Planning Commission Hears Plan to Reroute Mount Dora Truck Traffic
The Mount Dora Planning Commission endorses seeking State Road Department help to erase heavy truck traffic from Fifth Avenue. A proposed route would move trucks around Charles Street and along an Atlantic Coastline track corridor to Clayton Street and toward Route 441, with city land acquisitions suggested for a South truck route. Ray opposed using Eleventh Avenue as an alternate and warned of conflicts with rail lines and local properties including school lands and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Planning Commission
State Road Department
Commission
Marshall Collins
Department
Beautiful Fifth Av
J. G. Ray, Jr
Charles St
Ray
Gilbert Park
Highland
Fifth Ay
Fifth Av
Florida
Vount Dora
Eleventh Av
First Methodist Church
Atlantic
Sylvan Shores
Clayton St
Dear Punky on a restless summer 1950 outlook
A parent writes to a child about the world crisis of 1950. The letter laments fear and apathy while urging patience, courage, and humor. It questions what an individual can do to halt the drift toward world war and hydrogen bomb threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punky
Shifting Pride in the Flag and Pledge Reflections
A reader ponders what the pledge means today and whether the words convey pride, happiness, and security. The piece notes younger readers may not yet wonder, while adults recall shadows on the flag and its implications, hinting at ongoing reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Lake Official Condemns Irvin Tax Refusal
An unnamed Lake County official condemns Floyd M. Irvin’s refusal to pay income tax. The official says the government may levy a tax lien on Irvin’s property to collect the owed amount, calling Irvin’s stance un-Christian and urging repeal of the law rather than defiance.
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Lake
Irvin
Floyd M. Irvin
Lake County
Eustis
Tax Collection Tops $900 000 in Lake County
Lake County commissioners reviewed budgets after noting a 99.63 percent tax collection on the 1949 roll of $918,664.72. Tax collector Pearl L. Cullen reported 436a certificates sold to individuals totaling $5,606.80, with 217 certificates worth $1,429.94 certified to the county. Real estate transactions in early 1950 at the courthouse in Tavares recorded a total consideration of $7,580,700.
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Lake County
Pearl L. Cullen
Tavares
Mount Dora Counts 3,039 in 1950 Census
In Lake County the 1950 census shows Mount Dora with 3,039 residents within its city limits, reflecting growth from recent years. Eustis rises to 4,011 and the county totals 72,285 with marked shifts across other towns such as Leesburg 4,687 and Groveland 411.
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Mount Dora
Lake
Florida
Sarah
Cental Porte
Sylvan Shores
Franklin Park
Lake County
Eustis
Fruitland Park
Lady Lake
Leesburg
Groveland
Howey
Mascotte
Astatula
Clermont
Minneola
Montverde
Tavares
Umatilla
Sims Leaves Mount Dora Boy Scout Camp for Alabama
George Sims, Mount Dora's double scholarship winner, departed Monday for Camp Cloudmont in Valley Head Alabama to serve as a counsellor at a boys camp for nine weeks.
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Sims
George Sims
Mount Dora
Camp Cloudmont
Valley Head
Ala
Valley Forge
Lake County
Charles Norton
Tyrone Parker
Walter TeStrake
Richard Beebe
Jerry Dake
Jeff Ray
al Rehbaum, III
George Cox
Bob Goodman
Orlando
Jacksonville
Buster
Charles Brown
Workers Meet At Baptist Church Sunday School Council
The Baptist church Sunday School workers will hold a council and supper at the church recreation rooms next Monday at 7 30 p.m.
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Baptist Church
Peace campaign urged to avert world catastrophe
Lou L. Heaton, Kiwanis secretary, told Lake County press representatives that America’s great organizers and technicians must be redirected from war to peace. He called for a strong propaganda effort to influence peace amid a world crisis at a Lake County Press association meeting led by Mabel Norris Reese of the Topic.
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America
Chicago
Pentagon
Lou L. Heaton
Lake County
Heaton
Kiwanis Club
Lake County Press Association
Mabel Norris Reese
Lake County Press Association Forms At Mt Dora Dinner
Lake County press members gathered in Mount Dora to organize the Lake County Press Association. Newly elected officers include president Mabel Norris Reese editor of the Topic and vice president Bob Clinton editor of WLBE Leesburg. Ed Kellerman was elected treasurer though absent.
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Lake County
Lake County Press Association
Mount Dora
Bob Clinton
Leesburg
WLBE
Mabel Norris Reese
Topic
Marie Bolles
Eustis
Lake Region News
Ed Kellerman
Clermont
Clermont Press
Karl Lehmann
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Winston Pendleton
Howey-in-the-Hills
New Howey News-Bulletin
Lou L. Heaton
Mrs. Clinton
Paul H. Reese
Gladys Henderson
Howey
News-Bulletin
Sam Turner
Orlando Sentinel
Ery Young
Ormund Powers
Orlando Ntinel
Lane County Native Floyd Irvin Warned Against War
Lake County resident Floyd Irvin spoke of his college days shaping his stance against war. He pursued missionary aims and opposed war taxes while witnessing wartime tragedy, including the loss of friends and neighbors, guiding his lifelong call for peace.
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Floyd Irvin
Eustis
Lake Countians
Propaganda drive for peace by Floyd M Irvin
Irvin opposed funding atomic era weapons and sent out peace literature. He circulated quotes urging restraint, including Omar Bradley's warning that stopping World War III requires moving toward peace, not war, and decrying the imbalance of science and morality.
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Uncle Sam
Fas
Irvin
Omar Bradley
East Town Seeks Colored Swim Beach and Recreation Upgrades
East Town requests a dedicated swimming beach for colored children similar to existing white facilities. Milner Rosenwald principal C O Lott, via Mamie Lee Gilbert, cites denial at Lake Gertrude and seeks Lake Dora review after health check. Board tasks Mabel Norris Reese with site study and reports on water quality. asks cleanup of East Town playground and tennis courts.
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Mount Dora
East Town
C. O. Lott
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Mamie Lee Gilbert
Lott
Mabel Norris Reese
Lake Gertrude
Lake Dora
State Board of Health
New Juvenile Books At Mount Dora Public Library
A selection of new juvenile titles arrives at Mount Dora Public Library this summer. Notable additions include The Story of Clothes by Maud and Peter Petersham The Wonderful Baker by Mabel Leigh Hunt Partners in the Saddle by Adolph Regli Lets Look Under the City by Herman and Nina Schneider Little Boy Brown by Isabel Harris Blue Ribbons for Meg by Adele DeLeeuw.
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Mount Dora
Maud
Peter Petersham
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Saddle
Adolph Regli
Herman
Nina Schneider
Isobel Harris
Meg
Adele DeLeeuw
Commission Seeks State Aid for Lake Dora Water Plan
Mount Dora Planning Commission hears a water control plan by Dr. R. W. Dickson to lift Lake Dora and Lake Apopka levels via a dam in Haines Creek between Eustis and Leesburg. The proposal aims to pool waters from Dora Canal to Apopka Canal, boosting levels by about three feet and aiding regional water use and fish habitats.
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Florida
Mount Dora
Dora Canal
Lake Dora
Apopka Canal
Lisbon
Dr. Dickson
Central Florida Chain of Lakes
Commission
Lake Apopka
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Army Engineers
Apopka
Dickson
Ohio River
Lions Club Begins Mount Dora School Lighting Drive
Mount Dora Lions Club launches a summer project to relight and decorate school rooms with a 1500 dollar match from the school board. The initiative, called Casey Jones’s “baby,” aims to have rooms bright before fall term. Funds come from last year’s Lions activities including carnivals and shows, with prior expenditures on eye care and local charities.
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Mount Dora
Mel Wagner
Kendall R. “Casey” Jones
Lions
Dr. Polgar
Wagner
Mount Dora Seeks Local Soap Box Derby Interest
Principal W A Vincent invites Mount Dora youths to form a local soap box derby group. A meeting at the high school aims to discuss rules, racer building, and potential participation in future sectional and state events, with plans for a local hill race this summer if interest grows.
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Dora
Vincent
Akron
Ohio
United States
W. A. Vincent
Mount Dora
Central Florida
Orlando
Rev. Archie Driggers Hurt In Fall In Pennsylvania
The North arrival of Rev Archie Edwin Driggers of Mount Dora ended with a fall at his summer home in Murrysville Pennsylvania. He broke his hip in two places and is hospitalized in very critical condition at Columbia Hospital Wilkinsburg Pa. Mrs Driggers reports the accident occurred after he lost his balance on the steps.
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Archie Edwin Driggers
Mount Dora
Driggers
Murrysville
Columbia Hospital
Wilkinsburg
Youth Picnic at Rock Springs by Methodist Youth Fellowship
Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship plan a picnic at Rock Springs on Thursday July 4. Attendees meet at the church at 4 p.m. and cars will be provided to drive to the Springs.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Rock Springs
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Lions Club
Rev. Driggers
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