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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
2
The Park community marks Clay and Mark Price as they turn three and four, with Mrs. W. D. Hodson of Orlando as guest. The celebration includes a boat themed cake and plenty of presents at the Price trailer.
Memorial services for Marion F. Brinker 79 of Mount Dora are set at 2 p.m. in Community Church Park Ridge Illinois with Dr Lester Schriver officiating. Burial in Maine Cemetery Park Ridge. Surviving wife Dorothy daughter Alice Teeman Sidney W. five grandchildren. Memorial gifts to Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis.
The Florida Development Commission distributed over two tons of literature through its Trade and Travel Booth at 11 shows in 1962 drawing 2,111,600 visitors. The Toronto Canadian National Exposition attracted 750,000. Shows included Chicago Sportsmen Vacation Show and Las Vegas World Travel Congress. The exhibit was deemed very successful and many Florida participants renewed contracts for 1963 starting February 1 in Chicago.
Attorney John McCormick has moved his Lake County practice to a newly remodeled office at 717 Donnelly adjacent to the Mount Dora Post Office. The staff includes Mrs Myra Lewis and Mrs Joan Byrd. The building features a rock garden foyer reception library and modern equipment including a fire-wall safe and FM music.
The Mount Dora Merchants Association holds its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 9 am at the Garden Gate. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. Chairman Paul Bronson urges all members to attend.
A public service message urges drivers to practice courteous driving to reduce accidents and protect all road users. Polite behavior and attention to others are stressed as essential safety factors for everyone on the streets.
Mount Dora seniors ranked third in Lake County by scoring above the 50th percentile on the Florida State wide twelfth grade testing program. In seven Lake County high schools in September the Mount Dora group had 25 of 45 above the 50th percentile and 10 above 400. Mary Louise Mockett led local scores with 452. Across Lake County 216 of 412 seniors, or 53.4 percent, scored above the 50th percentile.
State officials moved senior tests earlier to provide scores for admission. Regulations require a total percentile rank of 300 or more across five tests with a C average in academic subjects for full University admission. Those ranked 200 to 299 may be admitted if other evidence shows likely success. The battery covers psychology general ability and English social studies sciences and mathematics.
Mount Dora Rotarians heard Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall describe the Florida Sheriffs' Boys Ranch near Live Oak. The ranch, started five years ago during a Florida Sheriffs' Association convention, now spans over 700 acres and is funded mainly by association memberships.
The Florida Civil War Centennial Commission compiles a record of life and events in Florida around the Civil War era and highlights the state's role in the conflict.
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