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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1976

Page

4

Mount Dora Street Hazards and Local Events Highlight 1936 Note

Roads and civic life feature Mount Dora in 1936 with cautions about Donnelly Street condition after sewer work and praise for the Mount Dora-Sanford concrete highway underway. The issue also covers local school activities, Hi-Y club inductions, a 1936 baseball season setup, play preliminaries, senior class production, and new officers in the Mount Dora Woman's Club.

Donnelly Street Mount Dora Florida Mount Dora-Sanford John W. Weeks Weeks J. P. Donnelly Bruce House Grand View Hotel Donnelly George Peabody Mount Dora Baseball Association Chamber of Commerce C. C. Dooley Ben Michael Frank Frake David S. Simpson Dudley Adkins Anne Ferring Weatherly Mount Dora High School Jackie Ober Ashton Brown Virginia Hollow Faye Shipes Lavonnie Williams Joyce Duggan Opal Hutcheson Dwight Mosteller Ruth Shipes Jack Burr Bob Allen James Bean William M. (Bruggs) Kennedy California Pacific Area Kennedy Sylvan Shores Marines Rhoda Simpson Honolulu Jeff Ray Robert Wilson Charlie Brown Johnnie Graves Hank Link Robby Vanzant Frank Bennett Donnie Dake Jimmy Simpson Bob Cleary Barry Graves Lennie Vincenti Eddie Travers Bud Sadler Woman's Club of C. L. Menser DeLand Florida Federation of Woman's Clubs Leroy Spilatore Edward Peterson C. E. Funk W. E. Willmott J. B. Booth William Prinz

Larson’s Livery Buys Automobile To Serve Locals

In a May 9 1907 issue Larson's livery announces a forthcoming automobile with driver for customers sparking shock among tradition minded townsfolk. The piece recounts livery role from buggies to landaus, hearses, wedding transport, and romance driven by display and skill in handling horses. It notes a notable courtship ending in marriage after a runaway scare and river road ride.

Surrey Hiram Smith Veronica Blucher Hiram Veronica

Livery Stable Life and Horse Care in a Local Town

Larson's livery stable kept 20 to 25 horses, requiring daily grooming feeding and shoeing. Harnesses were maintained and vehicles cleaned to a high gloss, while the stable served as a hub of neighborly chatter and town news in a preelectronic era.

Victoria Larson's Larson

Mount Dora residents question yearly recreation director

A Mount Dora letter to the editor challenges a proposed paid yearround recreation director and 25 cent pool fees, arguing for open access to summer activities and self organized leisure. It also promotes the regional Sweet Adelines competition with dates in April and October, inviting carpooling participation.

Mount Dora Lake County Mount Dan Recreation News Beth O'Connor Orlando Sentinel Lake Dora Gilbert Park Birmingham Ala Deauville Miami Sweet Adeline Region No. 9 Florida Georgia Alabama Louisiana Texas Panama Canal Zone Cincinnati London England U. S Sweden Puerto Rico Philippines

Log Cabin Project Blocked in Mount Dora Bicentennial

Mount Dora resident laments denial by Park Commissioner Vernon Shipley blocking Lake Sertoma Club from erecting a log cabin in Gilbert Park. Council earlier supported the display as a permanent bicentennial project, but officials demand blueprints for modern utilities. Author urges review of governing body authority and community benefit.

Champion Lake Sertoma Club Gilbert Park Mount Dora Vernon Shipley Sertoma Club Shipley R,c, Rausch

The Auctioneer a Scary Book by Joan Samson

Edythe Ward reviews The Auctioneer by Joan Samson. In early spring New Hampshire a farmer and town gossip rise amid mounting deputies and charity auctions as crime shadows a quiet town and a family guards a land and each other.

New Hampshire John Moore Bobby Gore Harlowe Bobby Amelia Fawkes Moores Perry Dunsmore Gore

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