Mount Dora Bowling Club seeks 10000 expansion funds
Delegates from Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club ask the City Council to back a $10,000 expansion to add new rinks at Elizabeth Evans Park. The Park Board holds final say, with city finance options discussed including a bank loan repaid by the club over 10 years at 3 percent interest.
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Mount Dora
E.etov
A. M. Garrison
Hely
Miami
Orlando
Guy Carrel
Charles Skoglund
John Trudinger
A. M. Nelson
Juniors Present Class Play Friday Night
The Junior class stage production Men are Like Street Cars will be staged Friday at 8 p.m. at the Community building for the city and visitors. DeAnn Bateman stars with a multi-person ensemble including Leslie Sanders Pam Brown Ann Tremain Joyce Moon Delores Billette Cora Ann Sadler Joni Vincenti Connie Cross Betty Stockton Virginia Fielder and the male cast members Alfred Rehbaum II Jeff Ray Dick Gassett Charles Brown Johnny Groves.
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DeAnn Bateman
Delores Billette
Joyce Moon
Pam Brown
Connie Cross
Leslie Sanders
Ann Tremain
Betty Stockton
Virginia Fielder
Johnny Groves
Dick Gassett
Alfred Rehbaum, III
Charles Brown
Cora Ann Sadler
Joni Vincenti
Jeff Ray
Evelyn Cassady
Alfred Rehbaum, II
Charles’ Brown
Ue Aces
Mito
Mayor Heaton Improving After Operation in Orlando
Mayor Lou L. Heaton was reported improving nicely Wednesday following an operation at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando Tuesday.
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Heaton
Lou L. Heaton
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
George Malone Dies in Tampa
George Malone Jr. 29, husband and father of three, died December 2 at Municipal Hospital Tampa from hepatitis after a delayed illness. Son of Mrs. Gladys Malone DuDek of Mount Dora, and Mount Dora High School graduate, he worked at Borden Company Tampa. Services were at J. L. Reed Funeral Home Tampa with burial in Garden of Memories cemetery.
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George Malone, Jr
Municipal Hospital
Mr. Malone
Gladys Malone DuDek
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Castle Heights Military Academy
Lebanon, Tenn
Borden Company
Tampa
Norma
Sharon
Victoria
Michael
Fred Greek
J. L. Reed Funeral Home
Garden of Memories Cemetery
Pupils to Entertain P-TA Next Tuesday
The December Mount Dora P-TA meeting will be at the Community building next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The program features 4th 5th and 6th graders with Vernon Swartzell and Susanne Ward leading the musical portion.
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Dora
Vernon Swartzell
Susanne Ward
Wordsworth Quote On Kindness From A Good Man's Life
A Wordsworth line on the best part of a good man’s life lies in nameless acts of kindness and love. The quote reflects virtue and human goodwill beyond public deeds.
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William Wordsworth
Mount Dora Voters Set Tuesday City Council Contest
Mount Dora residents, about 1200 strong, will choose three of six candidates for two council seats next Tuesday. Clerk and Park Commission seats also on the ballot with William C. Stewart unopposed for clerk and Win C Sleight Ray Dooley and Tom Spencer vying for three park board posts.
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Mount Dora
Park Commission
William C. Stewart
Park Board
C. Sleight
Ray Dooley
Tom Spencer
Wate
Ennesnen
A J Waltz Civic Leader Dies In Mount Dora
Mount Dora mourns 75 year old Albert J. Waltz former mayor and long time city official who died Sunday after a heart attack at his home. A Medina Ohio native he moved to Mount Dora in 1911 and served as mayor councilman and head of the light and water committee. Surviving widow Amy Swartz Waltz a daughter E Nutter Phoenix two grandchildren and one great grandson. Funeral was Tuesday at the Methodist church with burial in Pine Forest cemetery. City offices closed in tribute.
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Sue Mmayulainy
Lou L. Heaton
Ray Blanchard
Bill Prinz
Street Department
Prinz
Mount Dora
Marguerite Lindman
Masonic Lodge
Lions Club
Fisherman's Headquarters
Gilbert Park
Jerry Barnhart
Light and Water Department
Ernest Mosteller
11Th Av
Meda Barnhart
Barnhart
Jack Groves
Charleston
S. C
John
Bruce
Albert J. Waltz
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Fifthay
Ohio
Waltz
Medina
Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Shuffleboard Club
Earl B. Ferson Dora School Designer Dies
Earl B. Ferson, longtime designer of Dora Mount public school arches, dies at 95 after a life devoted to education. A former instructor of mechanical engineering and architecture, he mentored many students and welcomed visitors from Chicago and abroad before living alone at 722 Baker Street.
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Lake Dora
Mount Dora
Earl B. Ferson
Ferson
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Brockton
Chicago
Baker St
Platt Children Face School Admission Battle in Mount Dora
In Mount Dora a private Bible school welcomed five Platt children from Allan and Laura Platt but was pressured to bar them after some parents objected to admitting a mixed race group. Sheriff McCall had previously dismissed them from a public school, citing alleged Negro blood, though South Carolina records show the family as white.
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Pine Grove
Christian Home
Bible School
Mount Dora
Lake
Orange Counties
Allan
Laura Platt
Willis McCall
Orvel Boyd
Boyd
Platt
Florida
South Carolina
Sheriff McCall
Laura Belle
Church of Christ
Bible School Pta
Gies
Pete County
Orange County
Lake County
McCall’s Nest
William Lee
Attorney Lee
Reed
Dear Sheriff McCall Reads From Bible Amid School Ban
A letter from a child describes being barred from school yet reading a Bible at home with family prayers. The child recalls a photographer visiting while reading a verse about trust in the Lord and urges kindness and peaceful conduct as guidance for future citizenship.
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Sheriff McCall
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