Mount Dora bumper sticker sparks Orlando row and column plans
Orlando readers react to Floridora Orange County Commissioner Allen Arthur Jr.’s climbing Mount Dora pledge and Rep. Dick Batchelor’s quip about a Colorado vacation home. The piece also notes Mount Dora letter from 1849 and announces a new weekly Life Begins at Sixty column by Dr. Josephus Luke of Tangerine, plus holiday wishes from Topic staff.
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Orange County
Allen Arthur Jr
Orlando
Mount Dora
Dick Batchelor
Ford
Colorado
Batchelor
Arthur
Lake County
Tangerine
Josephus Luke
Luke
Mount Dora Weather Summary: Dec 15 Onward
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station records high and low temperatures since December 15 with 0.26 inches of precipitation for the period. Yearly rainfall totals reach 51.82 inches.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Public Library Groundbreaking Ceremony
Ruth Richards dug the first shovel of dirt as Mount Dora held a groundbreaking for the new public library on Donnelly Street and Ninth Avenue. Present were board chairman Dave Edgerton and city council library committee chair Jeff Ray Ill, with architect Allen E. Arthur Jr. and builder AW Smith & Son.
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Mount Dora Public
Donnelly Street
Ninth Avenue
Allen E. Arthur Jr
Tangerine
AW. Smith & Son
Leesburg
Lakeside Inn Hosts Traditional Christmas at Mount Dora
Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora resumes winter season with Christmas week events. Guests trim trees in the lobby, carols and refreshments on Christmas Eve, stories and gifts on Christmas morning, and coordinated eggnog and festive dinners. Notable staff members boast long tenures and the inn’s historic ties to the town and notable guests.
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Mount Dora
Lakeside Inn
Archie Hurlburt
Fred W. Wentworth
Charles Edgerton
Richard Edgerton
Mount Dora Suffers Severe Power Outage Amid Cold Wave
A 5:45 a.m. power failure left about two thirds of Mount Dora without heat as temperatures fell to 36 degrees. Wires burned at the 13th Avenue Baker Street substation. utilities workers strung new line and restored power about two and a half hours later. Superintendent Cecil Barks cites possible overload as the cause.
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Mount Dora
13Th Avenue
Baker Street
Cecil Barks
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce set for 53rd annual dinner
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce will install 1977 officers led by President J H Hunt at a 7 p.m. dinner January 7 at Lakeside Inn. New directors for three-year terms include Reuben Dickman and Joe Meskroth. Tickets are available at the CofC offices in Depot Mount Dora. a speaker was not announced.
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Mount Dora
Dorothy Johnson
Warren Morgan
Reuben Dickman
Mr. Dunaway
Joe Meckstroth
G.rm
Bob) Pearson
Cofc
City ends fiscal year in the black amid budget talks
Mount Dora City Council closed the 1975/76 year with revenues of 2,918,052 exceeding expenditures by 2,000 and approved the amended budget. The mayor plans to veto a 60 acre Eudora Road annexation over legal concerns while discussions on a city manager role continue.
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Bob Danson
Mount Dora
Brockway
Independence
William S. Needham
Cardington
Ohio
A. M. Liveright
Eudora Road
Frank Clifton
Brandon Ward
Jeff Ray
Gordon
Dake
Ray
Tom Champion
Affiliated Services Corporation of
Winter Park
C. O. Lott
Jack Morgan
Champion
Stephen Vaughn Sr
Sylvan Shores
Dean van Landingham
Ward
Morgan
Council
East Town Day Care Center Expands With Book Donation
The We Care O Lott Day Center in East Town grows after Renaissance 76 support. Joyce Fabricand of Documentary Photos donated 20 children's books to the East Town Library and a Christmas party highlighted the new volumes. Councilman C O Lott led a fund raising barbecue with John Jamison assisting.
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We Care O
East Town
Florida
C.O. Lott
Lott
Renaissance '76
John Jamison
East Town Day Car Center
Florence Thompson
Ellen Mosley
Arradina Jackson
Joyce Williams
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Floridora
Ruth Beam
Dee Demro
Nancy DeNike
Barry Eldridge
George Martin
M. D. Meyerson
Tammy Phillips
Peggy Shanbarker
Audrey Liveright
Lakeside
Calvin Coolidge
Jessie Mae Reese
Robert Terrell Jr
John Pillsbury
George Stiles
Dick Edgerton
East Town Day Care Center
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