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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1962
Page
1
Merchants across Mount Dora prepare a citywide Christmas festival with decorations at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center and downtown. A 60 foot tree at the lakefront center will be lit Friday with Mayor Willmott presiding as bands and police escort attend.
Mount Dora along with Eustis and Tavares moved to form a 145 acre tri city landfill site on SR 561. Council debated local dumping options after closing the old Mount Dora dump and considered private scavenging as alternative. The group authorized several contracts including fence work water tank maintenance and plans for city hall renovations while exploring a sanitary district option.
E Everett Huskey president of Huskey Built Homes Inc announced a Parade of Homes Sunday November 25 at Clear Lake Estates featuring three furnished lakefront model homes. An all afternoon performance by Winter Park Ski Club members is free with refreshments. Homes furnished by Mather Furniture and Thompson Furniture Companies. Clear Lake Estates sits on old Rt 44 about three miles east of Eustis.
Mount Dora High School prepares to start basketball December 7 against Oviedo with two starters back Ronnie Mikell and Robert Smith. Second year players Bill Werder Billy Rhodes expected to boost speed rebounding and strength. Newcomers Dave Race and Jack Shively may win starting spots. Race hampered by ankle but aims to return soon. Schedule includes Bible School twice Winter Park Clermont and Tavares before Christmas.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce mailed a form to 21 communities requesting information on building programs, new citrus groves and real estate transactions for the 1962 development facts. President Burton Brown of Leesburg urges timely submission before December 10 to produce a comprehensive county literature.
Police report a break in at Larsen's Store for Men in the Golden Triangle Shopping Center early Monday. Thieves removed a door lock to enter and stole six jackets two pairs of shoes and two pieces of luggage, according to Police Chief J T Bud Huett.
City Council certified ten candidates for six municipal posts on December 11. Three Council seats go to Wyn Brown Tom Houser and Pinkney Turner along with C D Owen and incumbent Lake Coleman for Council. Park Commission sees Win Sleight unopposed and James C Harris Jr seeks remaining term. Voters urged to register by December 3 at City Hall to be eligible.
Special Thanksgiving observances highlighted the Mount Dora area with services at the First Methodist Church and St. Edwards Episcopal Church. The First Church of Christ in Eustis held a morning service while local schools, offices, and businesses closed for the holiday.
The ACL Ramble excursion trains through Mount Dora and nearby towns this Sunday with about 400 passengers expected. It departs Orlando at 9 30 a m and stops at Winter Park Sanford Tavares Eustis Leesburg Fort Mason Umatilla and Mount Dora with Mayor Willmott and Lakeside Inn manager James Carr greeting visitors at Mount Dora.
Mayor Jesse D. Willmott disposed of seven cases this week including five traffic and two disorderly conduct matters. Fines totaling $225 were imposed and $50 in bonds ordered forfeited.
Everyone needs shelter from radioactive fallout with shielding, distance, and time factors. Basements reduce exposure by about 50 percent, with denser materials like concrete or earth offering strong protection. underground shelters with three feet of earth can cut outside intensity to one five thousandth. An inexpensive home shelter can be used daily and in emergencies, requiring vents water food beds and basic lighting, plus a simple entrance and hatch. For more information contact the Lake County Agricultural in Tavares.
The City Board of the Florida Chain of Missionary Assemblies will meet December 6 at 9 30 a m at St Edward s Episcopal Church parish house All officers committee chairmen and church representatives expected to attend Ministers in the area are invited to help plan the Chain s February 10 and 11 visit to Mount Dora Mrs Jay N Booth city chairman announces the meeting is open to interested attendees
A Social Security Administration representative from Orlando will be at Mount Dora City Hall on Wednesday December 5 and December 19 between 9 am and noon. The visit offers help to apply for Old Age and Survivors Insurance benefits obtain Social Security numbers and provide information about the program.
Citrus Culture Corp. reported no measurable rainfall in the area for the week ending November 20, indicating dry conditions. The update notes rainfall totals were below detectable levels, affecting irrigation planning and crop considerations.
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