Dunedin Teacher Appointed Mount Dora High Principal
George E Motner, a 32 year old Dunedin classroom teacher, named principal of Mount Dora High School and set to assume duties August 3. He will replace Jack Morgan who resigned to become Lake County superintendent. John E Graham of Munice had been chosen but declined due to family reasons. The emergency appointment followed a special school board meeting in Tavares.
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George E. Motner
Dunedin
Mount Dora High School
Jack Morgan
Lake
Indiana
John E. Graham
Munice
Josph Jenkins
Graham
Tavares
Family Escape As Fire Destroys Rhodes Street Home
A Rhodes Street family lost all possessions when an early Sunday fire gutted their single story home at 325 S Rhodes St. Fire Chief Ted Lane said the 3 a.m. blaze caused about 7000 dollars in damage, with three family members escaping with only the clothes they wore.
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Rhodes Street
Ted Lane
Darvin Aldrich
S. Rhodes St
Lane
Aldrich
Melting Party Planned by IceHouse Advocates
A melting party for IceHouse Theatre supporters and prospective members is set for Saturday at Frankie and Dan Abel’s home in Eustis. It starts at 3 p.m. poolside with swimming attire and a share dish, followed by skits and a goofy fashion show in the evening. No formal invites are issued. interested IceHouse Players are urged to attend.
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Imerobers
Frankie
Dan Abel
Eustis
Social Security Visits Slated Here
A representative of the Social Security Administration district office in Orlando will be in Mount Dora on August 5 and 19. The official will be at City Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to help residents apply for old age and survivors insurance benefits obtain Social Security numbers or get program information.
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Social Security Administration
Orlando
Mount Dora
City Hall
Merchants Group To Hear Downtown Improvement Report
The Mount Dora Merchants Association will meet at noon Tuesday at Fralick's Restaurant. Al Rehbaum Jr. says a special committee including Margie Spilatore and James H. Fisher will report on Winter Park downtown upgrades and business climate steps. The meeting is open to all Chamber members.
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Merchants Association of the
Mount Dora
Association
Winter Park
Rehbaum
Margie Spilatore
James H. Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
The
Merchants Association
Mount Dora Swim Club builds to 51 members since 1956
The Mount Dora Swim Club began in 1956 with youths entering a Junior Olympic Meet in Eustis. coach Jim Jackson led the program through early meets, with 26 youths competing the next year. By 1958 the first Mount Dora Invitational was held, hosting District 2 teams.
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Mount Dora
Eustis
Jim Jackson
Central Florida
Jackson
Cathy Giles
Howard Shively
Sarah Toy
John Cain
Dick Stewart
George Kennedy
Wendy Husebo
Sara Jane
David Andrews
Glen Baird
Debbie Beall
John
Tim Bowman
Edward
Sam
James Brooks
Steve Caudel
Richard Dalton
Jan Danesky
Cheryl David
Jim Davis
Jeff Elmore
Vincent
Buss
Charles Haneman
Cindy
Valerie
Murray Hays
Larry
Lanny
Sandra Husebo
David Jackson
Gerard Jaillet
Kerry McWhorter
DeJean Melancon
Julia
Joe Melvin
Debbie Morgan
Leah Ann Overhiser
Jack
Dorthy
Ginny Pease
Trina Pinkston
Delvin
Donna Pitzer
David Potsko
Susan Shay
Charlotte
John Seabury
Gregg Shively
Allan
Clark Staton
Alan Stewart
Bobby Swiger
David Webb
Allen Whittington
Teri Wingler
Central Florida Youth Swimmers Set for Mount Dora Meet
More than 700 youths from Central Florida communities will compete in the Mount Dora Invitational Swim Meet. The Florida Association of the Amateur Athletic Union sanctions the event which runs 9 a.m. to evening on Friday and Saturday with 36 boys and 36 girls events planned initially and 34 more on Saturday. Meet Manager Jim Jackson, host team coach, notes strong field and record assault potential with officials on hand.
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Central Florida
Mount Dora
Florida Association of the Amateur Athletic Union
Jim Jackson
Jesse Willmott
William T. Blair
First Methodist Church
W. G. Shipley
Florida
Eustis
Tampa
Jackson
Team High
Mount Dora Girl to Debut in Five Shadows in the Fog
Mount Dora resident Helen Wages Meyers, a 1950 Mount Dora High School graduate, will have a lead role in Paul Street’s Five Shadows in the Fog shot on location in San Francisco. The film, produced by International Film Unit Motion Picture Producers, follows a bank executive’s wife who chooses to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge despite wealth. Meyers, a native of Alma Georgia, studied at Florida State University and is vacationing in Florida with her parents.
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Mount Dora
New York
Helen Wages Meyers
Mount Dora High School
Paul Street
San Francisco
Meyers
Walter L. Wages
S. Clayton St
Golden Gate Bridge
Street
Mrs. Meyers
International Film Unit Motion Picture Producers
Shrimp Industry Tops Florida Sea Food Revenue
A state report shows shrimp as the leading money maker in Florida fisheries, generating about seventeen million dollars annually for the industry and supporting local jobs.
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Florida
Lifesaver in Your Auto Trunk A Rescue Tip
An article urges keeping a spare tire in every car as a potential lifesaver for water rescues. Properly inflated, it can float and support several adults. The tire can be rolled to pool or lake edges to reach a distressed swimmer, then used to provide grip and flotation while awaiting help or reaching shore.
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S Lake
Scouts Invite Public To Hut Rites Saturday
The public is invited to a Scout Hut dedication at Gilbert Park with a 5 p.m. ceremony led by George Johnson Troop 19 scoutmaster. Nine units will parade downtown to the park followed by a pot luck dinner and open hut inspection.
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Gilbert Park
George Johnson
Jack Morgan
Kiwanis Club
Johnson
Mount Dora Patients at Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora patients listed this week include Mrs Helen Holmes, Mr Christy Brown Jr, Mr Harry Smith, Mr Webb Wood, Mr Robert Chard, Mr John Phillips, Mrs Frances Williamson, Mr Ormisher, Mr Daniel Roseborough, Mrs Dorothy Brinker, Mr Lawrence Blue, and Mrs Ethel Hames.
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Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Helen Holmes
Christy Brown, Jr
Harry Smith
Webb Wood
Robert Chard
John Phillips
Frances Williamson
Ormesher
Daniel Roseborough
Dorothy Brinker
Lawrence Blue
Ethel Hames
Mel Wagner Takes Vacation. Cain Assumes Clerk Duties
City Clerk Mel Wagner begins a two week vacation and travels to Pennsylvania to celebrate his sister s 90th birthday. He plans to visit his son Larry in Cleveland before returning to Mount Airy. John Cain the city tax assessor will handle Wagner s duties while he is away.
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Mel. Wagner
Pennsylvania
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Jenkins
Morgan
County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Doran
Harlan G. Burgett
Alexander Street
Seventh Avenue
Kenneth Cox
IceHouse Advocates
Swimming Club
Citrus Culture
By Pete Osborne
Sandy Husebo
John Bowman
Ed Brooks
Jack Pease
Helen Meyers
Valley Forge
Warren Reynolds
Mel Wagner
Cain
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