Mount Dora letter proposes local hunting preserve idea
Florida Representative Leighton Baker writes from Tallahassee praising a Mount Dora hunting preserve plan. He urges a local, city-limits project with a committee chaired by the recipient to study propagation and preservation of big game on upper and lower Donnelly Street and surrounding areas. He suggests a protected season, restocking, and even a lions’ preserve for federal judges being moved to humor the scheme.
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Florida
House
Tallahassee
Upper Donnelly Street
Mount Dora
Panama Canal
Washington
Wekiva River
Ted
Upper
Lower Donnelly Street
Russia
Capitol Building
Mack
Leighton Baker
Riley Park social notes and regional visits
Community news from Riley Park highlights visitors and guests from Michigan and nearby states, with long-time residents and church members hosting travelers. The column notes upcoming Michigan picnic events, Golden Agers pot luck, and a Maple Mount Dora community dinner, along with church services, choir plans, and local club activities.
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Michigan
Mount Dora
P. J. Ronan
Indian River
Riley's Park
Alice Miller
Kenneth Book
Mount Dora Presbyterian Church
S. K. Boardman of
Tavares
Walter Wood
Chain of Missions Assembly
Norman Wood
Zana Bungart
Waterman Hospital
Nellie Hebard
Foda King
Mary Osman
Dry Beans Are Menu Stretcher
Household guide promoting dry beans as a budget staple with soaking and quick cooking tips. Includes methods for boiling and soaking, seasoning with salt and fat, using a pressure cooker, and serving ideas such as celery, peppers, pimento, and spicy sauces to create varied dishes. Ends with a Horace quote.
Sorrento Mount Plymouth Notes Fire Dept Meeting Feb 12
Sorrento Mount Plymouth notes announce a regular fire department meeting on Tuesday Feb 12 at 8 pm to discuss the 1963 donation drive and invite prospective members. Community updates cover 4-H ribbons for Linda and Nancy King, local hospital and homecomings, Visiting Rob Woodward and letters from northern readers, Shriners Tampa plans, CP fund donations, and a local patient recovery update.
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Sorrento-Mount Plymouth
Sorrento
C. P
Mount Plymouth
Packers anticipate lighter canned citrus pack
Florida Citrus Commission Lakeland reports the 46 million box crop is down from earlier projections due to December freeze. Ralph M. Henry, merchandise manager, says fresh fruit and frozen concentrate markets will take most of the remaining supply as prices rise. He urges prominent display of these Florida products in stores of all sizes.
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Florida Citrus Commission
Lakeland
Ralph M. Henry
Nat'l Beauty Salon Week Emphasizes Service
The National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association designates February 10 to 16 as National Beauty Salon Week. Local salons plan charity work for the aged, handicapped and shut-ins, with Florida salons collecting eyeglasses for Lions Clubs and funds for a Cerebral Palsy telethon. Participating Mount Dora salons include Sdene Beauty Salon and Nita's Beauty Salon.
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National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Florida
Lions Clubs
Mount Dora
Sdene
Nita’s
Courses Open for Adult Education at Mount Dora High
New students are being accepted for adult education classes at Mount Dora High School. Classes include art, bookkeeping, advanced Spanish on Tuesdays 7 to 10 p.m. and beginning Spanish typing and home sewing on Thursdays 7 to 10 p.m. A $2 registration fee applies. Contact Lou Bethea in Tavares at 343-6341 for more information.
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Mount Dora High School
Lou Bethea
Tavares
Lake County ACS Unit Plans Clermont Meeting Feb 20
The Lake County Unit of the American Cancer Society will hold its quarterly meeting in Clermont on February 20, announced by Dr. T. E. Langley, president. Loan closets are being set up in Clermont Leesburg and Eustis. Mrs. Robert Horst of Eustis serves as service chairman.
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Lake County
American Cancer Society
Clermont
T. E. Langley
Leesburg
Eustis
Robert Horst
Exora Circle to Host Garden Club Meeting Friday
Ixora Circle Mrs Hobart Killinger will host members of Exora Circle Lakes and Hills Garden Club for their monthly meeting Friday at 2 p.m. Co host is Mrs Leo Dunton. Mrs Leslie Jackson will demonstrate corsage making.
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Hobart Killinger
Exora Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Leo Dunton
Leslie Jackson
Reading History Helps Calm Troubled Times at Mount Dora
VAL JOHNSON shares how rereading 1860s histories and random chapters from authors like Macaulay eases worry. The column also notes robins lingering in Mount Dora and a flicker that drives off blackbirds by tapping on a porch roof, a curious yard tale.
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Prescott
Macaulay
England
Phillip
Charles
December unemployment hits three year low in Florida
Florida nonfarm employment rose to a record 1,441,300 in December with unemployment at 76,900 the lowest in three years. State Industrial Commission Chairman A Worley Brown credited holiday hiring citrus processing and winter tourist season prep for the drop. the December freeze had no immediate effect mid month.
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Florida
State Industrial Commission
A. Worley Brown
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