Mount Dora Eyes Class A Team For Winter Training
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce seeks a Class A baseball team to use the city as winter training headquarters from March 12 to April 12. Memphis or Nashville shown interest. cost estimates range from 250 to 5 000 dollars for field improvements and facilities. A visiting team could bring 50 members, spending about 350 dollars daily in local hotels and dining rooms.
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Mount Dora
J. E. Fortner
Fortner
Hess
Memphis
Grand View
Sylvan Shores
Harry Hopcraft
American Legion
Legion
Roy Christopher
Legionnaire
Florida
Wake Up, Boys Rise to Take Groveland Clash
Groveland’s big team hosts Clermont as Clermont sits second in the conference. Grove land’s Huskies have four wins this season aside from a 2 0 loss to Clermont. Jaggears seeks a fast start and a wake up in the Hurricanes offense after a 33 0 win over St James. Bradford, Darkow and Ledford figure in scoring drives and the Hurricanes aim to reverse slow starts.
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Golden Hurricanes
Groveland
Clermont
Huskies
Ocoee
Jaggears
St. James
Orlando
Hurricanes
Panthers
Bardford
Ledford
Darkow
Bradford
Lake County Trustees Win Big In School Ballot
Ray and Clark Treadway lead trustee race as J. G. Ray Jr and C. B. Treadway join Clark on the new board. Voters also back 5 and 2 mill levies for operation, maintenance, and capital outlay. Unofficial tallies show Ray 854, Treadway 813, Clark 720, Hanson 430.
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Lake County
John Y. Clark, Jr
Leesburg
Kenneth V.s
Fruitland Park
J. G. Ray, Jr
Mount Dora
C. B. Treadway
Tavares and
Clark
Dora Fire Loss Rises In Mount Dora Year
Fire losses in Mount Dora for the year ending Oct 31 totaled 26550 dollars, up 10135 from 1946. City council ordered renovations to Fire No 2 truck costing 2217 dollars as part of upgrades after insurance payouts left a net loss of 15400 dollars.
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Mount Dora
Ernie Mosteller
Mosteller
William Sayles Barker
Lake County
Red Cross Monteller
Armistice Day Closing Advisory For Mount Dora
In observance of Armistice day all business places in Mount Dora are asked to close between 10 30 and noon next Tuesday. The request is sponsored by the American Legion and the Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mount Dora
The
American Legion
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora Incorporation Recalled From 1910 Vote
Mount Dora’s incorporation hinges on a 1910 town meeting where 41 voters cast ballots. James Simpson recalls the March 1910 election naming J. P. Donnelly as mayor, with a tally led by 30 to 9 for mayor and 31 to 33 for various town posts.
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Mount Doraan
Mount Dora
James Simpson
E. C. Stovall
W. J. Mer
J. P. Donnelly
C. L. Stokley
W. J. Merrett
Alder R. C. Tremain
A. Orton
A. P. Lewis
M. V. Simpson
G. D. Thayer
E. Dickerman
Mount Dora No. 1
Marshal
Lewis
R. C. Tremain
Louis Tremain
Thayer
Burgess Thayer
Lakeside
Orton
May Fenton
Butts
Dickerman
Simpson Brothers
Warren Butts
Cinderella Wins As Carnival Nets P T A 730
Cinderella crowned carnival queen Lois Driver won by a narrow margin in a city wide penny vote. Harold Betty Ann Lane and eight year old Thomas Norris earned costume prizes. many winners took home radios and appliances from the carnival raffle.
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Brenwood Studio
Nice
Graves
Carl Graves
Lois Driver
Mount Dora High School
Cinderella
Pends Beeee
Eyck Bie
Ene Johnson
Harold Betty Ann Lane
Betty Ann
Thomas Norris
Frederick Sleight
rCarl Graves
Phyllis Turner
Evelyn Minkley
Dolly
Bill Williamson
Jim Moody
J. R.ene
S. C. Colley
Betty Seise
Slater Cox
Walter J. Patton
Tracy Kramer
E. L. Riley
Kenneth Maglathlin
Merchants Plan Treasure Chest to Boost Local Trade
Thirty merchants back a drive to keep business in Mount Dora under the Treasure Chest plan. The effort, led by Fletcher Crane, begins Monday with notices to buyers in the area and in participating merchant windows. Prizes will be awarded, with the first set on December 6.
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Fletcher Crane
Treasure Chest
Mount Dora
Warren Butts, Mount Dora Pioneer and Sculptor
Warren Butts, 89, a Mount Dora pioneer, is recalled as a builder, undertaker and first town official who later sculpted yard figures from cement. He arrived in Central Florida in 1875, started a furniture store and brickwork, ran cement walks, and owned property on Donnelly Street. He bought one of four Lenowee automobiles, then built Mount Dora’s first brick building and long served as councilman and tax collector.
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St. Nicholas
Clement Clarke Moore
Warren Butts
Lenowee
Mount Dora
Donnelly St
Ping
Franklin
Eleanore Roosevelt
Eve
Butts
Central
Florida
Sorrento
W. C. Butts
Eustis
Mount Dora Pioneer Warren C Butts Recall of Barn Sled Contraption
Warren C Butts built and operated a now forgotten contraption that wowed Mount Dora locals for years. He later served as a town councilman after incorporation in 1910, helping to establish the first town hall and local services.
Mayor Fortner Declines Candidacy for Mount Dora Post
After two years as unpaid mayor J. E. Fortner announces he will not run in the December 9 election citing his duties with the Citrus Culture Corporation and the First National Bank. He urges adoption of a salaried city manager and notes the lack of rewards in public service. He praises the council's work and his successors will face a smooth continuation of city affairs.
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Mount Dora
J. E. Fortner
Fortner
Citrus Culture Corporation
First National Bank
Lillian Christie
al Rehbaum, Jr
R. R. Eddy
Otis Hale
Rollin Jarvis
Rollie”. Morse
Charges Settled and Duggan Departures Quiet End to Case
Lake County records show the case closed with Duggan pleading guilty to possession of slot machines and a $250 fine. W F Duggan Sr returned west to his animal show, while his son resumed business in Mount Dora amid relief and lingering regret. Attorney Harry Gaylord confirmed the larceny and gun theft counts were dropped.
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A la Duggan
Lake County
W. F. Duggan
Mount Dora
Harry Gaylord
Duggans
Duggan
West
Gaylord
Donnelly .St
Willis McCall
Dr. Winston Stephens 83 Dies in Massachusetts
Dr. Winston Stephens 83 longtime Lenox New Bedford dentist and winter resident of Mount Dora died Oct 24 at his East Longmeadow home. He leaves widow Rhoda M. Stephens two sons Winson of Bethesda Maryland and Gaston of Berkeley California and five grandchildren. Burial was in East Longmeadow.
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Winston Stephens
Mount Dora
Longmeadow
Mass
Lenox
New Bedford
N. Clayton St
Rhoda M. Stephens
Winson
Bethesda
Gaston
Berkley
Cal
East Longmeadow
That Long Ago A Tale Of Joan Of Arc And A Suit
A clipped reminiscence recalls a male suitor pressing breach of promise claims against the famed French heroine Joan of Arc. The account frames a legal dispute amid chivalric expectations and heroic reputation.
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Joan of Arc
Mar
Reel Casting Club Grows as Movie Teaches Fishing
Margo leads a club teaching casting to youths aged nine to seventeen with help sought to organize the sport. Johnnie Falkner of the Princess Theatre announces a free November 15 screening of Let's Go Fishing, brought by the Chamber of Commerce, for casting club members and parents.
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Margo
Izaak Walton
Johnnie Falkner
Princess Theater
Chamber of Commerce
City Debates Hyacinth Cutter Costs and Driver Pay
Milner reports Chamber of Commerce debt of more than 2700 dollars for the hyacinth cutter on Lake Dora. The city will pay Bill Prinz 1.50 per hour for operating the machine, while the county may fund gas and future purchase. Milner expects county to buy the machine for Lake County lakes soon.
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Lake Dora
Hyacinth
Cona Milner
Hyacinth Control Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Ney
Milner
Lake County
No Comment Ve Hides in Atomic Research Peak
An obscure phrase notes the cilia peak of atomic research and a claim that a group or place had the highest rate in the United States at that location. The fragment lacks clear dates names or places to identify.
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United States
Cilia Peak of Atomic Research
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Dora
Mee
Ray
Clark Treadway
Simpson
William Stewart
B. M. Bruce
T. W. Hackett
Jas. Simpson
Bruce House
J. W. Hackett
Carnival
P.T.A
Mabel Norris Reese
Warren
Warren C. Butts
Orrin Sadler
Mr. Butts
Dr. Stephens
Massachusetts
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