City Hall furniture plan approved for new building
City Council at a special meeting approved a preliminary furniture plan for the new City Hall. Leesburg Typewriter Service proposed Chippendale style furniture for just over $8,000 and will coordinate with the Drapery Fashion Center for interior decor. Mayor Jesse Willmott heads the building committee to negotiate the final proposal, due by November 5, within a $10,000 budget. A $300 change in the Chamber of Commerce offices inside City Hall was also approved.
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City Hall
Jesse Willmott
Leesburg Typewriter Service
George Stuart Office Supplies
Orlando
Bishop’s Office Furniture
Leesburg Typewriter
Drapery Fashion Center
Leesburg
Willmott
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary District Governor to Speak at Mount Dora Club
Lester E. Ginkel District 696 governor will keynote Mount Dora Rotary Club’s Tuesday noon meeting. He will confer with Alfred Rehbaum III and officers on service activities and administration. Ginkel, from Winter Park, was elected at St. Louis convention and oversees 11 500 clubs in 129 countries with 272 district governors.
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Lester E. Ginkel
Rotary International
Mount Dora
Ginkel
Winter Park
Rotary Club
Rotary
St. Louis
City to Issue First Sewer Permits Tomorrow
City Clerk Mel Wagner announces about 700 letters mailed to property owners notifying the city will begin issuing sewer connection permits tomorrow. The notice outlines fees and timelines for connections, with no permit charge and a $200 lateral fee, reduced to $175 if paid within 30 days and the owner commits to connect within six months.
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Mel Wagner
Wagner
Adult Education Offers Bookkeeping Courses at MDHS
Mount Dora High School hosts practical bookkeeping classes in room 7 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Instructor W B Thomas says December and January focus on individual income taxes and returns. Course is under the Lake County School system Division of Adult Education. contact Lou Bethea at 343 6341 or visit the next session.
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Mount Dora High School
W. B. Thomas
Lake County School System
Lou Bethea
Tavares
Lake Deputies Assigned To Stop Citrus Rustlers
Lake County deputies C. W. Brooks and James L. Yates join a citrus protection squad under Florida Citrus Mutual to counter rustling during the fruit season. They will guard Lake County groves and help form a central intelligence bureau across 31 Central Florida counties, targeting scams amid rising fruit prices. The effort is led by F. Leslie Bessenger, former Pasco sheriff, who says citrus theft costs exceed $1 million annually and could rise.
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Florida
Florida Citrus Mutual
Lake County
Willis McCall
C. W. Brooks
James L. Yates
McCall
Brooks and
Yates
Central Intelligence Bureau
Mutual
Fruit Protection Division
F. Leslie Bessenger
Mer
Pasco County
Bessenger
Mayor Willmott Hears Traffic and Disorderly Conduct Cases
In Municipal Court Monday morning Mayor Jesse Willmott heard seven traffic cases and two disorderly conduct cases. Fines totaled 200 dollars with bonds forfeited summing 250 dollars.
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Jesse Willmott
Mount Dora Upsets Groveland 25 13 in Nonconference Test
Mount Dora Hurricanes beat Groveland 25 13 as Groveland, ranked second in the Mid Lakes, underestimated the host. Tom Carver scored a TD and threw a 43 yard pass to Harvey Partridge. Hank Dufour kickoff return set up the other score. Coach Dan Spear plans drills during the break before facing Lyman at the Community Bowl.
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Hank Dufour
Tom Carver
Mount Dora
Harvey Partridge
Grantham
Groveland
Hurricanes
Spear
Lyman
Mount Dora Mayor Willmott Files For Re Election
Mount Dora Mayor Jesse Willmott announced plans to seek re election and picked up the filing petition from City Clerk Mel Wagner. The election falls December 10 with a filing deadline 21 days prior and voter registration closing December 2 at 5 p.m. Other council seats are open and potential candidates include Councilman Warren Morgan and others.
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Mount Dora
Jesse Willmott
Mel Wagner
Willmott
City Hall
Warren Morgan
Morgan
Fred C. Andrews
Robert Vason
Vason
Andrews
Gordon Dake
Dake
Lester R. van Woert
Eleventh Ave
van Woert
Mount Dora Park
Florida
JC’s Christmas Parade Set for December 14
The 1963 Mount Dora Christmas Parade sponsored by the Mount Dora Jaycees will be held Saturday December 14 at 2 pm Parade chairman Herman Steverson announced planning aims to make it one of Lake County’s largest parades. Committee heads include Fred Wise floats Walker Horsley bands and twirlers Fred Sandward refreshments Dwight Mosteller publicity George J White Jr Parade Marshall. Interested participants may write Jaycee Parade Box 308 or call Steverson at 383-5505 evenings.
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Mount Dora
Fred Sandward
Dwight Mosteller
George J. White Jr
Steverson
Stephens Named New Police Dispatcher
Dennis Stephens, formerly with the city's sewer department, will be the new dispatcher at the Police and Fire department radio center. He takes the post after the resignation of Mark Peters, effective Nov. 1, who will join the Lake County Sheriff's Department in Tavares.
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Dennis Stephens
Police and Fire Department
Stephens
Mark Peters
Lake County
Tavares
Rummage Sale at Central Christian Church Saturday
A rummage sale will be held starting at 8:30 am Saturday in the back of Rehbaum's Hardware store by Central Christian Church. Items include overcoats work clothes coats dresses jewelry and china.
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Central Christian Church
Rehbaum’s
Halloween origins and the evolution of festival customs
The article traces Halloween from All Saints Eve to Samhain and Druids rites, noting Roman harvest symbols, bonfires, witches Sabbaths, and the church's effort to supplant pagan practices. It covers spread to Europe, Ireland, Scotland, and later the United States, with pranks, trick or treat origins, and 20th century responses to vandalism and urban change.
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Gregory III
St. Peter’s Basilica
Gregory IV
Rome
Ireland
Scotland
Samhain
Europe
Wales
England
Orkney
Shetland Islands
Great’ Britain
U.S
Policeman's Ball Set for Saturday in Mount Dora
Mount Dora police plan for a record turnout at the fourth annual Policeman's Ball Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Legion Home. Police Chief J. T. Huett reports more than 700 tickets sold with Roddy Woodcock's Orchestra providing music. Proceeds benefit the police death benefit fund supporting families of officers killed in the line of duty.
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Mount Dora
Legion Home
J. T
Bud) Huett
Roddy Woodcock
Huett
Waite Accepted Into National Farm and Land Brokers
Edwin R. Waite, Mount Dora realtor, has been accepted as a member of the National Institute of Farm and Land Brokers. President Jack Justice notes the Institute, part of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, includes over 1900 Realtors in the United States and Canada and enforces public safeguards and standards.
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Edwin R. Waite
Mount Dora
National Institute of Farm and Land Brokers
Jack Justice
Institute
National Association of Real Estate Boards
United States
Canada
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