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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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Henry George