Mount Dora Yacht Club marks 1913 incorporation opening
Billie Libby notes the Mount Dora Yacht Club founded in 1913 prepares to open a new clubhouse on a Saturday in February. The piece highlights the club’s history as Florida’s oldest inland waterway club and mentions honored guests, shipshape facilities, and a showcase of sail reflections. It also covers the National Wildlife Federation’s conservation efforts and Ranger Rick’s Nature Magazine for children, plus related Florida wildlife meetings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Ely Lake
National Wildlife Federation
David W. Arthur
M. Philip Arthur
Orlando
Ranger
Rick
Ranger Dave
Martin-Marietta Corp
David
Florida
Ranger” Mag
Republican VIP Mrs. Dover to Visit Mount Dora
Mrs. Jelene Jill Dover a Republican leader and National Federation official will attend a Mount Dora event Monday starting with a 9 30 coffee clutch at the community building followed by a 10 a m business meeting Visitors and members are invited Dover longtime Florida party activist and Minneapolis native will hold a press conference at 9 30 a m before the coffee clutch and return to Washington that afternoon
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Republican Women’s Club
Jelene
Jill) Dover
Young Republican National Federation
Mount Dora
NATO
Oxford
England
World Crusade For Freedom
American Atlantic Council of
Florida Republican Executive Committee
Minneapolis
Emily Truitt
Florida hunting seasons and public meetings urged by Commission
Commission W. T. McBroom invites all interested to meetings on pollution conservation and related topics. About 3,000 Florida hunters will get report cards for game management analysis. Deer bear and migratory bird hunting closed statewide. quail and squirrel season continues to Feb 26, Northwest Florida through Mar 5. Spring gobbler season runs Mar 11–26 south of State Road 50 and Mar 25–Apr 9 north of it. Gobblers only, one per day and two per season. hunting 30 minutes before sunrise to noon. After Apr 9, hunting limited to rabbit opossum bobcat raccoon fox and certain birds. Eagles hawks and owls protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. McBroom
Florida
Florida citrus grove boom targets 1975 orange crop
Experiment Station fruit crop specialists report thousands of acres in south Florida will be planted to citrus groves and are expected to substantially boost orange production by 1975.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Florida
Experiment Station
Changes in songs spark rights debate and postal notes
The Kentucky Human Rights Commission recommends altering the state song My Old Kentucky Home and Swanee River lines to avoid offense to negroes. The piece also notes a postal shift toward zip coding to handle rising third class mail, and mentions gravity basics and space escape points before posing a question about an airline carrying 400 000.
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Kentucky Human Rights Commission
Kentucky
Swanee River
Foster
Leo Steg
G. E
Outer Space
Earth-Moon
Moon
Lake-Sumter JC staff win statewide junior college awards
The Angler staff at Lake-Sumter Junior College earned three top statewide awards at the Florida Junior College Publications Conference on Feb 24 in Orlando. Editor Steve Cumbaa won first place for an editorial on student drinking. Martha Phelps placed first in sophomores and third in feature writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Angler
Lake-Sumter Junior College
Robert Meyer Motor Inn
Orlando
Steve Cumbaa
Leesburg
Martha Phelps
Toesuu Beneds
Lake Sumter Junior College
Dixie Jean Allen
SGA
Florida State University
Charles Wagner
Mount Dora
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
British European Airways flights never touch the U S
The article notes British European Airways operates to 87 destinations from the United Kingdom but does not land in the United States. It references a century ago when the East River froze and thousands skated between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and mentions Columbia in South America boasting over 700 orchid varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British European Airways
United Kingdom
U. S
East River
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Civil Defense Classes To Start In Lake County Florida
Civil Defense will offer a 16 hour course for municipal employees firemen and law enforcement personnel on February 21 1967 from 7 to 9 pm at 115 South Texas Avenue Tavares Florida. Mrs Mildred T Boyd radiological officer will instruct using Geiger counters survey meters and dosimeters. A certificate will be issued upon completion and the course is open to the public for registration by contacting the Lake County Civil Defense Office at 343-2351.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred T. Boyd
Eustis
Lake County
Lake County Civil Defense Office
South
Texas Avenue
Tavares
Florida
Minute Maid Opens Plymouth Plant For School Lunch Pack
Minute Maid announces the Plymouth concentrate plant is now processing citrus for a school lunch pack. Board Chairman Henry Cragg says using part of the large orange crop for the national program benefits the industry and will offer frozen concentrate to schools via an outside growers group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minute Maid Company
Plymouth
Henry Cragg
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16Th St
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Washington, D.C
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Riverside Villas
Homasassa Springs
Golden Triangle Shopping Center
Total
Ount
Dora
F.d.lc
Harry Anna Crippled Childrens Home
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Columbia
South America
RCA
Highland Phan EV
Mount Dora, Florida
Warren Beatty
Persnickety
Ory
Chevrolet
S. A
Cna
Cmeeseeni
S Bay ST
Eustis, Florida
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