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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1962
Page
1
Downtown beautification efforts by the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce and East Town group prompted council discussion with only lip service and promises to study the proposal. Leaders urged street tree plantings and a citywide plan while officials weighed costs, surveys, and future budgets.
City outlines a 781000 sewer expansion funded by a 4 dollar per front foot assessment and 3 dollar monthly residential charges plus a rate equal to the water bill for business customers. Bonds will be callable after five to ten years. Fiscal agents include Leedy Wheeler and Alleman Inc. The plan aims to fund three local areas and extend the sewer system while using front foot proceeds to retire bonds or expand the network.
Mayor Jesse D. Willmott presided over a light docket as four traffic offenses yielded $66 in fines for the city.
Mount Dora High School opens its Patriotic Essay Contest to seniors for 1962 with the theme Our Living Constitution Heritage from the Past and Hope for the Future. Top prizes total 100, 75, 50, 25, 15, 10 dollars. winners to be guests at a Kiwanis luncheon May 10 where scrolls will honor each entrant and the first place essays may be read. Ronald Aldrich chairs the event with Miss Doris Gano and Eudell Sutley assisting. judges named after judging concludes.
Miss Janice Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Thompson of Sorrento has been chosen Dream Girl by the Columbian Society at Carson-Newman College Jefferson City Tenn She will reign at the annual banquet in Gatlinburg Saturday A junior and Eagle cheerleader she was elected secretary of student government
An Old Time West show with trick riding roping and shooting will be sponsored by the Volunteer Firemen next Wednesday afternoon. Rossi Bros TV Cavalcade and combined Circus perform May 9 at 4 pm and 8 pm at Mount Dora High School football field. Tickets from volunteers with student matinee discounts. prices $1.50 for single and $1.50 for two children.
Under average conditions a Florida freshwater bass reaches about one foot in length and roughly one pound in weight during its first year. This growth pattern reflects standard habitat, food availability, and water temperature influencing early development.
Grade 12 students on the A and B Honor Rolls include Janet Burchett Don Durden Don Henna Marilyn Klein Bobby McHough Sandy Spear Bonita Spillers Raymond Towler and Ann Whittington. Grade 11 lists Patty Card Mary Mockett Nettie Judy Pat Ee 10 Reta Aldrich Dedd Rusty Tyre and Sue Wagner. Grade 9 names Michael Croak Doreen Geddes Michael Haley and Janice Robinson. Grade 8 includes Steven Bolt Delores Caudel Doty Glenna Greenwell Harvey Ball Dale Miller Anne Potsko Reely Stewart Sue Straight Mary Ann Tanner and Ann Whittington. Grade 7 honorees Jacqueline Bolt Maureen Stewart and on the A list Charles Alderman Ken Atkins Linda Bowen Peggy Bowie Kathy Cox Georgia Greenwell Jimmie Hall Martin Morgan Alice Toy and John Vason.
Frederick W. Sleight presented The Universe a National Film Board of Canada production shown to Mount Dora Kiwanis members. Filmed at David Dunlap Observatory the film offers layman astronomy with sun moon and planets in close up. Sleight noted the nearest star is four light years away and a rocket at one million mph would take 3000 years to reach it.
The American Cancer Society Crusade runs through May in Florida with Lake County reporting 5313.49 raised to date. Florida health data show cancer as the state’s second leading death cause after heart disease, with Lake County deaths rising from 68 in 1952 to 110 in 1961 and statewide cancer deaths totaling 7,789 in 1961, of which 920 were non whites.
Lake County voters face a May 8 Democratic primary with low interest. Precincts 31 20 and 35 vote locations are listed, while County Commission races from Districts 4 and 2 draw the main attention. Key candidates include Grantham Hooten Livingston Willmott Merritt Furey and Hostettler with party totals and registrant statistics noted.
The Florida Highway Patrol released January statewide figures showing 11,000 plus arrests and 1.8 million miles traveled across 12,000 patrol days. Troopers issued 10,780 warnings and 22,328 faulty equipment notices while courts convicted 14,011 and 2,485 cases were dismissed.
Governor Farris Bryant said he will not call a special legislative session on reapportionment at this time. He argued such a session would not achieve a better formula and could fuel sectionalism. State Senator Scott Kelly, Lakeland, who urged the session, said he would keep polling lawmakers to gauge support and oppose the governor’s stance.
Everette Huskey of Eustis named chairman of the Lake County Industrial and Tourism Commission formed by the Lake County Commissioners. The 25 member group aims to develop housing and tourism projects in Lake County.
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