Council Approves $815,000 Sewers Bond Over Public Protest
Mount Dora City Council voted unanimously to issue $815,000 in revenue bonds for another phase of a $2.5 million sewer program, backed by water and electricity revenues. A 255-property-owner petition urged a referendum, and Attorney Tom Champion led public opposition, calling the action a subterfuge and urging delay to gauge citizen will.
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Tom Champion
Mount Dora
Gordon Conboy
Champion
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Valedictory From A Roaming Reporter In Mount Dora
A reflective piece by a roaming reporter recounts evenings by Lake Dora and Easter services, notes on people met including Drains of Waterson Memorial Hospital staff, a nurse’s handshake, and a wish to make traffic pedestrians first. The essay blends memories of youth, pets, and small town scenes with gentle humor.
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Fifth and Donnelly
Decorations To Extend To 44
City Council approves a $1,200 program to extend Christmas lighting along Ninth Avenue to U.S. 441. Col. Paul Bronson, Merchants Association chair, says eight-foot scrolls and bells will be installed on light posts from Ninth and Donnelly to the highway, funded by $400 city and $800 from local groups.
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Ninth Ave
U.S. 441
Paul Bronson
Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Ninth and Donnelly
Col. Bronson
Brown Named To Red Cross Post
Burton Brown of Leesburg general traffic manager for Florida Telephone Corp is named to the 15 member South eastern Area Advisory Council of the American Red Cross. The council advises the national staff on chapter needs and interests. Brown was Leesburg mayor in 1960 and has served as Lake County Chamber of Commerce vice president.
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Burton Brown
Leesburg
Florida Telephone Corp
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Brown
Lake County
Citrus Culture Corp Weekly Rainfall Report
The Citrus Culture Corp reports weekly rainfall for the period ending June 19 with recorded totals for the local area. The brief notes rainfall amounts and related measurements for agricultural planning and irrigation needs.
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Citrus Culture Corp. Weekly
Citrus Culture Corp
New Lake County Jail Dedication Marks Opening Ceremony
The Lake County Jail in Tavares was dedicated with a ribbon cutting by O. M. Simpson of Mount Dora. His granddaughters unveiled the dedication plaque as Cecil C. Theus led the ceremony. William S. Christian, Grand Master of Masons in Florida, gave the keynote remarks. Carl Duncan spoke on courthouse benefits. Builders F. S. Conrad Jr. of Jacksonville represented the construction team.
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Lake County
Tavares
O. M
Jack) Simpson
Mount Dora
Simpson
Mary Martha
Nina Waite
Cecil C. Theus
William S. Christian
Masons
Florida
Carl Duncan
F. S. Conrad Jr
Jacksonville
Colored Housing Project Getting Underway In City
Initial construction on 48 FHA financed modest priced homes for Negroes will begin within 10 days on a 10 acre tract near Wardell street in East Town Sanford Roberts of Southern Homes Inc announced to Mount Dora City Council. The city will annex the tract after ownership proof is received. Purchasers must meet character and resource requirements before qualifying for ownership. Utilities roads and services will cost about 10000 dollars.
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Wardell St
East Town
Sanford Roberts
Southern Homes, Inc
Orlando
Roberts
Southern Homes
Jesse D. Willmott
Wilhoit Heads Florida Citrus Exchange At Tampa
C G Wilhoit of Vero Beach elected president and chair man of the board of the Florida Citrus Exchange at its 52nd annual meeting in Tampa. He succeeds Phil C Peters of Winter Garden who served since 1955 and since 1918 on the board. Peters resigns to devote more time to personal affairs. Wilhoit is general manager of Graves Brothers Co Wa prominent Indian River citrus shipper and has led the firm 33 years and since 1950 led the Indian River Citrus Sub Exchange at Vero Beach.
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Phil C. Peters
Florida Citrus Exchange
Tampa
Exchange
John T. Lesley
The
Robert G. Barr
Winter Garden Citrus Growers Association
Hal Ellis
Lake Garfield Citrus Cooperative
Armer C. Johnson
Plymouth Citrus Growers Association
Peters, Lesley
G. B
Hurlburt
Mount Dora Growers Cooperative
C. G. Wilhoit
Vero Beach
Fresh Fruit Marketing Cooperative
Wilhoit
Winter Garden
Peters
Graves Brothers Co
Indian River
Indian River Citrus Sub-Exchange
Vernon L. Conner Re-Elected W P
Vernon L. Conner of Mount Dora was re elected vice president of Florida Citrus Mutual at the 14th annual meeting in Winter Haven Tuesday. Also re elected were J J Parrish Jr Titusville and L W Tilden Winter Garden as vice presidents, Charles Dancer secretary and Henry A Prine Bradenton treasurer.
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Vernon L. Conner
Mount Dora
Florida Citrus Mutual
Winter Haven
J. J. Parrish Jr
Titusville
L. W. Tilden
Winter Garden
Charles Dancer
Enry A. Prine
Bradenton
Mount Dora Council Orders Crack-Down on Business Licenses
City Council in Mount Dora pushes immediate enforcement of an occupational license tax on all businesses and professions. Mayor Willmott clashed with the Council over legality while Judge Hall dismissed a declaratory suit seeking to test the measure. The ordinance imposes fees from five to twenty five dollars and penalties for noncompliance, with broad powers to shut down businesses.
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Council
Jesse D. Willmott
Mount Dora
Christopher
Tom R. Champion
Lake W. Coleman
Hall
R. O
Grantham
Coleman
Willmott
J.T
Bud) Huett
Mel Wagner
Waterman Memorial Hospital expands with psychiatric ward
Construction begins this week on a temporary office facility at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis to free a third floor wing for conversion into a psychiatric ward. The remodeling is part of a $600 000 expansion program with a contract signed this week for the third floor renovation.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Council Expands City Insurance Coverage and Services
The Mount Dora City Council approved expanded insurance to cover theft and losses beyond armed robbery raising premiums from 45 to 115 dollars annually. Twelve additional city vehicles plus a policy for loss of utility and tax records were added increasing costs by 143 and 115 dollars respectively. The panel also funded a new pool pump, scheduled municipal court every other week, and start on the next budget in July.
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Mount Dora
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Jesse D. Willmott
Little League
David Bowen
Municipal Court docket lists traffic and disorderly conduct charges
Only eight traffic violation cases and two disorderly conduct charges appeared this week in Municipal Court. Bond forfeitures were among the issues noted.
Cooperation Urges Mount Dora Downtown Revitalization
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club hosted Col. Paul Bronson chairing the Merchants Association who urged a community effort to revitalize the downtown area hit by bypass traffic and competition at the Shopping Center. He highlighted local assets including hotels parks Yacht Club and IceHouse Theatre and stressed the town must act now to become a regional Garden Spot rather than fall behind.
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Mount Dora
U. S. 441
Col. Bronson
Florida
Lake County
Eustis Motor Company
Ford
Moon” Mullins
New Manager For McCrory Store
T. L. Tom Weatherington named new store manager for the McCrory Store in the Golden Triangle Shopping Center. Weatherington comes from Bainbridge Georgia where he was a store manager and has been with McCrory since 1950. A Savannah native, he has eight years of military service and holds memberships in the Masonry Baptist Church Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He and his wife Ruth reside at McDonald Terrace with their son Stephen aged 12.
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T. L
Tom” Weatherington
McCrory
Golden Triangle
Weatherington
Bainbridge
Savannah
Tom
Armed Forces
Baptist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Ruth
McDonald Terrace
Stephen
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By Mack Johnson
George L. Kress
Lake Dora
John Grum
Arnold Goulder
Huett
Bob. Reed
First National Bank of
Gabriel
City Hall
Norman Rockwell
Citrus Exchange
Red Cross Post
New Lake County
Sheriff Mccall
W. P
Bronson
Chamber
McCrory Store
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