Mount Dora High marks several graduation milestones
Forty years ago on June 1 1928 twelve students graduated with white flannel and red rose adornments. Ten years later twenty five seniors completed their studies at the Community Building. The Class of 1948 celebrated with Pomp and Circumstance and a band performance. The Mount Dora site for Voting Precinct 40 moved to the Jiffy Food Store Building SR 19 A west of the Golden Triangle.
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Mount Dora High
Mount Dora High School
Auditorum
Helen Hubbell
Karl Lehmann
Abby Simpson
Pythian Sisters
John Flood
Doris Camp
Twila Camp
Harry Clark
Harriet Cole
Alice Franklin
Almeda Kimball
Kenneth Mayer
Katherine Merry
James Norris
Doris Parker
Howard Rice
Hazel Edwards
Lois Jerue
Marie Edwards
Ossie Ginther
Elsis Jerne
Ivian Norton
James Shaw
Natalie Spilky
Roy Beasley
Ruth Beerbower
Leta Brantley
Virginia Chapman
Gerald Davis
Russell
Grantley
C. C. Gravelee, Jr
Dedrick Green
Theo Green
Dorothy Johnson
Edward Kimball
Nona Mortensen
Curtis Minkley
Bayard Roberts Jr
Richard Shipes Jr
Oscar Stephens Jr
William Turrentine
Yvonne Vey
Dorothy White
D. D. Roseborough
Carol Swort
Mary Jo Burr
Jimmy Vincent
George Gibson
Mount Dora
Frank E. Owens
Treadway
Ford
SR 19-A
Golden Triangle
Mount Dora Kiwanis
Chit & Chatter
Remember When Mount Dora High Graduates Look Back
A reminiscence recounts Mount Dora High School graduation milestones from 1958 to 1968 and 1978, listing names of graduates and noting key dates. The piece reflects on a shared past and pride in the alma mater as decades pass.
Scout tickets push boosts May 25 Barbeque
Ricky Noblitt of Boy Scout Troop 71 leads a ticket drive with Dorothy Dean for a May 25 Barbeque at the Episcopal Church. He previously led in ticket sales at the April Barbeque earning a free week at Camp La No Che as troop members canvass town for the event.
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Ricky Noblitt
Dorothy Dean
Ricky
Epiicopal Church
Camp la No Che
Wallace landslide in Mount Dora High straw poll
Mount Dora High School students favored former Alabama governor George Wallace for president in a 588 ballot straw poll with 256 votes. Kennedy 153, McCarthy 79, Nixon 77, Humphrey 19, Rockefeller 4. Teachers backed Nixon in a separate ballot.
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Alabama
George Wallace
United States
Mount Dora High School
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Kennedy
McCarthy
Nixon
Humphrey
Rockefeller
Mount Dora unveils new town flag by artist Thor Rinden
Mount Dora reveals its front page flag design by artist Thor Rinden. The author notes Rinden’s diverse background from Marshalltown Iowa to Army service in Alaska Thailand and Laos and his ongoing art studies in New York City.
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New York Times
Mount Dora
Thor Rinden
Rinden
Marshalltown
Iowa
University of Iowa
Alaska
Thailand
Laos
Randolph Macon
Virginia
New York City
Brooklyn
Bad Accident Near Old 441 and Lake Shore Drive
Two cars collided at the intersection of old 441 and Lake Shore Drive. Pauline Johnson Greenwood of Route 1 Tavares was charged by Mount Dora Police with failure to yield. Greenwood was taken to Memorial Hospital in a Rambler after the crash.
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G. O. Matlick
Bud Huett
Mount Dora
Old 441
Lake Shore Drive
Pauline Johnson
Greenwood
Tavares
Frank Grey
Gertrude Manor
Pauline Greenwood
Memorial Hospital
B Rambler
Dr. Vason Elected President of Florida Dental Society
Dr. Robert F. Vason of Mount Dora was installed as the 85th President of the Florida State Dental Society in Jacksonville. A Tallahassee native, he earned an A B from Emory and a D D S from Atlanta Southern Dental College in 1944, served in the Army Dental Corps, and built a long career with multiple dental societies and community leadership roles.
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Jacksonville
Robert F. Vason
Mount Dora
Florida State Dental Society
Doctor Wason
American College of Dentists
Florida
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Supreme Tyler
Pierre Fauchard Society
American Society of Dentistry For Children
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Ta Varres couple wins top prizes in Mount Dora Sailing Regatta
William and Martha Burleigh of Ta Vares win first and second in the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce Sailing Regatta Photo contest. Richard Whittington of Mount Dora takes third. Douglass Dasher wins the teen division. William receives $25, Martha $15, Whittington a trophy, Dasher $15. Howard T. Josrot judges entries.
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William
Martha Burleigh
Tavares
Mount Dora
Whittington
William Burleigh
Martha
Hasher
Howard T. Jos Rot
Mount Dover
Baccalaureate Set For Sunday At Mount Dora High
Mount Dora High School preps a Sunday baccalaureate at the Community Building at 8. Dora Ministerial Alliance directs the service with David Coffield delivering the address. Glee Club sings God Of Our Fathers and Byron Nicholson provides Procession music. May 31 awards and graduation follow at 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively with public attendance invited.
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Mount Dora High School
The
Dora Ministerial Alliance
David Coffield
High Glee Club
God of Our Fathers
Byron Nicholson
Cancer Drive Exceeds Goal As Mount Dora Leads
Mount Dora surpasses its $1,800 quota with $2,255 raised for the Lake County Cancer Crusade. Robert Warfield Jr., chairman, announced that five other cities also met their quotas while several Hills area towns contributed as well.
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Robert Warfield, Jr
Lake County
Yalah
Fruitland Park
Kaiaianeant
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Harriett Cole
John Tuttle
Flood
Alameda Kimball
William Stephens
Frank Keller
Dorothy Peterson
Eula Bagwell
Don Schubert
Harrold Blunt
Donald Hogsett
Phyllis Turner
Roy Ledford
Richard Kurras
Davis
Gwyne Godtel
Joyce Combs
Linda Frisby
Gordon Schieber
Janie Huett
Gary Potter
Earl Williams
Edwin Woodham
Ann Ellison
Jane
Class of Problems
TOPIC
Dr. Vason
Florida Dental Society
Robert Vason
Baccalaureate
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