Speed boat races thrill Mount Dora crowd two days
About 7,000 people attended speed boat races in Mount Dora on Tuesday with a day full of contests and a Mount Dora Band concert. The Tangerine Improvement Society plans hall enlargement including a stage, contractor E Dahlin. The Mount Dora Topic Christmas edition is praised for its pages and production.
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Mount Dora
Tangerine
Tangerine Improvement Society
E. Dahlin
Florida Newspaper News
Mount Dora High to Stage New Fires Comedy
Mount Dora High School senior class presents New Fires a three act comedy by Charles Quimby Burdette at 8 PM in the Community Building. The cast includes Mary Norton Coralie Cooper Arthur Haskins Bob Widmer William Stewart Mortimer McCown Mary Agnes Harding Katherine Killian Flora Morley Helyne Ray Buck Sadler A Lee French Jr Lurlene Green Willie Kate Grantham Doris Gray. A timber cutting project by Wilson Cypress Co will employ a thousand men for ten to fifteen years at Cassia in eastern Lake County signaling growth in central Florida.
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Mount Dora High School
Charles Quimby Burdette
Mary Norton
Coralie Cooper
Arthur Haskins
Bob Widmer
William Stewart
Mortimer McCown
Mary Agnes Harding
Katherine Killian
Flora Morley
Helyne Ray
Buck” Sadler
A. Lee French Jr
Lurlene Green
Willie Kate Grantham
Doris Gray
Cassia
Lake County
Wilson Cypress Co
Central
Florida
Grand Ole Opry in Mount Dora with Eddie Arnold
January 17 1946 at 8 15 pm the Mount Dora Lions Club hosts the Grand Ole Opry featuring Eddie Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys at the Community Building. Advance tickets expect a full house with national sponsor WSM Nashville Tenn. Roy Christopher newly released from service partners with Thomas H Cooley in Mount Dora law practice.
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Mount Dora
Tremain Street
Once More With Feeling on a Bicycle Ride Through Memory
The piece argues bicycles reveal hometown life better than cars and distant tours. It contrasts modern mobility with past virtues, praising timeless values, nature, and identity while urging a reflective start to a new year. A bicycle becomes a lens on reality and heritage.
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Grandpa
Separation of Powers and the Threat to Democracy
A law lord warns that judicial overreach mirrors a path toward totalitarianism, urging the US judiciary to restore its role of applying laws rather than making them. Weak legislative and executive branches, plus litigation incentives, contribute to power centralization. the judiciary should voluntarily reaffirm three distinct branches.
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England
United States
Nostalgic Verse Prefers Southland Over New England
The speaker contrasts autumn and seasonal life in New England with Floridian warmth and Tropic rain, praising relaxed Southern scenes, sunshine, and golf. He notes not missing New England’s cold and snow, while affirming fondness for sunlit drives and coastal greens, ending with a personal miss for the audience.
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New England
Weather Fragments Show Narrow Temperature Range
Readable weather notes report a low around 16 and a high near 30 with values fluctuating into the 70s later in the week. The fragmentary data hints at a mild pattern and possible precipitation variation across days.
Glenn Glitter Day Proclaimed in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Mayor Tom Champion proclaims January 17 1976 as Glenn Glitter Day to promote a two day litter control and beautification drive led by Flagship Banks and local Garden Clubs. The event follows Liberty Tree Arbor Day and targets youth participation to clean up and beautify the city.
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Orange
Osceola
Lake, Seminole
Sumter Counties
Glenn Glitter
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Florida Department of Education
Florida Department of Transportation
Tom R. Champion
Mount Dora
Florida
Glenn
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Lake County School Board
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Lake Dora
Edward M. Wells
Winter Park
Wells
Air Force
Simpson Street
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
Vol
West Fifth Avenue
P. O. Box
By Broder J. Petersen
Se Two-Wheeler
Crone
Southland
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