Sylvan Shores Group Weighs Village Incorporation Over Annexation
About 160 residents from Sylvan Shores and surrounding areas met at Riley's Park to resist Mount Dora annexation plans ahead of the December 8 referendum. They approved incorporating as a village and to report on costs and steps within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Golden Triangle
Ritter
Walter Patton
Robert Travers
Sylvan Shores
Franklin Park
Eustis Mount Dora Road
Gertrude Manor
Sylvan Shores Point
Sylvan Shore
Feminine dynamite nudges board toward child home
Mrs. Dar bara Hinebaugh of Silver Lake, secretary of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Juvenile Court, pressed Lake county officials to start a juvenile home project now. She secured promises for a site visit and formal discussion with Judge Hunt and County Attorney Duncan, while the board proposed delaying until 1961 due to budget limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinebaugh
Carl Duncan
Leesburg
Jack” Simpson
Bartow
Cecil Theus
Jake Bishop
Hunt
Polk County
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Duncan
Travel Editors Parade Through Mount Dora Friday
Sixty two travel editors from the nation s largest papers will pass Mount Dora Friday in a caravan of rented cars. Sponsored by the Florida Hotel Association and Hertz, the group travels from Orlando to Crystal River then across the east coast to Miami and St Petersburg before ending in Tallahassee with Gov LeRoy Collins hosting. One group will be feted at Lakeside Inn while another pauses on Fifth Avenue for orange treats by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida Hotel Assn
Hertz Corp
LeRoy Collins
Lakeside Inn
Orange
Chamber of Com
Dora Brothers Leesburg Plant Destroyed by Fire
The Leesburg Tire and Battery Co. owned by Dale and Kendall Jones of Mount Dora was nearly gutted by a Tuesday fire. Discovered around 2 a.m., the blaze damaged the main building and equipment with reported losses of 250000, insured per the Leesburg Commercial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg Tire and Battery Co
Dale and
Kendall Jones
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Jones Brothers
Mother and Children Lose Home in East Town Fire
A mother Mary Lois Adams and her three children aged 7 6 and 4 were burned out of their one room tarpaper shack in East Town last Sunday. The fire, blamed on a boiling soup spill and stove explosion, followed a prior blaze two years earlier. Fire officials say the damage was extensive with most possessions destroyed.
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East Town
Mary Lois Adams
George Hall
Mount Dora Golden Hurricanes Crowned Conference Champions
Mount Dora's Golden Hurricanes and Mid-Florida Lakes Conference champions are lauded for this week with a potential Tangerine Bowl invitation in consideration after a non conference clash with Lyman. The team previously defeated Eustis to stay undefeated this season as photos list players and staff, head coach Dan Spear and assistants.
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Mount Dora
S. Golden Hurricanes
Lyman
Eustis
Charles Kinsey
Tom Harvey
Jack Wallace
Herbert Flavell
Marine Corps
Owen McAlister
Donnie Dake
Bud Sadler
Billy McCullough
John Snowberger
Bob Taylor
Henry Land
Arthur Norris
Joe Fisher
Dalton Gregg
Lynn Rector
Jimmy Carlton
Bert McDonald
Vernon Swartsel
Jan Potter
Bobby Gore
Jackie McRee
Jerry Odum
Paul Frisby
Ducker McAfee
Steve Lane
Chris Ray
Chuck Goulder
Mike Stokley
Buddy Grantham
Mike Fenby
Bobby Simpon
Water Boys
Marty Morgan
Mike Spear
Larry Tanner
Bill Taylor
Dan Spear
Spear
Ed Hansel
Canes Win Mid Lakes Conference on 1959 Schedule
Mount Dora's Hurricanes crushed Eustis Panthers to clinch the Mid Lakes Conference title. Donnie Dake led with a 60 yard score and three more TDs, while Kinsey added two scores and a 50 yard kickoff. Coach Dan Spear praised the defense led by Fisher Snowberger McCullough McAlister Gregg Norris Wallace and noted injuries but relentless spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canes
Mid-Lakes
Eustis
Panthers
Dan Spear
Spear
Donnie Dake
Kinsey
Hurricanes
Tom Harvey
Sadler
Chris
Ray
Bud Sadler
Fisher
Snowberger
McCullough
McAlister
Gregg
Norris
Wallace
Scooter Fisher
Mount Dora
Jack Wallace
Montgomery
Duke
Jerry Odum
Henry Land
Jimmy Carlton
Bobby Gore Potter
Rector
Ean
J Gate
Tim Phillips
Jim
Lane
Seven Bands To Feature Yule Parade In Mount Dora
The Jay-Cees present Mount Dora second annual Christmas Parade on December 12 starting 2 p m. It moves from Fifth Ave through downtown with seven Central Florida bands. Featured groups include Mount Dora Falls Leesburg Tavares Negro bands and Florida Military Academy Cadets. At least 14 floats plus a Mount Dora City float with Santa Claus. Also a WGTO radio carousel and local civic groups enter. Baton twirlers include Central Florida All Stars Show Dolls and Organettes.
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Santa Claus
Mount Dora
Jay- Dees
Fifth
Lake County
American Legion Color Guard
Central Florida
Falls
Leesburg
Tavares
Eustis
Florida Military Academy
George J. White, Jr
Mount
Patton seeks third term as Bliss files for mayor
Petitions show Mayor W. D. Patton seeking reelection, Ozni H. Cornwell for City Council, and Joseph P. Seitters for the Park Board. Vacant council seats include Heaton Lofroos Bowen and Grantham. Petitions require 25 electors. filings due 5 pm next Tuesday at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Patton
Ozni H. Cornwell
Joseph P. Seitters
Lou L. Heaton
Margaret Lofroos
David Bowen
Robert O. “Dude” Grantham
City Hall
Bliss
Heaton
Patton
Sylvan Shores
Merchants Begin Annual Shoppers Event in Mount Dora
The Mount Dora Merchants Assn starts its Christmas shopping season with Friday night store hours and cash awards for selected shoppers. Shops stay open each Friday until Christmas, with specials to entice customers and boost local merchandise business.
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Mount Dora
Lake County Man Featured In National Magazine Story
A December issue of Man’s Magazine spotlights a Lake County escaped prisoner from 1952 and his clash with local authorities. The piece recounts an assault arrest, a sheriff linked controversy, and a 15 year hard labor sentence, plus alleged prison gang abuses and a dispute over gambling proceeds.
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Lake County
New York
Willis McCall
Truman G. Futch
Florida
Reid
Sheriff McCall
Milton H. Friedman
LeRoy Collins
Eustis
Wedgewood Ready Opens After City Council Ribbon
The new street into Wedgewood Heights off 11th Avenue is completed and an open house is planned. Mayor W. D. Patton will cut the ribbon at the opening near Clay ton Street.
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Wedgewood
11Th Av
Wedgewood Heights
W. D. Patton
Clayton St
Solitude and Society Quote Reflections
Richard Cecil notes compare solitude shaping ideals with society revealing current behavior, offering a meditation on personal virtue versus communal norms. The remark prompts readers to consider how environment and fellowship influence character.
Mayor's Court Handles 9 Cases in Mount Dora Monday
Mayor Walter Patton's court disposed of nine cases including traffic incidents and speeding. Ben Muecke Jr faced a collision with Dr. Robert Wason's car at Baker and Fifth with damages totaling 500 dollars. Other fines ranged from 10 to 25 dollars for sidewalk driving public drunkenness school zone speeding and speeding in llth avenue. Eloquent candidate Dogie E Conner will address Mount Dora Kiwanis November 19 with another aspirant Buster Hancock from Groveland also mentioned.
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Heaton
Patton
Princess Theatre
Cornwell
Walter Patton
James Orr
Ben Muecke
Orivi
Delmar Clemens
Uecke
Baker
Robert Wason
Clemens
Donald Stillman
St. Augustine
S. Highland
Catherine McKay
Mount Dora
Jack Hoppenstedt
Wichita
Kans
Carol Flavell
Albert Taneimone
Fifth
Alexander
Ralph. Paul
Chief Orr
Robert Gamble, Jr
Jesse Sampson
Robert Nettles
Dogie E. Conner
Secretary of Agriculture
Nathan Mayo
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Meene
Buster Hancock
Groveland
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Sylvan Shores Group
Travel Editors
Dora Brothers
By Arnold Goulder
Paul Snowberger
Arnold Haynes
Golden Hurricanes
Melvere
Francois Delsarte
Stetson Chorus
Linda Dooley
Cocoa
Jim Whitmire
Forest Park
Stetson University
Kiwanis Club
In Magazine
Richard Cecil
Mayor’s Court
Doyle Conner
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