Prof Roseborough remembered as Mount Dora education pillar
Floridora Daniel Douglas Roseborough known as Prof Roseborough led 37 year school career in Mount Dora. He remained active in community post retirement attending Mount Dora High School games and sharing anecdotes including 1920s water crisis rescue. Funeral remarks called him a life enriching influence on students who became teachers.
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Daniel Douglas Roseborough
Mount Dora
Roseborough
Mount Dora High School
Ken Book
Life Begins at Sixty Series Starts This Week
A new weekly column by Dr. Josephus C. Luke of Tangerine debuts this week, exploring retirement years with focus on preparations, pleasures, activities, and problems. The first installment appears on Page 4 titled Life Begins at Sixty, with Dr Luke detailing his background and long career in medicine and surgery.
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Josephus C. Luke
Tangerine
McGill University
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
England
Royal College of Surgeons
George VI
Buckingham Palace
McGill
Mount Dora Park Board Elects New Officers
The Mount Dora Park Commission held its annual meeting naming io M. S. Goodholm chair man and Harry Quinn as vice chairman with Mrs Mae Radcliff as secretary. Each commissioner will oversee a park and Kentral Park moves to rotating supervision for the new year. The group meets on the second Monday monthly at 9 a.m. in Mount Dora.
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M. S. Goodholm
Mount Dora Park Commission
Harry Quinn
Mae Radcliff
Donnelly
M.S. Goodholm
Evans
Gilbert
W .G. Shipley
Childs, Stein and Wan
Margaret Carson
Kentral Park
East Town
Park Commissioners
Igs
Mount Fall
Mount Dora Council Delays Vote On Override Of Mayor Veto
Mount Dora City Council postponed action on overriding Mayor Tompion's veto of a 60 acre annexation on Eudora Road owned by Affiliated Services Corporation. The meeting also defeated an ordinance requiring trash and tree-removal workers to register, while approving a second reading for a street closure and extending water service to Hibiscus Park.
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A. M. Liveright
Mount Dora
Tompion
Eudora Road
Twelfth Avenue
Hibiscus Park
Frank Clifton
Affiliated Services Corporation
Winter Park
Champion
Florida
Gordon Dake
Jeff Ray
Roy Christopher
Howard Cox
Dake
Ray
Jack Morgan
Morgan
Cox
Duke
Dean van Landingham
Frank Trott
Big Brother
Trott
Brandon Ward
Dora man jailed after Mount Dora shooting
Andrew J. Jones, 68, of 1517 Johns St, Mount Dora, was jailed in Lake County on a $1000 bond after a New Year’s Day shooting. Lewis Trapp, 37, of 809 Grant Ave, Mount Dora, reported being shot in the left ankle in his yard. A .22 rifle was used. Jones was arrested after police investigated. Trapp was treated and released from Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis.
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Andrew J. Jones
Johns St
Mount Dora
Lake County
Lewis Trapp
Grant Ave
Jones
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Mount Dora CofC to honor Elmer Norton dinner speaker
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce hosts its 53rd annual dinner Friday at Lake Side Inn starting 7 p.m. New CofC officers will be installed. Principal speaker is Mrs. Elmer Norton of Jacksonville, Florida Federation of Women's Clubs president, with many community and professional affiliations noted. Tickets remain available via 383-2165.
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Mount Dora
Florida Federation
Mental Health Association
Daughters of the Nile
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Friday Musicale
Garden Club
Jacksonville Garden Club
Pilot Club of
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Marine Institute
Northeast Florida Society For the Prevention of Blindness Inc
Norton
The
Leadership Foundation Inc
South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church
International Platform Association
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora building permits back to 1.431 million in 1976
The City of Mount Dora issued building permits totaling 1,431,600 in 1976, nearly doubling the prior year and matching 1974 levels. Major projects included a 213,000 public library, an 80,000 Baptist Church education building, 42,000 Mt. Dora Growers cooling room, and 37,000 Princess Theatre renovation.
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Mount Dora
Baptist Church Education
Mt. Dora
John Cain
Hwy. 441
Golden Triangle Shopping Center
Kiwanis Sponsors First Mount Dora Symphony Concert
The Florida Symphony Orchestra under Associate Conductor Maria Tunicka presents the first Mount Dora concert of the season at 8 p.m. January 13 in the Mount Dora Community Building. Kiwanis Club funds the series for youth programs for the 26th year. Free transport to the venue is available via reservations with Steve Bolt.
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Florida Symphony Orchestra
Maria Tunicka
Mount Dora
Kiwanis Club of
Dvorak
Glinka
Mendelssohn
de Falla
Kabalevsky
Borodin
Friml
S. Donkey
Oklahoma
Richards
Kiwanis
Steve Bolt
Weather Readings From Mount Dora Fire Dept Station
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station logs temperatures and rainfall since December 29. The record shows 19 inches of precipitation totals, with daily readings including two days in early January and a notable 2.40 inch measure on January 3.
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Mount Dora
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Luke
Eleanore Margaret Wallace
Toronto
Switzerland
Park Board Reorganized
Dora Man
Cofc
Donnelly Street
Ninth Avenue
Public Library
Jody Demar
Superiorsphalt Company
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