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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1975
Page
5
Forty years ago Diane Demro curates TOPIC files detailing local events, people, and notable happenings of the era, capturing civic matters, culture, and community milestones through archival notes and reflections.
A February 14 1935 note recalls Mr Charles Edgerton arriving forty one years ago as a pioneer winter resident The memory spans the 1890s citrus boom and the 1930s frost era The high school notes announce Katherine Killian and Mary Agnes Harding as editors The seventh grade elects Wilton Adams president and Buster Battle secretary A Mount Dora Theater week features Straight from the Heart with Baby Jane Mary Astor and Roger Pryor.
In Mount Dora on February 21, the WSM Grand Ole Opry performs a one night show at the Community auditorium drawing radio stars with decades of popularity. Local notices mention a birthday party in Tangerine and civic updates from Sorrento and Mount Dora, including a new interceptor police car bid and humorous beard controversy at Lions Days of ’49. The article also lists Mount Dora High School students Kay Brown Pam Brown Tommy Cleary and Kay Elliott competing in the American Legion Oratorical Contest with finals toward the state and national stages.
Brooklyn man William G. Flickinger 85 faces a careless driving charge after his rented D C Waters Ford plowed into Jones Luggage and Shoe Repair on Donnelly Street in Mount Dora Monday morning. The accident damaged the building about 3000 dollars and the car around 200 dollars. occupants escaped injury.
The Mount Dora City Court docket for February 5 shows multiple defendants with verdicts and fines. Names include Jeffrey R. Brown and Sam mie Davis for speeding guilty $25 each, Rebecca L. Baker guilty on petit larceny $152 and concealed weapon $82, Corrine Banks assault and battery forfeit $102, and Eddie Walker contempt of court withheld adjudication.
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