Whitney installed as Mount Dora Chamber president
Dr. Randall B. Whitney was installed as President of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce at the Annual Dinner Meeting held Tuesday night at the Mount Dora Yacht Club. Charles Pettyjohn and Al Cesery were named 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents with Jean Cook continuing as Executive Director and Patsy Johnson as Office Secretary.
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Randall B. Whitney
Mount Dora
Sam L. Shaw
Steve Vaughn
Tom L. Wetherington
W. J. Wingler
Pancake Day Income Sets Mount Dora School Record
The Mount Dora PTA raised nearly $1,000 at Pancake Day, a school record, to fund air conditioning for classrooms. A total of 1,229 attendees marked the event as the most in the school’s history. Southernair resident C. Hanson won the raffle ham, with Leo Drew, Don Bird, and Sandra Wheeler winning high school ticket prizes.
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Mount Dora
C. Hanson
Southernair
Leo Drew
Don Bird
Sandra Wheeler
Al Berry's lifelong work shapes Mount Dora’s growth
The article recalls Al Berry's constant energy and ideas for Mount Dora. Even during illness he brainstormed projects, hosted talks at home, and clashed with officials on issues rather than people. His beautification drive and planning stance aimed to keep growth positive and the town beautiful.
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Mount Dora
Berry
City Clerk Sells $400,000 Revenue Certificates
Mayor Jesse Willmott praised city clerk Carl Fowler for privately negotiating a $400,000 sale of revenue certificates funding a fire station police station and utilities complex. Fowler avoided agent commissions by handling the deal himself, with sanitation collections backing the certificates.
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Jesse Willmott
Carl Fowler
Fowler
Pancake Day at Mount Dora High School
Roy Key and Mrs. Ty Parker presided as students and staff enjoyed pancakes at Mount Dora High School's Pancake Day last week, with Key flipping batches and Parker serving eager customers.
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Roy Key
Ty Parker
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora Clarifies Insurance Tax Increase Misunderstanding
City explains that a state excise tax on insurance companies rose from one to two percent in 1967, effective July 1, 1969, with two percent collected by the state returning to Mount Dora for Fireman’s relief and pension. City council ordinance confirms the two percent tax.
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Mount Dora
Ciy
Florida
Interscholastic One-Act Festival Invitations Sent
Invitations go to 11 Lake County secondary schools for the Third Annual Interscholastic One-Act Festival in Umatilla. Chairman Al Crone notes no entry fee, each school picks a one-act play, and all entrants receive a $25 grant for attendance costs.
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al Crone
Lake County
Umatilla
Crone
IceHouse
Ceive
IceHouse Players
Florida Theatre Conference
Board of Public Instruction
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Dr. Whitney
Chamber
George J. White
Henry C. Coleman
Daytona Beach
America
Coleman
Raffl
Martin
Mount Dora Golf Club
S. Martin Company
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