Eustis Plaza Adds Two New Businesses in 1969
The Eustis Plaza Shopping Center plans a 1969 opening for a movie theater and an Eagle Army Navy Store. The 500-seat theater will be on the west side of the Super 5 and 10 cent Stores, with a landscaped mall in front. The Eagle Army Navy Store will occupy the east of Eckerd Drug Store.
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Eustis Plaza
Ben and
Morris Krovetz
Fairway Drive
Miami Beach
Shopping Center Theatres, Inc
Eagle Army-Navy
Eckerd Drug Store
Florida
Ben
Golden Triangle
Postmortem on Florida teachers strike examined by Cass
The article in Saturday Review analyzes the 1960s statewide teachers strike in Florida. It notes the political entanglement of education, the shift in teachers toward political action, and the state’s tax structure limiting education funding. It cites population growth and reliance on ad valorem taxes as factors.
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Florida
James Cass
Saturday Review
Sunshine State
Florida Development Commission
Southeast
U. S
Clermont High Wins Interscholastic Play Festival
Clermont High School topped the second annual Interscholastic Play Festival with The Lottery adapted from Shirley Jackson. The event drew close to 1,000 attendees over four days, with ten area schools competing and awards given to runners-up and participants.
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Clermont
Clermont High School
Brianerd Duffield
Shirley Jackson
New Yorker
Lake County
Icehouse Players
Chamber of Commerce of
Mount Dora
Clermont High
Mount Dora Home Burns At Midnight
A Mount Dora residence at 118 North John Street owned by Mrs. Pearl Conners was destroyed by a midnight fire. Fire Chief Ted Lane said the blaze started near a bedroom and the roof and walls burned through. Mrs. Conners, visiting her son in Eustis, was treated for shock and discharged. A small porch puppy died in the blaze. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours but it was out of control upon arrival. The fire marked Mount Dora’s first major blaze since February.
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Mount Dora
Ted Lang
Pearl Conner
John Street
George Ober
Lake County
Pearl Conners
N. John St
Ted Lane
Lang
Conners
James
Eustis
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Frank Bassett
2Nd ‘Ave
Triangle area shows long term dump solution in Lake County
The Triangle cities Mount Dora Eustis and Tavares created a joint 145 acre disposal site near Astatula to serve as a long term landfill. They fund operations with salvage rights and private dump fees while mosquito control digs trenches and engineers monitor bacteria levels for safe reuse.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Tavares
Astatula
Orange
Brevard
Seminole
Polk
Triangle
Lake County
Mosquito Control
Florida
Lake County primaries focus on 72 candidates and a constitutional tweak
Lake County voters head to polls Tuesday to choose 72 candidates for state and county offices and a proposed constitutional amendment. Democrats face primaries for sheriff and several county posts while state races include U.S. Senate and House contests. Republicans also weigh in on statewide offices. The Lake County Democratic Executive Committee meeting highlighted the field with 200 attendees in Eustis as Roy Christopher opened the session.
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Lake County
Paul H. Reed
County Court House
Tavares
United States
US House of Representatives
Florida Supreme Court
Public Service
House of Representatives
Willis V. McCall
Emmett Sapp
Fred C. Kramer III
Gordon Savage Jr
Cohen H. Hodges
James A. Livingston
James Tyre
Democratic Executive Committee
First State Bank and Trust Company
Eustis
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Ada Hedges, Eustis
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Cissie Radebaugh
The
Country Dinner Playhouse
Orlando
Harry Richard
WFTV
J. E. Robbins
Florida Southern University At
Lakeland
Carver Heights
Leesburg
Bates
Central Academy
Brown
Golden Jem
James . C. Brown
Juice Corporation
Highland City
Golden Gem Growers
Howard Sweatt
Seabrook Farms
N.J
Snow Crop
Minute Maid Corporation
Adrian College
Richard Lafferty
Sam Foot
Earl Faircloth
LeRoy Collins
U.S
Bill Chappell
Douglas Stenstrom
Joe Boyd
Richard H. Cooper
Sam Smith
Supreme Court Group
James ©. Adkins, Jr
Vassar B. Carlton
Harvey H. Baker
Robert C. Brand
Jess Yarborough
Herman W. Goldner
Edward J. Gurney
William F. Herlong, Jr
J. Wayne Poucher
US House of Representative
David L. McCain
Ellis S. Rubin
Supreme Court
Martial DesRoches
Ray C. Osborne
Jack L. Mullin
Dennis J. Patrick O’grady
James A. Glisson
Ken Rast
Steve Johnson
J. Carl Smith
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