Prominent Businessman Bob Flint Dies in Mount Dora
Mount Dora mourns the death of Robert L. Flint 43 at Orange Memorial Hospital Orlando He was VP and GM of Golden Triangle Builders Supply Co Inc living in Mount Dora seven years from Jacksonville Survived by wife Edythe and two daughters Dianne Suzanne a Gainesville Edward campus graduate Attends St Edward s Episcopal Church and American Legion Post No 35 Services Thursday 11 am St Edward s Episcopal Church Interment Pine Forest Cemetery Rehbaum Harden Funeral Home arrangements Flowers or gifts to St Edward s Building Fund preferred
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Mount Dorans
Robert L. Flint
Orange Memorial Hospital
Orlando
Bob Flint
Golden Triangle Builders’ Supply Co., Inc
Jacksonville
Edythe
Dianne
Suzanne
Mount Tiara Edinate
Bob
Gainesville School
Univer Edward's Episcopal Church
American Legion
Mount Dora
St. Edward's Episcopal Church
Walter Peterson
Pine Forest Cemetery
Rehbaum-Harden Funeral Home
St. Edward’s
Lake Sumter Junior College to confer degrees Friday
Sixteen Mount Dora area residents will receive associate degrees at LSJC commencement Friday night April 28 at Leesburg High School. A total of 109 students will be awarded, with eleven Associate in Science degrees for the first time, and the rest AA degrees for university transfer.
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Mount Dora
Lake Sumter Junior College
Leesburg High School
Robert Wiegman
College of Education
University of Florida
Anaskawa Te
Dani D Wil
Ugain
UE Re Wheeliams
LSJC
Lake Sumter
Dora
L. E. Nicholson
Patricia Ann Robinson
Deborah Sue Harbeck
Sorrento
Norma Corrine Baird
Sylvia Elaine Brooks
Warren Andrew Couch
Richard S. Jackson
Bruce Willard Kelsey
William Cottrell Kennedy II
Dorothy Ellen Monk
Charles Killian Wagner
William Edmund Weimann
Florence Jeanette Wilson
William Thomas Blair Jr
Doreeney Geddes
Tsuguo Rushy
Teenage Dramatic Festival Slated at IceHouse Theatre
Lake County seven preparatory schools present one act plays Thursday to Saturday. Eustis High opens with The Revolt of Mother and The Val iant and Ugly Duckling by Umatilla High. Friday features Mount Dora High in The Boor Red Carnation and Florida Central Academy in If Men Played Cards As Women Do. Saturday finals include The Death of the Hired Man by Leesburg Carver Heights High and The C r u thion in Moderne by Bates Avenue High. Award Cup goes to first place winner.
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Lake County
IceHouse
Eustis High School
Howey Academy
Umatilla High School
Mount Dora
Red Carnation
Florida Central Academy
Carver Heights
Leesburg
Bates Avenue
Eustis
MDHS Students Present Reviews To Rotary Club
At the Mount Dora Rotary Club meeting three Mount Dora High School seniors presented English Literature book reviews. Miss Maureen Stewart discussed Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls, Miss Jean Knorr offered a first person take on A Separate Peace, and Charles Alderman reviewed The Lord of the Flies with notes on power and order versus anarchy in society.
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Rotary Club of
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Maureen Stewart
Hemingway
Jean Knorr
John Knowles
Charles Alderman
William Golding
England
Daylight Saving Time Switch Passes Senate Vote in Florida
Florida legislators rejected a referendum that would let the public decide on Daylight Saving Time. The Senate voted 26 to 21 to oppose the proposal, prompting households to adjust clocks Sunday and avoid momentary confusion at church and daily routines.
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Florida
Senate
Safe Driving Class Offered City Residents
Mount Dora offers an eight hour defensive driving course taught by Patrolman Winston Tate of the Mount Dora Police Department. The four two hour sessions begin Friday evenings at 7 p.m. with free enrollment for all residents. Patrolman Tate trained as a school instructor in Tavares.
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Mount Dora
Winston. Tate
National Safety Council
Tate
Tavares
Airmail Postage Rates To Rise
Postmaster Harry Hopcraft announced increases in international surface and airmail rates, effective Monday May 1. The changes exclude mail for Armed Forces overseas and apply domestic rates to APO and FPO mail. The rise aims to cover about a $16 million international mail operation deficit. Details available at the post office service window.
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Harry Hopcraft
Apo's
FPO
Department
Hopcraft
Mount Dora High School Adds Classrooms With Low Bid
Lake County School Board awarded the low bid of 24 498 to A W Smith of Leesburg for two new rooms at Mount Dora High School. The board also set final inspection for 1966 additions including a new business education suite and library expansion. Roy Christopher announced Circuit Judges court trials at 10 a m on April 27.
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Mount Dora High School
Lake County School Board
A. W. Smith
Leesburg
MDHS
Roy Christopher
Circuit Judges’ Court
Mount Dora High School Essay Winners Named
Mount Dora High School awarded cash prizes Wednesday to 17 students for essays on why they loved their school. First prize went to J C Burleson for an essay about MDHS. prizes ranged up to five dollars each. Winners listed include Susan Gilatdams C Burleson Alexis Cyron Lazy Elmore Beverly Basher Robby Johnson Earl Jones Rita Knorr Larry McCraw Gary Miller Janice Newkirk Kathy Reynolds Mike Spear Robert Vaughn Claudia Wald Tafferson Ann White with Eugene Hooks not pictured.
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Mount Dora High School
J.C. Burleson
MDHS
Gene ‘Tinted
Pete
Susan Gilatdams
C. Burleson
Alexis Cyron
Lazy Elmore
Beverly Basher
Robby Johnson
Earl Jones
Honorees Nearing Century Mark At Mount Dora Dinner
Two 98 year old men were honored at a Community Congregational Church dinner on April 24 in Mount Dora. Fred Wheeler and Frank Bridgman were praised for long service to the public. Wheeler an educator in New England states and Bridgman a former Massachusetts House clerk.
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Community Congregational Church
Fred Wheeler
Lester C. Schriver
Community Church
Frank Bridgman
Wheeler
Bridgman
Mount Dora
Wesley Manor
Jacksonville
Fla
New England
Massachusetts
Mount Dora Launches Cancer Society Drive Across Town
Mount Dora begins a citywide American Cancer Society fundraising drive led by local chairman Bill Proctor and a team of more than 40 volunteers. Co chairs oversee downtown solicitations while other regional chairs cover shopping centers, residential areas, and outlying communities. The local goal is 1800 dollars with a nationwide program backing education, research, and services to cut cancer deaths.
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Mount Dora
American Cancer Society
Bill Proctor
Hank Link
Robert Walker
Warren Morgan
Proctor
Bank of Mount Dora
Golden Triangle
Drive For Funds
Tom Wetherington
East Town
C. O. Lott
Lake Jem
Miles Arnett
O. W. Conner III
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
S. A. Roose
Lee Elmore
Frank Baxter
Florida
Robert Warfield
First National Bank and Trust Co
Eustis
Lake County
Fred Karl
Loren Green
Orlando
Gainesville
Farm Work Rules Outlined by USLC
Delbert L. Coleman of the U S Labor Dept reminds farmers that children under 16 may not be employed on farms during school hours. Education pays off, with high school graduates earning more than those who stopped at eighth grade. The 16-year minimum comes from the Fair Labor Standards Act and applies locally and to migrant workers, with a home farm exception for children on their parents’ land.
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Delbert L. Coleman
U. S. Labor Dept
Coleman
Pre-School Roundup At Roseborough Elementary May 4
Roseborough Elementary hosts a pre school roundup on Thursday May 4 from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 to 3 pm in the school gym. A parent or guardian must accompany each child who intends to enter first grade on August 28 1967. Bring birth certificate immunization records and the approved school choice form. Hospital birth certificates are not acceptable.
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Roseborough
Rehbaum and Simpson Elected to History Society Board
Rehbaum and O M Simpson were chosen to represent the county on the Lake County Historical Society board during the picnic meeting at Alexander Springs. Ben Burton of Leesburg was elected president with Tom Waddell of Howey as vice president Frank E Owens of Tavares as secretary treasurer and Mrs Lydia LeScott of Tavares as librarian.
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al Rehbaum
O. M. Simpson
Lake County. Historical Society
Alexander Springs
Pamela Ray Named Executive Secretary of Mount Dora Chamber
Mrs. Pamela Ray will assume duties May 1 as executive secretary of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce filling the vacancy created when Elizabeth Siess retired after 19 years. Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown, is a Mount Dora native with degrees from the University of Florida and a master's candidate at Stetson University. She previously worked as a researcher at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is married to Jefferson G. Ray II with two daughters.
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Pamela Ray
Mount Dora
Ray
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
University of Fla
Stetson University
Jefferson G. Ray II
Wendy
Darby
N. Donnelly St
University of Florida College of Law
Harry E. Gaylord
Eustis
Chamber
Shaw
Pam
Mount Dora High School
Mr. Shaw
License Tags To Be Sold May 2nd Mount Dora
Paul H. Reed announces that his Lake County office will sell 1967 68 license tags at Mount Dora City Hall on Tuesday May 2 from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 5 pm. Bring the pre made registration or your 1966 registration card and title certificate. The tags must be displayed after midnight May 20.
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Paul H. Reed
Lake County
Mount Dora
Florida Consumer Council Proposed in Senate Bill
A Senate bill and companion House measure propose creating a Florida Consumers Council under the Department of Agriculture. The council would be chaired by the Commissioner of Agriculture with Cabinet representation and up to 30 additional appointments. An office of director of consumer services would act as executive secretary to implement council recommendations.
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Senate
Thomas
Palm Beach County
Cross
Alachua County
Florida Consumer's Council
Florida Department of Agriculture
Land of Tangerine
Florida
Ers
Dept. of Agriculture
Dept
Food and Drug Authorities
State Board of Health
Florida Dept.’ of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Florida Consumers Council
Consumer Services
Council
New Licensing Rules Start May 1 1967 for Florida Licenses
Florida bars out of state license holders from obtaining a Florida license without a complete exam starting Monday May 1 1967. Applicants must pass a written test and a driving examination before issuance.
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Florida
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Rotary Club
Tick, Tock
USLC
Rehbaum & Simpson
By Charlene Roth
Fla. Consumer Council
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