Teens report Kiwanis speech on Girls State experience
Janet Burchett described her Girls State stay and government tours at the Capitol Governor's mansion and Supreme Court Building. Beverly Bissell joined, both praised for attending the week in Tallahassee and for future roles in student government.
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Janet Burchett
Kiwanis
Girls State
Beverly Bissell
Tallahassee
American Legion Auviliar
Governor’s
Supreme Court
Assasr
Kiwanis Club
Janet
Beverly
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mount Dora Swimmers Set State Record in 13 14 Freestyle
The Mount Dora Swim Club boys relay team in the 13 14 year group broke the state record in the 50 meter freestyle at the Long Course State Junior Olympic Finals in Jacksonville with 2 02.1. The quartet Bobo Kennedy George Kennedy Allen Whittington and Mike Stewart led qualifiers with 2 03.1 and placed second to Jacksonville. Randy Cox finished second in the 400 meter freestyle. The club faces strong regional competition from Jacksonville St Petersburg Tampa Ponte Vedra and San Jose. About 25 members led by Jim Jackson head to Clearwater for the three day Short Course State finals after regional qualification.
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Mount Dora Swim Club
Jacksonville
Bobo Kennedy
George Kennedy
Allen Whittington
Mike Stewart
Randy Cox
Dorans
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Ponte Vedra
San Jose
Jim Jackson
Clearwater
Ohio Funeral for W Earl Klein 79
W Earl Klein 79 died at Eustis Sunday night He was born in Tiffin Ohio and had lived in Mount Dora the last 10 months A retired farmer he belonged to the Methodist Church of Tiffin He is survived by a sister Mary Mount Dora two brothers Nelson F Orwell CO and Noel H Windsor O and several nieces and nephews Funeral home Zeller Kennedy and Hamlin Eustis handled arrangements forwarding the body to Turner Funeral Home Tiffin for services and interment
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W. Earl Klein
Eustis
Tiffin
Mount Dora
Methodist Church of
Mary
Nelson F
Orwell, CO
Noel H
Windsor
Zeller, Kennedy and Hamlin Funeral
Turner Funeral
Development Committee Promotes Chamber Advertising Program
Florida Development Commission outlines a cooperative ad program benefiting all state chambers. Director Wendell Jarrard notes contracts with national publications allow reduced rates for local chambers, expanding tourism ads in major Northern markets and sustaining a steady tourism campaign.
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Winter Park
Florida Development Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Wendell Jarrard
Advertising Federation of America
Jarrard
Florida
Chambers of Commerce
Gas Tax Receipts Rise in July in Lake County
Lake County collected gasoline taxes totaling $152,310 in July, a $2,000 rise from July 1960. The month saw 2,175,864 gallons sold through filling stations and related outlets, according to State Comptroller Ray E. Green.
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Lake County
Ray E. Green
State Comptroller
Mount Dora to Host Florida Defense Force Battalion
Mount Dora will house the Fourth Battalion Florida Defense Force with Dave L. Wiley set to command. Floridrange Canneries plans to double plant capacity under President Frank Burkart. Local residents Estella Creighton and June visiting relatives in Mount Dora from Cleveland. Bud Wingler on 20 day leave from U S S Tallapoosa in Savannah. Mrs. Carl S Graves staying in Bar Harbor while husband assists at Malvern Hotel. Ten years ago local growth ranked Mount Dora high in Lake County. Nine years ago bond planners aided Mount Dora improvements. One year ago two financial firms offered bonding help for local projects.
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Mount Dora
Florida Defense Force
Dave L. Wiley
Floridrange
Frank Burkart
Estella Creighton
June
Cleveland
Wm. P. Wingler
Bud
U.S.S. Tallapoosa
Savannah
Carl S. Graves
Malvern Hotel
Bar Harbor
Graves
Lake County Chamber Directors Meet August Seventeenth
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold the third quarterly meeting in the chamber building at Tavares at 2 30 p m Thursday August 17 The Nominating Committee chaired by C Harold Hippler and the Budget Committee chaired by Past President Oakley Seaver will meet at Turner's Restaurant 441 between Mount Dora and Tavares for a noon luncheon to ready reports for the new fiscal year beginning October 1.
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Lake County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Lake County
Florida Gains and Losses in Two Years
The Florida State Chamber of Commerce reports on Florida changes over two years, noting coastline length shifts after Alaska’s 1959 admission, total land area ranking, and urban versus rural population growth. It gives population density, median age, aging shares, city counts, and racial demographics, including shifts in the Negro population and numbers of Indians and other races.
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Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Alaska
Chamber
Hawaii
Texas
Pinellas
Liberty
Seat Belts Urged for Safer Driving
Safety belts in your car can lessen injuries in collisions. A.M. Pettis of the Florida Agricultural Extension Service says surviving an auto crash is eight times higher with seat belts.
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A.M. Pettis
Florida Agricultural Extension Service
U F To Award 500 Degrees At Summer Commencement
More than 500 students will receive degrees at the University of Florida summer commencement on August 12 in Florida Gymnasium at 8 p.m. A formal academic procession will precede the exercises. Dr. Frank lyn A Johnson of Jacksonville University will be the guest speaker.
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Gainesville
University of Florida
Jacksonville University
Franklyn A. Johnson
Florida Gymnasium
Florida
J. Wayne Reitz
Lightning fatalities in Florida farm deaths rise
Lightning causes about ten percent of farm deaths in Florida. The state records the strongest lightning activity in the nation, concentrated within 50 to 100 miles of Tampa. Public safety measures could prevent most fatalities.
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Florida
Tampa
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