Fifty years ago in Mount Dora traffic warning and sports notes
A 1936 snapshot reports Chief of Police Dahlia’s Harley Police Special patrols at up to ninety six mph to curb violators. Mount Dora defeats Winter Park 4 3 in a playoff as fans sing We are on top of the world. A detour recommendation guides drivers to Orlando Road. Also notes Coronado Beach hazards, a birthday gathering for Harrold Blunt, and Lake County’s grape boom with F W Davidson shipping beacon grapes to Washington DC from a 125 acre estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlia
Harley Police
Mount Dora
Winter Park
Homes
Lake Orange
F. Overhiser
Mrs. Blunt
Bobby Turner
Freddie
Stella McDowell
Ruth Irene Risley
Ruth Shipes
Dorothy Eckholdt
June Fenn
Harrold
George Blunt
Lake County
F. W. Davidson
Washington, D.C
Local 1946 and 1956 Community Notices Assemble
Thirty years ago July 18 1946 Charles Javens AAF of Scott Field Illinois returned Friday to spend seven days with his parents Rollin Javens. He graduated Cryptographic Technician School at Scott Field and will report to Kearns Utah. Mr and Mrs William P Wingler have gone to New York to vacation with Mrs Winglers mother Mrs John E Ferris. They will be gone until end of July. Dr and Mrs Robert E Lee bought the former J J West home at Grandview and Sixth and moved there to live. Miss Alfa Wood Hubbell who taught Mount Dora High School 1924 1934 has come to make her home in Mount Dora Harvey cottage 138 West Sixth Avenue. Twenty years ago July 19 1956 Dorans found they could dial Tavares with new letter-digit dialing taking effect that week. Miss Betty Ann Ray former Mount Dora High School graduate and Florida State University alum visited her parents this weekend. Ray lives in Bradenton where she is a stenographer for a welfare agency and will teach kindergarten there in winter. Boys slumber parties noted with Robert Wilson Alfred Rehbaum and Charlie Brown overnight at Merrell Beebe’s Overlook Drive home. Carol Siess is home for two week nursing training break from Orange Memorial Hospital Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Javens
AAF
Scott Field
Illinois
Rollin Javens
Kearns
Utah
William P. Wingler
New York
J. J. West
Grandview and
Sixth
Alfa Wood Hubbell
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora
Harvey
West
Sixth Avenue
Robert Wilson
Alfred Rehbaum
Charlie Brown
Merrell Beebe
Overlook Drive
Carol Siess
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Bell and Effie Jones Helped Spark Global Talk Through Time
A nostalgic tour traces early telephone history from Bell and his wireless idea to Effie Jones’s switchboard era. It recalls party lines, rural operators, and linemen as community lifelines, leading to satellites, microwaves, and the rise of modern communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Jones
Effie
Carson's Creek
Rock Island
Dixon
Jim Spencer
Boating Safety Letter Cites Dora Canal Wake Hazard
A reader warns of dangerous high speed boat wakes in Dora Canal posted speed limits. He calls for enforcement and urges slow down with photographic proof to protect the waterway. Included weather data from Mount Dora noting rainfall totals and temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Canal
Florida
U.S. Coast Guard
Mount Dora City Council Agenda for July 20 1976
Mount Dora Florida agenda outlines meeting schedule and items including roll call minutes approval reports from departments planning zoning and utilities, budget sessions, old and new business, correspondence and proposed library museum plan with temporary office space for Mount Dora Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Insurance and Recreation
Morgan-City Properties
Ray
Dake
Charles Broadway
Lake County Board of Instruction
Mount Dora Middle School
Cox
van Landingham
Public Works
Ward
Fire Department
Abby J. S. Land
Mount Dora
Langley Champions Tax Relief and Local Control Anew
Langley defends district rights and opponents of state planning laws. He backs tax relief including exemptions for intangible tax and homestead, supports veterans affairs and elderly care, and promotes property rights. He opposes the 1975 Land Planning Act and filed a constitutional amendment for the right to work, citing a district poll against public employee unionization. He lives near Clermont with wife Sheila and children and attends First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fom
Clermont
Sheila
Dee Dee
Ricky
Stephanie
Jacky
Randy
Ryan
First Baptist Church
Mount Dora Court Docket July 7 Lists Multiple Violations
The Mount Dora Municipal Court docket for July 7 shows numerous cases led by James D Norris for unlawful speed and failures to appear, with many defendants facing fines up to 52 dollars. Key entries include Raymond Beasley for careless driving with forfeit, Edgar Adams for driving while intoxicated. Michael D Oneal guilty of wilful and wanton reckless driving with a 102 dollar fine, and Horace Woods guilty for failure to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
James D. Norris
Leonel Benavides
Raymond Beasley
Florence R. Knudson
Jimmie Banner
Edgar Adams
Tommy L. Grady
Thomas E. Bailey
Willie G. McCoy
Edgar Sweet
Leamon Atkinson
Teddy E. Smith
Elizabeth Bardwell
James A. Myers
Dan L. Martin
Helen D, Ellis
Buddie J
Halbert
Ellen L
Betz
Harry M. Blattner
James Chandley
John Miller
Alphonso Bell
Lewis Grubbs
Serge A. Casimir
Mary D. Hancock
Jimmy L. Brown
Marie B. Pruett
Anna S. Rhodes
Michael D. Oneal
Horace Woods
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Diane Demro
Chamber of Commerce
Grandview
John Street
Clayton
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
West Fifth Avenue
P. O. Box
Boston
Mr. Watson
Mr. Bell
Central
Tom McPherson
Esther
Dr. Simpson
Packards
Tom
Doctor Simpson
McPherson Farm
Soro
By Broder J. Petersen
America
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
City Council
Mount Dora Court
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