Industry Outside Mount Dora City Limits Preferred by Commission
Mount Dora Planning Commission expressed reluctance to lure manufacturing inside city borders. Key members argued growth should focus on residential and tourist development, with calls to attract small industry only if located well outside the city limits to protect youth opportunities and existing real estate investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Planning Commission
Tom Cooley
A. J. Waltz
J. G. Ray, Jr
Orlando
Cooley
George J. White
Commission
Committee On Industrial Development
Waltz
Ray
Carl Graves
Eustis
Lake Officials Face Charges Over Groveland Case
A federal grand jury is summoned in Ocala on April 17 to consider indictments against Sheriff Willis McCall and deputies for lax handling of the Groveland Story. The case cites burning and pillage of Negro homes after the 1949 Bay Lake rape, and a mob raid on the Lake county jail. Prisoners Walter Irvin Sam Shepherd and Charles Greenlee were involved, with Greenlee still serving a life term after transfer from Raiford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lake County
Groveland
Ocala
Willis McCall
Bay Lake
Lake City
Raiford
NAA
Air Force Reserve officer to visit Leesburg for member inquiries
Chief Warrant Officer James H. McPhee Jr will address Air Force Reserve status questions at Leesburg Recreation Center in Lake County next Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members can ask about eligibility assignments and benefits during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force
Air Force Reserve
James H. McPhee, Jr
Lake County
Leesburg
Mount Dora Youth Center Move Prompts Council Review
Gladys Crane led Mount Dora Youth Center advocates urging a permanent youth center. The Planning Commission voted to ask City Council to explore using a lake front lot near the Mount Dora Fish Camp for a Youth Center and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Mount Dora
S. Gladys Crane
Lake Dora
Crane
Eustis
Leesburg
Ees
Lake County
Boy Scout House
Gilbert Park
Lake Front
Council
Mount Dora Fish Camp
Mount Dora Churches Plan Holy Week Observances
Mount Dora churches announce Holy Week events from Monday through Easter Sunday April 9. The First Methodist and Community churches sponsor Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services with Rev. J E McKinley Rev Gaylon Howe Rev Thom Mitchell and Dr Robert R Reed among speakers and participants. The Good Friday service features The Seven Last Sayings of Christ with multiple pastors guiding the three hour observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
First Methodist Church
Christ
Community Church
J. E. McKinley
Sanford
Gaylon Howe
New Smyrna
Methodist Church
Dr. Reed
Mr. Blackburn
E. O
Claudia to Invade IceHouse With Jackie Ober in April
The Players select Claudia by Rose Franken for April at IceHouse. Frances Lovell directs with Jackie Ober in the title role after rehearsals start. date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia
IceHouse
Jackie Ober
Rose Franken
Frances Lovell
Miss Ober
Lake County Theatre
Easter Sunrise Rites At Lake Gertrude Sylvan Shores
The Scottish Rites club of Lake County sponsors annual Easter sunrise services on the southwestern shores of Lake Gertrude in Sylvan Shores. Rev A L Burgreen will deliver the sermon with Robert Quixley of Mount Dora directing music and Ed Groves chairing arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottish Rites Club
Lake County
Lake Gertrude
Sylvan Shores
A. L. Burgreen
Robert Quixley
Mount Dora
Ed Groves
Lake County Farm Bureau Plans 1950 51 Kickoff
Directors meet at Doug Igou camp in Eustis for a kickoff covered dish supper launching the 1950 51 membership drive. M. L. Roberts, president, announces the event and goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Bureau
Eustis
M. L. Roberts
Ed Jacques Sees Lake Waterways Boost For Central Florida
Lake County booster Ed Jacques advocates a dam series from Oklawaha through Haynes Creek Dora canal and Apopka canal to conserve water and raise lake levels. He cites Lake Dora’s rise after locks and notes Apopka water now irrigates extensive farms. He grew up in Mount Dora and supports survey by army engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jacques
Haynes Creek
Lake Eustis
Dora Canal
Lake Dora
Central
Florida
Lake County
Apopka
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Army Engineers
Dora
Beauclaire
Carlton
Oklawaha
Crateau
Z Fin
Apopka Canal
Ocklawaha
Sylvan Shores
Lake
Fletcher Crane
Lake Apopka
Lake Apopka Waterway Plan Seeks New Push
E B Jacques recalls a postwar plan to fund a series of locks along the Lake County waterway to connect Lake Apopka to the Atlantic via Jacksonville. He urges Lake County residents and sportsmen to press Washington for a comprehensive Florida drainage and waterways program.
Family Fun Day Set at Mount Dora School Grounds
Saturday's event at Mount Dora school promises entertainment for all ages. Highlights include a pie eating contest featuring Jay Malone and six other boys, a pet show, sack races, a suitcase race, and a full schedule from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with kite contests, parades, relays, and field events led by organizer Robert Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Jay Malone
Morris Pollard
John Rappell
Malone
Bill MceCurdy
Pinkney Turner
Robert Correll
Red Odom
Kenneth Darkow
Chester Peters
Robert Vincent
James H. Sutley
Slater Cox
Bud Merker
Robert M. Blackburn
Buster Williams
Fred O'Hara
The
Athletic Association
LaNelle Vandiver
Homemakers of America
City Considers New Sewer Site Away From Center
The Planning Commission will ask the City Council to move the proposed sewage disposal plant further from town center and away from future residential growth. Palm Island south of Lake Doral cove is the suggested site if engineering approval is granted, shifting from Tremain and Charles streets near the cove to protect lakefront recreation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Palm Island
Lake Doral Cove
Tremain
Charles St
Lake Front
Pepper Attacks Smathers Coalition In Mount Dora Speech
Senator Claude Pepper energized a Mount Dora audience as he denounced George Smathers as a tool of the du Pont Perry interests. He accused Smathers of using racial prejudice and claimed the opponent backs a Republican alliance tied to du Pont and Perry papers, banks, and radio stations. Pepper pledged continued support for social security benefits and national health insurance while defending his stance for peace with Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pepper
Lake County
U. S. Senate
Mount Dora
Pepper
George Smathers
du Pont-Perry
Smather
F.E.P.C
du Pont
Au Pont
Perry
Florida
Edward Ball
Alfred I. du Pont
United States Senate
Smathers
Miami du Pont
United States
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Kremlin
Joe
Claude
Russia
Republican Alliance
Registration Surge Sparks Florida County Race Talk
Lake county registers near sixteen thousand as three days remain until books close at 4 p.m. Saturday. At Tavares courthouse Republicans shift to Democrats for the Pepper-Smathers U S Senate race while Negro registration stays normal. About 85 new colored registrations versus over 2,000 new white registrations to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Orange County
Tavares
Pepper-Smathers
U. S. Senate
Florida
Mount Dora
W. L. Story
Story
Summer closing starts for Mount Dora stores
Spring has given way to summer in Mount Dora as merchants plan to resume summer closing schedules beginning next Wednesday. All stores will close at noon on Wednesday, granting employees a half holiday weekly. The 1948 election saw less than a fifth of eligible voters cast ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Woman Faces Morals Charge In Clermont Case
A 25-year-old Clermont woman, Dorothy Pendland, is jailed on $500 bond for arranging dates for two 14-year-old girls to have relations with three young men. She is charged with contributing to delinquency of minors. Buddy Robbins also faces the same charge. police seek two other youths, one AWOL from the navy. Probation Officer Fred Borg says the girls reported Pendland set up dates and supplied obscene literature as a guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Lake County
Dorothy Pendland
Buddy Robbins
Navy
James Yates
Fred Borg
Borg
Baseball Opens Friday At 4 In Mount Dora
Mount Dora High opens the season Friday evening at Helm Field against Tavares with Elwood McHaffie on the mound and Shorty Williams catching. The Mount Dora lineup includes Turner Dufour Kurras Blaske Ziegengeist Pollard Odom McCurdy Correll Atkins with subs Townsend Bobby Williams Byron Smith Wade Simpson Sills Carl Huff and Frank all. They travel to Tavares for the return game next Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Tavares
Helmfield
Elwood McHaffie
Elwood
Shorty Williams
Turner
Dufour
Kurras
Blaske
Ziegengeist
Pollard
Odom
McCurdy
Correll
Atkins
Townsend
Bobby Williams
Byron Smith
Wade Simpson
A Sills
Carl’ Huff
Frank All
IceHouse Players Sponsor Public Bingo Night at Veterans Home
The IceHouse Players will sponsor a bingo party open to the public on Friday evening at the Veterans Memorial home. Proceeds support the group’s activities and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IceHouse Players
Veterans Memorial Home
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Burke Chester
Health Department Sanitary Service
Mabel Norris Reese
E. B. Jacques
Atlantic Ocean
Jacksonville
Congress
Coolidge
Washington
Pepper Derides Smathers
Republican ‘Coalition
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