mrs Booth active in Christian Woman's Fellowship also participates in a Purdue University event with three children two married and one in college.
Construction of Mount Dora’s new Post Office at Seventh Ave and Donnelly St. is nearly finished ahead of schedule. The block building with brick facing, built by H. H. McCord Construction Co. for George G. Taper, Inc., will be leased by the Post Office Department for 10 years with two five year options. Occupation is planned for July, with a dedication tentatively set for early fall.
Mayor Guy C. Bliss faced $400 in fines after being assessed in 31 municipal court cases this week.
The adage asserts harmony between function and form, linking virtue and elegance as inseparable ideals across art and life. Periander emphasizes balance, suggesting beauty enhances usefulness and usefulness grounds beauty in worthy purpose.
The 55 graduates will receive diplomas with Thomas Chesley as salutatorian and Swartsel passing the Student Council gavel to Paul Harvey as outgoing and incoming presidents. The weeklong Commencement, opening with a Baccalaureate service, featured Rev. James Jones of the First Methodist Church delivering a sermon on Revolution Christian Style linking Marxist and biblical rooms in a discussion of freedom versus slavery.
A long list of student names appears on the honor roll including Judith Belle Baker Thomas Joseph Barchi Susan Claire Bardwell Nancy Jean Caro James A Carlton Carolyn Loretta Cheatham Thomas Evan Chesley Jessie Juanita Childs John Fredric Clark Mary Jane Clemmons Martha Louise Codding Christine Louise Dettra John Edward Driggers Sara Fordyce Eagon Michael Andrew Fenby Joseph Earl Fisher Patricia Jean Flavell Gosta Peter Fredriksson Bobby Earl Gore Dalton Leon Gregg Richard Holland Gunner Benetta Gare Holland Mary Hellen Huett Joseph Thomas Huett Jr Jo Ann Jones Helen Carol Koch William Land II Charles Hamlin Lavin Gary Michael Lee Martha Evans Lynch Bert Lewis McDonald Jackey Lamon McRee Arthur Robert Norris Deanna Lee Ormesher Betty Lou Pohlman Robert Courtney Polhamus Mary Katherine Price Lynn Earl Rector II Dickie Jean Reidh Janice Linda Reid Sharon Ann Roach Louise Laura Robinson Mary Josephine Sadler Deborah Jane Sanders Larry Dean Schieber John Paul Snowberger Ross Vernon Swartsel Jr Wanda Jean Taylor James Orville Townsend John Clayton Tremain Lawrence Harry Uhl Delores Ann Vincent Marlene Kay Wilds Marcus Orewe Williams III Carolyn Sue Windham.
A Social Security Administration district office representative will be at Mount Dora City Hall on Thursday June 15 from 9 a.m. to noon to assist residents applying for old age and survivors insurance benefits obtaining social security numbers and gathering program information.
A quoted remark from a veteran observer jokes that dwelling on earlier times is cheaper, framing nostalgia as a humorous take on aging and memory.
Rainfall data for the week ended May 30 covers Eustis Mount Dora Tavares Lake Eldorado Sorrento.
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