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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1967
Page
2
The February field trip with Mount Dora Audubon visited Clearwater Lake in the Ocala Forest via Lake Joanna. The tally reached 54 species from bald eagle to ruby crowned kinglet, with the kinglet displaying its crown only during courtship of a Miata.
A Mount Dora obituary notes the death of Mabelle W. Flower at 76, with service details in Newton Falls Ohio. The article also describes a Florida birding outing with counts of blue jays, hawks, swallows, ducks, grebes and a fox squirrel, plus an Audubon film event upcoming on January 13 filmed by Robert C.
The ceremony at St. Matthias Episcopal Church Clermont December 2 united Miss Beverly Wright and Miss Susan Wright as bridesmaids to the bride, with James Elliott marrying Elliott-Wright in a 4:30 p.m. double ring service. The couple now resides at Banana River Trailer Park Merritt Island Florida.
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club held a seven-table Mitchell Easter-point game at the Umatilla Community Building Monday night. In North-South, Tom McNeil and Mrs. W. Egebrecht won first, H D Hufford and Frank Copeland placed second, Ernest Butler and Mrs. Bernard McCabe took third. In East-West, Mrs J S Allen and Mrs H D Hufford won first, Robert Leighton and Tom Mayer were second, and Mr and Mrs R E Henry and Mrs Ray Breeden with Mrs Ellen Confer tied for third.
A rustic note on turkey husbandry cites shade for resting birds and disease risks from pecking. It references Kiddie-Ear toys from 1915, the Union Co patent in Fitchburg, and the Bennington Museum. It recalls the first Christmas card of 1843 and Hallmark’s holdings, plus festive merchandise from Paper Novelty Mfg Co.
Shuffleboard events on December 12 and the preceding Friday featured Red and Black divisions with multiple courts. Top Red finishers included Vera Garriott and Sidney Hall scoring 237, while Pete Rohm and Ralph Peterman led Black with 242 and then the Rohm Peterman duo won 101 to 27. Brauneis and Garriott earned first and second in Ladies Singles main event. Consolation winners were Lena Pier and Mildred Geer. On Friday, Leonard Chaffee led 12 courts, with Chaffee Brauneis winning the Red-Black playoff 253 to 251 and Carroll Patch securing another win 101 to 69. Officials included Leonard Chaffee and Kay Therrien. about 50 players participated.
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