Mount Dora Forms Beautification Task Force Plan
Mount Dora initiates a Beautification Task Force to guide zoning along US 441 and expand urban improvements. Dr. Robert F. Wason leads the effort with key appointees Mrs. Carl Graves John Cain and Tom Champion, joining other civic figures at a Thursday City Council gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Highway 441
Mount Dora
Robert F. Wason
Vason
Carl Graves
Lakes and Hills
John Cain
Tom Champion
Chamber of Commerce
Wason
Paul Oberhelman
Golf Assn
G. W. Pringle
Florida Landscape and Nurseries
Paul Shaw
Robert Webb
Lake County
Marge _ Spilatore
Downtown Merchants Assn
al Crone
Vernon Shipley
Gerald Dake
Adley Associates
Graves
Donnelly St
Limit Ave
Capitol Keyhole Debuts as Florida Officials Praise Starr Column
A new weekly column by Ray Starr titled Capitol Keyhole will cover state government with hard facts. State leaders including Agriculture Commissioner Doyle E Conner Secretary of State Tom Adams and others praised Starr for responsible interpretive reporting and free press advocacy amid efforts to inform citizens about Capitol developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Caronia
Starr Dust
Freedom Foundation
Associated Press
United Press International
Starr
Iowa
William Beardsley
Doyle E. Conner
Ray Starr
State
Tom Adams
Capitol
Earl Faircloth
Broward Williams
Russia
Florida
Fred O
Bud) Dickinson Jr
Floyd T. Christian
Water Control Plan Outlined for Florida
The Florida State Cabinet received the most extensive water control plan to date. Led by William A. Mc Cree, the Central Florida Development Committee presents a six year study dividing the state into five districts with local enforcement and a state water control commission representing each district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida State Cabinet
Road Department
Tallahassee
William A. McCree
Central
State Water Control Commission
World's Biggest Attraction Set For Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach prepares for Marco Polo Park a $9 million project on 300 acres beside highway 195. Led by O. L. White with Robert Burns of California, the park centers on a 12 story climate controlled Climatron with jungle walls and a river sampan ride, plus gardens and labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Florida
Marco Polo Park
Highway 195
Robert Burns
California
O. L. White
Daytona
Premier art show a great Mount Dora success
The first combined Mount Dora Art League and Lakes and Hills Garden Club show drew hundreds of spectators. Mrs. Margaret Tietjen and Mrs. Walter Olsen led the event in the old bank lobby at Fifth Avenue and Donnelly Street, featuring landscape oil by Mrs. John Tietjen and a variety of crafts and floral displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Margaret) Tietjen
Mount Dora
Bank
Fifth Avenue
Donnelly Street
Hulda Price
Lakes and Hills
Vincent’s
Zellwood
Chamber Of Commerce Dinner To Feature Gilchrist
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce annual dinner slated for Friday at 7 p.m. in the Community Building features Thomas S. Gilchrist Jr. as guest speaker. Gilchrist, vice president and general manager of WESH-TV, has led several Florida broadcasting ventures and lives in Ormond-By-The-Sea with his wife Betty. Also announced are results for new chamber directors with three-year terms (Edward Treadwell Sam Shaw Robert Travers Tyrone Parker) and two-year term winners to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Gilchrist
Thomas S. Gilchrist Jr
Wesh-Tv
Channel 2
Mount Dora
WMOG
Brunswick
WTMC
Ocala
John H. Perry
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Perry
Cowles Florida Broadcasting, Inc
Betty
Ormond-By-The-Sea
Tom Champion
Chamber
Edward Treadwell
Golden Triangle
Sam Shaw
Lake Oil Corporation
Robert Travers
Sylvan Shores
Tyrone Parker
Parker
Fifth Avenue
Mount Dora Earns National Honorable Mention for Civic Cleanup
Mount Dora earned a Certificate of Honorable Mention in the 1966 National Cleanest Town Achievement Award Contest for its continuous cleanup and beautification efforts. A delegation member will receive the certificate in Washington on Feb 21, and the city’s scrapbook entry by Mrs. Betty Siess will be displayed at the Feb 2021 Conference at the Statler Hilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Siess
Mount Dora
Competiton
Washington, D. C
Statler Hilton
Alfred P. Berry
Dorothy) Crone
O. J. Tillson
Alex Whiteside
Louise Rivers
Tom Champion
Champion
Westside
R. H. Hackendahl
Hackendahl
Robert F. Vason
Vason
Adley Associates, Inc
PTO Pancake Day Set For Feb 18 at Mount Dora High
The annual PTO Pancake Day will be held February 18 in the Mount Dora High School Cafetorium. Edward Brooks II says committees are finalizing plans. tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. Serving runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Proceeds fund visual aids, library, cafetorium, and other school facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
Edward Brooks II
Gatorland Owner Speaks at Rotary on Eskimo Trip
Owen Godwin, owner of Gatorland and author of Snakes of Florida, spoke to the Mount Dora Rotary Club about his 1963 Alaska Es ki mo trip and motion pictures of Eskimo life and hunts. The note also covers a Siberian elm sale for park beautification and Rotary’s charitable contributions totaling 843.70 to the Christian Home and Bible School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Godwin
Rotary Club of
Mount Dora
Gatorland
Orlando
Kissimmee
Florida
Mr. Godwin
Alaska
Point Barrow
Normandy
Hilltop Drives
Rotary
Christian Home and Bible School
Herbicide Seminar Second Lake County Session
The Lake County Herbicide Seminar returns to the Agricultural Center in Tavares at 7 30 p m Thursday Feb 2 The program features Bob Davis University of Florida Extension Fruit Crops speaking on Recommended Materials and Methods of Application A panel of four citrus production managers including John Kennedy Golden Gem Growers Fred Bistline Minute Maid Bill Matthews Plymouth and Bill West Libby will share experiences All citrus growers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Agricultural Center
Tavares
Bob Davis
Extension Fruit Crops Department
University of Florida
John
Kennedy
Golden Gem Growers
Fred Bistline
Minute Maid
Bill Matthews
Plymouth
Bill West
Libby
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Atlanta
Duke
Billie Libby
Tom. Champion
Siess
al Berry
Citrus Culture
Mount Dora Tavares
Mount Daga
Mount Dorans
By Valerie Johnson
Merce
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