Morgan Wins County School Post in Lake Primary
Mount Dora High School principal Jack Morgan won the Lake County superintendent of public instruction Democratic primary 7,520 to 3,850 over Frank B. Farr with absentee ballots to be counted later. Bliss lost to Willis V. McCall 8,708 to 3,736 in sheriff race. McCall seeks re election in November against Roy Ledford. Multiple county offices also showed party primary results with various candidates advancing or trailing.
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Jack Morgan
Bliss
McCall
Mount Dora High School
Lake County
Morgan
Frank B. Farr
Groveland
Tavares
Guy C. Bliss
Mount Dora
Willis V. McCall
Roy Ledford
Frank E. Owens
A. B. Dean Jr
Frank S. Bouis
Burton Brown
Fred H. Adkinson
Charles M. Poole Jr
Inger Rogers
Clermont
Katherine Baker
Lake
Walter B. Ream
Herman Dykes
City Moves Register Forms and Court Backstops
City Clerk reports new voter registration forms are at the printer and transfers from the old registry will occur. Mayor notes tennis court backstops at Mount Dora High School are being moved. Clerk authorized to shift $15,000 from utility to general fund to cover current obligations.
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M. R. Wagner
Jesse Willmott
Mount Dora High School
Race Track Taxes Disbursements Go To 67 Counties
State Comptroller Ray E. Green announced that about $34,000 will be mailed to each of the 67 counties as their share of the race track tax fund. Totals to date reach $212,000 this year, an increase of $19,000 from the same period last year. The year already surpasses the $206,800 paid in 1962–63. Two more distributions are scheduled, on June 5 and June 30.
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Ray E. Green
Green
Annexing Action On 2nd Reading As City Moves
City Council approved on second reading an ordinance to annex the right of way of State Road 46 from the city limits to US 441 and Eudora Road to Sylvan Shores. Three residents objected and promised a petition while the measure awaits a State Road Department permit and third reading. The vote was unanimous.
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Sanford Road
Eudora Road
U.S. 441
Sylvan Shores
State Road Department
S.R. 46
Gordon Locke
Fran Henderson
Steve Maleski
Turner
Roy Christopher
Maleski
Christopher
Golden Triangle
Henderson
Council
Tom Champion
Leesburg
Jesse Willmott
City Council Moves to Bid Out Insurance Contracts
The Mount Dora City Council voted to begin preparing specifications to bid the city’s insurance business. City Clerk M R Wagner said he needed further expertise, and Councilman Oscar Schubert urged a review of coverage and noted Eustis recently bid its insurance. The measure passed unanimously after input from Noblitt Insurance and Kiwanis delegates. Mayor Willmott suggested studying liability coverage for police officers.
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M. R. Wagner
Oscar Schubert
Mount Dora
Schubert
Eustis
J. P. Turner
Rov
Christopher
James Noblitt
Noblitt Insurance Agency
Lake County Board of Public Instruction
Noblitt
Allan DeLoach
Charles Close
Jesse Willmott
City Engineer Praises Superior Asphalt for Street Patching
Orlando city engineer Albert E. O’Neall lauds Superior Asphalt Co for patching city streets after a major sewer project. In a letter to the City Council he notes the contractor used about twice the material in a leveling course than specifications called for, yet remained cooperative and under constant inspection.
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Albert E. O’neall
Orlando
Superior Asphalt Co
O’neall
Court of Awards Saturday for Mount Dora Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts and Brownies will take part in a Court of Awards at Mount Dora High School on Saturday night. A 6 30 p.m. potluck leads the evening with displays of troop activities and badges earned in areas like campcraft arts grooming and conservation. 126 girls participate with multiple troop leaders listed for each grade level.
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Brownies
Mount Dora High School
Sam Shaw
J. L. Malcolm
George Johnson
Shaw
Marion McDonald
C. B. Wald
Bert Thompson
Coleader
Water Connections Rise Across April in City Utilities
Councilman Ellwyn Brown reported at a city council meeting that April added two new water connections bringing the total to 2 633. Sprinkler connections reached 147 with four added, and electrical connections totaled 2 729 after five more. Thirteen utility poles were installed and 305 work orders processed.
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Ellwyn Brown
Council Repeals Ordinance Annexing 11 Sylvan Shores Lots
City Council voted to repeal December 1962 action annexing 11 Sylvan Shores lots amid objections from Councilman Tommy Houser. Suits over commercial zoning and street use challenged the move as residents sought to block traffic from a shopping center. Houston area politics and street barricades feature in dispute over future annexation and zoning.
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Tommy Houser
Sylvan Shores
Washington Road
Sheridan Road
Golden Triangle
Triangle Land Development Corp
Harry A. Holstein
Merchants Meeting Set Monday Night
The Mount Dora Merchants Association schedules a 7 p.m. Monday meeting at Fralick's Restaurant. Al Rehbaum Jr. announces the discussion will cover the Mount Dora Profit-Sharing Stamp Plan and invites participation, with dinner before the business portion.
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Mount Dora
Willmott Presides At League Meet In Mount Dora
Mayor Jesse Willmott presided over the Lake County League of Municipalities Ladies Night in Mount Dora. Ray Sittig, long associated with Gordon Butler and the Florida League, joined the meeting. Burton Brown introduced him as past president and former Leesburg mayor. Attendees toured Mount Dora City Hall. Pat Thomas invited the League to Leesburg for the next quarterly meeting on Wednesday August 19.
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Jesse Willmott
Lake County
Flag Presented By Pilot Club To Lake County Shelter
The Pilot Club of Lake County presented an American flag through its emblems committee led by Mrs. George Webber to the Lake County Juvenile Shelter. Superintendent Floyd Polhamus received the flag which was raised at half mast in memory of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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The
Pilot Club
Lake County
George Webber
Floyd Polhamus
Douglas McArthur
Building permits rise in April totals and values
Eight building permits issued in April for 15600 in construction work, per Councilman Robert Wason, up from five permits in April 1963 totaling 35800. One new house started each month.
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Robert Wason
Dark warning on Red movement by Florida official
Rep. Leighton L. Baker delivered the principal address at the 37th annual banquet of the Florida Council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. The Orlando event drew hundreds of members and guests on May 2 at the Cherry Plaza Hotel. Baker warned of socialist and communist infiltration into government and society, citing Hoover, Fabian literature, Eastland, Dies, the Jenner Committee, and the Institute of Pacific Relations as evidence. He described a looming economic and political crisis driven by subversion.
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Leighton L. Baker
Florida Council of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics
Cherry Plaza Hotel
Orlando
Harry Boggs
State Treasurer’s Office
Baker
Lenin
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Sen
James O. Eastland
Martin Dies
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Jenner Committee
Internal Security
Senate Internal Security Committee
Institute of Pacific Relations
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W. H
Bill) Reedy
Bob Skinner
Umatilla
Welborn Daniel
William C
Bill) Gregg
Daniel
Gregg
Gordon Savage
Welborn
Daniel William C
Jack Morgan County
Burton Brown School Board
Lauds Contractor
A. T. Johnston
Harvey Partridge
Frank Stewart
Sarah Toy
Houser
James H. Fisher
John Cain
Rehbaum
Willmott
Citrus Culture
Eee
Rep. Baker
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