Florida Telephone seeks rate hike to fund expansion
The Florida Telephone Corporation asks regulators to approve higher rates to finance a 3 million dollar expansion and improvement program. Executed by Max E. Wettstein the plan argues costs rose sharply since 1940 with payroll, materials, and line expenses all up while revenue grew slower, threatening future service and bond markets. Wettstein warns without higher rates, 65 communities could see delayed progress and reduced service quality.
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Florida Telephone Corporation
Max E. Wettstein
Wettstein
Gee Iha
Poe
Garbage Fee Set By Council In Mount Dora Area
Mount Dora and nearby areas will pay a monthly garbage and trash collection fee, 75 cents in Mount Dora city limits and 1.25 dollars in Sylvan Shores, to fund updated service. The ordinance, approved on first reading Tuesday, ties the fee to the light bill and allows power shutoff for nonpayment. The new truck began Oct 1, replacing an old open truck service that cost 175 dollars monthly. The plan, based on practices in Florida towns, also requires minimum charges for businesses and notes residents may dispose of waste only under health law guidelines.
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Mount Dora
Sylvan Shores
Tom Cooley
Cooley
Florida
Mount Dora to Paint Street Names on Curbs
City Council approves painting street names on curbs with yellow lettering for legibility. Labor Supt Rollin Ravens authorized to begin work using leftover yellow paint to improve readability of street signs in Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Rollin Ravens
Masonic Lodge Opens Public Parking Behind Donnelly Building
At the Mount Dora city council meeting the Masonic lodge offered use of its rear lot on Donnelly Street for public parking. Labor Superintendent Rollin Javens will mark off spaces and prepare the area in coming days. Parking will be free.
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Mount Dora
City Council
Masonic Lodge
Masonic
Donnelly St
Rollin Javens
A City Debates Cost Of De Garbaging And Civic Service
A satirical piece from Mini Go Round mocks city life and expense in Mount Dora. It portrays cities as dense populations with endless demands for services and grievances over millage. The piece hints at local politics and a councilman not facing re election.
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Bacuall
Mount Dora
Lake County Citrus Growers Earn 6.99 Million on 1946 47 Crop
Lake County agricultural data show citrus growers received about 6.992 million dollars on the 1946 47 crop. They produced five million boxes of oranges for fresh use worth 3.75 million, two million cans worth 920 thousand, and one million fresh grapefruit boxes worth 940 thousand. Tangerines brought about 500 thousand. Prices per box averaged 1.25 for fresh oranges and 0.46 for canner oranges, 0.94 for fresh grapefruit and 0.42 for canned grapefruit, with tangerines at 1.27. The figures rely on USDA statistics and indicate prices dropped from 1945 46 but optimism exists for 1947 48.
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Lake County
Lake
J. C. Townsend, Jr
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Orlando
Cannery
Mount Dora Reader Praises Dear Topic Column
Frances Williamson from Otto North Carolina sends a courteous note to the Mount Dora paper. She praises the Dear Topic column and hopes for the editor’s next appearance in Mount Dora, saying she has enjoyed it greatly.
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Peraon Gene Downs
Plant
B. F. Williamson
Otto
N. C
Topic
Mount Dora
Frances
B. F.) Williamson
Council Still Studies Pool Financing
City council reviews financing for a proposed swimming pool and votes to study options. City Attorney Tom Cooley says only taxpaying non exempt property owners can vote. homestead exempt voters must be excluded. A committee led by Mayor Fortner and including Chamber of Commerce head White will pursue further cost and size investigations with added members Patton Prinz Bardwell.
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Tom Cooley
Cooley
J. E. Fortner
George J. White
Chamber of Commerce
O. L. Hale
Council
Rollin Morse
Walter J. Patton
Bill” Prinz
R. C. Bardwell
City Hall Gets New Bonnet A La Patton
Walter Patton of Patton Metal Works wins the bid to reroof city hall on Fifth Avenue. Work starts today at a little over $600, after the council voted Tuesday night to accept the proposal to renew the roof of the landmark building.
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City Hall
Patton Walter Patton
Fifth Av
Walter Patton
Patton Metal Works
Mount Dora’s Mike Collins Turns Real Estate Prospect
Retired Navy captain Mike Collins, longtime Mount Dora resident, leaves a naval career spanning World War II and prewar service to enter real estate. After years of wartime duty and a distinctive career alongside figures like Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey, Collins moves from command to selling land and homes in the Florida town he chose as his retirement home.
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Mabel Norris Reese
Mike” Collins
Navy
Mount Dora
Mike
Shea High
Ramie
Admiral Halsey
Willie
Admiral Nimitz
Marshall Collins
USN
Hollywood
Captain Collins
Pearl Harbor
Saturday Post
Darwin
Madison County
Annapolis
Chester Nimitz
John R. Beardall
Orlando
William Beardall
Kansas
William Halsey
Any Mike
Bull
Captain Collins Persuades Mike to Aid Canal Drainage
Capt Marshall Collins relates how Mike stayed and joined the muck lands project after earning a Columbia engineering master's degree. He operated a hand suction pump around the Apopka canal while Mrs Mike helped at home. The couple lived near the Sydonie estate built by the Laughlin family in 1905 as Washington and Jesse Jones sought assistance.
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Mike
Columbia
Apopka Canal
James Laughlin
Rays
Washington
Jesse Jones
Fale
Sean Rank
Slot machine raid sparks Mount Dora feud with sheriff
In Lake County a dispute between Duggan and Sheriff McCall widens into a court battle over two slot machines found in Sylvan Shores and at a Donnelly Street shop. The sheriff impounded machines, charged both Duggans with possession, and sought bonds as the case goes to Tavares district court next Tuesday. Guns and a welding machine are also alleged in the drama.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Duggan
Slyvan Shores
Scotts Bluff
Treadwell
W. L. Yates, Jr
Sylvan Shores
Tavares
McCall
Dub
Wiil
Doran
Donnelly St
Duggans
Mount Dora Fire Devastates P. B. Goethe Crate Mill
A Saturday night blaze at the P. B. Goethe crate mill in Mount Dora destroyed much of the main building and rear saw mill. Eighty workers were laid off as firemen, hampered by a corroded hydrant and broken wrenches, fought the flames for 23 minutes before gaining control. Major losses included 13,000 pounds of wire and 50,000 crate lids, with a plan for fire department equipment overhaul and regular hydrant inspections.
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Mount Dora
P. B. Goethe
Paul Wofford
J. E. Fortner
J. M. Turner
Ernie Mosteller
Camp Av
Goethe
Pp. m
Eustabie
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Lake Dora
Harry Wise
Gilbert Park Beach
Gilbert Park
Florida Municipal Record
R. E. Norris
United States
Australia
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