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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
10
Mayor Guy C. Bliss reports Municipal Court fines average about 1,000 dollars per month. In seven months from Nov. 1, 1960, he presided over 476 cases, with total fines of 6,675 dollars. March led with 90 cases and 1,285 dollars in fines. May had 87 cases and 1,005 dollars.
WMDF Mount Dora 1580 On Your Dial lists weekday shows from 6:45 sign on to 6:15 sign off. Programs include Reformation Hour Discs Data and Don News Open Line and Central Florida At Nite. Weekend lineup features Morning Meditations Father Mangrum Sunday Serenade and church hour slots.
Dr. Franklyn A. Johnson, president of Jacksonville University, will speak at the Florida Central Academy of Sorrento commencement on June 4. Johnson, named JU president in 1956 at age 35, previously taught government at Rollins College and led the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities in 1959 and 1960.
Ronald Adcock and Lynn Hanna of the Junior Garden Club of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club win in the Smokey Bear coloring card contest by the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. Lynn Hanna receives honorable mention as Florida posters advance to national competition by the General Federation of Garden Clubs.
The Lake County Accident Prevention Committee met in Tavares to address water safety, highway hazards, and shelter protections. They endorsed Red Cross water safety guidance, planned posters and classes, and proposed a tractor safety booklet with red reflector tape requirements for farm equipment. Plans for securing trailers and mobile homes in storms were noted, with guidance available from the Lake County Health Department.
Florida Gas Utilities and its pipeline affiliates plan to spend about 24 million this year to boost natural gas capacity by roughly 100 million cubic feet per day.
Florida unemployed fell 9 thousand in April to 119 thousand, first monthly drop since December. Nonfarm employment slid about two percent from April 1960, with declines in tour ist industries and layoffs driving much of the March to April decline. Construction remained lagging, while fewer unemployment claims came from that sector. Much of the drop stemmed from fewer out of state job seekers, though the rate stayed about 57 percent higher than a year earlier.
G W Jones and son from Apopka found an 18 foot dugout along the St Johns River south of Route 50. Archaeologist Frederick W Sleight of the Central Florida Museum dated the cedar canoe to pre Columbian times in Florida history, noting building methods and contrasts with later Seminole canoes.
Vernon Swartsel is one of 13 Lake County boys joining about 400 statewide participants at the 42nd annual Boys 4-H Club Short Course at the University of Florida in Gainesville from June 12 to 16. The week features diverse activities and talks by leaders in agriculture and education, with events directed by Coach Ray Graves.
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