Mount Dora hopes fade as Coolidge oath tale lingers
Hoover considered visiting Mount Dora but never came. Joe Fountain recalls the August 1923 oath scene with Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge. Col. John Coolidge showed restrained emotion while Grace wept and Mrs. Coolidge faced a looming, unsure future.
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Hoover
Mount Dora
Joe Fountain
Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
William Allen White
Calvin Coolidge
Man
President
Impressions of a transatlantic flight by Marjorie Jewell
Marjorie R. Jewell of Mount Dora describes her trip from McCoy Jetport Orlando to Miami, then London, aboard a large 368 passenger plane. She details views of Miami and the Bahama Islands, in flight meals, an engine failure, and landing in New York before continuing to London.
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Marjorie R. Jewell
Mount Dora
McCoy Jetport
Orlando
Miami
London
Miami Beach
Florida
Bahama Islands
Argentina
New York
Navy
Winter Park
Hawkins
National
Backwoods Trail or Blazing Route 19 Changes Florida's Scenic Roads
A regional push by Chambers of Commerce including Groveland Clermont Tavares Mount Dora Eustis and Umatilla seeks to develop Route 19 into a four lane highway to draw tourists. The piece warns that highway growth may destroy beauty and urges formal controls and standards to protect the landscape and quality of life.
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Florida
Alaska
Service
Chambers of Commerce
Groveland
Clermont
Tavares
Mount Dora
Eustis
Umatilla
Chamberlingo
Salt Springs
Silver Springs
Wild Kingdom
Ringling Circus
Disney World
Ocala Forest
Lake County
Disney
Here
441
Zellwood
Apopka
Orlando
Mount Dora City
Eustis Plaza
Eudora Road
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Floridora
Col. John
Calvin
Grace
A.M. Liveright
West Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box
Marjorie R, Jewell
Crone
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