Bethune-Cookman Concert at Mount Dora Draws Big Crowd
The Bethune-Cookman Concert Chorus and Concert Band performed at the Mount Dora Community Building and McGeehee Memorial Building on the Christian Home and Bible School campus. The 35-voice chorus, led by Thomas D. Demps, impressed with spirituals and folk songs, though the Bach chorale and some band pieces drew mixed notes.
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Bethune-Cookman College
Mount Dora
McGeehee Memorial
Christian Home and Bible School
Bethune -Cookman
Bach Chorale
Irene Bartley
Sadie Singleton
Samuel C. Berry
Bethune-Cookman
Bach
Barnum
Rotary
Lions Club Fertilizer Sale Ends This Saturday in Mount Dora
Roy Goodeman and Al Cyran of the Mount Dora Lions Club are pictured at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center booth selling basic 6-6-6 fertilizer. The final sale day is Saturday March 3 with home delivery ending too. Proceeds benefit the Florida State School for the Blind Eye Bank Blood Bank at Waterman Hospital and other local projects.
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Roy Goodeman
al Cyran
Mount Dora Lions Club
Golden Triangle
Lions Club
Florida State School For the Blind
Eye Bank
Blood Bank
Waterman Hospital
Pollution study notes Lake Apopka chain decline in Florida
East Central Florida Planning Council reports aesthetic quality of area lakes is being impaired by dense algae blooms and dead fish. Apopka and surrounding lakes including Dora, Carl ton, Beauclair, Eustis and Griffin face worsening conditions. Dora Canal bears most pollution. City of Mount Dora audits sewage plans as funds and plans lag.
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East Central Florida
Eustis
Griffin
Pollution Control
Phil Edwards
Apopka
Carlton
Beauclair
Dora
Gertrude
Harrises
Yale
Lake Griffin
Edwards
Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Mount Dora Gains National Spotlight in Retirement Living Feature
The February Retirement Living article by Norman Ford spotlights Mount Dora as one of America's 20 favorite small towns. It praises tree-lined streets, New England like beauty, and notes the Florida Symphony Orchestra season, IceHouse Players, and affordable living options. The Mount Dora Chamber reports heavy mail responses, with over 100 letters sent to the chamber.
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Mount Dora
Florida
New England
Golden Triangle cities discuss future boundaries
City officials from Eustis Tavares and Mount Dora met in Mount Dora at the invitation of the Mount Dora City Council to discuss annexation plans. Ellsworth Hoppe urged establishing a reserve area to mark future growth for the three sister cities in the Golden Triangle using a state boundary-setting procedure.
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Eustis, Tavares
Mount Dora
The
Vitation
Ellsworth Hoppe
Eustis
Golden Triangle
Commerce Chamber Open House at New Depot Offices
Commerce Chamber announces an open house next Thursday at its new offices The Depot on Alexander Street and Third Avenue from 4 to 7 p m A ribbon cutting will follow with light refreshments Chamber President Amos Bruch and Executive Director Jean Cook Jedlicka invite the public The chamber marks 50 years in Mount Dora Earlier, March 8 hosts the OJ Coffee meeting at Bank of Mount Dora with Marilyn Fried Chicken as sponsor Jim Humphries of the State M4 engine on Highway Patrol discusses traffic and the impact of Walt Disney World
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Mount Dora
Bank of Mount Dora
Maryland Fried Chicken
Jim Humphries
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Lake Countians
Campus
Daytona Beach
Thomas D. Demps
Albert R. Crone
Business Guide
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Wace
Future Piv
Rage
DeAraisre
Amt
Amos Bruch
Tor Jean Cook Jedlicka
C of C
Mount Bora
Highway Patrol
Walt Disney World
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