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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
4
Leighton L. Baker recalls World War II memories and the duty to defend freedom. The speech contrasts past sacrifice with modern complacency, urging firmness in liberty and honor for the country and its fallen heroes.
Rob ert E Warfield Jr president of the Bank of Mount Dora writes to Mount Dora City Council defending a proposal to move city funds to his bank. He cites Florida statutes on public deposits and argues conflict of interest provisions do not bar the bank from receiving municipal funds.
Edwin B. Mead announced a group of local contractors and suppliers assisting in the $150,000 Bank of Mount Dora Building. J. G. Ray Jr. is the general contractor, with Paul Johnson handling plumbing, Altman Bros. Iron Works supplying steel, Jimmy's Electric handling electrical work, Golden Triangle Builders Supply providing building items, Trustone Inc supplying concrete block, and Hills Paving as a sub-contractor. Local labor is used, and the project cost, including land and furnishings, is estimated above $225,000.
At the Mount Dora Rotary Club meeting Lyman Ritter called attention to articles in the June issue of the Rotarian. A. W. Rehbaum III presented a color film of the New York World's Fair prepared by the Bell Telephone Company.
Robert E. Warfield Jr president writes to city officials expressing readiness to meet requirements to qualify as a city depository and to participate in any loan arrangements the city needs. He respectfully requests consideration in these matters.
Sophomore Class graduation ceremony in the high school cafetorium honors the Class of 1965. The roster names Claudia Baird, William Blair Jr, Mary Bryan, William Bulpitt, John Cain Jr, A Thomas Carver, Phillip Chapman, Stephen Chesley, Carolyn Conliffe, Warren Couch, Carlene Box, Michael Joak, James Dake, Kenn Davis, Lynda Dixon, Henry Dufour, Carol Elliott, Frank Fralick, Doreen Geddes, Suzy Goulder, Debroah Harbeck, Sandra Hardman, Linda Harris, Peter Harvey, Thomas Hutcheson, Cheri Jackson, Linda Kelch, Chip Lee, George Litsinger, James Lunsford, Bernard McCabe Jr, Dillard McMahon, Judy Nation, Lynn Nicholson, William Paul, Del Potter, Lyndsay Phay, Linda Pohnman, Martha Potsko, Mary Rainey, Ruth Rainey, Rebecca Ray, Janice Robinson, Patricia Robinson, William Rogers, Samuel Sadler III, Lee Salmon, Rolf Sorensen, Michael Stewart, Bruce Stokley, Lee Stubble, Margaret Swartsel, Robert Wason Jr, Charles Wagner, Steven Ward, Laura Willis, David Willis, Florence Wilson, Patricia Young.
State Representative W H Reed urges opposition to the Presidents call to destroy right to work laws. He defends Florida Constitution Section 12 and argues for states rights and workers liberty. He urges citizens to write to the President, senators, and U S representatives.
A humorous meditation on how daily life is dominated by numbers from social security to bank accounts. The speaker recalls a lunch with a retailer friend who vandalized a numbered check and jokes about clerks, supervisors, and executives overwhelmed by missing numbers in a system run by machines.
The text links western Florida acquisition to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 following U S expansion and notes a top fishing spot near a ship wreck off Cape Canaveral.
Lake County Chamber reports more than 5 million dollars invested in 14 youth camps and school projects for 1965 summer programs. Camps include Camp Challenge in Sorrento with 65 capacity and 150000 investment, Howey Academy summer school, Montverde Academy with 2 million, and Florida Baptist Retreat Camp at Lake Yale with 500000. Planned sessions run June to September with thousands of campers and multiple organizations overseeing operations.
The aviation industry in Florida by 1949 had grown to the extent that payrolls and spending with the state was exceeded only by tourist spending and agricultural income.
City Council of Mount Dora Florida published notice of a proposed ordinance to rezone described land blocks from LBs to Zone R in Lake County. The plan targets parts of blocks 323 and 324 in Town of Mount Dora with details on location and owners Francis Bassett and wife. The ordinance will be reviewed again at 8:00 PM on June 15, 1965 at the City Council meeting.
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