Mount Dora employers permit partial day off for ball players
Employers of Mount Dora ball players sign an agreement allowing players to stop work on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at 430 pm so they can reach the ball field by 56 pm there is no pay deduction for the lost time players aim to make up hours with extra work.
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Mount Dora
George Keller
W. J. Sanborn
Clapp
Miss Newhall
Trigg Tuttle
E. E. Truskett
I. W. Sadler Jr
Andrea
Hassle
Yesteryear
Lakeside Inn Mount Dora mural linked to WWII Bremen Mess
A mural painted in Bremerhaven during World War II depicts Lakeside Inn Mount Dora Florida. It was sketched by a German soldier from a postcard view of the Inn grounds on Lake Dora and credit goes to supply officer Dick Edgerton who provided the image. The artist was paid eight packs of cigarettes daily for the spare time work. Gibson and Billie Treadwell, sons of Mrs Modelle Treadwell, recently enlisted. Gibson joined the Navy and Billie the Army on the 16th.
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Lakeside Inn
Mount Dora
Bremerhaven
Germany
Lake Dora
Dick Edgerton
Grade
Reading Lakeside
Florida
U.S. A
Gibson
Billie Treadwell
Modelle Treadwell
Navy
Billie
Mount Dora High Athletes Win Babe Ruth Awards
Jeff Ray and Leslie Sanders receive Babe Ruth sportsmanship medals with Mount Dora High School teammates. a Day on Lake Dora event is planned for Memorial Day featuring boating races a parade and a fishing contest with unusual wooden fish prizes. Esther Maglathlin becomes BPW Club president with Hattie Elliott retiring and a slate of new officers announced.
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Jeff Ray
Leslie Sanders
Babe Ruth
Mount Dora High School
Lake Dora
Mount Dora
Esther Maglathlin
Business and Professional Women's Club
Hattie Elliott
Georgia Phillips
Rhoda Horton
Sarah Toy
Wiltrude Elsman
Rosemary Bennett
Discipline and punishment in early 1900s child rearing
An account contrasts early 20th century discipline with modern psychology, detailing how rules and corporal punishment shaped a child’s behavior. A grave canal drowning linked to rule violations shows the harsh lessons of obedience, fear, and social conformity in a small town.
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Walter
Tough sentencing urged after store clerk experiences crime
A personal reflection from a convenience store worker argues for tougher laws to protect clerks. The author says the real danger lies in solo shifts and urges lawmakers to consider the needs of working poor and middle class citizens who face robbery and violence.
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Tallahassee
Mount Dora Council urged to boost fire equipment funding
Delegation from the Volunteer Firemen's Association urged Mount Dora City Council to upgrade aging fire apparatus as the city grows. Vice president John Snowberger warned that current trucks, a 500 GPM 1959 Chevrolet and other aging units, lag behind needs and could raise insurance costs. Community voices urged the next year's budget to prioritize public safety and fund a new Class A pumper.
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Mount Dora
Firemen's Association
Association
John Snowberger
Mount Dove
LaFrance
Ford
Snowberger
John Coffield
Mount Dorans
Coffield
Charter clash: Mount Dora mayor council power over clerk
Mount Dora faces a predicted clash over interim city clerk appointment and authority. Formerly mayoral control, charter changes and home rule empower the council, prompting calls for court ruling or revised charter to clarify lines of power. Citizens urged to decide how the city should be governed. The writer Dean Van Landingham notes council run preference.
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Mount Dora
Council
Recreation costs and old time play contrasted
A reader argues that children miss simple pastimes and questions city recreation program expenses and director pay. They note local surroundings offer free play opportunities and urge prioritizing tax money for other needs over expensive sports and craft classes.
Florida press awards shine at annual convention
In St Augustine this weekend the Florida Press Association holds a three day spring convention with an awards ceremony for weekly newspapers. The Better Newspaper Contest will recognize general excellence among others as Georgia Press Association judges a record more than 600 entries from Florida papers.
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St. Augustine
Florida Press Association
Georgia Press Association
Florida
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By Diane Demro
Fran Mount Dora High School
Emily Battle
Eudora White
Mabel Shoemaker
Ellen Schrup
Dorothy Loveless
Bess Bryant
Jeannette Blair
Nina Walden
David Harvey
Bud Wingler
Tracy Kramer
L. C. Green
J. M. Green
Ida H. Bishop
Donnelly
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
West Fifth Avenue
P. O. Box
Lake County
By Broder J. Petersen
Thomas
Editorial
Dean van Landingham
Helbline
Floridera
Anne
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