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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1961
Page
2
Colporteur of local rink lore recalls a 1961 match with Tom Spencer ending in a tie. Readers learn of trips, shipboard medical aid, and visitors including Bruce and Thelma Lewis of Palm Beach Shores as community bowling life goes on.
The Mount Dora contingent at Umatilla in the Lake Cow Round Robin posted 14 wins and 10 losses. Joe Savoie and Bill Nolet led with 259 points, winning the first high playoff 100 to 59, while Mrs Sluss and Mrs Prentice scored 242 but fell 38 to 112 in the second high playoff.
The article quotes Mel Ashton stressing a relaxed attitude as key to better golf and sports performance. It compares famous players like Yogi Berra Stan Musial and Jimmy Foxx, noting relaxed prep before pitches and swings. It also covers local community notes from Mount Dora including back-from-travel updates and illness of Anna Smith.
Deb and Rol Kortmann report they are playing golf up North and will stay another month in Mount Dora this season, praising the fair village and golf course. Sam and Lucille Sorenson arrive back after a lengthy Europe and Iron Curtain trip, about nine weeks, and Sam vows to relax yet again before golf.
The quote reflects that true virtues come not from prayer or external gifts but from personal effort and ongoing self-discipline. It emphasizes integrity, courage, and steadfastness as earned traits rather than bestowed.
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