Mount Dora Honor Roll and Local Developments in 1926
Fifty years ago Mount Dora students earned top marks with the sixth grade pupils Buel Locke Joe Treadwell Margaret Ray Marjorie Crow Jane Blanchard Gould Sadler Elizabeth Burts Frances Sadler and Mary V Pierce on the honor roll. The town hosts a free lease on a Baker Street corner for Baptist use with a temporary tabernacle planned. A Host Club forms at the school with Junior White as president and others in office. A Handcraft Shop opens near the Chamber of Commerce with Mrs Mary S Koebke and Mrs Helen C Dorne in charge. The Mount Dora P T A notes Fathers Night at the Community Building with officers Roseborough McCown and Carpenter and dues set at 25 cents per person. The Sorrento school dedicates a new building with Hattie Allen Lola Kennedy and Karl Lehmann among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Buel Locke
Joe Treadwell
Margaret Ray
Marjorie Crow
Jane Blanchard
Gould Sadler
Elizabeth Burts
Frances Sadler
Mary V. Pierce
J. P. Donnelly
Baptists of
Baker Street
Tenth Avenue
Hubbell
Junior White
John Tuttle
Kenneth Mayer
Chamber of Commerce
Mary S. Koebke
Helen C. Dorne
Mount Dora P.T. A
Roseborough
McCown
Carpenter
Sorrento
Hattie Allen
Lola Kennedy
Moore
County School Board
Register
WPA
Karl Lehmann
Mount Dora PTA Halloween Carnival Yields Funds
Thirty years ago on November 7 1946 the Mount Dora Parent Teacher Association treasury gained about 754 dollars 19 from a Halloween Carnival proceeds will support school programs. The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce retail committee urged local merchants to close Armistice Day November 11 and major banks and stores already planned to honor the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Parent-Teacher Association Treasury
Mount Dora TOPIC contact and subscription rates
The Mount Bora TOPIC published weekly at 132 West Fifth Avenue Mount Dora Florida 32757 offers subscriptions of 5.00 a year 9.00 for two years in Lake County and 6.00 a year 11.00 for two years outside Lake County. Single copies 15 cents. Mail and postage details provided.
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West Fifth. Avenue
Mount Dora
P. O. Box
Florida
Lake County
Mount of Florida
Why Blue Jay Earns a Mixed Plaudit in Bird Lore
The author muses on blue jays and Florida scrub jays, noting the blue jay's nosy, colorful personality and clever behavior. He compares both species, recalls their feeding habits and alarm calls, and concludes the blue jay is a character worth liking despite loud antics.
Mount Dora High crowns Homecoming Queen Nancy Jones
Nancy Jones was crowned Homecoming queen on Mount Dora High School football field last Friday night as weeklong activities climaxed. Her escort was Marc Westmoreland, with Debby Allbritton as her sister and former queen watching.
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Nancy Jones
Debby
Mount Dora High School
Nancy
Marc Westmoreland
Steve Allbritton
Floridora
Mount Dora Court Docket Final City Court session held
The Mount Dora City Court concluded its final session on Wednesday October 27 as the municipal court merges into the county system by constitutional amendment. The docket lists numerous guilty findings for driving offenses, DWIs, unlawful speed and related violations with monetary fines and transfers to county court where noted.
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Mount Dora
Steven M. Pender
David E. Peters
Glenda Faye Cook
Willie Arnold
William E. Robinson
Willie Fred Brown
Freddie Woods
Deborah T. Dowd
Howard E. Quinn
Alton Champion
James K. Fowler
Jesse Lee Baker
Willie S. Knight
Ernest Duras
Sharon L. Phillips
Phillip T. Morris
Evan L. Pennington
Ervin Nesmith
John T. Habarta
Jeffry A. McRee
Frank C. Schmidt
VRW
Danny J. Cox
Patricia A. Walker
Alford R. Hendrix
Samkuan P. Brown
Joseph Rufo III
Joseph Rufo
Morris W. Hughes
Bruno G. Montanini
Nelle C. Brackin
Maryty Martinez
Robert F. Hibbard
Linda A. Hollins
Horace A. Smith
Timothy J
Adeline E. Bosch
Don Keith Jones
Vernell S. Wells
Phillip G. Watson
Hollis Davis
Joseph L. Holland
Tokiko K. Englehardt
Debra. M. Jones
Guss H. Jones
Bradley Worlds
William H. Rider
Matt P. Heidorn
Steven E. Gray
Ralph M. Hickok
Carrie J. Hall
James Flakes
Ronald J. Lovett
Albert A. Basher
Wilton C. Marvin
Vernie W. Helard
James P. Balser
Tommie R. Strickland
Seaton H. Carpenter
Edward A. Nimnicht
George D. Murrell
C. B. Lowman
Paul Powers
Robert D. Smith
Editorial Letters Highlight Hunting Ethics and Annexation Questions
In a paired exchange, readers criticize hunting of doves noting the cruelty and suggesting the birds belong in soup, while another letter questions Mount Dora annexation efforts led by Mayor Champion. The editor notes the city spent about 35 dollars to reproduce the annexation letter, with no mailing cost.
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Titmice
Cardinals
Mayor Champion
Mount Dora
Champion
Frank Clifton
Clifton
Death Row inmate seeks correspondence from readers
A letter from Robert Hines, inmate on death row at Lucasville Ohio, pleads for readers to write him as he faces possibly one year to live. He asks the newspaper to publish the request so he may receive some companionship during his final months.
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Southern
Ohio
Robert Hines
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By Diane Demro
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lake County School Board
Duplicate Bridge Club
Ernest Butler
Vickie Steinshorn
Roland Cooper
Slater Cox
George Davis
Eugene Deacon
Tangerine
Kenneth Hills
Cliff Hannum
Eustis
Grace Clifton
Sylvia Lister
Elk Club
Tavares
Umatilla
Mount Bora
A.M. Liveright
Mount Dora Court
Cape Canaveral
Wilfred O. Cadotte Eustis
Nina Waite
P. O
Lucasville
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