Lake View or Mount Dora Name Change Discussion Debated
In Mount Dora Florida residents weigh renaming the town Lake View with Lake Dora praised for its balanced, feminine lake naming tradition. The piece cites pride in lake views from the heights and notes the nickname Dumb Dora as a reason to consider the change. Local students and civic groups are active, with pluses listed for Lake View and a call for broad community input.
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Lake View
Florida
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
U. S
Dumb Dora
Mt, Dora
University of Florida At
Gainesville
Robert Dickson
Jesse Dooley
Glen Brown
Lem Downs
Nelson Morley
Charles Norris
Bob Quixley
Gould Sadler
Debate on City Manager for Mount Dora Sparks Voter Tussle
In the in house column veteran notes Mount Dora voters face a December ballot decision on whether to retain a City Manager. He questions tenure norms and argues local governance can work without a manager, drawing contrasts with large departments and noting potential bureaucratic friction.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Band Renamed In Honor Of Sedano Memorial
The Mount Dora School Band votes to become the Manuel J. Sedano Memorial Band and to perform at the Junior Class play on December 15 at the Community Building. Charles Javens leads until an instructor is found. Also, Mount Dora girls open basketball vs Lyman with players named, and Alice Kenyon wed Walter C. McWhorter in Mount Dora on November 30.
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Robert Wilson
Daytona Beach
Mount Dora
Jerry Dake
Charles Reid
Buster
Charlie Brown
Glenn Woodworth
Thomas Norris
Owen Conner
Bobby Goodman
DeAnn Bateman
Leslie Sanders
Pam Brown
Ann Tremain
Joyce Moon
Delores Billette
Cora Ann Salder
Joni Vincenti
Connie Cross
Betty Stockton
Virginia Fielder
Alfred Rehbaum III
Jeff Ray
Dick Gassett
Charles Brown
Johnny Groves
Sylvan Shores Property Owners Association
Dr. A .L. Bennett
Sylvan Shores Point
Eustis Road
Dr. Bennett
George Siess
Delphia Norman
W. M. Kennedy
Vernon Lee
M. Kenneally
Col
N. B. Frazee
Dale Brown
R. H. Trippe
Marion Brinker
Sedano
Manuel J. Sedano
Charles Javens
The Poet's Corner Chores
A humorous verse notes how each family member dodges chores. Susie tires, Joe groans at tidying, father mows only for golf, and mother avoids ironing. The poem suggests people shirk work unless they redefine it as something fun or UN.
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Warren E. Burger
United States
By Jim Conway
the Poet’s Corner
Susie
Joe
Reeser’s Health Foods
Golden Triangle
East Sixth Avenue
People's
Donnelly Street
Mt. Dorn
Donnelly
Doro
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