Homecoming Queen Surprise At Mount Dora High
Floridora chronicles a dramatic Homecoming Crown moment as Debby Jones learns she must crown her sister Nancy Jones amid cheers from the crowd and the Jones family of Sorrento. The piece also recalls Mount Dora Halloween parade and a Circus World visit with practical details and personal birthday wishes.
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Mount Dora High School
Debby Jones
Oole Edwards Jr
Debby
Nancy Jones
James J. Jones
Sorrento
Groveland
Golden Hurricanes
Mount Dora and Lake County Back Ford in Big Win
Mount Dora and Lake County voters backed Gerald Ford for the presidency and supported Lawton Chiles Hawkins Gunter and Langley in statewide and local races. Turnout reached 83.5 percent countywide with 41,907 registered voters. Mount Dora saw history making turnout. Four state constitutional amendments passed locally while five were rejected.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Gerald Ford
U. S
Lawton Chiles
Public Service
Paula Hawkins
Bill Gunter
Richard Kelly
Mount Dorans
Guy Bliss
Bernard McCabe
Malcolm McCall
Bliss
Sam Com
Mount Dora area election results show defeated special tax district
In unofficial precinct totals 20 and 20A voters rejected a referendum to create a Special Tax District for unincorporated fire protection, 6788 to 6315, with candidate tallies for national and local offices led by Hawkins and Grady. States and county posts listed include Carter Ford Chiles Gunter Hawkins Langley Robbins McCall Stephens Havill Hall Underwood Commander McCabe Beals Heinrich Berry Brown Beery.
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Mander
McCabe
Mount Dora
T. Keith Hall
J. M. Hoskinson
Joan Brown
Charles Beals
Ed Havill
Donald Stephens
Richard Langley
Ray Robbins
Langley
Lake County
Executive Branch
Capitol and Mansion Commission
U. S
Lawton Chiles
John Grady
JoAnn Saunders
Richard Kelly
Bill Gunter
Betty Armistead
Public Service Commission
Katie Nichols
Paula Hawkins
State House of Representatives
Malcolm McCall
Guy Bliss
H. D. Underwood
Sam Commander
Bernard McCabe
Ed Hillston
Me Hoskinson
Donald Berry
Marty Heinrich
Weather figures from Mount Dora station show season totals
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station records high and low temperatures since October 27 with a yearly rainfall total of 43.22 inches. The annual average rainfall is about 50 inches, indicating below average precipitation for the year.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora City Council Deliberates Annexations and Traffic Aid
Mount Dora council continues discussion on 60 acre Eudora Road housing project by Affiliated Services Corporation with plans to pay utilities and bring water and sewer. Officials consider Lake Franklin annexation, public meeting, and possible February election. Traffic signal proposal at US 441 Donnelly Street receives approval as a blinker light. Lions Club and Jaycees Christmas parade funded $100, with one dissenting vote.
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Mount Dora
Eudora Road
Roy Christopher
Brandon Ward
Christopher
Gordon Dake
Lake Franklin
Ward
Frank Clifton
State Department of Transportation
Donnelly Street
Mount Dora Lions Club
Jaycees
Dean van Landingham
Mount Dora City Election Field Expands With New Candidacy
The Mount Dora municipal race grows as three more candidates file petitions for city council and W. G. Shipley seeks the park board seat. Incumbents Cox Dake and Lott reportedly consider petitions. Lott opts out due to health. Ronald Archer, Colene Hutcheson, John Coffield join race, with Archer linking to WGTW and local civic roles.
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Mount Dora
Ron Archer
John Coffield
Park
Lavond Clayton
Jackson Ave
Robert Travers
Park Place
Colene Hutcheson
Ronald Archer
Council
Archer
Preferred Radio
John H. Coffield
Coffield
Kansas
Florida Telephone Corporation
Leesburg
Betty
Simpson St
Mount Dora Middle School Civics Election Draws 87 Percent Turnout
Students in grades seven and eight held a mock election at Mount Dora Middle School as part of civics classes. Jimmy Carter defeated President Ford by a two to one margin, reflecting parental views, said Principal Hubert Ridaught.
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Lake County
Mount Dora Middle School
Grice
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Tory
Hubert Ridaught
Halloween burglaries quiet Mount Dora reports two churches
Mount Dora police logged two church burglaries on Halloween night with minimal losses. St Edward's Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue and Grandview Street saw a small sum missing from Father Walter B. Peterson's office, while First United Methodist Church reported an undetermined amount stolen. Both cases are under investigation.
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Mount Dora
St. Edward's Episcopal Church
First United Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue
Grandview Street
Walter B. Peterson
St. Edward's Church
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Philadelphia Zoo
Pennsylvania
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Carter
Tom Anderson
Eugene McCarthy
President
Sheriff
Emogene Stegall
Judicial Qualification Committee
WGTW
Philadelphia
St. Patrick's Catholic Church of
Supervisor of Elections
Police Department
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