Mount Dora Hosts Lake County Press Association Meeting
Forty years ago funds for the Will Rogert Memorial were designated to newspapers and banks. Mrs. Keller was named Mount Dora chairwoman. A Lake County Press Association meeting with dinner at Hotel Mount Dora was planned for next Monday. Members of local papers expected to attend. Town Council discussed radio interference, late night street lights, and sidewalk repair on Alexander Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogert
Keller
Mount Dora
Lake County Press Association
Lake County
Leesburg Commercial
Leesburg Ledger
Groveland Graphic
Eustis Lake Region News
Lake County Citizen-Tavares
Clermont Press
Florida News-Clermont
Umatilla Tribune
A. Rehbaum
E. Evans
C. R. Javens
L. C. Jerne
George Keller
A. J. Waltz
Simpson
Johnson
Cooley
Alexander Street
Fourth Avenue
Javens
Notes About Our Men In Service From Lake County
Thirty years ago in Lake County, several men received honorable Navy discharges. Robert G. Wells served three years six months, Howard James Wetz three years three months, Thomas Edwin Battle three years five months, and Oscar Stephens Jr. a first class petty officer on the submarine Sawfish showed his ship to his aunt and uncle from Los Angeles during a Navy Day tour at Long Beach. The seventh grade recounts two pupils leaving for California and New Mexico, welcomes Clark VanDeroer from Apopka, and lists Honor Roll members Miriam White, Helen Whitehead, Bettye Ann Ray, Howard Bialk, and Attice Curt Haygood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Navy
Robert G. Wells
Howard James Wetz
Lake Jem
Thomas Edwin Battle
Sorrento
Oscar Stephens Jr
Hugh Tucker
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Calif
Oscar
Alvis Williams
California
David Blanchard
New Mexico
Clark VanDeroer
Apopka
Miriam White
Helen Whitehead
Bettye Ann Ray
Howard Bialk
Attice Curt Haygood
Mount Dora City Council Field Expands for December Ballot
The Mount Dora City Council race grows with eight to nine candidates on the December 13 ballot. New contenders include W. D. Patton Howard Simpson incumbent Gordon Conboy and Mayor Lou L. Heaton joining named incumbents and other hopefuls. The piece then shifts to a satirical note on orange crates and the citrus industry reflecting on potential social and political consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Margaret Lafroos
Keith Davis
Ed Vincent
Henry Link
W. D. Patton
Howard Simpson
Gordon Conboy
Lou L. Heaton
Homicide Investigation in East Town Questions Details
Mount Dora Police probe a homicide from last Saturday at Grandview Street and Jackson Avenue. Richard King Jr. died from a single gunshot wound after a confrontation with Charlie Hines at the King vehicle.
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Partment
Grandview Street
Jackson Avenue
Richard King Jr
Orlando
S. A. Greene
Orange Blossom Inn
Mount Dora
Shirley Ann Duncan
Bayes Ave
Eustis
Grandview
Jackson
East Town
Charlie Hines
Grant Ave
King
Hines
Mount Dora October police report shows rise in incidents
Mount Dora Police Department activity for October lists 638 items. Disturbances lead with 91 incidents, including nine burglaries all via forcible entry and one attempted entry. Other cases include two strong-arm robberies, one aggravated assault with a gun, larcenies, auto theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, suspicious persons and vehicles, and 57 moving hazards among traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Pearson to speak on Florida growth policy
Mount Dora City Council President and mayoral candidate G R M Pearson will address the University of Florida Fourth Annual Conference on Florida Growth Policy in Gainesville January 30 31 1976. He will present the viewpoint of a city councilman on funding in a panel about the 1975 Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Bob) Pearson
University of Florida
Florida
University
Gainesville
Askew
Williams
Colorado
Richard Lamm
San Diego
Calif
Peter Wilson
Guy Spicola
George Firestone
William Nelson
Pearson
Lake County
East Central
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Turner
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U.S. 441
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Harvey Spears General Contractors, Inc
Parker's
U.S.D.A
Butterball and Armour Star
5Th Avenue
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Tirsteang
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