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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1967
Page
5
Long-formed labor Day musings contrast work and play with holiday plans. The Zeta Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi marks Beginning Day and outlines this year’s schedule, charity support, and a scholarship. Local updates include trips, weddings, school enrollments totaling 1,433 pupils across Roseborough, Milner Rosenwald, and Mount Dora High.
TEEN TOPICS reports the MDHS school year begins with an opening exercise led by National Honor Society president Jane Cato. Principal Molnar welcomes students and urges a stronger student government with Ginny Pease as president. School starts at 8:20 with 10 minute homerooms and Friday elections for class representatives.
Adults can join evening classes at multiple Lake County centers to finish high school or take review courses. Open to anyone 16 or older with a $2 per semester fee. Courses include bookkeeping typing shorthand instrumental music conversational Spanish and arts and sewing with schedules from 7 to 10 p.m. weekdays at Leesburg Mount Dora Eustis and other schools.
Business and Professional Women's Club held a potluck supper at Mrs. Eunice Dake's home, focusing on youth. Doreen Geddes, recipient of the BPW scholarship, will live in the BPW house at Florida State University in Tallahassee as she begins college as a junior.
Evening courses offered at Groveland High School and Mascotte Elementary High School with Spanish study and art topics. Information from Mr Lou Bethea Special Services Center Leesburg P C Box 449 and phone 787 1581 for details and enrollment.
The Golden Triangle Grange No. 176 will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday September 1 1967 at the Community Building Mount Dora for a trip to Orlando. A guided tour of the Sentinel Building in Orlando is set for 11 a.m. with a picnic lunch to follow.
The Weekly Business Review reports Florida public education cost per person at 146 dollars last year, with total K-12 to college spending at 867.2 million, up 17 percent from 1965 while national growth was 15 percent.
Virginia McCabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McCabe, also attended Queen's College this summer but was unable to attend the BPW meeting Wednesday evening.
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club met at the Umatilla Community Building on Monday night. In the six table Howell game the winners were first place Mrs H D Hufford and Mrs Ellen Confer. second place Mrs Madge Gardner and Memory Martin. third and fourth tied Tom McNeil with Mrs Ed Busch and Mrs Frank Boli with Mrs E A Nimnicht.
Florida finds sports boost the economy with golf contributing 50 million dollars annually. Other sports also show impact per a Florida Council of 100 survey.
While playing rubber bridge I hold a strong five spade hand and two long suits. After opening two spades, four diamonds from the opponents, I try four hearts then five diamonds as a cue, and finally settle on five hearts. Partner has five points and still supports the slam. we end up making seven. This odd sequence shows the tension between risk and hopeful slam prospects in bridge.
Lake Sumter Junior College offers an eight week adult evening course for home executives from Sept 14 to Oct 31 with Thursday night sessions at 7 15 pm in Room B 1 and a final banquet on Oct 31. Topics include Party Foods Marketing Money Management and Interior Decorating. Registrations cost 10 for the full course and are accepted by Joseph E Rhilean. The final meeting includes a dinner at Leesburg Community Building and certificate awards.
Mrs. W. V. Proctor Jr. appointed as the first field consultant for Lake and Osceola counties under the Central Florida Heart Association. She will split time between Orlando district office and the two county area, residing in Mount Dora with husband W. V. Proctor, bank official, and their three children Linda Debra and Tami.
The speaker reflects on a bridge session where five points, plus a six bid they did not pursue, would have boosted their score. They mention missing a small slam, then recount losses of game and rubber with plans for better luck next time.
This note from Seabrook's Pharmacy offers first aid for bee stings including removing the stinger, applying a baking soda paste to relieve itching, and avoiding scratching. It also reminds readers to fill prescriptions accurately and quickly and suggests a home shoe polish tip using a raw potato.
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