Tavares Boat Races Draw Big Crowd and Local News
The Tavares Jaycees fourth boat race on Lake Dora drew a large shore crowd and about 50 private boats. APBA sanctioned the event for national racing points. Also reported: Lake County Historical Society Open House February 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. at 315 New Hampshire Ave Tavares. Community notices include PEO Chapter BB meeting February 22 and telethon pledges totaling 2167.07 across Mount Dora Tavares Umatilla and Eustis.
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Tavares Jaycees
Lake Dora
Golden Triangle
John Hey
Jaycees
APBA
Tavares
Mount Dora
Lake County Historical Society
Lake County Federation of Women’s Clubs
New Hampshire Ave
Tavares Civic Center
James DeGarmo
PEO
Chapter BB
R. E. Travers
Park Place
J. G. Ray, Jr
Travers
Sunshine Circle meets at Tallant home February 20
The Sunshine Circle of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons holds a short business meeting at Mrs. E. J. Tallant's home at 3rd and St on Feb 20 at 7 p.m. to allow attendance at the Florida Symphony that evening.
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Sunshine Circle of the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
E. J. Tallant
3Rd
Florida Symphony
Queen Cheryl Johnson Crowned Miss SunFLAvor 1967
Cheryl Johnson of Tavares won the Miss SunFLAvor 1967 title at the Florida State Fair. She has been Florida's Azalea Queen and Miss Orlando, and was runner up in the 1966 Miss Florida contest. SunFLAvor is the Florida trade mark for top quality products.
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Cheryl Johnson
C. W. Johnson
Tavares
Florida
Orlando
State Department of Agriculture
Howey Head Named As State Director In School Group
Dr. C. A. Vaughn Jr headmaster of Howey Academy was named a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Council of Independent Schools at the council's 12th Annual Convention in Jacksonville. The academy received accreditation after an evacuation in December by a joint committee of the Florida Council Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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C. A. Vaughn, Jr
Howey Academy
Florida Council of Independent Schools
Jacksonville
Florida Council Independent Schools
Thern Association of Colleges and Schools
Reservations for twice daily prizes event set
Reservations are required for a prizes event with two sessions at 1 30 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. To attend call Holda Herrich Price at 383 3883 before Monday February 21.
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Holda Herrich Price
Local Audubon Leaders Named at State Convention
Mount Dora officials and Florida Audubon Society directors were announced by Mrs. Margo Hosford. Dorcas Brigham of Mount Dora heads the local chapter, while Irwin W. Fritz of Orlando was re elected president for the coming year at the 67th annual Florida Audubon Society convention in Miami.
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Dorcas Brigham
Mount Dora Audubon Society
Florida Audubon Society
Margo Hosford
Florida Outdoor Writers Association
State Society
Miami
Irwin W. Fritz
Orlando
Florida Products To Be Featured On State’s Menus
Governor Claude Kirk pushed a conference with Florida hospitality leaders to promote local products. The plan centers on citrus and seafood with a Governor’s Day Luncheon as a featured entree on menus statewide.
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Florida
Claude Kirk
Herbicide Seminar on Aquatic Weeds in Lake County
Dalton Harrison of the University of Florida will discuss Control of Aquatic Weeds at the Lake County Herbicide Seminar final session. The event occurs Thursday night Feb 16 at the Agricultural Center in Tavares, starting 7:30 PM for about one hour with a follow up Q and A. Citrus growers and others are invited to attend and bring weed specimens for identification.
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Woman's Club of
Mount Dora
Garden Gate
B. F. Ruether
Ralph W. Harbert
W. H. Rees
A. E. Pendergast
Freeman C. McDonald
A. B. Llewellyn
Humfert S. Revel
Adessa McCaulley
Earl Kelly
Lake County
Duplicate Bridge Club
Umatilla
Howell
R. B. Cooper
John Larkin
Tom McNeil
Anne Walker
Bernard McCabe
Memory Martin
Robert Cannon
Keith Fowler
Woman’s Club of
Eustis
Dalton Harrison
University of Florida
Agricultural Center
Tavares
Tea Bar Helps Meetings Run Smoothly At Home
Almost everyone belongs to a committee and suggests a tea bar for meetings. Set up a sideboard with cups saucers spoons sugar milk and tea bags plus a boiling water pot. Use decorative jars for teabags and keep water hot with an electric plate to keep ideas flowing and tasks moving.
Ireland Chips Blarney Stone For Orlando
Dublin Chamber of Commerce aims to ship a fragment of the Blarney stone from the quarry to Orlando to be embedded at a key site. The Orlando Area Chamber negotiates to obtain the rock used in Blarney Castle as a symbol tied to Disney World’s Irish connection.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dublin
Ireland
Orlando
Orlando Area
Desiring Excellence: A Foreword on Pursuit of Noble Goals
A reflection on choosing to strive in the pursuits that are themselves most excellent. The text emphasizes effort aligned with high virtue, discipline, and the cultivation of superior qualities as the path to genuine achievement.
Swanson Authors Political Book
A Central Floridian authored Landmarks of American Policy published by The Center of Practical Politics at Rollins College. Henry F. Swanson, Orange County Agricultural Agent, researched the subject for years and praises legislative acts while noting youth cynicism and public trust in government.
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Center of
Practical Politics
Rollins College
Henry F. Swanson
Orange County
Swanson
America
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