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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1956

Page

3

Mount Dora High Holds Class of 56 Graduation Ceremony

A full house in Mount Dora Community Building watched 34 graduates receive diplomas. Highlights included Patsy Wells as second honor student and Pamela Brown earning multiple awards, including a $400 annual state scholarship, with music directed by Rosemary Bennett and a ceremonial farewell.

Mount Dora High School Alammee Balacctatian Leslie Sanders Pamela Brown High Points Miss Brown Elks Lodge Miss Wells Kiwanis Club Richard Denson John Groves

Thirty-Nine Miss No School in Term Honors List

The 1955-56 term honors list tallies perfect attendance and punctuality across grades from 1 through 12. Names include Penny Rector Karen Adams Don Garry Rose Jon Larry Rose Peggy Joe Kenneth Bagwell and many others with medals from D.A.R Citizenship Balfour awards and essay prizes.

Students honored with special awards at ceremony

Connie Cross received the Business and Professional Women's club and American Legion auxiliary citizenship awards. Robert and other students were also recognized for notable achievements at the event.

Connie Cross Business and Professional Women’s Club American Legion Auxiliary Robert

No Title but a Call to Reason Beyond Faith

A brief aphorism quotes Charles W. Eliot on salvation not resting solely in a man or a book. It asserts that while men and books aid, divine reason underpins truth and guidance. The line reflects rationalist, secular viewpoints emphasizing reason as the ultimate source.

Charles W. Eliot

Final Honor Roll Names 1955 56 Students

Forty nine students appear on the final honor roll for the 1955 56 year with 32 percent of the graduating class. The list shows juniors and seniors including Wendy Bardwell DeAnn Bateman Pam Brown Richard Denson Kay Elliott Joyce Moon Annie Mur dock Jeff Ray Ill David Sanders Leslie Sanders Pat Wells Mardie Bardwell Mary Ann Brotherson Ann Edwards Linda Headley Fred Kurras Kenneth Register Martha Sadler Charles Wareing Ronny Ald rich Hazel Anne Avery Beckie Bard Emiline Schieber Roberta Ald rich Linda Carter Joyce Coffield Barry Graves Judy Graves Elizabeth Sikes Patsy Spear Susan Bardwell Martha Codding Christine Dettra Carol Edgerton Ann Felton Kenneth Janotta Dorothy Johnson Henry Land Martha Lynch Bert McDonald Mary Price Dickie Jean Reich Sharon Roach Vernon Swartsel David Towne and others listed by grade in the 12th to 7th grades.

Wendy Bardwell DeAnn Bateman Pam Brown Richard Denson Kay Elliott Joyce Moon Annie Murdock Jeff Ray David Sanders Leslie Sanders Pat Wells Mardie Bardwell Mary Ann Brotherson Ann Edwards Linda Headley Fred Kurras Kenneth Register Martha Sadler Charles Wareing Ronny Aldrich Hazel Anne Avery Beckie Bard- Emiline Schieber Roberta Aldrich Linda Carter Joyce Coffield Barry Graves Judy Graves Elizabeth Sikes Patsy Spear Susan Bardwell Martha Codding Christine Dettra Carol Edgerton Ann Felton Kenneth Janotta Dorothy Johnson Henry Land Martha Lynch Bert McDonald Mary Price Dickie Jean Reich Sharon Roach Vernon Swartsel David Towne Mount Dora George Moore University of Miami Golden Triangle Don Jennings Eustis Marcia Codding Beverly Bissell Ann Carroll A Booth Lavonia Bowie Leslie Keller Harriet Laubin Beverly Phillips Sherri Lynn Jones Toni Walker Margaret Atkins Judy Shotts June Godtel Charles Reid Margaret Register Catherine Daniels Conrad Hylton John Lovelady Bobby Gore John Haddock Ken Register Frank Peck Frank Bennett Grant Russell Virgil Hough Neil Baldwin Spencer Beebe Gwen Godtel Pat Bryant Dorthy Johnson Mary Helen Huett Ann Whittington Eleanor Kindall Debbie Sanders Charles Fralick Lewis Carroll Robin Haddock Roger Roach Lower Brass Kenny Jannota Arthur Norris Paul McDonald Mary Kay Rehbaum Ann Minkley Norma Jeanne Wise David Coffield Robbie Bowie Michael Ray Jimmy Simpson Hank Link Michael Stokley Eustis High School Tavares

Mount Dora High School Band Schedule for Summer Session

Mount Dora's highly regarded band begins its Summer session under Don Jennings in the Summer recreation program. The schedule lists classes for junior and senior clarinets, trumpets, drums, flutes, and saxophones on Tuesdays and Fridays, with a mass band practice each Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Eustis High School drawing students from Mount Dora Eustis and Tavares.

East Town Leaders Feted in Ceremony

East Town honored community leaders Mrs. Mamie Lee Gilbert and C. O. Lott at a Tuesday evening ceremony in East Town Community hall. The event praised Gilbert for 40 years of service to Milner Rosenwald academy and welfare efforts, and Lott for 19 years as school principal. Rev. A. L. Russell presided and the academy glee club performed. Speakers included Prof. C. D. Kinsler of Eustis, Mrs. Norma Williams, Tangerine, and Atty Paul Perkins of Orlando. Gold and silver trays were presented with inscriptions noting the date and purpose.

Mamie Lee Gilbert C. O. Lott East Town Gilbert Milner-Rosenwald Academy Professor Lott Rev A. L. Russell Academy Glee Club C. D. Kinsler Eustis Norma Williams Tangerine Atty Paul Perkins Orlando

Age Limit Tightened in City Pool Ordinance

A father of nine paid 25 dollars in police court after a teenage boy was found playing pool in his East Town barber shop pool room. Mayor Patton noted the ordinance bans those under 21 from pool halls and suspended 23 dollars of a 50 dollar fine. Revels of Apopka was fined 25 dollars for speeding, plus 15 and 14 dollar penalties for public drunkenness.

East Town James Dawson W. D. Patton Patton Walter Revels Apopka

Battle Hymn featured by Mount Dora seniors at Kiwanis luncheon

Mount Dora high school 1956 seniors gave Kiwanis a preview of commencement. Jeff Ray and John Groves sang as soloists with Connie Cross and Lee Dettra at piano and Al Rehbaum III on drums. The article notes a moral line from Henry George.

Pamela Brown Debbie W. W. Brown Jeff Ray Mount Dora Sadlers Cora Anne Sadler al Rehbaum al, III J. G. Ray, Jr Jeff Glenn Brown Charles Ullaina Vel Vic VviDwvi Patsy Wells Alfred Rehbaum Connie Cross Lee Dettra Rosemary Bennett B. B. Osgood Montverde Kiwanis Club Mount Dora High School Kiwanians John Groves al Rehbaum, III

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Carolyn Price D. D. Roseborough Louis R. Tremain Ann Penny Rector Karen Adams Don Garry Rose Jon Larry Rose Peggy Joe Kenneth Bagwell Larry Brock Erma Jean Haskins Michael Stewart Ella Estell Cartwright Robert E. Flora Karl Ivey Judith Shotts Rosemary Donald McHaffie Sandra Dale Spear Robert Wilson Wendla Bardwell Cora Ann Sadler Babe Ruth Miss Sanders Patsy Dan Spear Ocklawaha Chevrolet America Hollywood The Eustis, Florida Clark Chevrolet, Inc South Bay Street Armory H. S Finlayson’s Dry Goods Florida Henry George
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