Mount Dora Considers Community Profit Sharing Stamp Plan
Local merchants in Mount Dora discuss inaugurating a new trading stamp program called a community profit sharing plan. A meeting at Fralick's Restaurant heard from Phil Noble of Moline Illinois, who heads the plan used in New Port Richey Winter Garden and Dunedin. A temporary board was appointed and final decisions planned for February 5 with operation hoped by late March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Butk
Fralick’s
al Rehbaum Jr
Phil Noble
Moline, Ill
New Port Richey
Winter Garden
Dunedin
Noble
Rehbaum and Noble
Rehbaum
L. W. Spilatore
Ruby Chapman
Spencer Beebe
J. W. Shaw
Skinner Describes His Reasons For Being Candidate
Bob Skinner outlines why he seeks the state representative seat for Lake County. As chairman of the Lake County Democratic Executive Committee and a third generation Umatillan, he cites business experience, leadership, and service in local organizations as qualifications. He emphasizes representing all Lake County residents and pledges to run in the Democratic primary on May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Skinner
Lake County
Democratic Executive Committee
Umatillan
W. A. Skinner
W. A
Lex) Skinner
Umatilla High School
Florida Southern College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Umatilla Jaycees
The
Florida Jaycees
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Skinner
House of Representatives
Pancake Day Set Next Saturday at Mount Dora Cafetorium
Pancake Day is scheduled for next Saturday at the Mount Dora Cafetorium sponsored by Mount Dora PTO to support its projects. Servings run from 7 am to 7 pm with tickets at 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. a shuttle from Donnelly Park to the High School runs 11 am to 2 pm for those without cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Cafetorium
The
Mount Dora Pto
Donnelly Park
Delivery Dates Set In Lions Project
The Mount Dora Lions Club schedules the second annual fertilizer sale for February 15 22 and 29. They offer 100 pound bags of 6 6 6 fertilizer with at least 20 percent organic material at 275 dollars per bag delivered. Orders can be placed with any Lion or at Moon's Hardware Lake Oil Corporation or Link Stationery.
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Mount Dora Lions Club
Moon’s Hardware
Lake Oil Corporation
Link
Real Estate Office Posts Strong January Sales
LaDue-Lasher Realty office reports all agents sold at least one house in January, totaling eight closed transactions amid talk of weak conditions and bad weather.
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LaDue-Lasher Realty Office
IceHouse Presents John Brown's Body Opening Monday
IceHouse Players of Mount Dora premiere John Brown's Body with a youth night 8:15 p.m. curtain. The Civil War themed reading features narration by local actors and a 12 voice chorus, running nightly through Saturday at Unser Street and 11th Avenue. Regular admission is $2 adults and $1 children with special 50 cent youth pricing by 1 p.m. Monday.
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IceHouse Players
Mount Dora
John Brown
America
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Alend Ciuler
Unser Street
11Th Avenue
Stephen Vincent Benet
IceHouse
Robert E. Lee
Jackie Bowman
Ruth Powell
Sidney Johnson
Albert Crone
Jeanne Kauffman
Genevieve Wason
Hannah Huskey
Dorothy Adan
Anita Kauffman
Elsie Owens
Tom Hasleton
Byron Nichols
Gordon M. Savage Jr
Bill John
Jim Simons
Bill Wood
Evelyn Peters
Mount Dora Jaycees to Install Seat Belts Feb Fifteenth
Mount Dora Junior Chamber safety drive expands with a chain of installation sites including Griggs 66 station Methodist Church parking lot and the Golden Triangle area. Belts cost five dollars per set and meet SAE standards with nylon webbing and metal buckles. Carroll Griggs chairs the effort with Ronald Aldrich Jr as co chair. First National Bank assists by offering two sets with auto financing.
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Mount Dora
Griggs 66
Methodist Church
Cheatham
Amoco
Golden Triangle
Jaycees
Carroll Griggs
Ronald Aldrich Jr
First National Bank of
Symphonic Band Personalities Set For Program
The University of Florida Gator Symphonic Band will perform in Mount Dora Friday February 21 at 8 p.m. at the Community Building. Sponsor is the Mount Dora Rotary Club. Director Richard Bowles has six years with the Gator Band and came from Indiana. Trumpet soloist Conrad Bauschka is assistant director and West Point veteran. Flute section to perform Flute Cocktail by Harry Simeone. Soprano Mary Pat Oto from Tampa will sing two South Pacific excerpts. Leah Russell, sightless, on flute and noted in The American Girl.
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University of Florida Gator Symphonic
Mount Dora
Bauschka
US Military Academy
West Point
Harry Simeone
William Prescott
Leah Russell
Miami
Mary Pat Oto
Tampa
Richard Rodgers
Gator Symphonic Band
University of Florida
Garbage Cans and City Fees Highlight Council Meeting
Warren Morgan urged residents to use tight fitting garbage can lids and noted several complaints. The council approved paying down notes, discussed street repairs, industrial park work, building permits, annexation of a Jiffy Food Store site, and new fuel oil bids. City utilities reported January electricity use, water connections, and a sprinkler system installation at City Hall.
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Warren Morgan
Morgan
East Town
Mel Wagner
First National Bank
Clayton Street
Grant
Jackson Avenues
Progressive Citizens Organization
11Th Avenue
Sp Promianany
IceHouse Theatre
U.S. 441
Eudora Road
George Reedy
Thomas Houser
Raed
Vertise
J. P. Turner
Council Industrial Committee
Roy Christopher
Florida Municipal League
Orlando
Ellwyn Brown
H. D. Overhiser
Brown
City Council Reverses Park Board on Scout Hut in Gilbert Park
At Tuesday’s council session, members voted 4 to 3 to allow the Kiwanis Club to build a Boy Scout hut in Gilbert Park reversing a Park Commission decision. The move ties to an economy push and a plan to advertise bids for street work while council debates expenditures and ground rules for future spending.
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Tom Champion
Park Commission
Kiwanis Club
Gilbert Park
Robert Wason
Thomas Houser
King’s Daughters and Sons
Champion
Wason
Oscar Schubert
State Road Department
Vason
Warren Morgan
Schubert
Brown
Ellwyn Brown
J. P. Turner
Mel Wagner
Police’ Department
Lands Club
Lakeekki Ae
Peanuting
Reedy Plans House Run After Miami Delegation Role
W H Bill Reedy of Eustis announces a bid for state representative in the May Democratic primary. He previously served two terms and will make a formal qualifying speech after returning from Miami where he serves on the state executive committee for the 1964 Presidential Dinner. Lake County will gain a single House seat in 1965 due to reapportionment, reducing from two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H
Bill) Reedy
Eustis
Reedy
Miami
Lake County
House of Representatives
Election Slated with Eight Directors to Be Chosen
Eight directors are to be elected at the annual dinner. A nominating committee will present a slate for consideration. Principal speaker will be Doyle Conner Florida commissioner of agriculture. Tickets cost $1.50 and are available at the C of C office in City Hall First National Bank and Link's Stationery.
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Doyle Conner
Florida
C of C
New City Hall
First National Bank
Link
Florida Symphony Set Here Feb. 13
The Florida Symphony Orchestra led by Henry Mazer will present the Youth Concert at the Mount Dora Community Building on Thursday February 13. The program includes the Carmen Overture Hungarian Dances 5 and 6 The Magic Fire Music and other pieces. Citizens are urged to support the youth program via the Youth Concert Fund with gifts of 25 Angels 10 Patron or 5 Sponsor.
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Florida Symphony Orchestra
Henry Mazer
Mount Dora
R. F. Wason
Maude P. Beiser
E. P. Elmore
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Peter N. Russo
Route 1
Box 31
Mount Dora Clinic
Patrick A. Stephens
Robie Avenue
Stephens
Johns Avenue
Meet
Grandview
Jesse Willmott
Chamber of Commerce
Fifth Avenue
Highland
Baker Street
James H. Fisher
House
Florida Symphony
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