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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1960
Page
7
Article explains Florida tests show many hedge varieties suit local conditions with evergreen and colorful shrubs. It covers preparation, planting spacing from six to twelve inches, soil enrichment, mulching, watering, fertilizing, and pruning guidance for different hedge heights.
The Dist 7 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs will hold a two day workshop at the Methodist Youth Camp north of Leesburg. Dr Erdman West of the University of Florida will discuss plant identification and the state forestry board will present a session. Flower arranging demos titled Through the Seasons will headline the second day.
Public notices warn creditors to present claims for the estate of A W Graves Sr and of Bertha A Brown within eight months. The notices name Lake County Judge Henrietta Horner and list executors and attorneys, with dates in 1960, and a divorce suit against Jacqueline Ann Bruce filed in the Lake County circuit court.
Florida produced 9.54 billion kilowatt hours of electric energy in the first half of 1960, outpacing most business gauges. Utility plants generated 8.643 billion kWh, up 13 percent, while industrial self-generation rose 1 percent in the period, with national gains near six percent.
Florida Highway Patrol reports nine month economic loss from traffic deaths reaches 120.42 million with 892 fatalities. Loss per life rising from 125000 to an estimated 135000, and projections anticipate at least 375 more deaths in the last quarter of 1960.
Guests at the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors welcome breakfast at Sidewalk Cafe gather with new area businesses led by Mr. and Mrs. Robert King of Super Duper Laundrette and Dr. Robert Crow. Chamber board members Al Rehbaum Jr and Henry Link attend alongside Merchants Association head Dude Grantham.
A concise quip notes that traffic rules enforce a single mistake leads to removal from the road. It contrasts sport rules with driving discipline, emphasizing zero tolerance for repeated offenses.
Florida industrial accidents are 6000 higher than last year, said James T. Vocelle, industrial commission chairman. He warned the small safety staff cannot cover 88,000 businesses and 1,200,000 workers under the Workers Compensation law. He urged a full safety effort by management and labor to avert a new high.
The Sorrento Busy Belles Girls club received the 4-H State Safety award for a car safety exhibit at the Lake County fair featuring red reflector tape. They held a Red Reflector day distributing tape and safety facts, each girl creating a first aid kit and milk carton flares for family cars.
In the State of Florida, at the Close of Business on Oct 3 1960. Published in response to call by the Comptroller of the Currency under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes. Sui to a & j.
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