Mount Dora News Highlights Fifty Years Back
Fifty years ago Mount Dora mourned M O Williams 34 in Orlando while local clubs planned social regatta and a wedding linked Miss Bessie Crane and Mr George Coffin. Notes from 1936 recount bus station moves, yacht supper tickets, service members returns, council shifts and a surge in utilities output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Williams
Orlando
Dr. Williams
Mount Dora
Crane
McDonald Street
Power and Temptation at the Rail Crossing
In 1905 a Schleswig town boy aids his friend Hans Peter to lower railway booms, craving power. A risky duo entices traffic and ends with a near arrest as the law warns that such misuse will land him in jail, unless he changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Peter
Germany
Schleswig
Walter
David
GoMath
Kuss
Mount Dora Needs Public Involvement and Controlled Growth
A 1976 call for heightened civic participation urges Mount Dora to require early frank communication from City Hall, develop a Citizens Board of Public Assistance, and invest in a controlled future with commerce that respects the town core. The piece pressures restraint on events and growth and advocates a central Mount Dora core around Donnelly Park and public institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Citizens’ Board of Public Assistance
Central Mall
Eleventh Avenue
First Avenue
Lake
Grandview
Mount Doracore and Center
Donnelly Park
Tom Champion
G.R.M
Bob) Pearson
Brandon Wald
Jack B. Morgan
Jeff Ray Ill
Dean van Landingham
Harry L. Quinn
Milton S. Goodholm
Mount Dora’ Park Commission
C.T. Clark
Rex Flohr
Sears
Golden Triangle
Postal Service Faces Pay Roll Hike Claim
Capsule comment questions the USPS decision to raise prices by 30 percent to cover payroll costs. The remark notes the timing as a New Year jab and frames the move as a response to labor expenses.
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U.S. Postal Service
Mount Dora year in review 1975 elections and civic milestones
Election tops Mount Dora Chronicle year in review with highlights from 1975 including a local council vote on the city charter and taxes, a 50th anniversary for First National Bank, staffing changes at Mount Dora High School, a National Register listing for the J.P. Donnelly house, and a series of civic events. The compilation notes notable deaths, retirements, inaugurations, and the United Way drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Moon
Lillian Christie
Ira Kellogg
Heaton
Lou L. Heaton
Troy Shaw
Lakeshore Drive
Fulton
Miss
City Council
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Washington, D.C
J.P. Donnelly
Florida
Bruce Smathers
Donnelly St. Homestead
Alfred Rehbaum Sr
Lake County
Bernard J. McCabe
Joseph R. Folsom
Ocie Edwards Jr
Golden Triangle
Lake Tem
First National Bank of
Beth Ann O'Connor
Pasco
United Way
Grant City
WGTW
Allen Arthur Jr
Donnelly St
Ninth Ave
Kiwanis Club of
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By Diane Demro
Tangerine News
Virginia Mae Jepson
Tallahassee
Esther Roberts
Mount Berry School
Georgia
Lois Hazel
Groveland
Florida Motor Lines
Mount Dora Pharmacy
Donnelly
Cashwell's
Fifth Avenue
Tracy Kramer
Carl Graves
Dick Edgerton
Thomas Lashar
Harry Clark
Warren Frost
Harold Lane
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
William C. (Bruggs) Kennedy
Admiral Spruance
Pearl Harbor
Claire Wyatt
St. Johns
Mich
D. H. Bishop
Mr. Bishop
Twila Camp
Albert J. Camp
Walter W. Dismukes
William W. Dismukes
Fruitland Park
First Baptist Church of
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
Vol
West Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box
By Broder J. Petersen
Law
Calaboose
Crone
Douglas
Louis Untermeyer
Golden Hurricanes
Tavares
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