Mount Dora Leaders Elected and Youth Activities Highlight 1927
J G Ray elected president of Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce as about one hundred members attend the annual meeting. Local events include a Zellwood pupil recital featuring Constance Cotton and Mildred, Neil and Marguerite Hammond. Lights funded for Donnelly Park courts aim to double illumination by next week. Girl Scouts plan a Dec 24 hike from Legion rooms with a post-hike feast. bake-weiners and marshmallows invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Ray
Inent
Mount Dora
Frank H. Heath
Donnelly Park
Girl Scouts of
Legion Rooms
First National Bank
Local Babies and Christmas Pageant Highlight End-Of-Year News
Thirty years ago this month multiple local births are reported including four newborn boys at Waterman Memorial and DeLand Hospitals with ties to Norris ONeill McCabe and McDaniel families. The piece notes holiday travel of W A Keen to Jacksonville and a St. Paul Episcopal Church pageant featuring fifteen Mount Dora children and their attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Norris
Waterman Memorial Hospital
James O'Neill
Zellwood
Bernard McCabe
Alvin McDaniel
DeLand Hospital
Michael Reese
Libby Drawdy
Mount Dora
W. A. Keen
Lake Jem
Jacksonville
St.piscopal Church
Eustis
The
Land Four
Sara Jo
Kathy
Henry
David
Ann Edwards
Kay Brown
Josephine Brock
Marty
Susie Bardwell
Bobby Tetzler
Ward Estey Jr
Jimmy Wirgman
Gale
Judy Davidson
Helen Bess
Mount Dora Council Upgrades Police Radio and Traffic Rules
In December 1957 Mount Dora approves a budget funded radio system for police cars linking directly to the sheriff and limits pursuit to felonies within the city while enabling cross-agency aid. The council also schedules a Mutual Concert Association season starting January 11 featuring Cornelia Otis Skinner. Crushed rock paving replaces pine straw roads due to weather and modern traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Sheriff's Office
Res
Mutual Concert Association
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Pine Forest Cemetery
Margaret Lafroos
Mount Dora
Mount Dora TOPIC Publication Details
The Mount Dora TOPIC is a weekly publication based at 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora Florida mailing address P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757 and telephone 904 383 4303 Subscription rates are 6 00 per year 11 00 for two years in Lake County 750 per year 14 00 for two years in Lake County plus a single copy price Postage paid at Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Fifth Avenue
Mount Dora
P. O. Box
Florida
Lake County
Acta
Tribute to the King's Daughters Mission
A devotional poem extols the King's Daughters as a charitable group aiding the needy. It praises their round the clock acts of clothes, visits, and food, urging Christians with resources to share and give thanks for blessings.
Christmas Is A Gentle Joyful Shared Season
A reflective piece on Christmas describing it as a tugging and righting of the soul, a reunion of faith, and a time of shared care. It weaves themes of loneliness, family, patience, and forgiveness with images of lights, gifts, and the Infant in Bethlehem.
Local charities mobilize Christmas giving across Mount Dora area
The article lists Mount Dora groups coordinating holiday aid for families and children. The Ruth Sunday School class funds a Christmas basket for a disabled single mother. the American Legion Auxiliary runs food baskets for the needy and a pre Christmas party for children. the Mount Dora Woman's Club supports Hacienda Girls Ranch and King's Daughters donations. seniors donate to a Day-Care Center. other groups aid the Medic Home and Indian children in New Mexico. The King’s Daughters organization serves as the official charity hub, with many locals contributing gifts, food, and welfare support, reflecting communal care this Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Blundell
Ruth
First Baptist Church
Mary Cato
First United Methodist Church
Mount Dora
Methodist Children’s Home
Enterprise
Fla
American Legion Auxiliary
Joan ,Asmus
Auxiliary
Thriftway Food Store
Asmus
Red Lodge of
Masonic Brothers
Eustis
King’s Daughters
New Mexico
Mount Dora police warn rising vandalism during Christmas season
Police report 12 vandalism cases since December in Mount Dora with many unsolved due to late calls. Detective John Mitchell urges quick reporting to curb incidents of slashed tires and burglarized homes. Lock cars, park in lighted areas or garages to deter amateurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Council defers rezoning and discusses late-night music repeal
The council defers rezoning Fifth Avenue to C-2 between Baker and Grandview and approves closing Chester Street near Eleventh Avenue on the Edgerton grove property. First reading is given to repeal the 1942 ordinance banning music in commercial zones from midnight to 7 a.m. on weekdays and from midnight Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday, amid questions of constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Baker
Grandview
Chester Street
Eleventh Avenue
Edgerton Grove
Mount Dora
Lowe
Frank Clifton
Roy Christopher
City Counel
Meen
Liberty
Simpson
Church of God
R. O. Grantham
Lake Region
Baker and Donnelly
J. P. Donnelly Trust
Sadler Subdivision
Lake Dora
Wise Boat Works
Ted Resimbal
Limit Street
IceHouse
Christmas Shopping Wrap Up in Mount Dora Event
Mount Dora DECA at Mount Dora High School brought Santa to downtown Mount Dora with a Santa cottage scene created by Eustis High School advertising class. The village merchants association and Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce backed the display. Children, including 8-year-old Melinda and Melissa Myles, sat with Santa as Roger Varns played the Claus and Tina Pawliczak and Barbara Brewer assisted as elves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distributive Education Clubs OF America
DECA
Mount Dora High School
Santa Claus
Mount Dora
Eustis High School
Santa
Mer
Christmas Choir Entrants Brighten Mount Dora
Flooridera the Christmas season captures town cheer as 20 members of the Junior Choir at First United Methodist Church Mount Dora directed by Mrs. Robert Lee sing carols in Alisa Beth Rehbaum s room. The group travels by Sonny Rehbaum s straw laden truck, a festive hayride scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverights
First United Methodist Church of
Mount Dora
Robert Lee
Alisa Beth
Sonny) Rehbaum
Mount Dora Weather Station Rain Totals Report
The Mount Dora Fire Department Weather station records show temperatures since December seven, with a total rainfall for the year reaching 40.35 inches. Precipitation figures indicate a 1.14 inch increase in the latest period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Fire Department
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al Hlavac
Keith Liveright
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M. D. Meyerson
Debby Veneroso
Jerry Wiley
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