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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1970
Page
5
Martha Shepard died of heart failure shocking Mount Dora lawn bowling friends. She and husband Wade had communed at the rinks for ten years and remained active until the end. The couple had visited the rinks the day before as they discussed club house beautification. Harry Borner visited the rinks to express condolences.
Nearly 200 members attended the Lakeside Inn annual dinner with Ed Deane and Ed Meech updating on health and hospital stays. Ed Meech correction follows a mistaken heart attack report. The gathering honored new members and featured a singing session led by Frank McFerran. The club house undergoes a full interior refinishing with new ceiling lights paneling and carpeting. A note on lawn bowling etiquette emphasizes ethics and enjoyment.
Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis sees Fred Steele’s member David Cook return home while Mrs Edna Deane remains at Holiday Hospital Orlando for eye treatment. Mount Dora wintering members include Mr and Mrs Ellis Roy L Fiske and Dr and Mrs Worrell. Jan 6 rain shifted Ted and Black games to Jan 7 with eight courts. High Red 244 Kay Therrien George Vaughan. High Black 245 Lena Pier Frances Nemake. Pier Nemake won 106 to 58. Second High Red 173 Clarence Owen Raymond Coy. Second High Black 241 Jennie Sutliff Leroy Spreng. Owen Coy won 102 to 34. Jan 9 Red Black nine courts. High Red 259 Kay Therrien Jack Buxton. High Black 239 Gerald McClain Herman Bischoff. Therrien Buxton won 107 to 81. Second Red 255 Marie Brauneis Lena Pier. Second Black 216 Carroll Patch William Nolet. Brauneis Pier won 103 to 77. Officials: Referees Everett Hensley Albert Oatis. Umpires Robert Yeutter John Campbell. Scorekeepers Mary Francis Frank Thompson and Frances Nemake.
Parson Al Parsons, former Topic staff writer and Mount Dork resident, spoke to the Upper Iowa University student body in Fayette Iowa on journalism in a Thursday convocation. He lectured a journalism class on muckraking and the mass media as part of a lecture series also featuring Ralph Nader and Julian Bond. Weather during the stay dropped to 30 degrees below zero Wednesday night.
Official Voice of the Mount Dora Jaycees reports a busy slate for January and February. Events include a Ladies Night January 21 selecting the Power Boat Regatta Queen, regatta duties February 1, and Florida Citrus Queen entry. Also planned are a February 4 awards banquet, February 8 Road Rally, February 18 Father Son Banquet, district caucus January 25, and a Presidents Roundtable in February. Board meetings moved to the 4th Wednesday each month, open to all members, plus ongoing LAKE/View publication.
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