Mount Dora Chamber Drives Public Membership via WVGT Telethon
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce launches a three hour radio drive on WVGT (1580) from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on February 24 to recruit new members. Talks by Mayor Jesse D Willmott, Dr. Robert Wason, Sam L Shaw and Chamber directors. Gold plated telephone prizes for top recruiters and a roster booklet of members to aid local business promotion.
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Mount Dora
Gene Moss
Tom Wetherington
WVGT
Chamber of Commerce
Sylvan Shores
Sorrento
Shaw
H. D. Warren
Robert Travers
Champion
Fred Drew
Edmund Treadwell
Henry Link
Moss
Wetherington
Merwell
Dwight Mosteller
Parker
Travers
Mosteller
Chamber
Florida Telephone Corp
Mount Dora precincts outlined for special primary vote
Polling precincts for the Florida special legislative primary on February 23 will be at Doris Furniture in downtown Mount Dora for Precinct 20, the Community Building on Baker Street for Precinct 31, Precinct 40 at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center, and Precinct 42 in the recreation area.
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Doris Furniture
Mount Dora
Baker St
Golden Triangle
Mount Dora Rifle Club to Host First Annual Mount Dora Shoot
The Mount Dora Shoot debuts Sunday March 5 at the Junior Rifle Range East Eleventh Avenue with rifle shotgun and pistol events for the American Legion benefit. Notable exhibition by Mrs Van Marker former state and national champion. Door prizes and awards plus Junior Rifle Team shoots and Pistol Petticoats demonstrations feature.
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Mount Dora
East Eleventh Avenue
American Legion
H. T
Bud) Huett
van Marker
Marker
Ohio
Illinois
Van
Dorothy
Police Department
Mount Dorans Hosts Republican Lovely From Nation's Capitol
Mrs Jolene Dover from Washington D C addressed the Golden Triangle Republican Women's Club in Mount Dora praising a Republican renaissance. She attended with Senate candidates Ralph Clayton and Anthony Grezik from Daytona Beach, and Day tona Beach Committeeman Richard J Dicerb.
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Washington, D.C
Mount Dora
Jolene Dover
Golden Triangle
Republican Women’s Club
Florida Senate
Anthony Grezik
Ralph Clayton
United States
Mount Dorans
Nation’s Capitol
Young Republican National Federation
DeLand
Daytona Beach
Richard J. Dicerb
Grezik
Republican
House
Senate
Allen Speaks To Rotary Club On George Washington
Jack Allen of Florida Central Academy addressed the Mount Dora Rotary Club about George Washington. He traced Washington’s rise from boyhood to surveyor and military leader, noting his roles in the Virginia legislature, Continental Congress, and as Commander-in-Chief, and highlighting his humility and public spirit.
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Jack Allen
Florida Central Academy
Mount Dora
Washington
First Continental Congress
Mount Dora Area Meets UA Quota
The 1967 United Appeal of Lake County drive nears completion with over half the goal reached. About $50,000 remains to fund agency work in the county as Mount Dora reports $5,165.79 in contributions from local direct mail efforts led by Roy Christopher.
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United Appeal
Lake County
al Rehbaum
Mount Dora
Rehbaum
Lake Jem
Jack Norris
W. G. Turk, Jr
James W. Geddes
Sorrento
Mt. Plymouth
Roy Christopher
Mount Ra
Mount Dora council weighs Palm Island park plan and Sylvan Shores annexation delay
Mount Dora officials discussed purchasing Palm Island eight acres on Lake Dora for a park and wildlife sanctuary and debated access rights with a proposed 50 foot easement. The council delayed Sylvan Shores annexation amid a new paying petition, planning a six month pause to avoid affecting Lake County commissioners actions.
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Palm Island
Sylvan Shores
Mount Dora
Sabal Palm Grove
Carl Fowler
C. Downing Blount
Lake Dora
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. Stokely
Sylvan Shores Action Organization
Lake County Commissioners
County Commission
Annexation Committee
Mount Dora Promotes City at Central Florida Fair
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce outlines a two area display for Orlando fair running February 27 to March 11. Co chairs Tom Champion and Tom Weatherington plan a Lake Dora water tank exhibit and a painterly Mount Dora backdrop to attract over 200000 visitors. Local real estate firms staff hours 10 am to 10 pm with March 5 Sunday closure. Billie Libby featured on WFTV Channel 9 with Mount Dora photo story on the Jimmie Harper Show.
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Mount Dora
Louise Rivers
Billie Libby
Wftv Channel 9
Jimmie, Harper
Rabies Shots for Dogs in Mount Dora Saturday
Dog owners may have their pets vaccinated for rabies Saturday March 11 at $3 each. Hours are 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. behind City Hall in downtown Mount Dora.
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Mount Dora
Time's pause at forty-two is a momentary delay
A playful note on time slowing briefly as a man reaches age forty two. It suggests time interrupts routine, inviting reflection even as activity resumes. The line carries a light philosophical wink about aging and momentum.
Mount Dora Yacht Club Opens and Historic Growth Highlighted
The Mount Dora Yacht Club opens its new building on February 18 for 300 guests led by Commodore Alfred Rehbaum Jr. The club, formed in 1913, is Florida’s oldest inland waterway yacht club and hosts famed regattas, including the 1967 Spring Sailing Regatta on Lake Dora and a 1927 Miss Tampa speed record at Dora.
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Mount Dora
Lake Dora
H. C. Fuller
Mount Dorans
Commodore Russo
Christopher and
Rehbaum
E. J. Grady
Chicago Yacht Club
Tampa
Dora
Palm Beach
Commodore
al Rehbaum
Mount Dora Yacht Club
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Name Calling
Merce
Eustis
Allen
Rotary Club
By Billie Libby
Modore Alfred Rehbaum, Jr
Ican Power Boat Association
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