Firing controversy at Lake County health department unsettles officials
Lake County Board of County Commissioners calls the incident closed as Sanitarian Burke Chester renews his fight. Chester withdrew a resignation tied to unreported secret meetings amid questions over charges and war surplus material. Attorney Henry Pringle represents Chester as the dispute heads to a hearing.
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Lake
California
Tampa Tribune
Chester
E. J. Stevens
Havana
Fla
Stevens Canning Co
Henry Pringle
Leesburg
Stevens
George Singelary
Hall
Singeltary
Tampa
Health Department
Florida
U. S. Health Service
University of North Carolina
State Health Department
Lake County
Hurricanes Prep Last Conference Tilt at Mount Dora
Lyman's team, riding a previous win over Umatilla Bull Dogs with a second-string lineup, travels to Mount Dora on Friday for the final Hurricanes conference game. Eustis celebrated a homecoming victory and their first win of the season as Dorans hoped to rebound from a prior loss in a non conference clash.
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Panthers
Dorans
Eustis
Dan Spear
Fred
Mount Dora
Don Conway
Old Eustis Rd
Roy Christopher
Lake County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Slater Cox
Irving Kaufman
Stanley G.tyre
Woman’s Club
Robert Goodman
Tyre
James B. Jackson
C. E. Bolin
Rhoda Horton
Alan Hamlin
Conway
Conways
Cathie
John W. McCormick
Ayers Breaks Tie With 75 Yard Dash In Final Moments
In a tight matchup Roseborough missed the point after, leaving the score 7-6 at three quarters. Ayers then sprinted 75 yards late to break the deadlock and Bleecher added the extra point as the team sealed a 14-6 victory.
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Roseborough
Ayers
Bleecher
Deadline notices for holiday issue advertising and news
The note states that the Topic will publish on Wednesday, November 25 and all advertising and news for that issue must be submitted by Monday noon, November 23. It marks the deadline as the upcoming Thursday holiday period.
Red Beauty Arrives To Charm Mount Dora Firemen
Mount Dora welcomed the new LaFrance fire engine costing 16000 dollars arriving last Sunday to replace the 1925 model. Fire Chief Harold Larsen ordered tests at Gilbert Park and planned public demonstrations to ensure proper operation before signing the purchase papers with the state marshal’s office guiding readiness.
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Mount Dora
LaFrance
Harold Larsen
Gilbert Park
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Larsen
George Hall
Words Of Gratitude Of Long Ago Keho In Wake Of Operation Santa
Mount Dora's Operation Santa Claus completed. Two barrels totaling 170 pounds of warm clothing and blankets head to Korea to aid homeless locals. Donations include 90.35 in wool sweaters plus various garments. local businesses and women’s group volunteers organized cleaning, mending, packing, and shipping with thanks from Mrs. O H Conway.
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Keho
Mount Dora
Korea
Wilson Laundry
Stevens Cleaners
Women’s Society of Christian Service
O. H. Conway
King’s Daughters
John
Downer
Lake Shore
J. E. Nibert
Leon Kelly
Lovett’s Super Market
Joseph Etchells
Fanny Spilky
Grand Leader
Harry Prentice
Bernice
Henry Finlayson
Finlayson’s Dry Goods
Doll Clothes From Mrs McDonald For Christmas Representation
Mrs Doris McDonald of Sorrento advertises doll clothes making as part of a wider classified section offering services from house painting to nursing and citrus grove servicing. The notice promotes re presentation of old dolls for Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Doris McDonald
Sorrento
Straw Poll Guides New Council Elections
A community straw poll proposes eight candidates for mayor and council seats with questions on capital improvements and a service charge to fund projects. Voters will cast preballot ballots December 8 at City Hall on swimming pool youth center sewer work and a light bill fee to amortize costs.
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City Hall
Lou L. Heaton
Ray M. Blanchard
Ira Kellogg
Wayne Moon
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Howard Simpson
Lillian Christie
Gordon Conboy
D. Fletcher Crane
Crane
Park Board
Election Board
Gretchen Elliott
Newton Cabolt
Roy Christopher
Realists Question If Military Power Can Prevent Its Use
Raymond Swing warned that the United Nations faces obsolescence in a world born from the atomic age. Speaking at the United World Federalists assembly in Orlando he argued realism fails to curb arms and urged strengthening the UN to abolish war. He warned diplomacy must adapt as life and death facts shift.
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United Nations
Hiroshima
Raymond Swing
Edward R. Murrow
Orlando
Winter Park
Lake County
Florida
West Coast
United World Federalists
Arlando
Swing
United States
Mount Dora Classrooms Struggle with Crowded Second Grade
In Mount Dora Florida teachers describe growing class sizes in the second grade with 42 and 40 pupils, limited washrooms, and regimentation. Mrs. Bennett notes conflicting needs between retarded and advanced students as democracy limits ability to advance gifted children.
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Charlotte Bennett
Mount Dora
Bennett
Sarah Toy
America
Spreading Thin Reading Groups Boost First Grade Phonics
Mrs. Bennett cites a three-group reading plan using Level 1 and Level 2 first grade books and advanced second grade texts. She notes students move between groups as they progress, learning phonetics early and gaining independence, a boon to education.
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Bennett
World Security Leadership Urged by NC Educator
Mount Dora Lions heard Dr. Thomas Burton of Charlotte urge U S leadership to mobilize four fifths of the world to constrain communist powers, backing a 1955 United Nations charter revision to empower enforcement of arms laws and troop movements, with U S state ratification needed.
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Mount Dora
United Nations
General Assembly
Burton
Congress
United States
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Bill Prinz
Jerry Barnhart
Jack Groves
Mabel Norris Reese
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Negar Og Pac
John Stuart Mill
Mill
Mrs. Bennett
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