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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Frank F DeLoach of Atlanta announce the engagement of their daughter Marcel Haldeman to Kenneth William Bliss son of Mr and Mrs Guy C Bliss of Mount Dora. Bliss attended Mount Dora schools and plans for a June wedding are under way.
Zeta Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Mount Dora forms part of the Orlando City Council of the sorority to coordinate city wide events. The council includes a president, a representative and an alternate for each chapter. Mary Anne Link serves as president with Linda Pohlman as representative and an alternate volunteer. Monthly meetings occur on the third Wednesday. The council sponsors a float in the Christmas Parade and Carol Stephens will represent the local chapter in Bahia Temple’s Sweetheart Ball.
Floridians mark Arbor Day first observed in 1886 with talk of planting trees on Friday January 19. Local notes celebrate Lakeland Inn gatherings with Senator Smathers and Pi Beta Phi events at Gainesville, plus birthdays, a new ship hand at Idler Marina, and corrections from Lake Sumter Junior College. Community updates warn about door to door contractors, theater listings span January to April, and a Palm Tree miniature arrives at the Topic office.
February 24 event supported by the Heart Fund invites public participation. Tickets are available from a local sorority member, with proceeds aiding charitable effort.
The Mount Dora activities listing shows recurring events across venues including IceHouse Theatre performances of The Innocents on January 28 at 2:30 p.m. and January 24 25 26 27 at 8:30 p.m. An art exhibit runs after school weekdays at Mount Dora High School Library. Public Library hours vary by day. Community notices invite submissions to the Activities Topic.
Grace Clifton explains forcing bids in bridge. The article details opening two bids, overcalls, jump shifts, repeated bidding by opener, and the reverse bid misperception with examples of spade, club, diamond, and heart sequences to illustrate how hands and bids push toward game levels.
The Lake County March of Dimes unit will sponsor a dance on Monday January 22 from 8 to 12 at the Eustis Armory. Admission is $1 with the Barons from the Tiki Club in Orlando providing entertainment. All proceeds go to the March of Dimes.
The Country Dinner Theatre of Orlando opens with Barefoot In The Park, a Neil Simon comedy, running through February 10. Buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. with play at 8:30. Reservations suggested, area code 305 851 0510. From Mount Dora, take US 441 south past Sunshine State Parkway, turn left on Central Florida Parkway. entrance sign is on the right.
Six thousand Boy and Girl Scouts are expected at the Florida State Fair at the Tampa Fairgrounds from February 6 to 17. Troops in uniform will receive free admission, with one adult leader for every five scouts, and leaders can attend with the same ratio. Applications should be sent soon. contact M. E. Twedell, General Manager, for details.
The Founders Garden Club of Eustis hosts Amy B. Lau presenting Teaching Table Techniques on February 6 at the Eustis Community Center. The program replaces the club's flower show tea and features complete table displays from traditional to Mod decor. Pace, Ingram, and Langley serve as organizers.
The Lake County Economic Opportunity Inc announces a January 18 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the East Town Community Building to discuss plans for a Day Care Center for working mothers. Mrs. Bette R. McCall, Family Counselor, urges all interested to attend.
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club met at the Umatilla Community Building for a seven table Mitchell game. Winners North-South: Ernest Bitter and Mrs Bernard McCabe first. Robert Carle and H D Huf ford second. Mrs J A Murray and Mrs R B Cooper third. Winners East-West: Tom Mayer and Mrs Jack Bornman first. Mr and Mrs Ed Wertz second. Mrs E Blair and Mrs J Carpenter third.
The Lettermen nationally known for top Capitol albums and TV appearances will entertain February 13 at 8 p.m. in the Lake-Sumter Junior College gym. Tickets are sold in Leesburg Eustis Umatilla Sorrento and Apopka at multiple local outlets.
The page notes Marty Cox as the new Miss F H A and Cathy Stewart as runnerup after a talent show judged by Rev. Book Mrs John Allen Murray and Mr Jeff Ray. Marty performed a dramatic piece about a wife awaiting her soldier. Cathy acted as a mischievous boy with a secret. The piece highlights talent beauty and poise. Semester test week brings a two period day ending at 1 06 with a shortened lunch. Last weekend games ended in victories over Bible School.
Former Dorans host a Florida Audubon Society tour to Mexico after the Clearwater convention. Pan American flies the group to Mexico City on Sunday night, meeting at San Miguel Allende, then travels via Morelia to Villa Montana hotel before visiting private ranches and the Instituto de Allende. They return to Tampa the following Sunday.
Miss Sheila Ann Croak and Mr John Martin Stone become engaged as announced by Croak’s parents of Mount Dora. Stone, born in Savannah, is a Marine stationed in Memphis. Both alumni hold degrees from local colleges and plan a tentative spring wedding.
The article notes home games against St own on Tuesday and Tavares on Friday, with no school next Monday and Tuesday for teacher work days to recover from tests. The second semester begins January 24.
PEO Chapter BB schedules two meetings this month at Mrs. C. L. Bothwell’s Lake Ola Drive home on January 24 at 12 30 p m with Mrs. J C De Garmo as co host and January 26 a reciprocity session at the Garden Gate with reservations due by January 23 The Business and Professional Women's Club meets January 24 at 6 30 p m at the Community Building featuring book reviews by Esther Maglathlin Helen Whittington and Major Ret Wm C Kennedy and plans for a February 7 travelogue The Mount Dora Art League held a January 10 special meeting at Mrs John Tietjen’s home to award indoor show ribbons and set a date for the Outdoor Art Show to March 30 at Donnelly Park with recipients Laura Sargent Kay Ward Edna Clarke and Grace Salt noted.
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