We Are Mount Dorans We Claim Mount Dora Heritage
We are Mount Dorans recounting the city’s growth from lakeside leisure to civic service. The piece notes golf marinas lawn bowling yacht club and icehouse theatres, praising a responsive city government and community volunteers from Sylvan Shores and beyond. It ends with appreciation for past leaders and ongoing civic responsibility.
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Lawn Bowling Club
Lakeside Inn
Yacht Club
Gilbert
Evans
Childs
Donnelly
Mount Dora
Earshot
Sheridan Road
Mount Dorans
Pere Ankers
Sylvan Shores
IceHouse
al Crone
Fred Steele
Sylvester Foley
Joe Russo
Lakes and Hills
National Fame editorial idea sparks countywide backing
A Mount Dora Topic letter praises an editorial urging Lake County groups and newspapers to promote high voter turnout. The writer argues publicity matters, but aims to stimulate interest in issues and candidates so election results reflect the Will of the People.
Social Security questions answered by experts
A reader asks about filing for disability after a stroke and the six month rule. The expert explains the six month waiting period is not a bar to filing and advises filing early to complete paperwork. Another reader asks about filing before turning 65 for Medicare and eligibility to benefits. The expert notes three months before 65 is needed to ensure Medicare hospital part, and possible entitlements while still working. The open enrollment for Medicare Part B is extended to March 31 1968.
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Otee
Fred
Ple
New Resident Dies in Mount Dora Memoriam
John J. Zenker aged 65 of 1037 East 8th Avenue Mount Dora died Saturday December 2. A Chicago native and four month resident of Mount Dora he was a retired trade school teacher and member of the International Cook's Association Chef's Casino and Chicago Pastry Cooks Association. Survivors include wife Hazel of Mount Dora daughter Mrs Noel Lehnar and son Ronald both of Winston Salem North Carolina two sisters Miss Johanna Zenker of Elgin Illinois Miss Agnes Zenker of Germany two brothers Amadus and Joseph of Germany and one grandson Rehbaum Harden. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Zenker
8Th Ave
Mount Dora
Chicago
Ill
International Cook’s Association
Chef's Casino
Chicago Pastry Cook's Association
Hazel
Noel Lehnar
Winston Salem
N.C
Ronald
Johanna Zenker
Elgin, Ill
Agnes Zenker
Germany
Amadus
Joseph
Florida Investors Jump Feet First
Florida investors are described as jumping into stocks feet first in a November Florida Trend Magazine piece. Brokers and bankers warn that speculators, though a small group, signal a growing trend among Florida investors in the stock market and push banks to limit margin loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida Trend Magazine
Business and Financial Publication
Troop 19 Marks 45th Anniversary of Scout Troop
Troop 19 of Boy Scouts of America celebrates 45 years since its 1922 charter as Troop 1 under First Methodist Church and James C. Spencer. Rechartered 1948 with Mount Dora Kiwanis Club as sponsor, meeting at the Scout Hut on Thursday, November 30, observes the anniversary with a Court of Honor and reorganized troop officers for 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
First Methodist Church
James C. Spencer
Mount Dora
Charles Alcott
Wm. Burns Jr
Alan Hamlin
George Johnson
Jeff Elmore
David Webb
Guy Wells
Wayne Hay
Kiwanis Club
Parents and Friends
Paul Simonen
Vermont
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Bill Dunnagan
Mount Dora, Florida
Bill
Chamber of Commerce
JayCee Group
Civic Club
Lake County
Bobby Kennedy
Shirley Temple
Troop 19
Wm. Burns, Sr
George Johnson Sr
Edward Pitzer
James Christopher
George Johnson, Jr
Allan Hamlin
James Loflin
David Starkey
Wm. Byrns
Inole
Buddy French
Allan Gerhardt
Roland
Harlan G. Burgett
Breath O’ Life Emergency Oxygen Ltd
Alexander Tel
Clowns
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