Local residents and students among notable acknowledgments
Agnes Scott College accepts former Mount Dora High School member Susan J. Sleight from Orlando while Air Force airman Larry L. Scranton earns praise for parachute maintenance. The column also notes teachers, club members, and travelers visiting Mount Dora, with several residents heading to summer locations and college graduates receiving honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doran
Susan J. Sleight
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Sleight
Mount Dora High School
Rainbow Girls
Larry L. Scranton
Air Force
Kiwanis Marks 115th Birthday of Rebel Contact Mrs Haire
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club honors Leona S. Haire of Umatilla at a 115th birthday party. The 96 pound survivor of the Civil War era lived life proudly, recalled helping Union lines, and plans to celebrate a 125th birthday. Over 160 members and wives attended Confederates Ladies Day with a tiered sparklers cake.
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Mount Dora
WESH
Channel 2
Orlando
Sylvia Cook
Haire
Leona Haire
Horse show and visiting guests brighten Howey Academy day
Miss Anina Frank, 1962 grand champion, leads the precision riding drill team at Howey Academy as the school gears up for its annual horse show Sunday. A house full at Mrs. Pearl Acree’s welcomes Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Fulton from Cookville and Mrs. Grady Holman of Blakely. Jeanne Bennett debuts as a local painter at Garden Gate after a year in the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anina Frank
Howey Academy
Pearl Acree
D. T. Fulton
Cookville
Tenn
Grady Holman
Blakely
Mount Dora
Jeanne Bennett
Garden Gate
Beautification of Highway 441 Begins With Magnolia Plantings
The Lakes and Hills Garden Club and Mrs. John Alden Murray direct a Friday planting on the median of Highway 441. Magnolias, holly, red cedar, sabal palms and live oaks will form low maintenance, unobstructed views. Details involve state road engineers, local leaders, and planned donations from club members and forestry officials with scouts and growers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 441
John Alden Murray
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Murray
L. K. Thompson
Tallahassee
Richey Green
P. N. Pappas
Circles of the
William Frick
Robert D. Hodges
the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Mount Dora Junior Garden Club Wins National Award
The Mount Dora Junior Garden Club led by Mrs. Bernard McCabe won the Hessie Thomson Morrah Junior Garden Club Horticultural Achievement Award at the National Federation of Garden Clubs convention in Atlanta for excellence in Gardening Unlimited. The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs received the Bronze Seal for Mead Garden in Winter Park with building chairman Mrs. Vernon L. Conner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Garden Clubs
Atlanta
Miami
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Vernon L. Conner
Daniel Bishop
Florida State Board
Mount Dora
Mead Garden
Winter Park
Tangerine Notes Chronicle Losses and Local Developments
Death visits Tangerine as Mrs Frances Ritter and longtime resident Mrs Josephine Simpson pass away. Services held in Eustis and Valparaiso. Updates report Fire District map, upcoming Post Office building completion by Aug 1, and vote on new constitution at the last Tangerine Community Church service. Local arrivals include Poffenbaugh and guests at Community Hall. Palms talk by Col Billings McArthur marks season finale of the Tangerine Improvement Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ritter
Valparaiso
Ind
Tangerine
Jay B. Ritter
St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church
Eustis
Josephine Simpson
E. C. Horn
Ervin
Tangerine Community
Cecil Bothwell
Col. Billings McArthur
Tangerine Improvement Society
Col. McArthur
Winter Garden
Magnolia Circle Officers Installed For Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Magnolia Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club announces newly elected officers will be installed at a meeting Friday May 3 at 1 p.m. at Garden Gate. Delegates to the recent Den Clubs convention in Miami will report. Hostesses are Mrs W B Louthan Mrs E A Austin and Mrs Harry Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
oOo
E. A. Nimnicht
The
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Miami
Mesdames van Marker
Owen Conner
H. Herrick Price
Ronald Cooper
T. R. Gardner
Arthur Jewell
Roy
Hills
Garden Club
Garden Gate
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
W. B. Louthan
E. A. Austin
Harry Hutchins
Cancer Unit Plans Canvass In Lake County
The Lake County Unit of the American Cancer Society will canvass door to door this week to raise funds and distribute Seven Cancer Signals educational material. The 1963 goal is 14000 with most funds going to research. The unit runs loan closets at Waterman Memorial Hospital Eus tis and the Presbyterian Church Leesburg to aid county patients. When needed patients are transported to the tumor clinic in Orlando. Mrs. Robert Horst chairs Lake County Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
American Cancer Society
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Presbyterian Church
Leesburg
Tumor
Orlando
Robert Horst
Lake County Services
Traffic safety tip from FHP chief on minor violations
The Safety suggestion of the week from FHP Bossman H N Kirk warns that a minor traffic violation can lead to major disaster. It urges drivers to obey traffic laws and regulations to prevent serious crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bossman
H. N. Kirkman
Hibiscus Society Elects Officers for Golden Triangle Chapter
The Golden Triangle Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society elects F Raynolds as president Roxy Martin as vice president Eugene Eble as treasurer and Mrs F Reynolds as secretary for the coming year. Installation will occur at the May 16 dinner meeting with Palatka Chapter visitors. The group meets at 8 p.m. on the third Thursday monthly at the Mount Dora Community building and welcomes guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Triangle
American Hibiscus Society
Palatka
F. Raynolds
Roxy Martin
Eugene Eble
F. Reynolds
England
Crown Jewels
Hibiscus
Mount Dora
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Win Sleight
Clarence Ziska
Carl W. Spang
Bedford
Ohio
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36Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Tinker Afb
Okla
Cecil L. Scranton
Gertrude Lawrence
Wethersfield, Conn
Robert G. Campbell
Oboo
Fred Caudle
F. E. Kreyer
Seattle
Wash
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Chicago, Ill
Harold Moore
Priscilla Marvin
Emma Willard Choir
Troy
N. Y
Horace Mann School Glee Club
van Alstyne Auditorium
New York City
William H. Marvin
Haydn
Mass
Stanley B. Carpenter
Ft. Hood
Texas
Mary Emma Johnson
Col
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Calif
Evelyn Jones Carpenter
Panama Canal Zone
University of Idaho
University of Washington
United States Forrestry Service
Priest River
Idaho
Charles Wheeler
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
Grace Nill
May Blaising
Fort Wayne
James Kress
Jackson
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Theodore Kress
Marietta
Charles Semler
Benton Harbor
Hazeline Avery
Florida State University
Kiwanis
Karl G. Schmidt
Frank E. Bridgeman
the Palette Shop
Mary Brethauer
Lake Dora
Jamaica
Dasinger’s Tots and Teens
Golden Triangle Shopping Center
Bronson
PAEA
Cleo Grubbs
Florida State Forestry Department
M. D. Jr. Gardeners
National Award
Mrs. C. E. Posing
R. B. Miller
Precinct — 90 Fire District Committee
Mayor Wagner
Carey, O
Harry Bradford
Wagners
Philip Gutterson
Fairhaven
E B. Wood
Edward Kennedy
Wyalusing
Mrs. Poffenbaugh
Andrews Property
Shaw Gardens
St. Louis
Kenneth Maglathlin
Gertrude Baker
Monroe Dickenson
E. B. Wood
P. O. Badger
Irma Miller
Sunland Training Center
Magnolia Circle
Villa Nova
N. 14Th St
Hwys
Cancer Unit
Hibiscus Society
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Alexander
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