Lake Dora Memoir From Donnelly Speaks Of Tragedy And Tales
Editor notes a fifth installment reprinting John P. Donnelly’s Mount Dora Yacht Club speech from 1922. He recalls Lake Dora’s quiet witness to sport and misadventure, recounts a capsizing near the Chautauqua grounds and a near drowning at Tavares Peninsula House, and notes legendarily odd locals and tall tales amid reflections on pine plantings and fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Donnelly
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Lake Dora
Chautauque Grounds
James Mott
Tangerine
Turtelot
Lake Beauclaire
Chautauqua
Fishing Tales From Mount Dora Echoes of Community Spirit
Joe Cleary fulfills a promise by taking Junior Fralick fishing after breakfast at a Mount Dora hotel. The lads enjoy a morning boat trip, catching two bass, while Joe stresses the need for adult attention to today’s kids and cites the Caster’s club as a positive influence. Bill Wingler loses a fishing rod during a Sunday outing, and local anglers like Ben Register, Ed Ryan, and C. E. Abbott report good catches in Seminole Creek and Lake Dora. Electrical fixtures advertised nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cleary
Mount Dora
Joe
Junior Fralick
Hitler
America
Junior
Bill Wingler
Bill
Lake Dora
Ben Register
Sorrento
Chamber of Commerce
Seminole Creek
Ed Ryan
C. E. Abbott
Abbott
Ryan
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Donnelly
Dora
Sears and Roebuck
DeWitt Miller
Cheathys
Rosemary
Tavares
Frank Pierce
Plymouth Rock
Golden Gate
Dada
Kathy
Gale Taylor
E. Colonial Dr
Cheney
City Airport
Orlando
Fla
Henry M. Terrell
Browns Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Eustis, Fla
Make Brown’s
Your Shopping Center
Green’s
W. Main ST
GREEN
Leesburg, Fla
Sterling
Eusitis
Gorham
Eustis
Gonnam Srwaden
Gonnam Gatinnn
Gcornam Line
Fifth Ave
Leonard Barker
Orange Ave
KODAK
ANSCO
BOLEX
Argus
Bell & Howell
Camera Shop
Leesburg
Vic
AECL
Ing Santa
Claus With
Evening Star
F. L. Rose
Branty-Gudgeon Electric Co
Highland St
Tin
Tron Metal
Central Waste Material Co
Atlantic and
Kaley Ave
Diamonds OF
Edenfield Jewelry
W. Main S
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