Citrus Feed Co to be Built in Clermont despite protests
Lake County plans for a Citrus Feed Co. plant in Clermont proceed after city council over rides resident petitions. The facility to be built near Route 19 with Pomona Co. will produce livestock feed from citrus pulp and may boost local jobs and output. A council committee visited Groveland to hear testimony from residents and company officials prior to approval.
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Lake County
Citrus Feed Co
Clermont
Steve Zaleza
Pomona Co
Pomona
Sunshine
O. H. Starnes
Groveland
Applause Echoes as IceHouse Players Plan Winter Fundraisers
After a near full three day run of Arsenic and Old Lace, the IceHouse Players plan to raise funds for more theatre. A rummage sale is slated for Saturday at Citrus Culture building with donations accepted Friday night. a November 19 style show at the Community building tops their calendar, hosted by Celia Claflin with Mrs. J. E. Flint coordinating.
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IceHouse
Florida
Citrus Culture Building
J. E. Flint
Highland Jr
Sally Shop
Celia Claflin
The
Players
Arsenic
Lake Harris Bridge Drive Triggers Three County Road Jobs
Lake county will start three road projects and begin construction on a new steel and concrete bridge over Lake Harris. Bids for the three projects are due November 15, linking Jackson ville to Miami and Tampa corridors via Leesburg and Minneola. Engineer Slater Cox of Mount Dora oversees site setup two miles north of the current bridge.
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Lake Harris
Lake County
Sumter County
Leesburg
Marion County
Pittman
Minneola
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Tavares
Howey-in-the-Hills
Slater Cox
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Eighth Graders Prep for State Evaluation Visit
Mount Dora School prepares for a state evaluation committee visit next week. Students spruce up the eighth grade room with paint before the Dora quadrangle survey, led by Senior Eddie Harding. The Lake county program aims to complete statewide evaluation by 1951 with Dr. Lee Eggert heading.
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Mount Dora's
Lake County
Dora
Eddie Harding
Robert McCree
Martha Ruth Jones
Hilda van Zant
Mary Grace Conboy
Barbara Seiss
Joyce Dardin
Betty Jo Eckholdt
Mugsi’ Folger
Mary Anna Kelly
Lee Eggert
P. K. Yonge Laboratory School
University of Florida
D. D. Roseborough
Kissimmee
Bartow High School
Winter Haven High School
Pioneers McLin Milam Honored In Armistice Day Ceremonies
Lake County honors early settlers Benjamin Ernest McLin and James Berry Milam with portrait unveilings in the courthouse courtroom. State's Attorney Jesse W. Hunter speaks in memory of McLin. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce meets at Legion Memorial home in Eustis with speaker W. E. Holler of Mount Dora.
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Lake County
Benjamin Ernest McLin
James Berry Milam
Agriculture
McLin
Jesse W. Hunter
Benjamin Earnest McLin
Florida
W. E
Bill” Holler
Mount Dora
Buddy” McLin
Tallahassee
McLinnell
James Milam
Mary Belle Milam
Leesburg
J. Chester Lee
Board of Public Instruction
A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Washington
G. G. Ware
L. Day Edge
Groveland
Hunter
Tavares
E. R. Igon
Eustis
Charles Osborn
Umatilla
M. V. Simpson
Sewer Conference Set For Today
Mount Dora faces a pivotal sewer conference as a committee plans to press engineers for a revised, lower cost proposal. The goal is a disposal plant and downtown pipeline fixes capped around $100,000, with Councilmen Marshall Collins R C Bardwell and Bill Prinz on the committee.
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Mount Dora
Marshall Collins
R. C. Bardwell
Bill Prinz
Association carnival yields slim food sale profit
At a Tuesday meeting the parent teacher association reported the recent carnival raised only nine dollars and fifty cents from food and favors sales. Mrs. Travers noted the event aimed at entertaining children rather than funding the treasury, reflecting a modest financial outcome.
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Parent-Teacher Association
R. E. ‘Travers
Lake County Personalities Help at Home for Stray Child
Probation Officer Fred Borg and his wife Nancy shelter a deserted boy in their Leesburg home. They provide baths meals and care before the boy is sent to the Jacksonville Children's Home, illustrating the county's need for a centralized juvenile receiving facility and ongoing public support.
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Fred Borg
Leesburg
Nancy Borg
Fred
Darling
Borgs
Nancy
Borg
Lake
Jacksonville
Kathy Borg
Sheriff's Office
Borg Proposes Juvenile Home To Aid Shattered Families
In a 80 mile county sweep, Fred A. Borg, probation officer, cites urgent need for a juvenile home after seeing numerous broken homes. A recent case involved a deserted wife leaving four children, the youngest 14 months, awaiting transfer from the Children’s Home Society.
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Borg
Children’s Home Society
Sorrento
Orange
County Builders Honor Lake County Pioneers Friday
Lake County honors its pioneers with a Friday double Armistice Day program. Portrait unveilings feature Benjamin McLin and James Milam in the county courthouse. An evening Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Legion Memorial Home in Eustis hosts W. E. Holler and officer elections.
Padlock Ordered On Green Gables Nuisance Spot
Circuit Judge Truman G Futch ordered a padlock on Green Gables a night spot between Eustis and Umatilla after the state alleged disturbances and indecent activities. Sheriff Willis McCall enforced the order after testimony by the State's Attorney and witnesses declaring late hour disorder. Ward C Bryan Joseph Bryan Eva Bryan were ousted as operators. Arthur McKinley supported closing the establishment.
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Truman G Futch
Willis. McCall
Green Gables
Eustis
Umatilla
Jesse W. Hunter
Ward C. Bryan
Joseph Bryan
Eva Bryan
Arthur McKinley
Sleepy Mount Dora election stirred by write-in surge
A quiet school trustee race in Clermont and Mount Dora saw a write-in push place Fred Adkinson of Minneola ahead of official candidates with 45 votes while J. Y. Clark led Clermont contenders with 40. In Mount Dora only 35 votes were cast as unopposed candidates faced little contest. The county board ordered no official recount. Local petitions loom for December city elections with mayor and clerk posts on the line.
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Mount Dora
Clermont
Fred Adkinson
Minneola
C. B. Treadway
Tavares
Dorans
I Didate
J. G. Ray, Jr
J. Y. Clark
Leesburg
Adkinson
Ray
Clark
PTA
J. B. Brice
Eustis
Umatilla
Park Commission
William Stewart
Mel Wagner
Lion Club
Stewart
Lions Club
J. E. Fortner
al. Rehbaum, Jr
R. C. Bardwell
J. M. Turner
Lillian Christie
Will gifts widow if she remarries within a year
A recently filed will states all bequests go to the deceased’s wife on condition she remarries within twelve months. The document expresses a wish that someone be made to regret the death.
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Acme News
Zellwood Unveils Municipal Water System For All Homes
Zellwood residents celebrate a new non profit water project by Zellwood Water Users Inc. A 800foot eight inch well feeds 3 000 feet of mains to 45 homes with a 4 000 gallon storage tank and a 100 gallon per minute pump. The system costs were funded by $4 000 raised by members and notes totaling about $2 000. Local leaders C B Pugh Bob Morton W D Lovelady along with directors L F Stewart Jr Joe Goldsmith and C M Jones Jr led labor efforts of digging and pipe laying. Residents connect for about 2 to 2 ¼ dollars monthly and tests confirm pure soft water. Future aims include fire protection with 2 inch mains.
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Zellwood
Zellwood Water
Users, Inc
New
C. B. Pugh
Bob Morton
W. D.lovelandy
L.F
Morton
Mount Dora
Osborne
Zellwood Grammar School
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Henry Cannon
Highland St
Hershey Fleming
Waterman Memorial Hospital
L. A.marchinton
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Zellwood Is
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