Floridora Holiday Wish for Readers
A festive note closes the Floridora column as the writer bids readers a joyful holiday season and laments the shrinking space for the feature before a likely departure next week.
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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
1
Bliss names new staff for Lake County sheriff office
Lake County sheriff-elect Guy Bliss announced his staff ahead of Friday’s swearing in. Sixteen new personnel include six deputies hired by Bliss, four by interim sheriff Meech, and four carryovers from Willis McCall. Four investigators join the office. Milton Beckwith to head the office staff. The oath is set for 5 p.m. at the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Guy Bliss
Bliss
Frank Meech
Willis McCall
Joseph Davenport
Earl Gooden
John Hart
Ned Knuth
Robert Locke
Randolph Ward
Locke
McCall
Gooden
Ward
Meech
Kenneth Averitt
Mitchell Brown
Thomas Hurlbut
Stephen
Unclear Fragments Highlight Local News Snippet
Shattered OCR reading shows scattered phrases on music and sports notes and a vague reference to birds. No coherent events, dates, or named entities are recoverable from the text.
Mount Dora Incumbents Win Council Seats in Tight Race
Mount Dora voters returned incumbents Howard Cox Gordon Dake and Cauley Lott to the city council with a strong showing. Tremain and Oelhafen trailed for the three seats while Margaret Carson and George Outcast won park commissioner posts uncontested. Turnout reached 868 ballots, just under 50 percent of registered voters. The three victors thanked supporters and said they would strive to keep the city charming. Outcast offered no comment. Newly elected officials to be sworn in next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cox
Gordon Dake
Cauley Lott
Mount Dora
Princess Theatre to close after decades in Mount Dora
The Princess Theatre in downtown Mount Dora will close its doors for the final time under current management. MCM Theaters president William P. Cumban cites declining patronage since 1946 as the reason. A Eustis broker will buy the property including the adjacent Parker's Food Market once a title cloud is cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theatre
Mount Dora
William P. Cumban
MCM Theaters
Fifth Ave
Eustis
Parker’s Food Market
Mount Dora Community Trust formed as tax exempt fund
Announcement that the Mount Dora Community Trust is officially in existence was made by Frerett C. Stevenson of the First National Bank of Mount Dora. The trust, approved as a 501c3 charitable organization, was established Sept 1 by an anonymous donor seeking to honor local citizens and their community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Doric Foods
Bank of
Vo-Tech
Howey Academy
Lake Sumter Community College
Tom Sanders
Carter Moore
Jaycee Parade
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Code
Mount Dora
Stevenson
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Floridora
By A.M.L
Troy Hall
Business Guide
Eeereveere Selita
Ss Vvie's
Aewey
Howard W. Cox
Gordon L. Dake
Cauley O. Lott
Park Commission
Margaret Carson
George W
Roy Tremain
Leonard Oelhafen
Lott
George Outcalt
Mount Dorans
Concerned Citizens
George Outcast
Roy L_ Tremain
Leonard A. Oelhafen
Wlbe Leesburg
Rehbaum Hardware
Simpson-Waite
John Alden Murray
The
Lamp Post
Wm. P. Wingler & Son
Compton Realty
Associated
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