Apopka Dominates Lake Orange League Series Thirty Forty Years Ago
Forty years ago Apopka swept three of four in a best three out of five series drawing large crowds for fast amateur baseball. Mount Dora High School held its first formal meeting with Roy Christopher as prior president presiding and elects new student officers. Football season opens with Mount Dora revealing key players and two vacancies in the lineup as Coach Vincent plans to use about twenty two players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apopka
Neck of the Woods
Lake Orange
Mount Dora High School
Roy Christopher
Laney
Drawdy
Parker
Conant
McNair
Sadler
Christopher
Vincent
Bernard McCabe
Fort Benning
Thomas McCabe
RAF
China
Charles R. Javens
Marine Guard
Naval Air Station, Sanford
Javens
U.S. Army
Marines
Orlando
Sanford
Parris I Island
Washington, D.C
Jacksonville
Mount Dora
Charles Javens
Walker Horsley
Bob Petruschell
Donald French
Warren Story
James Johnston
Hanslid Hollon
Wesley
Mount Dora Football Returns and Lake Dora Growth Plans
Mount Dora rekindles football with a large roster under Coach Hall amid a two year layoff. A Miami Daily News report from a Tavares dateline outlines a $150 million Lake Jem home development near Mount Dora, envisioning 14,000 homes and a 30,000 population with a proposed causeway across Lake Dora. The 1955 Spring Convention of the Florida Women’s Press Club will meet in Mount Dora in April, after Mount Dora’s Topic staff won top awards in Miami Beach.
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Miami Daily News
Tavares
Mount Dora
Lake Jem
Lake County
Big Lake Dora
Florida Women's Press Club
Miami Beach
Feminine Writers of Florida
Mabel Norris Reese
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora Court Docket Sept 18 Details
Mount Dora City Court docket lists defendants and outcomes including Clem E. Watson guilty on multiple charges, Margaret W. Quillen advisement, Jesse L. James failed to appear, Ansert G. Nelson guilty, Virginia Y. Monroe speeding, and many more with fines from 17 to 102 dollars. Several cases continued or impaired by violations, and some actions like junk car guilty or suspended licenses noted.
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Mount Dora
Clem E. Watson
Margaret W. Quillen
Jesse L. James
Ansert G. Nelson
Virginia Y. Monroe
Robert W. Luckey
Freddie L. Anderson
Johnnie Emerson
Rob. T. Hubbard
David Lee Parker
Richard Powell
Wesley L. Rawlinson
Connie W. Williams
Thomas E. Mann
Willie B. Newsome
Rebecca A. Coffaro
Judy Fay Harris
Laurie L. Wenzink
Becky R. Wright
Hurley D. Faniel
Robert Rowe
Earl Dudley
Tom Hall
George Collier
VRW
Neal Barrow
Deborah Monroe
Jane L. Cato
David C. Updike
Allen L. Gerhardt
Paul B. Baker
Thomas R. McNeill
Don L
Lions Auction Draws Mount Dora Donors and BBQ
The Mount Dora Lions Club will collect saleable White Elephant donations from Sept 28 to Oct 19. The Gilbert Park auction starts Oct 19 at 1:00 p.m. with a barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m. Call local sponsors to donate.
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Mount Dora
Saf-Tee Alarm Co
Harris Oil and Gas
Triangle Cab
Wishful Thinking and Wages in a Past Era
The poem recalls times when goods and entertainment were cheap but wages were low. It contrasts past prices for sundaes, Broadway shows, bread, and salaries, noting that costs and earnings tended to move together. The speaker, Aaron H. Lauchner, invites reflection on inflation and value.
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By Diane Demro
Mount Dora Court
S. Bay Street
Eustis
Frisby’s Gulf Service Station
Cor. St. & Alexander
Mount Dor
the Poet’s Corner
Aaron H, Lauchner
Roy Caldwell
Democrat
Roy W. Caldwell
Treas
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