Mount Dora Elects Incumbents and Two Challengers to City Council
In Mount Dora a low turnout re-elected incumbent Jefferson G. Ray III and Brandon Wald and added challengers John Coffield and Dave Curtis. Coffield won with 613 votes out of 797 cast. Mancini narrowly missed a seat. Ray placed second and declined comment.
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Mount Dora
Jefferson G. Ray III
Brandon Wald
John Coffield
Dave Curtis
Tim Carmody
Gary Hopcraft
Maureen Mancini
Mancini
Santa Claus Leads Mount Dora Lions Parade Winners
Al Cyran of Sorrento played Santa Claus in Mount Dora's Christmas parade on December 10 with 53 entries along Donnelly Street to Gilbert Park. Marching units and floats earned awards. straw votes approved a city park and Ordinance No. 236 delegating daily supervision of city departments to the City Clerk.
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Santa Claus
al Cyran
Sorrento
Mount Dora
United Way Campaign Seeks Year End Contributions
Mount Dora volunteers guide Lake County residents to support the United Way drive. Organizers report about $900 raised so far and urge those not contacted to send contributions to United Way of Lake County, P O Box 989, Lake, FL 32748, with 42 volunteers handling inquiries and outreach.
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United Way
R A. Callero
Campero
Dave Edgerton
Mount Dora
Lake County
P. O
Lael
Weather totals at Mount Dora Fire Dept station
The record shows daily temperatures since December 7 at the Mount Dora Fire Department weather station. Precipitation for the period was .48 inches, bringing the year to date rainfall to 39.21 inches.
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Mount Dora
Weathe
Mount Dora area accidents end in fatalities and thefts
A Nov 30 crash near Mount Dora left Ms. Blocker dead after her 1976 Toyota rolled off US 441. Witness Marlin Wise saw four to five rolls before it settled right side up. Blocker died at Florida Hospital Orlando. Mount Dora police reported the singlevehicle wreck occurred near Fifth Avenue and McDonald Street around 1 a.m. Dec 9. A separate crash on the Grand View Hotel property involved Charles Armstrong and two passengers, with Armstrong charged with driving while intoxicated after the 1969 Lincoln ran a stop and damaged the Grand View Hotel. In a burglary at Winn-Dixie in the Golden Triangle, John Carver and James Patrick Baker were arrested and charged. A later report noted Robert G. Wild was beaten and robbed near Mount Dora.
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US An
Mount Dora
Ms. Blocker
Marlin Wise
Ocoee
Blocker
Florida Hospital
Orlando
Fifth Avenue
McDonald Street
Grand En Hotel
Charles Walter Armstrong
Clermont
James Armstrong
Eugene Armstrong
Grand View Hotel
Charles Lewis
Armstrong
Lake County
Winn-Dixie
Golden Triangle
John Carver
Normandy Drive
James Pat
Rick Baker
Astor
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Lake County Sheriff’s Department
Robert G. Wild
Third Ave
Wild
Sheriff's Department
Ebony Club
US 441
Orange County
Miss America 1938 Marilyn Meseke ends up in Mount Dora
Marilyn Meseke Rogers the 1938 Miss America recalls early pageant days in Ohio and Steel Pier memories. Now based with husband Ben in Mount Dora, she discusses grandmother driven contests, prize shifts to scholarships, and enduring pageant seclusion amid TV era changes.
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Bert Parks
Mount Dora
Marilyn Meseke
Marilyn Rogers
Ben
Torn Airlines
Marilyn
Marion
Ohio
Peaae Pe Pharent
United States
Paramount Studios
California
Majorca
Spain
Miami
Atlantic
Thantic City
Rudy, Vallee
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Curtis
Ray
Wald
Jeanne Mahaffey
Lions
Yee
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