Awards And Rewards On Day Long Remembered
Mount Dora High School held its annual Awards Assembly on May 31 in the Community Building. Senior recipients received numerous scholarships and honors, including D A R, STAR, Babe Ruth, Kiwanis, and Florida Board of Regents certificates. Midshipman Loyd Kiernan, a 1968 graduate, will join the U S Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy.
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Mount Dora High School
Fred Sanwald
Candy Montgomery
Laure Knorr
Charles McConnell
Steve Vaughn, Jr
Sanwald
Janet Miller
J. F. McKinna
Virginia McCabe
Vivian Wimberly
Shleen Hobdy
James Kauff
David Spilliard
Jaycee
Alice Driggers
Marty Cox
Valerie Head
Kiwanis
State Department of Education
Jane Cato
Florida Board of Regents
Florida
Josten and Balfour
Nancy Wells
Karen Wise
Richard Allen
Bruce Cain
Alice Drig
Loyd J. Kiernan
L. J. Kiernan Jr
Overlook Drive
Mount Dora
U. S. Naval Academy
U. S. Navy
USS Stribling
Mayport
Fla
Kiernan
Plebe
Calm Cold Marie Arrington Granted Grand Jury Hearing
Marie Dean Arrington, a Black woman, appeared at a Lake County Courthouse preliminary hearing for the murder of white woman Mrs. June Ritter. The courtroom drew a large crowd as witnesses described the case to bind her over to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dean Arrington
Grand Jury
Lake County
Specator
June Ritter
Arrington
William H. Shutze
Jimmie A. Hutton
Leesburg
Joseph B. Smith
Marie
Mrs. Ritter
Mrs. Wilson
Leesburg- Eustis
Gordon G. Odom
Marie Arrington
W. A. Milton Jr
Milton
War Veteran Returns Home Capt Henry W Land II Speaks
Captain Land, Vietnam veteran and Mount Dora High School graduate, spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon for Memorial Day. He described the army medical evacuation system and urged a 30 second silence for fallen servicemen, noting his own combat injuries and amputated hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W Land II
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora
Land
Vietnam
Shleen Hobdy Joins TOPIC Staff as Receptionist
Shleen Hobdy a Mount Dora High School graduate has joined TOPIC as a full time staff member replacing Beth Kuhlman. She will handle reception classified ads and church page duties. Hobdy, from Sanford and Mount Dora native, is engaged to David Blunt of Lake Gem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shleen Hobdy
Mount Dora High School
TOPIC
Miss Hobdy
Beth Kuhlman
Ernest O. Hobdy
Mount Dora
Sanford
Sheila
Debbie
Teena
Anchor Club
FHA
Ss Hobdy
David Blunt
Lake Gem
Buddy Hill Heads Mt. Dora Jaycees Banquet Installations
The Mount Dora Jaycees installation and awards banquet was held June 1 at the Community Building. Guest speaker Lake County Judge William Milton urged service to youth and the aged and commended Jaycees for their programs. Installing officer Ken Hine inducted Buddy Hill as President and peers into top officer posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Ken Hine
Florida Jaycees
Buddy Hill
Charles Kuechler
Ronald Aldrich, Jr
Jerry Phillians
Native Mount Dora resident James Simpson marks 90th birthday
James Warren Simpson, born on the Mount Dora site where his family settled 160 acres including Gilbert Park, celebrated his 90th birthday. A pioneer citrus grower, he built the area’s first modern packing house and later the Mount Dora Bank and Trust Co building. The article notes his role in local development and civic clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Bowman
James Warren Simpson
Mount Dora
Simpson
David M
Mary V. Simpson
Gilbert Park
Mr. Simpson
Florida
1St National Bank of
Heis A
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Safety Patrol
Roseborough Elementary School
Edith Sage
Edith
Cape Kennedy
David Wise
Chuck Jones
Kenneth Pumaco
Hal Penley
Mike Shiver
Thomas Stephens
Steve Allbritton
Jim Brooks
Allen Stewart
Ginny Pease
Cathy Stewart
Linda Ham
Richard Brelsford
American Legion
June Coleman
American Legion Auxiliary
FBLA
Betty Kelly
Key Club
National Honor Society
Dorothy Pease
Tom Zeigler
David P. Ligon
Elinor McAllister
Ance
Eustis High School
Cassia
Sheriff’s Department
Treasure Island Road
Mt. Dora
Jaycees
Mount Doran
Milton Monroe Simpson
Tangerine
Parker’s
Pauline Driggers
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