Highway 441 to Set Education Boundary for Dora and Eustis
Lake County school board discussed redrawing boundaries to place Old Eustis area residents in the Mount Dora district to secure bus transportation for 21 children. Residents argue they are Mount Dora residents by voting, phone, mail, and spending. A new road line is proposed as a boundary and may bar current Mount Dora attendance once completed.
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Highway 441
Dora and
Eustis
Lake County
Eustisrd
Mount Dora
Overlooker
Eustic
Stanley G. Tyre
East Crooked Lake Rd
Lake Gertrude
Sylvan Shores
Fred Adkinson
Crowder
Lacy Thomas
Mount Dora-Eustis
Tyre
Lake Joanna
Mount Dora’s
Mount Dora Increases House Moving Fee
City Council approves raising the moving fee from 5 to 5 plus labor costs citing city labor and utility pole removal at Highland street near the city pool. Building Inspector Hodges and Utilities Superintendent Overhiser cite municipal labor and pole removal as reasons for the higher charge.
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Mount Dora
J. J. Hodges
Highland St
Harold Overhiser
Mrs Mabel Pike Exits Hospital To Recover At Sister's Home
Mount Dora resident Mrs Mabel Pike is convalescing at her sister Mrs Florence Monroe's home in Worcester Massachusetts after five weeks in a hospital there.
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Mabel Pike
Mount Dora
Florence Monroe
Hatfeld Rd
Worchester
Mass
Lake council backs Faubus in Arkansas school crisis
Lake County leaders including Sam Barber of Leesburg urge Gov. Faubus in a message praising his stand against integration. They laud his refusal to bow to pressure and predict unity for Southern governors while supporting a Sept. 21 rally at Leesburg’s ballpark with Rep. Syd Herlong Jr. as speaker.
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Sam Barber
Leesburg
Lake County
A S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Lake
Sumter Counties
Ballpark
Ray J. Newell
Climax Night Chase Ends in Crash. Driver Arrested
Officer Russell Leslie ends summer duty after a wild pursuit at 90 mph over slippery streets. Arthur Woodbury of East Town collapses into a wall after a rollover and is jailed for drunken driving costing $150. Damaged wall section and $1,500 car damage noted amid a route from Limit Street to Old Eastiard. Other cases include Laneather Clanton fined $100 and William Mitchell $15, Jimmie Pierson $15 for traffic offenses.
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Russell Leslie
Old Eustiard
Guy Merry
Arthur Woodbury
East Town
George Ober
Leslie
Limit St
Woodbury
Old
Eastiard
Laytheron Clanton
Lockhart
William Mitchell
Atlanta
Jimmie Pierson
Pine Jr
Adult Education To Include Sewing At Mount Dora High
Adults may join evening classes at Mount Dora High School starting next Thursday September 19 at 7 p.m. Courses include book keeping typing art woodworking and home sewing. The home sewing class is a new offering directed by Mrs Bobby Clement with plans for an advanced course.
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Mount Dora High School
Lou Bethea
Bobby Clement
Rainfall in Mount Dora area tops last year by year to date
The Mount Dora Growers Cooperative records show rainfall year to date at 53.8 inches, up from 37.2 inches at the same point last year. September rainfall totals stand at 3.4 inches to date this year, versus 1.7 inches for September to date last year.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora School Grounds Beautification Sees Debate
Children led the beautification of Mount Dora’s High land street school grounds with sodding and plantings donated or saved through local helpers. The Lake County school board approved only $100 of the submitted bill, leaving about $50 still unpaid and debated, as the project aims for a two year Do it yourself statewide contest.
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Mount Dora
Highland St
Fifth Av
Lake County
Herbert Stoothoff
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Zellwood
Stoothoff
James Gibson
Men’s Garden Club
Porter Sullivan
Driver license renewals announced for Mount Dora
County Judge W. Troy Hall Jr. says a sales crew will dispense licenses at Mount Dora Chamber all day Thursday, Sept. Drivers may renew there or apply at his Tavares office by mail or in person. To mail, remove the blue sheet from the 1956 license, include the fee of 1.25 for operator or 2.25 for chauffeur, and send a self addressed stamped envelope. The mailed portion records traffic violations and 25 cents of the fee funds the driving education program.
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W. Troy Hall, Jr
Mount Dora
Chamber of An
Tavares
Kiwanis to hear Lucien Harris on regional growth
The Kiwanis club meets today to hear Lucien Harris of the First National Bank of Orlando discuss industrial growth in Central Florida. Harris outlines trends, investment climate, and future prospects for the region.
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Kiwanis Club
Lucien Harris
First National Bank of
Orlando
Central
Florida
Juvenile Court Salary Increases Approved In Lake County
Lake County commissioners voted to raise Juvenile Court salaries in a swift move. The plan adds a new juvenile counselor at 4000 dollars, raises Chief Counselor Kinne Pearce to 5000, increases girls counselor Dorothy Alexander to 4500, and boosts County Judge W. Troy Hall's juvenile pay to 1800. The action followed prior opposition and included budget changes for travel and detention home funding.
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Lake County
Kinne Pearce
Dorothy Alexander
Troy Hall
George Singeltary
Leesburg
O. M. Simpson
Mount Dora
Fred Cross
Pittman
J. C. Cowart
Groveland
Jack Hooten
Clermont
Cecil Theus
Singeltary
W. F. Williams
Citizens Advisory Committee
Hall
National Probation and Parole Association
Williams
John McCormick
Day Edge
Joe Kennedy
Eustis
Theus
Barbara Hinebaugh
Silver Lake
Judge Hall
Mount Dora survey weighs canal trees removal plan
Arnold Haynes of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce joined a Lake County Water Authority survey of the Dora Canal to outline plans to remove 50 trees to aid navigation. E L Shoemaker urged caution, arguing trees add beauty and that bridges at 17 feet create bottlenecks, while some trees may be hazards but others are not.
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Arnold Haynes
Mount Dora
Shoemaker
E J. Burrell
Eustis
Dickens Quote on Action Over Words
A Charles Dickens adage emphasizes that earnest deeds surpass grand speech. The maxim contrasts practical effort with empty rhetoric, urging tangible work over rhetoric.
Classroom shortage looms as Lake county schools grow
Enrollment across white and Negro schools rises nearly six percent at term start. The Lake county school board authorized Acting Supt Ray M. Hayes to hire more teachers to ease crowded rooms, though concerns about space persist. Mount Dora and Leesburg show notable gains while Eustis reports empty classrooms that could shelter bused pupils.
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Lake County
Lake County School Board
Ray M. Hayes
Tavares
Jennings Roy
United States
Hayes
Roy
Tallahassee
Mascotte
Eustis Heights
Eustis
Leesburg
Skeen
Mount Dora
Mrs Jones Killed in Drive Home From Hendersonville Trip
Mrs H E Jones 70 died in a Ware Shoals South Carolina crash Tuesday while returning from Hendersonville in the car of Mrs Ida Brown Royston of West Palm Beach. Royston, who was aiding her home to Mount Dora, brake locked as another vehicle approached. the collision struck Royston’s car. Mrs Jones previously lived in Bernardsville New Jersey and had resided in Mount Dora about 15 years.
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H. E. Jones
Grandview St
Hendersonville
Ware Shoals
S. C
Jones
Ida Brown Royston
West Palm Beach
Mount Dora
S.O.S for G O C Volunteers Needed
The GOC issues a virtual SOS seeking observers for the Ground Observer Corps post. Mrs. Margo Hosford, chief observer, says many spots are open as teachers return to school. Volunteers able to give two hours weekly should call Mrs. Hosford.
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G.O.C
S.O.S
Margo Hosford
Ground Observer Corps
Hosford
Maintenance Man Raised to $6000 in Lake County
Walter Hawthorne, county school maintenance supervisor, was raised to a $6,000 salary by the Lake County school board last week retroactive to July 1. Superintendent Joe Jenkins supported the raise. Board member Lacy Thomas opposed, noting improvement only in the past month. The raise took effect September 1.
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Walter Hawthorne
Lake County
Joe Jenkins
Lacy Thomas
Two Lions Escape Zoo Laughs from D C
A joke about two lions that escape a Washington DC zoo and reunite after three months. One fat and one thin meet. the thin lion asks how the fat lion stays so well fed. The fat lion says the secret is eating a colonel a day in the Pentagon, hidden from notice.
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Washington, D. C
Pentagon
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