Mount Dora approves tree saving plan and funding
Mount Dora City Council approved an immediate tree saving program led by parkway supervisor Carl Graves with funding of 800 this year and 700 annually thereafter. The plan, based on Davey Tree Co analyses, targets removing dead limbs and heavy moss to protect live and water oaks and prevent hazardous branches in core streets.
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Mount Dora
Parkway
Lake Dora
Carl Graves
Davey Tree Co
Kent
Ohio
Graves
Council
Davey Co
Thirday
Baker
Clayton Sts
Clayton
Grandview
Mount Dora Considers Cheap City Water for Lawn Use
Mount Dora residents could buy city water for lawn irrigation at ten cents per 100 cubic feet if they pay for water lines and meters. Costs vary from about 43 to 227 dollars based on sprinkler system size and street side, with at cost installation by the city. Public input was sought via Water Superintendent Harold Overhiser’s report.
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Mount Dora
Lovelier
City Council
Harold Overhiser
Cos Overhiser
Overhiser
Slash Pine Saved Florida From Bankruptcy Historia
Florida faced insolvency in 1877 with 1.1 million acres tied to railroad bonds. Hamilton Diss ton rescued the state with a $1,000,000 purchase, yielding 4,000,000 acres of timber land centered on slash pine, aiding railroads and land sales under Governor William D. Bloxham.
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Florida
Internal Improvement Fund
United States
Bowling
Bion H. Barnett
W. L'Engle Barnett
Tangerine
Barnett National Bank
Jacksonville
Barnett
Hamilton Disston
Philadelphia
Mr. Disston
Dixie
Gulf
Levi
Putnam Counties
William D. Bloxham
City Accepts Survey Offer On Incinerator
Mount Dora votes to study an incinerator to replace the city dump after a salesman offers a no obligation survey. Estimated cost ranges around 30 000 to 40 000 dollars, funded from current revenues, not bonds. The plan faces possible changes if a Florida sanitation district bill passes, enabling regional service.
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Mount Dora
City Council
Javensoll
Burke Chester
Lake County
Dora Could Win Banner For School At Lake County Festival
Adrianne Norton, first division winner at the State Musical Festival in Tampa, will be the sole soloist at the Lake County Musical Festival in Leesburg High School auditorium Friday. About nine hundred school singers, including Mount Dora High School Glee Club, participate under county directors. An attendance banner rewards the school with the largest attendance times miles traveled. Ernie A. Walker directs the Dora schools opening Senior chorus Heavenly Light and the Junior chorus Carmen Carmela. Norton will perform The Crying of Water, with Leesburg High band, district first rating winners, featured near the end.
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Adrianne Norton
Tampa
Lake County
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Ernie A. Walker
Dora
Carmen Carmela
Gilber t Park Beautification Vote Keeps Lakefront Plan
City Council Tuesday night approved a beautification program for Gilbert Park directed by William Prinz. A budget cap of 100 dollars was set for clearing the lakefront and improving the park’s appearance.
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Gilbert Park
William Prinz
Queen Of May Queen Lois Driver Leads Mount Dora May Day
The Mount Dora school May Day program crowned Lois Driver as Queen of May with a court of girl escorts. More than 300 children participated as various grades performed English folk dances in peasant skirts and blouses under Miss LaNelle Vandiver's direction.
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Mount Dora
Lois Driver
Parent-Teacher Association
Patsy Spear
Barbara Cox
Patsy Grantham
Carol Simpson
Patsy Wells
Alice Faye Johnson
Frankie Peck
Lois
Johnnie Berteau
Mrs. Larsen Installed as Mount Dora PTA President
Mount Dora Public School hosts a May Day program with 325 children dancing before May queen Lois Driver. New PTA officers include Mrs. Harold Larsen as president, succeeding Mrs. Ernie Mosteller. other officers are Mrs. Ralph Paul first VP, Roseborough second VP, J. G. Ray Jr. third VP, Mrs. Henry W. Land secretary, and Mrs. Robert Travers treasurer.
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Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
Harold Larsen
Ernie Mosteller
D. D. Roseborough
Ralph Paul
Roseborough
J. G. Ray, Jr
Henry W. Land
Mount Dora approves first reading of handbill ban amendment
Mount Dora City Council advanced an ordinance amendment permitting handbills in residential areas again. The measure rewrites a 20 year old ban that required direct hand delivery to recipients and aimed to curb lawn and vehicle nuisance. The second reading is planned for June.
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Mount Dora
M Y F Plans Tea To Honor Mothers
Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will honor their mothers with a tea at the Parish house on Mother's Day at 6 p.m. Ann Bowers and Marion Roseborough arranged the program. feminine members will preside at the tea table.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ann Bowers
Marion Roseborough
Electric Bills To Get Third 1949 Decrease
Mount Dora residents will see a third 1949 fuel assessment decrease on June electric bills. Florida Power Corp reported the 6 percent charge, 14 percent below January, with the city passing the saving to ratepayers using Mount Dora electricity.
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Mount Dora
Council
Florida Power Corp
First Strousé Hearing Set
The first trial of Chester Strouse is set in circuit court for Monday at 1:30 p.m. Strouse, a Mount Dora service station operator, was arrested on morals charges after advances to an 11-year-old boy and later to a 7-year-old girl.
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Chester Strouse
George J. Dykes
Strouse
Mount Dora
T. G. Futch
Legion to Aid With Uniforms for School and Club
The American Legion voted Monday night to match the school’s appropriation for uniforms for the school team and the Legion Junior Baseball club. The team will play this summer under coach Gene Spears. A dance at the Legion Memorial Home on Saturday June 4 aims to raise funds for the project.
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American Legion
Legion
Gene Spears
Legion _Memorial
Mount Dora Reopens Tennis Courts for War Hero Dr Hugo Curry
Dr Hugo Curry, a prewar chemist and tennis champion, renovates Donnelly Park courts in Mount Dora to teach local youth tennis and recover from World War I. He and his wife Beatrice Micheli Curry, with children Freddie Vivian and Hugh, moved to Mount Dora seeking beauty and sport amid memories of war. Dr Curry, a Boston native, dreamed of an active life beyond the war’s horrors.
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Mount Dora
Donnelly Park
Fifth Avon
Lake Dora
Switzerland
Stret
Beatrice Micheli
Warth
England
France
Italy
Germany
Currys
Freddie
Vivian
Hugh
Curry
Dr Hugo A Curry’s Global Tennis Career Recalls Europe Years
Dr Hugo A Curry studied chemistry and bacteriology at Bern University and later joined a major Munich laboratory in 1937. He married Beatrice about 15 years earlier and learned German French and Italian during his time abroad. While in Europe he played tennis widely, recalling a notable England final against an elderly couple. In 1931 he claimed 56 prizes including champion at Alassio Italy.
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Switzerland
Beatrice
Munich
Germany
England
Currys
Dr. Curry
Aein
Alassio
Italy
Mecca
Conner Pursues Suit to Reclaim Trimble Park From Orange County
Owen W. Conner Jr announced plans to sue to return Trimble Park on Lake Beauclaire to the Conner family of Lake Jem. The Orange County board refused to revert the four acre site despite Conner arguing stipulations were not met and the park deteriorated over 15 years.
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Trimble Park
Lake Beauclaire
Orange County
Conner
Lake Jem
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Owen W. Conner, Jr
Sadie Conner Trimble
Eustis
Lake
Orange Counties
Spray Program Wins Approval
Burke Chester the county health officer won council approval for a third year of spraying homes for insects. Outlying areas and requests will receive DDT with under-house and carport treatment. City funds $150 to offset labor. homeowners pay materials. Chester warned bugs may become immune to DDT and said a new chemical will be used if needed.
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Burke Chester
Chester
Taxi stand dispute stalls Fourth and Donnelly site
Mount Dora Mayor J. E. Fortner told the City Council on Tuesday night that the taxi stand at Fourth and Donnelly would stay. The dime store owner near the stand argued it interfered with business, but the mayor said moving it would require moving all stands.
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Fourth
Donnelly
J. E. Fortner
Fortner
Council
Mount Dora
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