19 Sep 1963
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1963
Page
1
City budget for fiscal 1963-64 now at 343000 with 30000 in anticipated cuts needed to fit revenues of 343000. Finance committee has trimmed over 85000 from the initial 452000, major reductions in utility department equipment requests.
Mount Dora officers investigated a closed downtown shop Sunday evening after a citizen reported activity inside. Officers found a dog curled in a display window watching TV, not a burglar, ending the chase.
Mount Dora City Council blocks E Z food store chain from Fifth Ave and Clayton St site to avoid a beer outlet across from Roseborough Elementary School. Representative Jerry Lyons of Orlando cites plans for four to five potential sites but the council invites reconsideration at alternative locations. The meeting also adopts a house numbering ordinance and waives sewer connection costs for W G Shively. Cain gains voting power on Tri City landfill committee.
Al Rehbaum Jr of Lake County Industry and Tourism Commission says the State Board of Control appeared favorably impressed with a 1000 acre East Lake County site offered by Lake County Commissioners for the states new Space University. Dr. Culpepper and staff toured the site along the Lake Orange County line. They cannot yet compare it to other locations as reports are incomplete.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce solved the origin of the hamlet Two Egg Florida after a Miami resident asked for the name. Mrs. Ernest H. Irwin of Tangerine recounted a rural barter practice where eggs were used to pay postage, a system linking to the community's name.
Paul Bronson former IceHouse Players president will appear as the long suffering father in Take Her She’s Mine at Orange Blossom Playhouse this fall. Tickets for Kismet opening Oct 4 go on sale Sept 23.
The Lake County Board of Realtors will hold its first meeting since the summer layoff at Lake Shores restaurant Eustis today at 7 p.m. Directors may attend a 6:15 p.m. pre-meeting. contact H. D. Warren or Don Driggers if unable to attend. Agenda includes the Florida Association of Realtors convention in Miami Beach October 10-12.
Judge Jesse Willmott presided over three traffic matters including a disorderly conduct case. Bonds forfeited totaled 65 dollars with no fines issued.
IceHouse Theater offers six play season with Al Crone announcing $7.50 tickets granting membership in all activities. Each show averages $1.25, touted as a strong Central Florida value. The lineup includes A Thurber Carnival, The Sound Of Murder, Come Blow Your Horn, John Brown's Body, A Shot In The Dark, Poole's Paradise, plus Sunday seminars on acting lighting and theatre.
Tweedle Oil Co marks its tenth anniversary in Lake County with a two day event Sept 27 and 28 across 12 Phillips 66 stations. Griggs 66 Service in Mount Dora hosts refreshments and prizes including a free philodendron plant for the first 100 ladies. A vacation at Pier 66 resort on Florida’s Gold Coast with a yacht cruise is prize among special event prices. Plans to include more details will be announced later.
The Mount Dora Swim Club banquet is planned for Saturday evening at 6 30 at the Community Building. Dr Russell Danburg from the University of Florida will present the program after the banquet and awards will be given to top swimmers across all age groups.
Winston Tate, assistant counselor with the Lake County Juvenile Court, has submitted his resignation effective September 30, 1963. He has served in the role for about two and a half years, per Lake County Juvenile Judge W. A. Milton.
Mount Dora Jaycees expect a record crowd for their second annual chicken dinner and barbecue on Saturday September 28 serving from 12 noon to 7 pm at Fourth Ave and Baker St Tickets cost 1 50 and are sold by Jaycee members Guests may eat picnic style or take boxed dinners Proceeds support youth programs with Harvey Caldwell assisting Carl Tucker.
Governor Farris Bryant proclaims September as Sight Saving Month to back the Florida Lions Foundation For The Blind. Mount Dora Lions run a drive Sept 16 to 30, with half locally kept for eyesight projects and half donated to eye banks in Gainesville Miami and branches statewide.
Councilman Robert F. Vason attacked what he called unexpectedly high architect fees for the City Hall project in Mount Dora. He cited more than 8000 dollars in fees, with Langley-Wald paid hourly rather than by a percentage, while Wald defended charges including a 333 dollar time claim for reducing the bid from 113 346 to 92 007 and noted substantial savings from the process.
Mount Dora hosts St. Cloud in the 1963 football opener at 8 p.m. Dan Spear backs quarterback David Land with Harvey Partridge Tom Carver and Jack Shively among likely starters. St. Cloud, last year’s conference champion, rebuilt around a prominent fullback. both teams favor the single wing and a ground game. Caudel and Burchett injured in practice may miss action. Burchett expected out about two weeks.
East Lake County Goldwater Club schedules a Monday evening gathering at 8 o clock in the lounge of First State Bank of Eustis. Organizer Joe Houck reports excellent initial response and says officers will be elected with several agenda items. Members are urged to bring friends interested in promoting Barry Goldwater for president.
Winn-Dixie stores posted over four percent higher sales in the four weeks ending August 24 from a year earlier, with eight-week sales at 127,573,448 versus 119,697,485 in 1962. The chain operates 609 stores, up from 596 last year.
A brief editorial emphasizes that driving is a privilege not a fight and urges adherence to safety rules to protect this privilege. The piece warns that violations jeopardize licenses and public safety, urging responsible behavior behind the wheel.
Mount Dora Police Officer E. L. Lane reported for duty on Friday morning and found his patrol car immobilized by a flat tire. Fellow officers claimed Lane left with fingers crossed after the tire was repaired, amid a day of claimed misfortune.
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Eustis joins 6,300 associations celebrating over 100 billion in assets. The sector serves 39 million savers with more than 3 billion in dividends last year and financed 1.15 million homes. Frank L. Cogburn notes since 1935 the group paid 2.9 million in dividends and 3 million in construction loans, plus the area’s first school savings program and Lake County branch.
City Council accepted a low bid of 485 from Al Uhl to repair East Town Youth Center including new windows doors and screens and repaint the interior likely in the 1963 64 budget Other bids were 765 by Ray Daniels and 793 by William Lofroos
A Social Security Administration District Office representative will visit Mount Dora at the Temporary City Hall on October 2 and October 16 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Funeral services for Russell M. Grumman will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Rehbaum Chapel after a year of poor health. A Mount Dora resident for seven years, Grumman was a noted educator, former director of UNC Extension, and past president of the National Extension Association. He is survived by his wife Vida S. and his mother Etta Grumman, with two foster sons and two foster daughters among the survivors.
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