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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
4
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The columnist laments world distrust and a looming international crisis. He argues the United Nations remains weak and power struggles persist at home and abroad while urging trust, cooperation, and a genuine move toward a true one world order.
A letter praises Mrs Slater Cox for exposing gambling among youths and urges parents and teachers to curb perceived harmless fundraisers. The writer condemns bingo and prize drawings at Halloween events, cites a turkey drawing and a jar of candy as examples, and argues such activities teach children to seek easy money.
Mrs Ray Brantley Donnelly Jr is in Eustis Waterman Memorial hospital recovering from an operation performed Monday. She is the daughter of State's Attorney and Mrs Jesse W Hunter of Tavares.
The diary records a four day view of Lake County weather from Thursday to Sunday with clouds, rain, and lightning. It notes summer warmth, local football parade, foggy morning, scattered showers near Tampa, and a rain softened evening performance of Arsenic and Old Lace at the Ice House Theatre with praise for Lake County players and visiting guests from Stetson University.
The South Lake County Art Fair leads the weekend in Clermont under Vivian Church Hoyt with the Woman’s club and Garden club stalls Saturday selling candy cakes flowers and plants. Monday’s Halloween carnival featured two year old Faith Kennedy in an American Beauty rose costume and cousin Dewey Elrodt as superman. Welfare League estimates the carnival raised 500 for South Lake Memorial Hospital. City clerk Morton J. Barnes announced 1 000 tax notices with potential 42 605 58 in revenue, 25 322 44 from debt service mills and 17 283 from operating expenses. County health head Burke Chester to discuss county wide mosquito spraying. city may spend 900 on a 30 000 insect control program. Poppy Day is Saturday as residents honor veterans. The city maintains Kerling airport at Minneola for business travelers. Clermont club hosts Lake County Federation meeting November 17 at the Gables.
Rolland Fatbey of Orlando died after panicking during a rewiring operation at Plymouth where a high voltage line touched a grounded truck. The 66,000 volt surge killed him before rescue crews arrived. The incident followed other electrocution deaths in Eustis and Jackson, Mississippi, linked to the same project by Southeastern Utilities and Service Co. for Florida Power Corp.
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