Huge Housing Development Near Mount Dora Planned
Miami Daily News reports a $150 million development near Lake Jem Mount Dora with 14 000 homes aiming to form a new city in Lake County within five years. plans include a shopping center bank and business district with 30 000 residents and sales offices in New York Washington and Chicago.
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Miami Daily News
Tavares
Mount Dora
Lake Jem
Lake County
Rch Saarapd
New York
Richard Aland
Orlando
Adco, Inc
Aland Mie
Lake Dora
Florida
T. M. Cox
New York City
John B. Reid
Alan Roth
Miami Beach
Washington
Chicago
Adco
Council May Regret Ignoring That Woman Scorned
Mrs. Gretchen Elliott warned the City Council she would attend every meeting to press for Rhodes Avenue paving. The council deferred her request and noted Crestview Drive petitions for a shared paving program, saying a cheap pavement would not suffice and must match Normandy Drive quality.
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Gretchen Elliott
Scymtol
Judy
Elliott
Park Commission
City Council
Rhodes Av
Mr. Javens
Col. Bethel
Javens
Rollin Javens
Col
Presbyterians to Dedicate Mount Dora Church Sunday
The former Whitings home on Sixth Ave will be dedicated as Mount Dora Presbyterian Church by the North Presbytery next Sunday evening. Dr. A C Christie of Crescent City will speak on The Church and Our World. The new worship room serves 70 in attendance with plans for a Sunday School upstairs.
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Prednis Whitings
Sixth Av
North Presbytery
Mount Dora
Whiting
C. A. Carriel
Cation
Presbyterian Church In
Flori
Christie
Robert Hannum
Weirsdale
Walter Mertz
Eustis
Howey
Principals Plan Curriculum Upgrades for Lake County Elementary Schools
The Lake County Elementary Principals Association met in Mount Dora to launch a program aimed at improving elementary curriculum in languages, art, social studies, science and physical education. Each school chose a focus area and a preliminary report on plans was presented by several members led by County Supervisor Mrs. Myron Taylor.
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Elementary Principals Association of
Lake County
Mount Dora
Myron Taylor
Bake Sale Reminder From American Legion Auxiliary
An American Legion auxiliary bake sale reminder notes a sale staged at the Princess Theatre. Proceeds support Legion activities and community programs.
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Americah Legion Auxiliary
Bat
Princess
FBI Probes Cross Burning In Mount Dora
The FBI opened an investigation into cross burnings in Mount Dora including on the Topic office lawn on Labor Day. Authorities tie the acts to subversive organizations and note Florida law bans cross burning on public and private property. The Mount Dora incidents are part of a wider Florida pattern with 15 cross burnings since May across several cities.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mount Dora
Florida
U. S
KKK
Topic
Richard W. Ervin
Charley E. Johns
Ervin
Supreme Court
Eustis
DeLand
Pensacola
Ft. Pierce
Riviera Beach
Ft. Lauderdale
Tallahassee
Orlando
Apopka
George Ober Joins City's Police Force
At a City Council meeting Mayor Lou L Heaton announced the resignation of night policeman Louis Bedell due to dissatisfaction with hours. George Ober, formerly a state patrolman in the Ocala area and now a Mount Dora resident, will replace him with a higher starting salary of 200 dollars monthly. To fund the change, A O Mac Alister’s pay rises to 205 and Ben Williamson’s to 210, reflecting a 17 50 monthly increase for the department. The council noted Mount Dora’s lower starting pay and defended the raises as necessary for experienced staff on a ten hour day six day week, with the force praised for a strong record.
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Lou L. Heaton
Louis Bedell
George Ober
Ocala
A. O
Mac” McAlister
Ben Williamson
McAlister
Williamson
Ober
Mount Dora
Brown
Eustis
Jerry Barnhart
Topic Withdraws Its Dare Schedule Ends Sept 30
The Topic promotes a Summer classified plan to boost ad success. Readers are urged to place ads for next week to be considered under the plan. Payments cover one item, with a free repetition if the first try fails.
Council Objects To School Area Street Parking
The council reviews parking and safety near a public school on Fifth Avenue amid construction. Bus loading, crowded Fifth Avenue, and cars blocking fire routes prompt consideration of one sided parking on Seventh Avenue and traffic safety measures for students and staff.
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Council
Fifth Av
Bill Prinz
Fifth
Lillian Christie
Seventh Av
Heaton
Christie
Petticoat Fever Opens Mount Dora Theatre Season
IceHouse Players plan a first play reading for the 1954 55 season this Sunday at 8 p m in the Charles street theatre building next to the lawn bowling courts newcomers to Mount Dora are invited to attend reading of Petticoat Fever a play for three women and eight men scheduled for the first week in November.
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Mount Dora
St. Cloud
Hurricanes
Bud Ligon
DeAnn Bateman
Karen Landis
Joyce Moon
Anne Tremain
Sylvia Lister
June Bowie
Jalene Howell
Patty Johnson
IceHouse
Charles St
Mount Dora Council Sets Model for Lake Front Building
Mount Dora council advanced a plan to guide lake front development by issuing building suggestions to F. F. Fiizell for his Mount Dora Fish Camp boat house. The suggestions require specific color, workmanlike construction, improved overall appearance, and adjusted positioning to protect views near Evans Park and the lawn bowling courts. Fiizell may proceed only if plans incorporate these requirements, as viewed by Building Inspector A. J. Waltz and Council President Bill Prinz.
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F. F. Fiizell
Mount Dora
Charles St
A. J. Waltz
Finzell
Fiizell
Waltz
Elizabeth
Evans Park
Prinz
Bill Prinz
Gordon Conboy
Frizell
Conboy
Roy Christopher
Florida Newspaper Women Pick Mount Dora for 1955 Convention
Mount Dora will host the 1955 Spring convention of the Florida Women's Press club after Mount Dora journalists won multiple awards at the Miami Beach Fall meeting. The Topic's Mabel Norris Reese won top prizes for news features and second for best news story, with other Florida papers also earning honors. The event, to be held at Lakeside Inn in early April, will include seminars with journalism experts and awards of 25 dollars for first place.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
West
Mount Dora
Florida Women’s Press Club
Eleanore Rattelle
Miami Herald Society
Herald
Mabel Norris Reese
Olive Sykes
Lakeland Ledger
Edee Greene
Orlando Sentinel
Miami Beach
Feminine Writers of Florida
Marie Anderson
Miami Herald
Connie Gee
Miami Daily News
Cham
Ber of Commerce
Central Florida
Emily Bauer
Sentinel
Ruth Smith
Kathy Jump
Mrs. Smith
Carl E. Lindstrom
The
Hartford
Richard Hollander
Washington Daily News
Cynthia Ann Stary
Lake County
Reese
Ae Gonata
Nancy
Ann
Ricks Open Private Dining Room at Green Lantern
Phillip Cookie Ricks and his wife Margie will open The Green Lantern restaurant on land st next week under new management They convert the former custard stand into a private dining room Opening is set for October 3.
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Green Lantern
Land St
Phillip “Cookie” Ricks
Margie
Commission to Meet at City Hall Monday Evening
The Planning Commission will convene at City Hall on Monday at 7 30 p m Chairman J G Ray Jr announces the meeting will discuss local development plans and zoning changes.
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Planning Commission
City Hall
J. G. Ray, Jr
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