Mount Dora to act on garbage fee and pool plan
City Council set for October 7 to decide on a new garbage service fee and the Gilbert park pool project. The plan includes a load-packer garbage truck, a $0.01 per collection and $1.00 for homes outside city limits, and financing steps led by Mayor Fortner and council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Mount Dora
Cooley
Gilbert Park
J. E. Fortner
Otis Hale
George White
Chamber of Commerce
M F Cowart of Sorrento Dies in Bay Pines Veteran Hospital
M F Cowart of Sorrento died Sunday at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital from injuries suffered in World War I and ensuing years. He will be buried at Mount Dora after funeral services at 3 30 p.m. at Rehbaum Funeral Home. American Legion and Masonic lodge members will honor him at the grave. He was 55, married Hazel Allen in 1921, and leaves a widow, two daughters, two sisters, and three nephews in the Navy or stationed in California and Virginia.
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M. F. Cowart
Sorrento
Veteran’s Hospital
Bay Pines
Fla
Mount Dora
Mr. Cowart
A. E. Allen Co
Hazel Allen
A. E. Allen
Cowart
Miss Allen Cowart
Doris McKinna
Estelle
Sanella Cowart
Daisy, Ga
Cecil
Mascotte, Fla
Duncan
U. S. Navy
California
Thomas
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Texas Music Rouses Morning Crowd In City
A caller complains about loud Texas music at 6 a.m. The editor learns an ordinance bans loud radio before 7 a.m. Police chief Shipes says night watch Orr will patrol and enforce the rule to curb early morning noise.
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Texas
Richard Shipes
Poate Orr
Madison Resists Rum Treaties in 1777 Electoral Meeting
James Madison, later U.S. president, declined to offer rum and punch to electors at a 1777 meeting, breaking a customary practice and leading to his nonreappointment to the state convention.
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James Madison
United States
Donna Chooses Gulf Mooring Over Lake Dora
The 30 foot cruiser "Donna" built by Wise Boat Works will stay in Tarpon Springs on the Gulf due to choking hyacinths around Lake Dora. Roland Morse Mount Dora council president will keep the vessel at the Gulf and will bring Mrs Morse from Kennebunkport Missouri. Morse complained government river cutters cannot clear the hyacinths on the St Johns river. He spent 18 days away with his brother in law Carl Dahlberg on a trip north and will return this week to pick up Mrs Morse and Mrs Dahlberg.
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Lake Dora
Wise Boat Works
Tarpon Springs
Gulf
Roland Morse
Mount Dora
Morse
Kennebunkport
Florida
Rolly
Lake County
St. Johns River
Carl Dahlberg
Dohlberg
Ocklawaha Nurseries Golden Jubilee Roots Deep in Lake Valleys
Owen W. Conner II leads a tour of Ocklawaha groves tracing the 1894 start by his father Owen W. Conner, the Great Freeze setback of 1895, and a 1897 revival that built a Florida citrus landmark near Tangerine and Mount Dora. The tour highlights the Horseshoe Lake grove as the prize showing.
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Florida
Ocklawaha Nurseries
Owen Conner
Conner
Ocklawaha Nurseries, Inc
Owen W. Conner
Ocklawaha
Mount
Horseshoe Lake
St. Johns River
Atlantic Ocean
National Legion Officer To Be Honored Here
A reception at Sylvan Shores hotel in Mount Dora Monday evening honors Mrs. J. B. Polly Kirkpatrick of Eustis, elected vice president of the southern division of the American Legion Auxiliary at the national convention in New York. The event, hosted by Lake county posts and auxiliaries, begins at 4 p.m. and is followed by a fish fry at Gilbert Park at 6 30. District Commander Tom Cooley Dora Post Commander Harry Hopcraft and Mrs. Syble Routh auxiliary president coordinate the arrangements.
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Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
J. B
Polly”. Kirkpatrick
Eustis
American Legion Auxiliary
New York
Legion
Lake County
Gilbert Park
Tom Cooley
Dora
Harry Hopcraft
Syble Routh
Mount Dora P T A Plans Year Ahead
Activities of the Mount Dora Parent Teacher association will begin next Wednesday as the executive board meets at the school to outline plans for the 1947 48 school year announced publicity chairman Mrs Paul Johnson.
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Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association
Paul Johnson
Mrs. W. D. Patton Guides Mount Dora Civic Efforts
The Mount Dora Woman's Club president Mrs Walter D Patton is hailed for her cheerful leadership and plans to expand club roles in drama literature gardening music and art She aims to deepen civic work year round including monitoring public spaces and opposing unsuitable uses of parks Her stance reflects a shift toward broader women’s participation in local progress.
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Milwaukee
Patton
Mount Dora
the American Legion
Gilbert Park
Tin Nek
Liberty Loan Drive
Hammond
Ind
W. D. Patton
Torial
Mrs Walter D Patton Dies Overseas and Active Leader
Mrs Walter D Patton died overseas leaving a record as a Hammond leader in fund drives and social events. She championed golf at Hammond Country Club and organized minstrel shows starring The Minstrel Girls while her husband Pat Patton worked in chemical engineering.
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Hammond
Patton
Hammond Country Club
W. D. Patton
Pat
Orida
Florida
Mr. Plymouth
Eustis
Pease Ae
Mary Sanborne
Lake Doctors Lead The Way Free Health Examinations Offered
Lake county doctors join with physicians to offer every school child a free physical examination with lab work. Nineteen medical association members donate their services to bolster the county health program and partner with public schools to safeguard children. Funds, forms, and participation details are coordinated through County Supt. Frank J. Banning and Lake County Chamber of Commerce secretary Karl Lehmann.
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Lake County
Florida
South
Frank J. Banning
Karl Lehmann
County Medical Association
Mount Dora
Banning
S.C. Colley
Raymond C. Conklin
H. T. Fenn
A. L. Laurie
Glendy G. Sadler
James Glanton
William G. de Vane
Groveland
Howard G. Holland
LeRoy
H. Ceene
Marion ’B
H. Ham Young
G. E. Eave
J. R. Rozier
George E. Engelhard
Leesburg
Louis R. Bowen
C. M. Tyre
Matthew Arnow
R. H. Williams
Eustis
John F. McGuire
Clermont
Medical Association
Mount Dora Meat Prices Sit Below Northern Levels
A Mount Dora survey during a national food price surge shows meat often cheaper than the north. Round steak runs 60 cents here versus 98 cents up north, rolled beef roast 55 versus 85, sirloin 60 versus 98 to 1, and chickens at 69 cents. Bacon sells near 70 cents locally, with some stores listing higher northern prices.
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Mount Dora
Hollywood Missed The Boat in Hyacinth Cutter Search
Sal and Curt Wise brave swampy terrain near Lake Apopka in pursuit of a hyacinth cutter. They trek barefoot through mud, dodge mosquitoes, and force open a locked gate to guide their truck back to Mount Dora after a near-miss search for the elusive flat-bottom boat.
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Sal
Winter Garden
Lake Apopka
Midway Camp
Apopka
Curt
Mount Dora
Civilization
Om Lake
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Brenwood Studio
Donna
National Legion
P.T.A
Mabel Norris Reese
Edna Sudin
Walter D. Patton
Lake Doctors
Hollywood
Wise Cutter Search
Jody
Sylvester
Curtis Wise
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