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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
1
Mount Dora Florida sees rising enrollment at the white school with 714 on opening day, 6 under the prior peak of 720. The elementary division holds 423 pupils, high school 291, and supervisors predict total could exceed 750 with winter enrollments.
Sixteen year old Tiny Larsen of Mount Dora will enroll at the University of Chicago this fall to begin basic studies toward a medical career, entering the campus dormitory as a underage sophomore in the university’s high achieving students program. She passed a rigorous entrance exam after two years of high school and will study toward an A B degree before entering medical school. Past president of Lake County 4 H Girls, she also played on the Mount Dora girls basketball team and sang in the school chorus and church choir.
Lake Dora rose 10 inches in August after 16 inches of rainfall, with peak bursts on August 7 and a 36 hour 3.7 inch period on the 15th and 16th. Boatmen report favorable canal conditions, but officials caution that ongoing rain could overflow the spillway and threaten nearby farms.
Milner Rosenwald Academy East Town opens with 180 pupils to enroll across six grades nearly matching last term’s top of 187. In sixth and seventh combined there are 46 students in one room and 45 in second and third. Principal C O Lott celebrates progress adding a shower room for the athletic program built by staff and residents at $250, with shower heads funded by the school board and a donated used water heater hoped for until full hookup.
A mother registers her older son Chuckie for school while younger siblings react with curiosity and skepticism. Jackie Norris, 30, explains the strain of watching a brother enter school as others anticipate nine months of classes and new routines.
J S and Isabelle Langthorne complete a 13 month world trip ending in March 1952 and retire to Mount Dora Florida. They praise Lake Gertrude views from their cement block house and reminisce on destinations from Bogota to Dakar and Victoria Falls.
The Langthornes add a planned grand finale trip to their travel record. Previous journeys include a 1938 Europe England cruise and a 1941 42 automobile tour of the United States Canada and Mexico. A photo shows a large world map with colored pins marking their trips.
The Florida Public Utilities Commission denied Florida Telephone Corp a rate increase after finding service quality so poor that a 25 percent penalty on rates could be justified. The decision covers 20 Central Florida exchanges amid 1 600 pages of testimony and complaints. Wallace E. Strugis of Ocala led local opposition. C Farris Bryant represented the company.
Mount Dora orders 15 remaining dangerous oaks removed to prevent hurricane damage. Works Supt Rollin Javens cites recent tree losses near schools on Clayton Street Seventh Avenue and Fifth Avenue, including a near fatal incident when a tree fell on a truck in July. He notes costs already reaching about 1200 dollars for removing defective trees.
City Council and Board of Health push a sweeping sanitary code update to curb outdoor toilets and evasion of garbage fees. A $100 fine will be imposed for failing to install flush toilets where outdoor facilities are condemned. The measure includes efforts to standardize garbage collection charges and expand septic tank options for residents.
Mount Dora eyes a central purchasing system to save over 1600 annually on fuel and maintenance for 16 trucks. Work Supt. Rollin Javens outlined potential yearly waste of 889 from extra trips for fuel plus 700 in maintenance costs. Council weighs building a garage to service own fleet before adding gas tanks and a grease rack.
Frederick W. Sleight of Mount Dora will speak for Finland in Santa Fe New Mexico at the dedication of the Museum of International Folk Art. He replaces Consul George Paloheimo and will discuss Finland’s plan to erect a Finnish peasant house as its contribution. He and Mrs Sleight expect to return to Mount Dora late this month.
Economy Super Market manager Dick Reynolds sustained a broken right hand during an attempted theft incident. Four men, described as Negro, tried to flee with $1 worth of meat without paying. Reynolds and manager Sam Swiger intervened, one attacker wielding a hammer, as the group fled after police were alerted.
County official Troy Jr sets Thursday September 17 1954 as the sale date for 1954 drivers licenses at the Department of Commerce office.
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