Lake County Board Seeks Reentry in Platt School Case
The Lake county school board filed an answer in the Platt child segregation dispute, seeking to reenter the case after being barred by Judge Futch. The dispute centers on whether Florida laws and district jurisdiction protect five Platt children from white schooling and involves possible Supreme Court action on jurisdiction.
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Florida
Allen Platt
Lake County School Board
Truman G. Futch
Platt
Florida Supreme Court
Lake County
Futch
Tallahassee
Supreme Court
The
Platts
School Board
South Carolina
Mr. Platt
LeRoy Collins
Mount Dora
Willis McCall
Jesse W. Hunter
Roy Hamlin
T. C. Cork
Paul Bryan
Orange County
Judson Walker
North Carolina
Holly Hill
Board of Public Instruction
Raymond Platt
Croak Advances Housing With Private Wells
Timothy Croak plans two wells on his Lake Gertrude property for a housing development. He says negotiations with the city over extending water lines ended amicably, though the council rejected extending lines to the Croak property due to cost. Croak aims to proceed with additional projects and may buy more land within ten days.
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Timothy Croak
Croak
Lake Gertrude
City
Morningside Dr
Sylvan Shores
Memorial Day Observance Planned in Mount Dora
Memorial day will be observed Sunday in Mount Dora with American Legion post members led by Commander Kendall Jones attending church services with families. Legion plans include a grave side service at Forest Park cemetery and a Monday post meeting to finalize arrangements. The Chamber of Commerce surveys whether stores will close Monday for the holiday.
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Mount Dora
American Legion Post
Kendall Jones
Forest Park Cemetery
Mber of Commerce
Chamber
Dora Band Praised In Melon Parade
Mount Dora high school band shone as observers praised its place in Leesburg Watermelon Festival parade. First Federal Savings and Loan of Leesburg won first for professional floats. Junior Wildlife Club of Leesburg won amateur floats. Molly Ardrey of Bradenton crowned queen. UF student sister of 1953 Watermelon queen. Rufus Marshall, 13, won the watermelon eating contest by consuming nearly a pound per minute.
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Mount Dora
Leesburg
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Junior Wildlife Club of
Molly Ardrey
Bradenton
University of Florida
Sallie Ardrey
Rufus Marshall
Chief Explains Why Patrolmen Did Not Force Arrest
Mount Dora police hope a Florida Peace Officers bill will grant city police wider arrest powers after an incident at Fifth and Highland. Thomas McKenzie, a Columbia, South Carolina man, held a cocked gun for about 30 minutes while officers urged him to drop it. Deputy McCall arrived, McKenzie was shot and wounded, and the sheriff faces charges. Chief James Orr says the bill would let municipal police shoot when a suspect resists arrest, a point debated at a Lakeland convention.
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Mount Dora
Florida
James Orr
Herman Cox
J. C. Ledford
Willis McCall
Thomas McKenzie
Columbia
S. C
Fifth
Highland St
Chawtff Amamanota
Eustis
Ledford
Orr
McKenzie
Mr. Ledford
Lou L. Heaton
Cox
Chief Orr
Lakeland
Jack Setzer
Bennie Williamson
Church Installs Air Conditioning Units
Members of the Methodist church celebrate a new air conditioning system funded entirely by external subscriptions and a fund drive. The project cost $4,800 and will be activated this Sunday during services.
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Methodist Church
Church West
Council
Snd
Chuehurch
Moonlight Boat Ride Returns to Lake Dora on June 2
The second Moonlight boat ride on Lake Dora is planned for Thursday evening June 2. Mrs. D. Fletcher Crane hosts. tickets available at Crane's Furniture or from Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members benefiting the proceeds. The City of Dora will depart Yacht Club dock at 8 p.m. with music aboard as the cruise travels through Dorarea to Lake Beauclair.
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Lake Dora
D. Fletcher Crane
Crane
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
High School Band Prepares Spring Concert at Community Building
The high school band after state contests will give its final concert of the term at the Community Building Friday at 8 p.m. The Junior band also performs under Band Director Arthur Colaianni, who will showcase oboe music. Colaianni, who wore a gift uniform from his students, has played with the Florida Symphony Orchestra. The program includes pieces heard at the Jacksonville state contest and the DeLand district contest where the band earned a superior rating.
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Arthur Colaianni
Colaianni
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Orlando
Jacksonville
DeLand
Bible School Graduation Set for Community Building
Six students from the 1955 class of the Christian Home and Bible School in Mount Dora will receive diplomas in a Saturday evening ceremony at the Community building. Graduates include Mervin Stutzman Betty Sue Dick Truman Elam Ila Jean Fort Flossie Glenn and Mary Jane Slaughter with Orvel Boyd presenting diplomas and John Iverson of the Jefferson Street Church of Christ, Orlando, delivering the speech.
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Christian Home and Bible School
Mount Dora
Mervin Stutzman
Betty Sue Dick
Truman Elam
Apopka
Ila Jean Fort
Oxford
Flossie Glenn
Mary Jane Slaughter
Wildwood
Orvel Boyd
Mount Dora High School
C. A. Carriel
Presbyterian Church
Carriel
Roberts Birth Noted in Leesburg May 21
A daughter, Sandra Lynn, was born to Mr and Mrs Tom Roberts of Mount Dora at Durham Young hospital Leesburg on May 21. Kiwanis club bulletin ends with a quotation about thinking people.
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Sandra Lynn
Tom Roberts
Mount Dora
Durham Young Hospital
Leesburg
Scholarship Fund Drive Nears Finish by Kiwanis
Kiwanis members push to raise the remaining amount of the annual 500 scholarship for a Senior class student. George J. White chairs the fund and expects full collection by next Thursday June 2, when the Senior class is entertained at the noon luncheon and the recipient is announced.
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Kiwanis Club
George J. White
You Drive I'll Steer Costly Good Deed in Police Court
Bishop Pool of East Town paid 75 dollars in city police court for reckless driving and driving without a license after acting on Danie ster Allen's urge to drive. Their car crashed into a tree on 11th avenue causing 700 dollars in damages and injuring Allen. Allen faced 15 dollars for drunkenness and 35 dollars for allowing an unauthorized driver.
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Bishop Pool
East Town
Danie Ebster Allen
Lou L. Heaton
Allen
Mr. Truesdell Dies at Orlando
Homer Truesdell Grandview sr. died May 18 in an Orlando hospital. Last rites in Youngstown N Y. He came to Mount Dora from New York and leaves his wife Agnes Truesdell.
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Youngstown
N. Y
Homer Truesdell
Grandview Sr
Orlando
Truesdell
Mount Dora
New York State
Agnes Truesdell
Rainfall Report From Mount Dora Growers Cooperative
Rainfall over the past week totaled 2.9 inches for May 1955, with year to date at 17.3 inches. Compared to May 1954 the current totals show 1 percent, and the May 1955 amount reaches 4.7 inches.
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Mount Dora
Two Seniors Win Lewis Scholarships at Mount Dora High
Mount Dora high school awards two of three Lewis scholarships for white students in Lake County. Patty Johnson and Buster Brown of Mount Dora plus Arlene Daniels of Umatilla win teacher scholarships funded by the state, worth 400 dollars per year with a service obligation. Patty, salutatorian and drum major, will study business administration and music at Stetson, while Buster will pursue engineering at the University of Florida. Patty also holds a Stetson 25 percent scholarship requiring a B average.
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Mount Dora’s
Lewis
Lake County
Patty Johnson
Buster Brown
Mount Dora
Arlene Daniels
Umatilla
Florida
Patty
Paul Johnson
Stetson University
Buster
Glenn Brown
University of Florida
Stetson
In Hospital Mount Dora Residents Listed
Mount Dora and area residents are reported as patients in local hospitals including C. Poling and Mrs Gladys Beard in Mount Dora, Miss Virginia Harrison of Sorrento at Waterman Memorial in Eustis, with others in Durham Young Leesburg and Paul Milner among names listed.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Poling
Tangerine
Guy Jennings
Durham Young
Leesburg
Gladys Beard
Lois Boxell
Paul Milner
Gladys McCabe
Virginia Harrison
Sorrento
Waterman Memorial
Eustis
Two kinds of charity noted by Thomas Charles Edwards
The quote distinguishes remedial and preventive charity. Edwards cites remedial charity as more evident in deeds, while preventive charity is praised as continually beneficial, underscoring a moral view on social welfare.
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Thomas Charles Edwards
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Richard Bennett
Robbie Partridge
Walter TeStrake
Ed Hansel
Ossie Hawkins
Jerry Dake
Jeff Ray
Hansel
Charles Kuechler
Bud Ligon
Charles Reid
Lester Weinman
Darryl Radde
Norma Jean Wise
Kay Elliott
Ann Edwards
Betty Stockton
Mary Ella Austin
Cathie Land
Pat Wells
Leslie Sanders
Joyce Moon
Anne Travers
Mardie Bardwell
Gordon Dake
Gordon
Church
Moonlight Ride
Bible School
Bulletii
Mr. Truesdell
Lee Dettra
Mendelssohn
Jalene Howell
Barbara Moots
Ruth Knights
Mary Alice Fisher
Shirley Smith
Gwen Dawson
Molly Fielder
Anita Stedrowsky
Howard C. Dettra
Lee
H. Mauriece Felton
Arthur E. Haskins
Church of Christ
D. D. Roseborough
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