Lawn Bowling Club Notes and Holiday Reflections
The Mount Dora Lawn Bowling column chats about family gatherings and health updates, notes of members in Florida, and a push to compile Volume IV of the Bowling Club Scrap Book. It mentions hospital recoveries, a historian urging photos, and a light query on the origin of the term keglers as lawn bowlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bennett
Getwell
Arthur
Ford Hospital
Son
Florida
Margaret
Frank Sears
Vernon Sherrard
Arthur Kimberly
Bowling Club
Mount Dora
Bridgy
Marjorie Jewell
Escoffier
Umnist
Mount Dora Christmas Shopping Shows Mixed Trends
Local business owners report strong holiday sales for some items but a shift to smaller cheaper fruit cakes and a late pay period pattern for spending. Bank leaders praise a good year with rising commercial loans while store openings at night draw varied reactions. A grocery cost rise could hit in mid 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Western Auto
Phillips
George White Sr
First National Bank of
Tom Wetherington
McCrory’s
Disney
Parker
Mrs Sheppard in Medical Self-Help Training Course
Graduation exercises for 21 persons completing the Medical Self-Help Training Course were held under the Eustis Heights ATP and Lake County Civil Defense Council. Each graduate received a wallet size ID card and diploma. Among the graduates was Mrs. Jacqueline Sheppard of Mount Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis Heights Atp
Lake County Civil Defense Council
Bill Hess
Lake County Civil Defense
Jacqueline Sheppard
Mount Dora
Grock Deliberately Fails to Succeed on Stage
Swiss clown Grock performs a comic routine in which a chair collapses, he fumbles for strings, and holds his violin upside down while pushing the piano toward the stool to amuse audiences with stubborn misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grock
Andrew
Women Hunters Grow In Numbers Says Interior Study
A Department of Interior survey shows rising female participation in hunting over the past five years with Pennsylvania leading in annual hunting licenses. Judith Lynn McConnell of Pittsburgh, Miss Pennsylvania, offers safety tips and endorses Pennsylvania as offering premier eastern hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Interior
Pennsylvania
Judith Lynn McConnell
Pittsburgh
Judy
East
Decency Surge Topic For Executives
Judge Philip B. Gilliam will discuss The Surge to Decency with Lake County Executive Club at a dinner meeting on Tuesday January 11 at 7 15 p m in the Eustis Community Building Gilliam’s 22 years on Denver Juvenile Court bench have shaped a vast view of youths and adults with about 100 000 cases heard since 1940 his long tenure and reelection reflect his standing in the court’s national recognition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip B. Gilliam
Lake County
Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Gilliam
United States Department of State
Far East
National Council of Juvenile Judges
National Council
Social Security Visits Scheduled at Mount Dora City Hall
A Social Security Administration representative will visit Mount Dora City Hall on Wednesday January 5 and Wednesday January 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to help locals file for benefits. A Leesburg branch office opens at 109 E. Dixie Ave and operates 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Mount Dora City Hall
E. Dixie Ave
Leesburg
Quote attributed to Cervantes on discretion and theft
A Cervantes aphorism warns that not all people can tell right from wrong when handling situations. It implies caution in judging character and actions in ambiguous cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervantes
Bowling News Roundup Lifts Palm Gardens High
Palm Gardens defeated Mount Dora Flower Shop 4-0 as DeLoach Ligett and Club Rado split 2-2. Simplex took 4-1 over Lindsey Paving to tie for third with DeLoach Liggett. Hatties Hair Styling won 3-1 over Altman Bros Spears Coast. Irene Pugh struck 212 in a 578 series, a season high, while Palm Gardens posted top team game 850 and team series 2471.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Gardens
Mount Dora Flower Shop
DeLoach Ligett
Rado
Simplex
Lindsey Paving
DeLoach Liggett
Hatties Hair Styling
Altman Bros
Spears Coast
Almands
Irene Pugh
Hi Way Inn
DeLoach Liggett Simplex Club
Rudo Flower Shop Hatties Hair Styling
Altman Bros. Almands
Booth Named County Judge for Lake County
John W. Booth of Leesburg resigns from Cherry Booth to assume duties as an additional County Judge for Lake County effective January 4, 1966. He is a Gainesville native who worked in Palatka before moving to Leesburg in 1961. John F. Cherry remains with the firm at The First National Bank Building, while Booth and Milton will serve together at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Booth
Leesburg
Cherry & Booth
Lake County
Gainesville
Booth
Palatka
John F. Cherry
First National Bank
W. A
Bill) Milton Jr
Tavares
Split Varsity Scores From Narrow Narrow Victory
In a tight contest M Carter 5-10 FE Martin 6-7 Marie Peterson 5-7 and L Wirt 5-7-9 led the scoring in a girls basketball recap. The readable lines suggest a team lineup and mixed results from the game’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Carter
FE. Martin
Marie Peterson
L. Wirt
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Kreiders
Raeders
Dr. Walker
Grays
Shepards
Neil
Anna Ross
Anna
Inlaw
The
Strategic Air Command
Linwood Dean
Sac
E. Linwood Dean
Mount Dora, Florida
Christian Science
First Church of Christ
Scientist Grove St. — Eustis
Phillip Gilliam
Bowling News
Don Taylor
Zenith
Coleman
Florida Hearing Aid Center
Musical Instruments & Supplies
Bill Dunnagan
Donnelly — Street
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Eustis
Quarterly
Herbert L. Eckblad
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Vienna
United States
Kiwanis Club
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