Mount Dora selects Heaton as mayor in high turnout election
In Mount Dora Lou L. Heaton, a retired newspaperman, wins a record 499 votes to become mayor as Esther Wyatt Bishop secures the Park Board seat with 559 votes. Jerry Barnhart edges into council contention with 335 votes amid a 672 ballot turnout. William Stewart returns as city clerk treasurer after a close 454 to 208 tally against Henry Beims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fletcher Crane
Mount Dora
Esther Wyatt Bishop
Lou L. Heaton
William C. Stewart
Henry Beims
Eustis
Council
Ernie Mosteller
Wayne Moon
Esther Bishop
Jerry Barnhart
Tom Brotherson
Walter Tucker
Barnhart
Heaton
Crane
Mosteller
Moon
Bishop
Gordon Conboy
William Prinz
J. M. Turner
Lillian Christie
Tucker
Lloyd Atkins
Atkins
City Hall
Election Board
Stewart
Lauderdale
Park Board
Angus McDonald
Herbert Whitehead
Beauty and the Beef shines at Community play Friday
Ann Bowers stars as Beauty in the Junior class production Beauty and the Beef at the Community building Friday night at 8 15. Wade Simpson opposite her with George Lashkar Norma Anthony John Marsell Jean Parker and Margie Kenyon in major roles. Directed by Evelyn Cassady the college life comedy includes cribbing on exams and football honors as central plot elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Ann Bowers
Ann
Wade Simpson
George Lashkar
Norma Anthony
John Marsell
Jean Parker
Margie Kenyon
Evelyn Cassady
Ore Smith
Frank Hall
Irmatte
John Rappell
David Sellers
Bobby Correll
Sue Scott
Gore
Diane
TeStrak
Jeckssen Hutchinson
Be noble and the lenity that lies in other men
A fragmentary quotation reflects on nobility and leniency in others, invoking literary phrasing associated with James Russell Lowell. The text reads as a moral meditation urging mercy over harsh judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Russell Lowell
Armed Forces Blood Donor Day a Lake County Success
Mount Dora hosted Armed Forces Blood Donor Day with eighty two volunteers giving a pint each. Forty four donations supported service members, 38 honeyed the Central Florida Blood Bank. overall 100 pints hoped but illness and medicines reduced the total. Lions club led the drive with 17 Red Cross volunteers aiding, while nurses and local groups assisted. Plans were made to expand the effort to Umatilla Leesburg and Eustis.
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Red Cross
Mount Dora
Lake County
Central Florida
Mary Rand
Lions Club
Lion Sam Swiger
Clayton Perrault
Atlanta
Vesper Crostwhaite
William Furey
Celia Whitaker
Eustis
Frank Lukens
Leesburg
Karl Lehmann
Celia Claflin Shaw
Jim Seeley
Lake Joanna
Sam Marks
Umatilla
E. L. Kuykendall
Groveland Case Takes Another Angled Turn
Lake county passes the Groveland Story to Marion county for the last chapter as retrial motions loom. Walter Lee Irvin’s Jan 14 Ocala trial clashes with a Jan 2 Tavares hearing while FBI silence on Samuel Shepherd’s Weirsdale death persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Irvin
Lake County
Groveland
Marion County
Truman G. Futch
Jesse W. Hunter
NAACP
Alex Akerman
Alan Hamlin
Ocala
Walter Lee Irvin
Tavares
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel Shepherd
Weirsdale
Shepherd
U. S. Supreme Court
Willis V. McCall
Washington
Howard J. McGrath
Caxton Doggett
Mount Dora’s Methodist Church
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
Doggett
Lake County's school crisis and a million dollar ask
A Lake County forum on aching school facilities highlights an estimated three million dollar expansion need. Trustees like John Y. Clark of Leesburg note the burden falls on local taxpayers and business leaders under Florida's homestead tax rules. (Continued on Page 4)
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Lake County
You and
Lake Ecountians
Lake Countians
Florida
John Y. Clark
Leesburg
James Handlen a Florida school music director’s long vaudeville path
Editor notes James E Handlen, Dora's school music director, known in Florida circles for his band and choral work. His unusual career began in 1924 in vaudeville after study in New York, working as a banjoist and later directing orchestras. He moved to Hollywood for film shorts before vaudeville faded and radio drew his attention.
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James E. Handlen
Dora
Florida
America
James Handlen
New York City
Galli Curci
St. Luke’s Church
Portland
New York
Amert
Fusie
Keith and
Loew’s
Joseph Lemair
Metropolitan Opera
L. I. Pantages
James E Handlen's ragtag vaudeville revival memories
James E Handlen began as a Capital theatre employe in New York and rose to radio. He nearly revived vaudeville with amateur shows that swept the nation in the 1950s. He then led three hectic years touring America with a mostly amateur troupe, sometimes in improvised conditions, contrasting Major Bowes's radio driven touring model.
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New York
Capital Theatre
Vaudevillans
Handlen
America
Major Bowes
Pe Heer
Police Seek Report On Damaged Car Crash
Mount Dora police investigate a hit and run on Highland Ave that left Willis Cole, his wife, and their 11 year old daughter Shirley Mae injured after a 1947 or 1948 Buick struck their car at 12:05 a.m. The impact turned the Cole vehicle 180 degrees and sent it 35 feet, with witnesses noting possible damaged lights.
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Mount Dora
Highland Av
James Orr
Willis Cole
Lake Ola
Orr
Shirley Mae
Lisbon
Cole
Promotion for Army Intelligence officer Richard Dufour
Word from Berlin that First Lieut Richard Dufour, promoted from second lieutenant, is now an officer in the Army Intelligence division. His wife June Fenn Dufour reports the happy news as he receives his promotion amid wartime duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenn Dufour
Berlin
Army
Richard Dufour
Lake County Seeks Equality in School Survey Efforts
Lake County boards examine to balance needs across 10 local schools while considering a statewide expansion plan. Trustees weigh equality among centers, tax impacts, and economic limits as they study potential building projects and funding options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes County
Board of Public Instruction
Honey-in-the-Hills
Mount Dora
East Town
Eustis
Lake County
John Y. Clark
Leesburg
J. G. Ray, Jr
D. D. Roseborough
Frank Banning
Lake
Nativity Scene Displayed On Mount Dora City Hall Lawn
Mount Dora revives its annual Nativity on City Hall lawn starting December 19. Edith Fairfax Davenport conceived the scene, painted by Mount Dora High School students, and lit nightly through the season. The artwork mirrors Botticelli's Visit of the Magi and is a Mount Dora Woman's Club project.
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Mount Dora
City Hall
Edith Fairfax Davenport
Florida Federation of Art
Mount Dora High School
Boticelli
Children To Give Yuletide Story at Community Building
The elementary school presents the revived annual pageant Why the Chimes Rang with a Christmas program. First and second graders sing, while upper grades enact the Nativity in pantomime under the Parent-Teacher Association.
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Parent-Teacher Association
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New Old City
Ann Bowers
Calius Rabirius
Hollywood
M.c.’S
Loews
Keiths
Jim Handlon
Goethe
Lake County Health and TB Association
Tuer Cox
Clermont
Roy Christopher
Christopher
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