Chamber of Commerce Week Proclaimed in Mount Dora
Mount Dora proclaims February 12 to 16 as Chamber of Commerce Week. A three hour membership drive February 13 runs 9 a.m. to noon with a kickoff breakfast at Jennie's Garden Gate and a radio broadcast on WVGT. Prizes include a Gold Telephone. dinner closes the week February 16 at the Mount Dora Yacht Club.
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Mount Dora
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Bob Travers
John Cain
Cliff Harden
Charles Pettyjohn
Tom Wetherington
Jennie’s Garden Gate
WVGT
Florida Telephone
Sam Shaw
Shaw
Chamber of Commerce Office
Jesse D. Willmott
Florida
City of
Jesse Willmott
Chamber
Horatio Alger Awards President To Be Hosted By L. E. Allen Here
L. E. Allen of the Florida Central Academy will host Kenneth J. Beebe of New York City at a Lakeside Inn dinner on February 15. Beebe, founder and president of American Schools and Colleges Association, chairs the Horatio Alger Awards Committee and helped inaugurate the annual Horatio Alger Awards. He lives with his wife and daughter in Forest Hills, N Y and Sherman, Connecticut.
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Horatio Alger
L. E. Allen
Florida Central Academy
Kenneth J. Beebe
New York City
Lakeside Inn
Beebe
American Schools and Colleges Association, Inc
American Schools and Colleges Association
Horatio Alger Awards Committee
Norman Vincent Peale
Horatio Alger Awards
Mr. Beebe
University of Chicago
University of Illinois
Columbia University
TKE
Tex Flint
Cornell University
N.Y
Forest Hills
Sherman, Conn
Lynn
Vassar College
National figure LeRoy Collins to speak at Mount Dora Chamber dinner
Former Florida Governor LeRoy Collins will headline the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. A longtime public servant and Senate candidate, Collins has held key posts including Chairman of the National Gov ernors Conference and President of the National Association of Broadcasters. The event will be held Friday.
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Mount Dora
Collins
Florida
Tallahassee
Cumberland University
Tennessee
Leon County
Florida State Senate
Southern Governor’s Conference
Southern Regional Education Board
Los Angeles
John Kennedy
United States
National Association of Broadcasters
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Commerce
White House
Washington
John T. Connor
Willmott Seeks Lower Recreation Fees for Mount Dora
Mount Dora Mayor Jesse Willmott urged a city council resolution to cut fees for residents using city subsidized recreational facilities such as shuffleboard and lawn bowling, comparing to library rates and proposing a 50 percent resident discount with clubs. The council approved his motion.
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Florida
Jesse Willmott
Willmott
Mount Dora
Pinkney Turner
Turner
Sanitation Department
Eustis Dodge
Creamons Chevrolet
D. C. Waters Ford
Highland Avenue
5Th Ave
Grandview
Billingsly Acres
Betty Dawson
East Town
Dawson
Turner and Houser
Dake
Montgomery
Shaw and Rehbaum
State Beverage Department
PTOs Annual Pancake Day Slated For Feb 17 At MDHS Cafetorium
Mount Dora parents and teachers organize Aunt Jemima Pancake Day at Mount Dora High School Cafetorium on February 17 from 7 AM to 7 PM. Proceeds support Roseborough Elementary and Mount Dora High School. Student poster contest winners include Suzanne Flint, Anne Marie Molnar, and Debbie Beall.
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PTO
MDHS
Mount Dorans
Mount Dora
Parent- Teachers Organization
Robert Pohlman
Mount Dora High School
Jack Morgan
Sam Swiger
Gerri Fowler
Workers Committee
Lee Ee
Walt
Mary Brethauer
Suzanne Flint
Anne Marie Molnar
Debbie Beall
Rotary Luncheon Lists Dentistry Program In Mount Dora
Eighty two people attended the Mount Dora Rotary Club luncheon to hear Dr. Robert Vason speak on preventive dentistry for children. Dr. Wason showed a film on child dental care and Dr. Vason’s service awards and leadership with Florida and national dental groups were noted.
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Rotary
Rotary Cub
Mount Dora
James Brandt
Robert Vason
Kiwanis Club
Vason
Wason
Rotarians
Florida Society of Dentistry
American Society of Dentistry
Florida Dental Society
Your Heart Fund Campaign Highlights Health Menu
The notice urges support for the Your Heart Fund to fight heart and blood vessel diseases including stroke high blood pressure rheumatic fever rheumatic heart disease congenital heart disease and related conditions across communities.
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Your Heart Fund
Comedy Next On IceHouse Stage
A Broadway comedy A Majority of One by Leonard Spigelgass opens at Mount Dora IceHouse Theatre on Unser St. February 21 for four evenings and a Sunday matinee. Marie Rogers of Eustis stars as a Brooklyn widow paired with John Nixon of Mount Dora as a Japanese tycoon. cast includes Kay Robinson Steve Benton Jane Haneman Randy Fisher and 12 others.
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Mount Dora
IceHouse
Unser St
Leonard Spigelgass
Marie Rogers
Eustis
Brooklyn
Japan
John Nixon
WLBE
Sukiyaki
Tokyo
Kay Robinson
Steve Benton
Jane Haneman
Randy Fisher
Bill Ternent
Orlando
Ned Masot
OGrady Withdraws Support for Reedy Poor Boy Roads
Senator Dennis OGrady announced he will withdraw backing of Rep Bill Reedy of Eustis and his Poor Boy road plan. He criticized Reedy for changing the program’s definition and noted lack of legislative or public support for the proposal.
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Dennis O'Grady
Bill Reedy
Eustis
O'Grady
Reedy
Federal grant to Mount Dora for urban beautification
HUD Secretary Robert C Weaver approves a 3714 dollar federal grant under the Urban Beautification Program to aid city wide efforts in Mount Dora. The grant covers 50 percent of the increased annual beautification costs, part of a larger 9801 dollar estimated program.
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Robert C. Weaver
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mount Dora
Merchants Meet To Reorganize Downtown Business Group
Twelve downtown merchants met at City Hall to plan reorganizing the business group. Bill Seabrook was elected president, Hank Link vice president, and Mrs Marjorie Spilatore secretary treasurer. A committee including Seabrook, Link and Al Rehbaum III will study further promotional plans.
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Bill Seabrook
Hank Link
Marjorie Spilatore
Seabrook
Link
Al Rehbaum_ III
First Place Smile Judy Cutliff Wins Lake County Contest
Judy Cutliff, a 12 year old sixth grader from Milner Rosenwald Academy, won first place in the girls division at the Lake County Smile Contest in Eustis for National Children's Dental Health Week. She will represent Lake County in the District Contest. Dr. James Brandt and Dr. Robert F. Vasen assisted, and Principal C O Lott received a certificate of recognition for school contributions to the observance.
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Judy Cutliff
Lake County
Eustis
Lake County Dental Society
Judy
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
James Brandt
Robert F. Vasen
Brandt
C. 0. Lott
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Leroy Collins
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Southern Dental College
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Mount Dora City Hall
Comedy Next
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HUD
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