Coach Spear Predicts Strong Dorans Run This Season
Mount Dora headlines a resilient Hurricanes squad led by 12 lettermen and star Neil Stoothoff. Coach Dan Spear aims for air power with improved passing and a 11 or 13 starter mix, highlighting local talent from Lavin to Patten and potential first home game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Gardner
Neil Stoothoff
C. M. Jones
Robby Vanzant
Kenneth Bliss
Dan Spear
Stoothoff
Dora
Mount Dora
Spear
Groveland
St. Cloud
Ed Hansel
Neil
The
Dorans
Hurricanes
John Lavin
Billy Vanzant
M. Jones
Ken Bliss
Billy Moon
F Robbye
Hun
Howey
Vanzant
Q’ Neil
Bowie
Garry Patten
Mary Sanborn Passes Away in Mount Dora
Mrs Mary Agnes Sanborn known as Mother of the town dies at 92 after a life as a pioneer in blind teaching. A New Hampshire native educated at Illinois University she lived in Jacksonville and Boston before moving to Mount Dora in 1923 with W J Sanborn. She leaves nephews and nieces and a son Robert who died in service. Memorials to the Training Florida Center for the Blind are requested.
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Mary Agnes Sanborn
Dorans
New Hampshire
Illinois University
Boston
Jacksonville
Ill
Daniel W. Firmin
W. J. Sanborn
Mount Dora
Woman's Club
Congregational Church
Robert
Edna S. Patton
Robert R. Reed
Casine
Training Florida Center
Council For the ‘Blind
Deyton
Banks consIder Saturday closing in Lake County
Banks in Florida and national centers discuss closing on Saturdays. They propose extended Friday hours from 5 p m to 7 p m to serve customers and merchants who need banking and change for Saturday business. The plan aims to accommodate workers paid on Fridays and streamline transactions.
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Florida
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Tampa
Orlando
DeLand
Sanford
Lake County
Too Wet to Paint Delays Hit City Hall and Fire Station
City Council on Tuesday night postponed painting both city hall and the fire station due to heavy rain. Council President Gordon Conboy cited a 2.2 inch rainfall that day. Mount Dora Growers Cooperative reported year to date rainfall of 55.6 inches, vs 37.9 inches last year, with 4.7 inches in September.
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Gordon Conboy
Mount Dora
Past President Speaks on Lucerne Rotary Convention
Harry Smith of Winter Garden, past president of the Florida district Rotary International, told the local club Tuesday about his trip to Lucerne Switzerland to attend the international convention.
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Harry Smith
Winter Garden
Florida
Rotary, International
Lucerne
Switzerland
Kiwanis Inter-Club Meeting With Tavares Today
The Kiwanis club plans an inter-club gathering with the Tavares club at the county-seat town today. The event aims to foster collaboration and community service between the two groups.
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Kiwanis TO
Travares
Kiwanis
Tavares Club
Chamber to Probe Business and Seek School Area Extension
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce plans a dinner meeting to discuss business progress and to press Lake County Public Instruction to redraw school attendance zones. Officials urge reinstating Mount Dora bus routes, consider annexation of Sylvan Shores, and weigh a natural boundary near Old Eustis Road and Highway 441. The aim is to stabilize enrollment and support local schools.
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Chamber Commerce
Mount Deen
Unity Building
Chamber
Roy Christopher
Mount Dora
Christopher
Sylvan Shores
Chamber of Commerce
Lake County Board of Public Instruction
Eustis
Ter Crowder
Paul Bryan
Old Eustiard
Lake Gertrude
Tavares
Stanley G. Tyre
East Crooked Lake Rd
Bernard McCabe
Mount Dora’s
McCabe
Sorrento
St. John’s River
Orange County
Mount Dora Sees 20 Percent Rise in City Valuation
Mount Dora's total assessed valuation climbs to 11 215 841 up over last year by more than 20 percent as a 20 percent across the board increase in valuation is levied by the City Council to fund improvements. Homestead exemptions total 4 140 530 reflecting a rise of about a million dollars with 956 residences granted exemptions this year and 631 valued at 5 000 or more. The delayed 1957 roll was reported by Tax Assessor John Cain at Tuesday's City Council meeting.
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Mount Dora
John Cain
Cain
Budget Report Called Good Despite Overruns In 1957
The 1957 city budget shows overall strength with income from utilities and garbage fees above projections. Expenditures exceed goals by about $10,800 through August due to salary increases and higher power costs from the light department. Police spending also exceeds expectations by $28,230 for August and reserve police costs rise about $400 over eight months.
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Florida Power Corp
Water Department
Best Company Through Select Reading
A nod to training the mind by surrounding it with quality books. The author urges choosing superior literature to shape thinking and character, endorsing disciplined reading habits and intellectual companionship with revered authors.
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Sydney Smith
City Seeks Bids for 86 000 Paving Project
The city issues bids for paving Rossiter and Rhodes on the east side and Hilltop Street off Eleventh Avenue plus resurfacing Eleventh Avenue. The 86 thousand dollar project includes a 300 foot extension to Highway 441 and is to start after the October 1 council bid award. Property owners share in Hilltop and east side paving costs, while Eleventh Avenue resurfacing is nonassessed.
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Llth Av
Board of County Commissioners
Highway 441
Rossiter and
Rhodes
Hilltop Sr
11Th Av
Hilltop
Eleventh Av
City OKs Sylvan Shores lighting and utility contract
The city approves a new subdivision contract granting 48 street lights in 4 quarters, year by year, plus building inspection fees and water electric service under city terms. New quitclaim deeds from New Sylvan Shores Realty Co. would transfer utility lines to the city amid ongoing annexation talks. Mayor Patton says concessions reflect goodwill while officials debate the scope of police fire and traffic protection.
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Sylvan Shores Property Owners Association
New Sylvan Shores Realty Co
Patton
Roy Christopher
Lake Coleman
Christopher
Tangerine
Henry A. Stein
the Realty Co
John W. Cope
Kiwanis Elects 1958 Officers and Mount Dora Topic Wins
Bernard McCabe will head Kiwanis as president in 1958 succeeding Dr. Robert Walker. Other 1958 officers include Walter TeStarke first vice president Frederick Sleight second vice president Walter Patton treasurer. Directors named include Aldrich Christopher Lawson Cabolt DeGarmo Mitchell Quixley and Walker. George White and William Holler leave the board next year. The Mount Dora Topic won first prize for editorial columning in the Florida Women’s Press Club contests in Miami Beach, with multiple awards across categories.
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Kiwanis Club
Bernard McCabe
Lake County
Robert Walker
McCabe
Walter TeStarke
Frederick J. Sleight
Walter D. Patton
Ronald Aldrich
Roy Christopher
Charles Lawson
N. E. Cabolt
James DeGarmo
Edward Mitchell
Robert Quixley
Dr. Walker
George J. White
William E. Holler
Mount Dora
Florida Women’s Press Club
FWPC
Miami Beach
Miami Herald
DeLand Sun News
Doris McAbee
Joan Nielsen McHale
Miami Daily News
Mabel Norris Reese
Delray Journal
Lora Britt
Juanita Green
The
Joy Reese Shaw
Herald
Jean Sprain Wilson
Miami News
Miami Papers
Ronald Gardner
Zellwood
Tampa Tribune
Miami
Ruth Smith
Orlando Sentinel
Building Permits Slip During August
Building permits fell in August with total value $22,250 and three new homes started. City Council heard that August 1956 had $54,400 in permits and four new homes begun, a difference of one home.
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Lou L. Heaton
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