Bethune-Cookman Choir Thrills Mt Dora Audience
The Bethune-Cookman Choir visit featured Edna Thetford receiving a medal for promoting the group and raising over $1,000 for the school. Diana Porter wowed with a solo, and President Moore highlighted inclusive admissions while praising the concert’s varied program.
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Edna Thetford
Bethune-Cookman
Turing
Mt. Dora
C. ©. Lott
Milner- Rosenwald Academy
Thetford
Robert Shaw
Thomas Demps
Bethune-Cookman Choir
Columbia
Moore
Iola Brown
Mt. Dora High School
Mount Dora city care and improvement proposal overview
Citizens propose street name restoration and house numbering to improve navigation, plus street cleanliness and landscaping. They urge lake and stream pollution fixes, billboard restrictions on Route 441, landscaped access areas, litter policing, scenic drives, more parks, and better traffic and parking plans.
Old bank a heliport dream for Mount Dora Disney link
In a speculative note Lou Heaton muses about converting an old bank building into a heliport to link Mount Dora with Disney World via Apopka and McCoy. The concept envisions first floor tickets, second floor waiting rooms, and a roof launch for faster travel amid growing regional development.
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Mount Dora
Disney World
Apopka and
McCoy
Orange County
Disney
Topic newspaper address and publication details
The Topic lists editorial offices at 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora Florida with mailing P O Box 197 Mount Dora Florida 32757. Contact number 904 383 4303. Subscriptions 4.00 yearly 7.00 for two years and 10 cents per single copy. Entered as second class matter April 7 1916 Mount Dora Post Office Florida.
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P. O
Mount Dora
Florida
West Fifth Avenue
Lake Apopka Drainage Experiment Planned
Jan 5 London edition front page reports a February 1 draining of Lake Apopka to expose the bottom to sunlight for weeks in a pollution cleanup. If successful, the approach could be replicated on other area lakes.
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Paul Paddock
London
International Herald Tribune
Lake Apopka
Herald Tribune
Cold Weather Forecast Echoes From Mount Dora Legend
Columnist Fred Steele recalls a Navy veteran’s warning of recurring hard freezes every four years starting after 1958. Steele replanted citrus, but freezes in 1962 1966 and 1970 confirmed the prediction, shaping his gardening choices and memory.
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Topic
Fred Steele
Mount Dora
Criticism Quote from Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
The Mount Dora Kiwanis Club newsletter Chat & Chatter notes a saying that criticism can be avoided by saying nothing doing nothing and being nothing. The quip reflects a sharp view on how avoiding action prevents judgment.
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Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
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George L. Kress
Saul
Diana Porter
Yonder, Yonder
Steppes
Diana
Leontyne Price
Iona Joseph
Shirley Wright
Henry Lawrence
Brenda Ivory
Richter
God
Heaven
Earth
Don Cossack
Bers
Old
New 441
North Donnelly
441
Eudora Road
Old Bank
Lou Heaton
Epic
Jim Waldron
Sandy Waldron
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