Mount Dora Council Backs Garbage Disposal Plan Poll Proposed
City Council endorses GE plan for installing garbage grinders in homes to handle kitchen waste. A residents poll will be held on election day to gauge demand among about 800 homes. Some members push tax changes to fund disposal costs while a few oppose, citing costs and voter impact.
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Mount Dora
General Electric Company
Owomwey
Dora
Wayne Moon
Marshall Collins
William Stewart
Ernest Mosteller
United States
Jasper
Ind
John Bethel
Parents Discuss Health Risks At School PTA Meeting
A PTA board session follows an open meeting at the Community building with nearly 200 attendees. Debates focus on preventing epidemics in school and the condition of cesspools, with calls for a nurse or doctor to screen pupils each morning and for the safety committee to tackle drunken driving on highways.
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Parent-Teacher Association Board
D. D. Roseborough
William Lofroos
John Heist
Kendall Jones
PTA
Gratitude Drive Bets Car Pool to Support Mount Dora Team
Mount Dora fans are urged to back the football squad by forming a car pool for out of town games. Adults planning to drive should call the school and sign up with how many students needing rides they can take. The Student Council says the plan will boost community spirit and help youthful fans travel to games.
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Mount Dora
This Will Confound The Financiers
Mount Dora resident E. J. Pulis placed a 50 cent want ad in the Topic to sell furnishings for a new home at Alexander and Eighth. By Saturday evening the ad generated 576 dollars in sales, yielding a return of 576 dollars on a half dollar investment.
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Mount Dora
E. J. Pulis
Twhco
Alexander and
Eighthay
City Plans Breath Alcohol Meter for Mount Dora Police
Mount Dora plans to expand its police force with auxiliary officers and a breath alcohol meter to estimate intoxication levels. Mayor D Fletcher Crane urged council Tuesday to authorize adding personnel and minor equipment to improve traffic and law enforcement at public events.
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Mount Dora
D. Fletcher Crane
Methodists in Mount Dora Back Freedom Crusade
The Crusade for Freedom wins church support in Mount Dora with members signing at Baptist and Methodist churches. Signers include Mrs Lewis Carroll Mrs W C Huff George Cox and Mrs Cox plus Mrs Martha Meyette Rev Robert M Blackburn Earl Stary and others. A dance organized by the American Legion and Auxiliary is planned for Halloween October 21 from 9 to 12 with music by Quix Quintet.
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Mount Dora
The
Baptist Church
Lewis Carroll
W. C. Huff
Slater Cox
George Cox
Cox
Methodist Church
Martha Meyette
Robert M. Blackburn
Earl Stary
Stary
Donald Conway
Edward Sanders
LaNelle Vandiver
Dan Spear
American Legion
Quix
Dora's Crusade Reaches Mount Dora Bank Friday
The Lake County Freedom schools scroll drive peaks Friday in Mount Dora at the First National Bank, with churchgoers in town pledging funds for Radio Free Europe and UN Day. Contributions flood the milk bottle jars as residents sign the scroll and support the crusade against communism. Byron Herlong handles the cash as county leaders push for a Mount Dora UN flag and broader world cooperation.
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Lake County
Freedom Schools
Florida
Berlin
Mount Dora
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church
Baptist Church
Radio Free Europe
Church of God
Church of Christ
Byron Herlong
Leesburg
Lake of Crusade
J. A. “Tar” Boyd
United Nations
Mount Dora Bank
Lucie K. Miller
Lake County Personalities Herald a Universal Man of Peace
A Lake County feature extols a visionary figure described as multilingual and humane. The piece portrays him as a future agent of global goodwill who can inspire, educate, heal, and combat war, hunger, and disease through wisdom, leadership, and progress.
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Mense
Lake County
We the People and a Leader Pursuing Peace Through Humanitarianism
A political figure recalls joining in 1950 and pausing to resist war driven interference. He emphasizes humanitarian aims, vows to stop bloodshed, and pursue broader achievements while maintaining a steady effort toward peace and national unity. (Continued on Page 2)
East Town Seeks Street Repair Aid From City Council
A delegation led by Milner Rosenwald academy principal C O Lott urged the City Council to address long neglected streets. He cited knee deep holes on Grant street and flooding under homes after rain, and said residents would cover two thirds of paving costs if the city paid the remaining third. The area is top priority for a street improvement plan once the city’s street scraper is returned.
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East Town
C. O. Lott
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
Lott
Grant St
Uty
Voters Asked To Attend Municipal Election Caucus
Mount Dora voters are invited to an 8 p.m. caucus at the Community building to nominate candidates for three City Council posts and two Park Board seats. Any qualified voter may participate. petitions from 25 voters are required to place names on the ballot, with filing deadlines shifted to 60 days before election.
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Mount Dora
D. Fletcher Crane
Park Board
Crane
William Prinz
Marshall Collins
John Bethel
J. R. Tucker
R. W. Dickson
Carl Graves
Mount Dora Eyes Friday Clash to End Tavares Reign
Mount Dora prepares for a home game against Tavares as fans anticipate a long- awaited revenge. Coach Spear and Ta vara’s Joe Jenkins stress caution with injuries and suspensions, while locals hype a pivotal county showdown.
Net World Peace Plan Promoted At Dora UVF Meeting
A Mount Dora audience heard Bennett Willis of the United World Federalists propose a strengthened United Nations to halt war and secure world peace through international law. He outlined plans echoed by local Federalists, including stronger UN authority, a reformed International Court, arms controls, and a world police mechanism, amid skeptical questions from the Army and public figures.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Bennett Willis
United World Federalists
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United Nations
American Legion
UVF
Rosemary Young
Congressional
Miles D. Kennedy
Tom Connally
Foreign Relations Comittee of
Congress
International Court of Justice
United States
Willis
United World
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Joe Jenkins
Breedlove
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