Graduation Exercises Tonight for 59 MDHS Seniors
Mount Dora High School holds 59 seniors’ commencement at the Community Building with Pomp and Circumstance at 8 p.m. The day includes a Kiwanis Club luncheon, a Senior Awards Assembly, and numerous scholarship and honor awards to be presented by Principal Gene Molnar and committees.
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Mount Dora High School
Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora
George J. White Sr
Roy Christopher
Robert Montner
Gene Molnar
American Legion
Mount Dora High to Host Senior Awards and Commencement
Mount Dora High School schedules a 1:30 p.m. Senior Awards Assembly and an 8:00 p.m. Commencement Exercises in the Community Building with Principal Gene Molnar overseeing both events.
W B Schwartz Passes After Long Cab Career
Walter B. Schwartz a Triangle Cab Co driver for over 15 years died Tuesday night in a Miami hospital after a brief illness. He was 57 and vacationing in Miami where his parents and a brother reside. Surviving are a daughter in Leesburg and a daughter in North Carolina. Home was Eleventh Ave. Arrangements incomplete.
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Walter B. Schwartz
Triangle Cab Co
Miami
Schwartz
Eleventh Ave
Leesburg
North Carolina
Roseborough Elementary Promotes Sixth Graders Today
Roseborough Elementary School will hold promotion exercises for more than 90 sixth grade students today at 9 30 am in the Cafetorium. The program features outstanding music and choral singing by class members.
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Roseborough
Judge Willmott, longtime attorney and father of Mount Dora mayor, dies
John W. Willmott, 89, a winter visitor turned permanent resident of Mount Dora, died Wednesday May 26. A Michigan Law School graduate, he practiced law about 30 years and served as judge in Oklahoma before moving to California and then Lexington. Survived by wife Irene E. and eight children, 18 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren. Services held Saturday at First Methodist Church. Interment Pine Forest Cemetery.
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John W. Willmott
Mount Dora
Lexington
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Dians
Florida
Willmott
Seminole Territory
Wewoka
University of Michigan Law School
San Diego
Calif
First Methodist Church
University of Kentucky
Sigma Chi
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Irene E
John W. Jr
Versailles
Curtis L
Palos Verdes ' Estates
Jesse
Robert W
Robert L. Philippi
Piedmont
George F. Beardsley
Menlo Park
Vincent J. Philippi
Whittier
D. W. Backer
Kingsport
Tenn
William T. Blair
Pine Forest Cemetery
Swartsel and Potter Win Mount Dora Patriotic Essay Contest
Tara Swartsel and Del Potter won first place in Mount Dora High School’s Senior Class Patriotic Essay Contest sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Holler. Top winners received $100, with 53 of 59 seniors entering and each entrant receiving an engraved scroll.
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Tara Swartsel
del Potter
Mount Dora High School
William E. Holler
Mount Dora
Ronnie Aldrich
Kiwanis Club
Heller
Patty Young
Mike Stewart
Judy Nation
Lyn Nicholson
Janice Robinson
Bill Bulpitt
Becky Ray
Bernard McCabe
Jeannie Wilson
Bill Blair
Debbie Harbeck
Tommy Hutcheson
Miss Swartsel
Vernon
Aldrich
Ruth Loveless
Doris Camp
Citizens Must Show Abilities To Take Change
A fourteen year old reflects on citizenship and responsibility amid space race, Civil Rights era tensions, and global upheaval. He notes the need for mental and physical capacity to meet complex problems and the duty to be better informed under the Constitution.
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Kennedy
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Selma
Montgomery
Ranger 9
Grissom
Young
Space
Voices of a Nation in a Time of Turmoil 1965
A speech reflects on recurring calls for liberty equality and prosperity across eras from 1776 to 1965. It notes unrest from Selma to Seattle and Berkeley to Washington, D C, with themes of poverty, rebellion, and intergenerational friction, acknowledging no easy answers.
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Selma
Seattle
Berkeley
Washington, D. C
United States
Coroner's Jury Clears Officer In Man's Death
A six man coroner's jury found justifiable homicide after Mount Dora Patrolman Columbus Strickland shot Aaron Wilson 38 of East Town. Wilson refused to drop his pistol at a Grant Street home near Highland, drew on the officer, who fired in self defense.
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Aaron Wilson
East Town
Wilson
Mount Dora
Columbus Strickland
Grant Street
Highland
Strickland
IceHouse Theatre Annual Meet Set Monday
IceHouse Theatre will hold its annual meeting of officers and election of governors on Monday at 8 p m at the Theatre Unser St. All members are urged to attend this important meeting.
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IceHouse
Unser St
Mount Dora Hospital List This Week
Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis lists Mount Dora patients this week including Emily Johnson Barbara Larson Marie Wikander Blanche Webster May Horak Helen Holmes Clara Stark and Gracia with care updates pending.
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Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Emily Johnson
Barbara Larson
Marie Wikander
Blanche Webster
May Horak
Helen Holmes
Clara Stark
Gracia
Telephone Rate Hike Backed With Amendments By Mount Dora Council
Mount Dora council supports a rate increase for all telephone service classes but amends the resolution to reflect potential city benefits from toll free service. Public hearings will follow at the Public Service Commission, while residential and business line increases are specified. The panel also discusses franchise inquiries and local road resurfacing bids.
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Telephone Company
C. R. Javens
Claude Locke
Carlton Johnson
FTC
Public Service Commission
Mount Dora
Andersen
Highlands
First Avenue
Frank Bassett
Mel Wagner
Oakland Drive
Sylvan Drive
Page Lane
Fairview Avenue
Warren Morgan
IceHouse Clowns Set for Sunday Night Show
A Thousand Clowns will be presented at IceHouse Theatre at 8 30 p m Sunday as a spe trip to the State Theatre Festival. Tickets from IceHouse members or at the door Sunday night. Admission is 1 dollar.
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IceHouse
IceHouse Theatre
Mount Dora Students Win Babe Ruth Sports Awards
Tommy Carver and Becky Ray receive Babe Ruth awards for sportsmanship leadership and participation at Mount Dora High School’s annual athletic banquet. Carver captained both varsity football and baseball, led Key Club and Inter-club Council, and plans to attend Lake Sumter Junior College. Ray edited Hi-Points and served as FHA president and historian while cheering for the squad.
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Tommy Carver
Becky Ray
Babe Ruth
Mount Dora High School
Tom
Mount Dora
Lake Sumter Junior College
Becky
Girl 11 Drowns at End of School Year Swim
An 11-year-old girl from the Christian Home and Bible School drowned during a supervised Lake Joanna swim at an end of year party for fifth and sixth graders. Deborah Starling of Ocoee, daughter of Lester L. Starling and a Bible School teacher Mrs. Starling, died as about 20 students swam under two adults. Funeral services were set for 5 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Church of Christ with Frank Crispin presiding. Interment followed at Pine Forest Cemetery. the family requested memorial contributions to the Christian Home and Bible School.
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Christian Home and Bible School
Lake Joanna
Deborah Starling
Ocoee
Lester L. Starling
Fifth Avenue
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MDHS
W. B. Schwartz
Roseborough States
Holler
del G. Potter
By Tara Swartses
Ijon
Telephone
Tom Carver
Citrus Culture
Moum Dora
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