Mount Dora Park Board Rejects Log Cabin Replica Plan
Mount Dora Park Commission votes against placing a 12 foot replica of early settlers cabins in Gilbert Park. Vernon Shipley opposed site approval and board members cite park space limits and policy changes as reasons. Lake Sertoma Club urged to find another site before the Fourth of July deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M.L
Mount Dorans
Mount Dora
Gilbert Park
Vernon Shipley
Shipley
Park Commission
Margaret Carson
Carson
Mount Doracek
Lake Sertoma Club
Tom Wetherington Elected GOP Chairman in Lake County
Mount Dora businessman Tom Wetherington has been chosen as chairman of the Lake County Republican Executive Committee. He has long served in party politics since 1966 including roles for Claude Kirk, Jim Glisson, and Jack Eckerd, and currently presides over the Lake County Republican Men's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wetherington
Mount Dora
Lake County
Republican Executive Committee
Claude Kirk
Jim Glisson
Jack Eckerd
Wetherington
Republican Men's Club
Waterman Hospital to receive near one million bequest
At the Waterman Memorial Hospital Association annual meeting the late Anita Dunn Wadsworth Kauffman bequeathed about 800000 to 900000 for Waterman Hospital and Lake County Boys Ranch. The gift funds maternity and cardiac ICU expansion in Mount Dora with completion aimed for 1977 and potential early 1977 opening of the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M. Liveright
Waterman Memorial Hospital Association Inc
Eustis Hospital
Anita Dunn Wadsworth Kauffman
Mount Dora
Kauffman
Wheeling
W. Va
B. F
Fannie) William Son
James Wright
Finance Committee
John F. Nelson
Nelson
J. W
Cele) Shaw
R. D. Flippo
Waterman
Mabel Gill
Friends of Waterman
Waterman Memorial Hospital Association
Gill
Friends of
Reuben Dickman
GerriJerue
Waterman Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Mi “Hey
Loyalty Day program set for Eustis May 1
Golden Triangle VFW Post 8087 sponsors an 8 p.m. Loyalty Day event at the Eustis National Guard Armory on May 1. Belle Glade physician Dr. John Grady, national president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, speaks. Activities include patriotic music by area high school bands and the State VFW Color Guard presenting coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Champion
Mount Dora
Hugo Brinkwart
Golden Triangle
Champion
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
Golden Triangle Vfw Post 8087
Eustis National
John Grady
Belle Glade
The
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Navy
American Legion
Grady
Congress of Freedom
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
United States
Ray Robbins Seeks District 35 Florida House Seat
Ray Robbins lifelong south Lake County resident announces plans to seek the District 35 seat on the Florida House ballot in September's Democratic primary. As district manager for Sumter Electric Cooperative Groveland office he retires July 2 to launch a campaign backed by farm and civic ties including Farm Bureau and Lake County Planning and Zoning Commission chairmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Robbins
South Lake County
Florida
House of Representatives
Ray
Groveland
Sumter Electric Cooperative
Lake County
Farm Bureau Board
Baptist Church
Tuscanooga
Etta Swain
Bushnell
The
Lake County Farm Bureau
Robbins
Lake County Planning and Zoning Commission
Weather Summary From Mount Dora Station Report
High and low temperatures since April 21 at Mount Dora Fire Department weather station. Rainfall for the period was a trace on the 26th, leaving the year total at 8.34 inches.
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Mount Dora Fire Department
Mount Dora Adds Two New Police Officers
Mount Dora Police Department swore in two new patrolmen, Michael Hunter and Curtis Smith, expanding the force. Hunter, 27, previously worked 34 years with the Lake County Sheriff's Office in identifications and technical services and holds multiple criminal justice degrees. Smith, 42, a Nashville native and Korea-era Air Force veteran, earned a BA in sociology and a law enforcement certificate, and lives in Leesburg with his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hunter
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Mount Dora
Hunter
Orlando
Florida
Tavares High School
Lake- Sumter Community College
Lake-Sumter Community College
Florida Technological University
Rollins College
Rhonda
Britt 6
Spencer
Tavares
Curtis Smith
Lake County School Board
Police Department
Nashville
Tenn
U.S. Air Force
Smith
Lake Sumter Community College
Bethune-Cookman College
Florida State University
Stetson University
Lake County Area
Saunders announces candidacy for U.S. House in eight counties
JoAnn Saunders declared her bid for Congress at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center. She said she has no prior elective office experience and will seek petition signatures to qualify, aiming for 8 000 plus names to save fees, and she offers a Money Back Guarantee to contributors. Campaign chair Jeff Ray Ill in Mount Dora can be reached for help.
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JoAnn Saunders
U.S. House of Representatives
Golden Triangle
Congress
Saunders
Mount Dora
Jeff Ray
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GOP
Waterman Hospital
Brooks
Tully Patrowicz
Jason Burgos
Ken Smith
Patrowicz
Eustis
Leighton L. Baker
Qret
VFW
Charles R
Mary Helen Myers
Michael
Mike) Hunter
Mrs. Saunders
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