Enigma of the Bell Mystery at School
A bell vanished from the belfry atop the administration building during a weekend break and was not found when classes resumed on May 24. Police search yielded no clues. Four male students carried the last bell down the aisle during a class treasury presentation for a new piano, prompting questions about how and why it disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Roseborough
Sidney Davis
Tommy Carter
Kenneth Dawson
Jay Kurras
Marion Also Wins State Scholarship
At last week's commencement Prof D D Roseborough neglected to announce a Mount Dora student scholarship win. He listed David Baldwin as recipient of both the state and Kiwanis scholarships, but omitted Marion Baldwin, a Florida State University junior and Mount Dora High School graduate, who earned the Senior state scholarship from the Lake county quota and will attend summer school at Florida State.
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D. D. Roseborough
Mount Dora
David Baldwin
Kiwanis Club
Marion
Florida State University
Mount Dora High School
Lake County
Florida State
Center to Install Its New Officers
New Officers of the Youth Center will be installed at the Center June 19. The center will be open Friday evenings for dancing and games. Tommy Cleary becomes president, with Buster Brown as vice president DeAnna Bateman secretary and Mike TeStrake treasurer.
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Tommy Cleary
Buster Brown
DeAnna Bateman
Mike TeStrake
Thanks to Mount Dora Students by a Longtime Custodian
A Mount Dora Public Schools custodian thanks the pupils for gifts received last Friday night and says he will remember them fondly. He served the district from 1933 to 1954. An Emerson quote about an institution being the shadow of one man closes the letter.
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Mount Dora Public Schools
Mount Dora Public
Emerson
Topic to Publish Winning Essays From Local Contests
Interludes will feature winning essays recognized on graduation night. Linda Woodham leads the Woman's Club essay contest, followed by David Baldwin and Barbara Siess with honorable mentions, and Gordon Schieber, eighth grade winner of the history essay contest sponsored by the Ocklawaha chapter D.A.R.
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Woman’s Club
Linda Woodham
David Baldwin
Barbara Siess
Gordon Schieber
Ocklawaha
D.A.R
D. D. Rose
Kiwanis Club
David
Balfour
Verline Hughes
Mary Anna Kelly
Glee Club
Billy Pat Harding
Hilda Vanzant
George Cox
Sidney Davis
Meredith Folger
Fred Roseborough
Bausch and Lamb
Dan Schneider
Mary Anna
Janet Snowberger
Mount Dora High Class of ’54 Graduation Honors Polio Survivor Roy Landis
An appreciative audience and a thunderstorm backdrop underscored Mount Dora High School’s Class of 1954 graduation last Friday night in a ceremony highlighted by Roy Landis receiving his diploma despite polio at age eight. The event honored outstanding students with Balfour medals, civic awards, and honors across academics, arts, and leadership, led by valedictorian Verline Hughes and salutatorian George Cox.
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Dorans
Dan Schneider
Carl Loveless
George Cox
D. D. Roseborough
Janet Snowberger
William Stewart
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Richard R. Eddy
The
American Legion
Fred Roseborough
Samuel T. Bolton
Ocklawaha
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frank Harding
Mount Dora High School
Roy Landis
Roy
Students Recognize Years of Labor at Community Graduation
At a Community graduation ceremony Student Council President Dan Schneider honored Carl Loveless, a janitor and longtime school employee, with a retirement token. He received a commemorative check for 104 dollars representing coins collected by students in the final week of school.
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Dan Schneider
Carl Loveless
Loveless
Dan
Seniors Help Install School Piano For Fall Opening
The music department earned a new piano funded by the 1954 graduates whose treasury contributed over half the cost. Combined with Glee club fundraising, the purchase was completed and the instrument will be ready for the next school year.
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Glee Club
Seaman Roy Ziegengeist Joins USS Virgo Far East
Navy announces Mount Dora seaman Roy P. Ziegengeist is aboard the attack cargo ship USS Virgo in the Far East theater, detailing his assignment aboard the vessel and location.
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Roy P. Ziegengeist
USN
Mount Dora
Virgo
Far East
Navy News Center
Variety vacuum cleaner belts order by phone
Local ads offer assorted vacuum cleaner belts with order lines during day at 2 5835 and at night through 2 6556.
Happy Ending For School Days
The ninth grade led the list for both junior and senior high with 61 students on the honor roll for the last six weeks. The list names many students across grades nine through twelve including David Baldwin Verline Hughes John Keller Janet Snowberger Linda Woodham Walter TeStrake Wendla Bardwell Delores Billette Connie Cross Richard Denson Annie Murdock David Sanders Leslie Sanders Margaret Sadler Joyce Moon Patty Alexander Mardie Bardwell Mary Anne Brotherson Bess Davidson Ann Edwards Nancy Jane Ellis Patsy Mabry Ann Minkley Linda Headley Fred Kurras Cathie Land Faye Robinson Martha Sadler Charles Wareing Pat Wells Sylvia Adams Ronald E. Aldrich Jr Donald Alexander Louis Bedell Bobby Bowie David Brown Jo Brown Tom Codding Jim Malone Edward Headley Wanda Holt C M Jones Linda Lee Lane Sandra Parks Gordon Schieber and others.
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David Baldwin
Verline Hughes
John Keller
Janet Snowberger
Linda Woodham
Glenn Brown
Patty Johnson
Sara Jo Land
Anita Stedrowsky
Walter TeStrake
Wendla Bardwell
Delores Billette
Connie Cross
Richard
Bobby Bowie
David Brown
Jo Brown
Tom Codding
Jim Malone
Edward Headley
Wanda Holt
C. M. Jones
Linda Lee Lane
Sandra Parks
Gordon Schieber
Colaianni to Teach During Summer Programs
Arthur Colaianni, Mt Dora school band director, hired to teach band in Mount Dora Eustis and Tavares this summer. Beginning next Monday he will hold sessions for beginners Mondays Wednesdays Fridays at 9 a.m. intermediates Mondays Wednesdays at 10 a.m. seniors Tuesdays at 7 30 p.m. plus rehearsals for clarinet Mondays Wednesdays 11 a.m. coronet Wednesdays 1 p.m. trombone bari tone bass Fridays 11 a.m. saxophone Wednesdays 8 a.m.
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Arthur Colaianni
Mount Dora
Eustis
Tavares
Unclear list of names ends with seventh
Fragmentary OCR reads a string of personal names including Hazel Ann Avery William Baker Kris Boring Corda Burns Beckie Bardwell Lee Dettra Joyce McLain Pat Reese Orin Sadler Carol Schey Larry Stewart Wheeler McDonald and the number seventh appears at the end.
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Hazel Ann Avery
William Baker
Kris Boring
Corda Burns
Beckie Bardwell
Lee Dettra
Joyce McLain
Pat Reese
Orin Sadler
Carol Schey
Larry Stewart
Wheeler McDonald
Seaberg Promoted to Communications Technician Third Class
Donald O. Seaberg son of Mr and Mrs Oscar A Seaberg McDonald Jr has been promoted to communications technician third class. He is now aboard the heavy cruiser USS Rochester in the Japan Hong Kong area.
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Seaberg
Donald O. Seaberg
Oscar A. Seaberg
McDonald Jr
Rochester
Japan
Hong Kong
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