 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwema1960, apo nyika yakasangana nenguva yezvinetso zvakakomba zvemasangano, Lavras akatambura nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwakaitwa ne pyromaniac, umo dzimba dzinoverengeka dzenhoroondo dzakapedzwa nemoto. Muchirevo ichi, muna 1962 zviremera zvomunharaunda zvakasarudza kuputsa Municipal Theatre, ichisimbisa kuguma kwemasangano ehurumende uye kuora kwetsika kweguta. Uku kuderera kwakawedzera muna 1963 nekutsakatika kwepepanhau A Gazeta iro chete rakadhindwa vhiki nevhiki panguva iyoyo uye kuda kuvharwa kweChikoro cheAgricultural cheLavras, icho chakaitwa federalised. Zvimwe zviratidzo zvokuderera kwenzanga kwaiva kuputsika kwemadziro echechi yeRosary muna 1965, yakavakwazve bedzi muna 1970, uye kuguma kwetramway muna 1967. 