Mount Dora Considers Poll On Lake Dora Pollution Cleanup
Mount Dora planners and the City Council seek a public opinion poll at the December 8 election on funding for three projects: a $35,000 Youth Center, a $50,000 municipal pool, and a $200,000 sewage disposal plant to end Lake Dora pollution and extend city limits.
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Planning Commission
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Lou L. Heaton
Junior Woman’s Club
Commission
Carl Fuller
Thirday
Health Board
Heaton
State Health Department
Gilbert Park Cove
Gilbert Park
Roy R
Sylvan Shores
Missionary Visit at Baptist Church to Highlight Nigeria Work
A special program on Baptist missionary efforts abroad will be held at the Baptist church Wednesday December 2 at 7 30 p m Speaking will be Rev and Mrs Raymond Brothers missionaries to Nigeria They will discuss prayer time and share experiences from Nigeria with Florida attendees
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Baptist Church
Raymond Brothers
Nigeria
Florida
Drive In Hazard Could End With Youth Center
Four Mount Dora youths told the Planning Commission a youth center on a school lot would curb drive in gatherings. Don Conway and the Junior Woman's Club presented plans. the commission urged the city to buy the lot and fund the project, with public opinion to be polled December 8.
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Mount Dora
Planning Commission
Joyce Moon
Ossie Hawkins
Sonny” Conner
Buster Brown
Commission
Don Conway
Junior Woman’s Club
JWC
Robert Walker
Roy Christopher
Conway
Walker
Boy Scout House
Gilbert Park
Union Service To Have Two-Fold Purpose
Citizens of Mount Dora attend a Wednesday 7 30 p m Union Thanksgiving Service at the Methodist church. The cross church event invites all denominations to offer thanks and raise a fund for Florida Children s Home Society in Jacksonville.
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Mount Dora
Methodist Church
Davield
Baptist Church
Children’s Home Society of Florida
Jacksonville
Rev Felton Called Home From Local Church Duty
Pastor H Mauriece Felton of the Methodist church was summoned to Key West due to his father J Thomas Felton’s illness. He will guest speak at Key West services Sunday.
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Felton
H. Mauriece Felton
Methodist Church
Key West
J. Thomas Felton
Fund Raising For Blood Bank Gains Momentum In Lake County
Mount Dora groups lead local fundraising for the Lake County Blood Bank set to open early next year. Donations include Mount Dora Lions 300 and Chamber of Commerce 150. Eustis Elks sponsor a December 8 football game with proceeds to the bank. Pilot club melodrama planned for January, chaired by Mrs. Marty Frary.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Orlando
Eustis
Elks Lodge
St. James
Marty Frary
Pilot Club Project
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Christmas Seal Child Symbolizes Healthy Future For All
The 1953 Christmas Seal features a rosy smiling child symbolizing every child’s healthy future. Artist Elmer Jacobs designed the seal avoiding a specific child, inviting imagination to fill in the face. Jacobs, a Chicago illustrator born near Grand Ridge Illinois, paints folklore figures and depictions rooted in American tradition.
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Elmer Jacobs
Chicago
Mr. Jacobs
America
Grand Ridge
Ill
Midwest
Johnny Appleseed
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
Jacobs
Mount Dora Third Grade Seeks Space for Growing School
An editorial notes Mount Dora Elementary faces crowding in the third grade with 30 pupils per class in Mrs. Maglathlin and Mrs. TeStrake’s rooms. It highlights library integration, early social studies, and the need for more classrooms to sustain disciplined, expanded learning beyond basic reading and math.
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Mount Dora
Esther Maglathlin
Edna TeStrake
Remarkable Librarian Earns Praise for Service to Schools
Mrs TeStrake lauds Mrs Maglathlin for dual role as teacher and librarian. She manages six grades books, repairs volumes, answers questions, and oversees a centralized Mount Dora Leesburg county library with reference volumes and dictionaries.
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Mount Dora
Leesburg
Election election in Mount Dora stirs mayor race and police talk
Ex patrolman Willard Russell says his resignation from the police force had nothing to do with Mayor Lou L. Heaton and seeks to clear the record before the December 8 municipal election. Mayor Heaton notes replacement is needed and two officers are required at night. The City Council race features two women candidates Esther Wyatt Bishop and Lillian Christie, plus Howard Simpson Gordon Conboy Ira Kellogg Wayne Moon and others. Absentee ballots are out and registration closes Monday at 5 p.m.
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Willard
Johnnie” Russell
Lou L. Heaton
Heaton
Russell
Mayor Heaton
Minute Maid
Leesburg
Council
Parolman A. L. McAlister
Ray Blanchard
Mount Dora
D. Fletcher Crane
J. Ed Fortner
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Lillian Christie
Bishop
Christie
Howard Simpson
Gordon Conboy
The
Citrus Culture Corp
Ira Kellogg
Lawn Bowling Club
Wayne Moon
Registration Closes Monday in Mount Dora Voter Notice
Residents learn city election rules require local registration. Mount Dora requires state residency of one year and six months in the city. The registration book closes Monday at 5 p.m. City Hall visit urged for eligible voters to ensure participation.
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Mount Dora
Stars in Rebecca Lovely Ann Hamlin at Ice-House Theatre
Rebecca Lovely Ann Hamlin plays a tragic second wife haunted by the memory of the first in Rebecca. Mel Wagner stars as Max de Winter. both supported by a set built by Alex Greiert and Sam Buck. Ice-House opens next Wednesday and runs through December 5 at the Charles st. theatre with box office Monday at 10 a.m.
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Ann Hamlin
Rebecca
Charles St. Theatre
Mel Wagner
Max de Winter
Alex Greiert
Sam Buck
PTA Meeting Postponed in Mount Dora with Christmas Program
Mount Dora PTA president Mrs Glendy Sadler will chair the moved December meeting at the Community building on Thursday December 17 at 8 pm. She reports on the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers annual convention in Daytona Beach and a Christmas music program by the high school glee clubs under her direction.
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Glendy Sadler
Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers
Daytona Beach
Sadler
PTA
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Mabel Norris Reese
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