This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Forty years ago opening day set for Mount Dora series
The Little World Series will open Sunday afternoon with Mount Dora champions of the first half facing an undecided opponent as Apopka Winter Garden and Clermont vie for second-half lead. Admission is 35 cents to aid equipment as no paid players are allowed. Stationed sailors, college plans and service members are noted among local alumni and residents. Captain Harry J. Hopcraft of Mount Dora earned the Silver Star for gallantry in France on July 11, 1944. his award cited by War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Apopka
Winter Garden
Clermont
Florida State College For
Tallahassee
Elizabeth Fenn
Mary Joyce Moorhead
Francys Sadler
Martha Wells
Rhoda Simpson
Ruth Loveless
Jane McCown
Marie Slack
MDHS
Roseborough
Marilyn Johnson
Connecticut College
Gladys Irene Crane
Graceland College
Iowa
Merry Robertson
Grace Lee
University of Georgia
Patricia Padgett
Monroe
Louisiana
Dorothy Geiger
G. B. Hurlburt
Mary Lindman
Villa Dora
France
War Department
W. H. Hopcraft
Orlando
Clayton Tremain