Gardening In The Sunshine State Tips For Seed Germination And Soil Prep
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station guidance covers soil baking at 160 degrees for two hours to kill nematodes and weed seeds, use of protectant dusts on seeds, sowing in flats for controlled conditions, and pre transplant soil sanitation with methyl bromide or alternatives like vapam and Mylone. It lists annuals suitable for sowing now including baby's breath, blanket flower, blue eyed African daisy, butterfly flower, California poppy, calliopsis, carnations, candytuft, Chinese forget me not, and verbena.
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Lake County Voters to Receive Identification Cards
Identification cards will be mailed to every registered voter in Lake County on January 1. Issued by the Office of Supervisor of Registration and Elections, the cards are snap-out bil fold forms. Citizens and electors are reminded to keep the card and vote accordingly. If not received, notify Mrs. Katherine L. Baker to obtain a duplicate.
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Lake County
Office of Supervisor of Registration and Elections
United States
Leesburg
Eustis
Grim Reaper Outsmarts Any Driver Allegedly
A stark line declares there will never be a driver fast enough to outpace the Grim Reaper, framing a fatalistic attitude about peril and fate. The message carries a punchy, ominous tone typical of bold obituaries or morbid humor in a local column.
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Grim Reaper
Freeze Damage Misread As Plant Diseases
Florida cold snaps injure tender plants with symptoms that mimic diseases. Damage often appears weeks later and may be seen as yellowing leaves, blackened stems, or bark water soaking. Prune dead twigs to limit further decay and protect evergreen ornamentals. buds on azaleas and camellias may fail to flower.
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Florida
Truss
Venus
Come Blow Your Horn Opens IceHouse Comedy Run
IceHouse Theatre Mount Dora presents Come Blow Your Horn starting January 14. Cast includes Dr. Watson Bacon as Alan Baker and Marie Nachreiner as the mother. Debbie Sanders and Jean Cadwell co star. Tickets $2 nightly with a $4 season option for four remaining plays.
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New York
Ice House
Dr. Watson Bacon
Alan Baker
Oscar Schubert
Marie Nachreiner
Debbie Sanders
Alan
Umatilla
Jean Cadwell
Connie
Gal
Bill Cannagan
IceHouse
Mount Dora
John Brown
IceHouse Theatre
Tenth Anniversary Narce Chapter 405 Luncheon Jan 8
The Golden Triangle Chapter 405 of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees celebrates its tenth anniversary with a luncheon on Wednesday January 8 at the Lake Shore Acres Restaurant in Eustis at noon. Mrs. Harry Shilling will speak. Reservations by Saturday January 4. Phone 357-2434.
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Golden Triangle
National Assn
Lake Shore Acres
Eustis
Harry Shilling
Sat
Legion Post 35 To Participate In Vet Census
Members of Post 35, American Legion, will door to door through March 31 to count Florida veterans from World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict. The pilot census aims to name each veteran, gauge nonmembers, and boost Legion membership for veterans benefits advocacy.
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Bill Paul
Mount Dora
Legion
Florida
Paul
Washington
Veterans Affairs Committee
Saturday Evening Post
US Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Administration
Mount Dora Christmas Music Brightens Holiday Streets
Mount Dora residents enjoyed evening carols as Mr and Mrs Chester Connolly of Normandy Drive installed a roof loud speaker and played Christmas songs nightly. The community thanks the couple for their cheerful contribution to the season.
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Mount Dora
Chester Connelly
Normandy Drive
Retro rockets brake spacecraft on reentry tests
Astronaut Gordon Cooper and later John Glenn and Wally Schirra relied on three solid-fuel retro rockets to slow the capsule during reentry. Built by Thiokol at Elkton Maryland, the devices underwent rigorous testing including X rays, alignment checks, drop tests, vibrations, humidity, salt spray and aging before installation. The same braking principle is planned for future lunar landings and Apollo missions.
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Earth
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Glenn
Schirra
Thiokol Chemical
Elkton
Maryland
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Thiokol
Space Projects
Surveyor
Apollo
Chicken a la King on Crusty Biscuits Bland Recipe Card
Easy recipe notes for Chicken a la King served on crusty biscuits. Ingredients include butter mushrooms green pepper chicken broth and cooked chicken. Steps mix corn muffin batter add egg and milk bake biscuits then prepare the chicken la king sauce and spoon over halves.
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Valdas Axe
First Service of New St Philip Lutheran Church Slated
On Sunday January 26 the new St Philip Lutheran Church in the Golden Triangle will hold its first worship service at 10 30 am at the Tavares Civic Center. An interest meeting precedes on January 12 at 3 30 pm. Assistants include Glen F Mickey Hugh J Anderson John E Woods and Owen G Winchell.
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New St. Philip Lutheran Church
Golden Triangle
Klaus O. R. Koch
Tavares Civic Center
Glen F. Mickey
Hugh J. Anderson
Tavares
John E. Woods
Owen G. Winchell
Eustis
St. Philip Church
Triangle Area
American Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In America
Pastor Koch
Board of American Missions
Florida Museum Debuts Tropic Coasts Exhibition
The Central Florida Museum and Planetarium in Orlando opens its New Year with Our Tropic Coasts by staff artist Eleanor J. Mathews. The show features Floridiana themes and driftwood canvases highlighting coastal natural history and human use. Public hours run 10 am to 3 pm Tue-Fri and 2 to 5 pm weekends with free admission. planetarium demos Sundays at 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm priced at 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for youths.
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Bahamas
Gator Bowlers Mixed Doubles Win at Triangle Lanes
Glenn Jackson and Jill Ricks took first place in the Gator Bowlers Mixed Doubles Christmas Tournament at Triangle Lanes with a 992 including handicap. George Taverine posted a high 208 and scratch 523, while Metinius Trailers and Hall's Gulf Service each won games in the Buttons and Bowl League.
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Gator Bowlers
Triangle Lanes
Glenn Jackson
Jill Ricks
George Taverine
Gator
Metinius Trailers
Pete’s Tavern
Hall’s
Gulf Service
Triangle American
Air Service Slated To Begin In Lake County
South Central Airways will begin serving Leesburg Municipal Airport in Lake County on January 15 with daily flights to Florida cities and a network reaching as far as North Carolina. The carrier has operated since October in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with connections to other airlines. Florida stops include Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Palatka, Gainesville, Ocala, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Cape Kennedy Titusville Cocoa, Melbourne, Tampa and many Gulf and Atlantic coast cities.
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Leesburg Municipal
Florida
North Carolina
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South Carolina
Georgia
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Palatka
Gainesville
Ocala
Silver Springs
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Cape Kennedy - Titusville - Cocoa
Melbourne
Bartow-Cypress Gardens
Tampa
HDC Meeting Set At Mount Dora Club
The Mount Dora Home Demonstration Club schedules its January gathering at the Community Building on Wednesday January 8. A 9 30 a m workshop includes a noon pot luck luncheon followed by the business and program meeting at 1 30 p m Visitors are welcome.
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