Pool Construction Under Way Aided by Racial Unity in Mount Dora
Milner Rosenwald Academy principal C O Lott leads ground breaking for a Negro swimming pool beside the new school, a joint effort by black and white residents. The project, with town funds and a Florida Council on Human Relations commendation, aims to open before summer with plans for tennis, softball, volleyball, badminton, and children’s swings.
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C. O. Lott
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
East Town
Mount Dora
Lott
Lake Coleman
William K. W
Florida Council On Human Relations
Miami
Williamson
Cates
L. T. Brennan
Brennan
Insurance Due Date Set at Council Parley
City Council, in a special meeting, set all insurance due dates to June 19 to streamline bids and reduce year round bidding. Pacific Indemnity won workmen's compensation over Glen Falls. policy to be issued via LaDue Lash Realty with H. D. Warren as agent. Current policy with William P Wingler Co. ends Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Indemnity Co
Glen Falls Insurance Co
LaDue- Lash Realty Co
H. D. Warren
William P. Wingler
Pre-School Roundup Slated for May 16
Mount Dora plans a preschool roundup on May 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Fifth Avenue School auditorium to check physicals and gather enrollment data. Milner Rosenwald academy will host a separate roundup on an undetermined date. Parents should bring birth certificates. event sponsored by the PTA to aid fall enrollment screening.
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Mount Dora
Asium
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Parent-Teacher Association
Second Shots Scheduled For Fifth Avenue School
The second in the Salk vaccine series for school children will be administered at Fifth Ave School on May 23 at 9 a.m. in Mrs. Anne Hamlin’s room. Children will receive injections during the morning session at Conan ay acumendy.
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Anne Hamlin
Conan Ay
Talk Planned With Local AAA Rep For Rotary Meeting
C Noblitt will address the Rotary Club next week on the act of legislation affecting motorists now under review by the Florida legislature. The local AAA representative Secanairs is expected to discuss how proposed laws could impact drivers and road safety.
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Rotary C
Senior Play and Spring Concert Set for May at Community Building
The May schedule includes the Senior class play All in the Family at the Community building on Friday evening. Charles Wareing Bess Davidson star with Hank Link as the neighbor in a comedy about modern home life. The May 16 Spring concert by the combined High School Glee clubs features award winning singers under Rosemary Bennett. The May 17 athletic banquet honors boys and girls in the school sports at 6 30 p.m. in the cafeteria.
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Charles Wareing
Bess Davidson
Hank Link
Rosemary Bennett
Power Shutoff Set for Sunday
Residents on the west side of Mount Doral and Sylvan Shores are advised to expect a power outage Sunday around 6 am lasting about two hours. Crews will upgrade lines as part of the city’s shift to higher voltage, with work extending westward through Kyiven Ehacaet.
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Mount Doral
Sylvan Shores
Eee
Kyiven -Ehacaet
Strettons Honored for Lifelong Salvation Army Service
Mount Dora in Florida is home to Colonel and Mrs. R. F. Stretton who after 54 years of Salvation Army service retired and celebrate their daughter Kathleen joining the Army as an officer candidate. The couple, longtime helpers of the needy across the United States, led missions in Boston and New England and now enjoy family life with their son George and Kathleen’s music studies and ascent in the Army.
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Mount Dora
Col
R. F. Stretton
Kathleen Stretton
Salvation Army
Strattons
Evangeline Booth
International
John Wanamaker
Army
New York City
Colonel Stretton
Ireland
Killarney
Episcopal Church
America
England
San Francisco
Barbery
Salvation Army Training College
William
Catherine Booth
Stratten
States
Washington, D. C
Kathleen
University of Miami
Uofm
Salvation Army College
New
Strettons
George
Kansas City
Tone
Hazel Stretton
City Officials to discuss cooperation on WLCO radio
City Mayor W. D. Patton and Attorney Roy Christopher president of the Chamber plan a 5:45 p.m. discussion over Radio Station WLCO on city chamber cooperation and improvements.
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W. D. Patton
Roy Christopher
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
WLCO
Mount Dora group presses for juvenile reform in Lake County
Dora W.S.C.S and Leesburg citizens push for changes in juvenile treatment. The Mount Dora W.S.C.S. will send recommendations to the County Commissioners proposing a juvenile detention home a Domestic Relations Court and a raise for Juvenile Counsellor Kenne Pearce. The effort follows a survey of juvenile needs led by Rev. Hoyt Tatum with Asst. State’s Atty. John McCormick noting limited time for study. Mrs. Mills cites Ohio experience showing benefits of a Domestic Relations Court to handling parental difficulties and protecting children.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Leesburg
Christian Social Relations Department
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Board of County Commissioners
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Kenne Pearce
J. L. Mills
Social Relations Department
Toledo, Ohio
Mount Dora W.S.C.S
Hoyt Tatum
Leesburg Morrison Memorial Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
John McCormick
Mills
Pearce
Ohio
You Make Friends Through Ads Too
Two Ohio women in the same neighborhood meet via a classified ad. Mrs. John Evanek of Akron advertised an apartment-size stove and Mrs. G. E. Ripple of Cleveland responded. Ripple bought the stove, and both women gained a new friend. Evanek even earned a refund after running the ad once.
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John Evanek
G. E. Ripple
Ohio
Evanek
Akron
Ripple
Cleveland
Generosity Defined as Self-Sacrifice by H. Taylor
A quote by H. Taylor asserts true generosity lies in self-sacrifice and giving what one would discard. It emphasizes that the motive behind charitable acts should be selfless rather than merely willing to part with items.
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H. Taylor
Mount Dora Bank Named Top Florida Liquidity Standout
Mount Dora's First National Bank ranks second in Florida in Baxter International's liquidity rating with 79 percent, tied with Riverside Bank of Miami. The bank outshines many in the state by meeting stringent standards without counting loans as liquid and marking non-government securities at 60 percent.
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Mount Dora
First National Bank
Florida
Business Report
John Bonner
Miami Herald
Baxter International Economic Research Bureau
Bureau
Riverside Bank
Miami
Dade County
Palm Beach
Jacksonville
First National
North Miami Beach Peoples Bank
Baxter Research Bureau
World Economic Service
Bonner
U. S
USIA Writer Garvey Finds Hope Amid Hungarian Refugees
Paul Garvey of the United States Information Agency rests at Lake Beauclaire in Mount Dora with Pat Frank. He covered the Hungarian revolution from Austria, sending six articles to European and Asian outlets via Voice of America. Garvey notes students in Hungary, workers, and intellectuals oppose communism, craving freedom and Western literature, and insists truth is the only effective weapon against lies.
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Mount Dora
America
Paul Garvey
United States Information Agency
Pat Frank
Mrs
Frank
Lake Beauclaire
Garvey
Austria
Voice of America
Hungary
Korea
USIA
SEATO
Bandung
John Foster Dulles
Nixon
United States
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Mrs. Stretton
Dora W.S.C.S
Baxter
George J. White
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