Tree Saving Work To Resume Monday In Mount Dora
Mount Dora will restart its tree care program Monday with Davey Tree Co trimming and demossing aged oaks along Fifth Avenue and nearby Clayton Street. L V Newton will oversee the effort, and property owners may leave names at City Clerk William Stewart for lawn tree tending while crews are in town. The effort follows last week’s removal of mistletoe from nearly 50 trees and includes planting 54 new oaks to enhance the city’s famed boulevard.
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Mount Dora
Parkways
Davey Tree Co
Clayton
Carl Graves
Parkways Committee
Park Board
Graves
Florida
Great Lake Ra
Driver Learns He Who Laughs Last After Mount Dora Hit
Gainesville man Charles Terry allegedly struck a light post at Fifth and Highland. Police Chief Richard Shipes tracked him to Tavares where Deputy LeRoy Campbell held him for return to Mount Dora. Bond set and $50 damages paid as he faced the incident.
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Gainesville
Richard Shipes
Fifth Av
Tavares
LeRoy Campbell
Mount Dora
Charles Terry
Fifth and Highland
Terry
C. H. Kuechler
Shipes
Sylvan Shores Site Proposed For City Swimming
City Council hears proposal to use city land at Lake Gertrude near the eastern shore for a summer swimming program for school children under Red Cross supervision. Coach Dan Spears and school authorities back the plan. Edgerton beach site offers a more costly alternative. Already 17 girls and many boys have signed up for life saving classes.
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Helen Graves
Planning Commission
Red Cross
Richard Edgerton
Pinecrest
Edgerton
Ben Reeves in Local Thriller Targets Ex-deputy in Apopka Canal
Ex-deputy Ray Cassells of Gainesville and accomplice Jin Roosevelt Turner face fish theft and illegal possession charges after Reeves and County Warden Finley pursue them along Apopka canal. Cassells allegedly fled the water while Turner was captured. bond set at 250 dollars. Reeves vows to confront the case before Judge Hall as evidence challenges Cassells alibi.
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Apopka Canal
Ben Reeves
Reeves
Ray Cassells
Gainesville
W. Troy Hall
Fie
Cassells
Alya
Jin Roosevelt Turner
Orange County
Charles Finley
Turner
May Day scene at Mount Dora school celebrated by children
A Mount Dora school staged a May Day interpretation with over 140 homemade costumes by Mrs. Rita McIntyre. The performance featured flowers and animals with a regal King and Queen of May court in the background. Another photo appears on Page 5.
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Faries
Mount Dora
Rita McIntyre
May
England
Women Aid In Two True Bills For Murder
The Lake county grand jury, with two women among the jurors, returned two indictments for murder and cleared a Sorrento man of suspicion in a related case. Indictments included James Felton and Willie London for a January slaying in Tavares and Elise Schinck and Fannie Mae Shipman for a February murder in Leesburg. A no bill dropped charges against Ed Possum Slim Myers in the sweater murder case, while no new suspect was named for the shotgun killing of Clara Maude Terrell.
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Lake County
Frances L. Lane
Elizabeth M. Best
Clermont
Mount Dora
James B. Cooper
Henry W. Beims
Jesse W. Hunter
Ed “Possum Slim” Myers
Sorrento
Clara Maude Terrell
East Town
Lila Terrell
Willis McCall
Myers
the Advancement of Colored People
James Felton
Willie London
Lee Cossett
Tavares
Elise Schinck
Fannie Mae Shipman
Leesburg
Louis Arnold
Howard H. Babb
Umatilla
Walter T. Noling
Minneola
William H. Abbott
Fruitland Park
Theodore A. Barik
Ernest Dykes
Thomas W. Williams
Richard Hunter
Dora May Festival Lights Mount Dora With Pageant
The Mount Dora May Day Festival drew hundreds of students and parents for a moonlit pageant celebrating Mother Nature and the home school bond. Frances Wages and George Bond led the procession as lights and stars framed a community night praising wholesome youth and family unity.
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Mount Dora
George Bond
Frances Wages
Sharon Skeen
Nancy Smith
King George
Jimmy Simpson
Miss Smith
Robert Schneider
Moon
Miss Frances Wages
Queen Frances
Mother Nature
Earth
Parent- Teacher Association
Michigan Arrival of Mrs Harriet Mallory and Daughter
Lake County personalities Mrs Harriet Mallory and her daughter Frances arrive in Michigan after a cross country trip from Florida to Georgia South Carolina Tennessee. They recall earlier journeys to Mount Dora Florida and reminisce about travel trials and family memories.
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Harriet Mallory
Frances
Michigan
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
I Jane
Mrs Mallorys remembered for Library devotion in Mount Dora
The Mallorys inspired long standing support for Lake County’s beloved Public Library after a first trip by train to Mount Dora. Mrs Mallory’s humor and graciousness helped foster community ties with the Lakeside Inn hospitality shaping local bonds, with Frances sharing memories of the Mallory home and Villa Dora views.
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Lakeside
Mount Dora
Mrs. Mallory
Lake County
Frances J. Bo
Smathers and Jones Sweep Lake County in Election Tide
With over a 2 to 1 margin, Congressman George Smathers won Lake County and Florida by large leads over Claude Pepper. In Mount Dora Smathers led 932 to 261, as 1,201 of 1,800 voters cast ballots. Casey Jones topped Earl Myers for Lake County Public Instruction, 5,844 to 3,326, sweeping Mount Dora and Eustis. A second primary set for May 23 will choose state representatives and local Democratic committee members. County committee members issued a statement thanking voters and pledging support for the new senator-elect.
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George Smathers
Lake County
Claude Pepper
Mount Dora
Smathers
Pepper
Eustis
Myers
Groveland
Okahumpka
Leescoe
H. H. Hethcox
Umatilla
C. E. Duncan
Tavares
J. Burnham Reilly
Winston Pendleton
W. B. Calhoun
Washington
Jones Myers Pepper Smathers
ASTOR
Altoona
Paisley
Cassia
Sorrento
Grand Island Lisbon
Leesburg
Wil
Lady Lake
Yalaha
Mascotte
Clermont
Montverde
Astatula Lake Jem
HOWEY
Minneola
Ferndale
Fruitland Park
Lake County precinct results for Jones Myers and Smathers Pepper
Tabulated precinct by precinct results show the Jones Myers ticket and Smathers Pepper winning the Lake County contest. Final tallies reflect each candidate's share across districts and indicate overall leaders in the race.
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Jones-Myers
Casey Jones Emerges as Lake County Political Star
Casey Jones, newly elected School Board member, wins a sweeping victory across Lake County. Backed by a large town and organized supporters in each precinct, he campaigned against school consolidation and tirelessly toured the county, drawing broad backing from residents and rally crowds.
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Casey
Lake County
Casey” Jones
Kendall R. Jones
Claude Pepper
Dorans
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