Mount Dora Advocate Promotes Golden Triangle Airport
Local businessman Frank Baker argues an airport serves all residents by boosting business and linking Golden Triangle to the national air network via air taxis and private planes. He cites aviation growth, industry attraction, and general aviation’s large share of inter city travel to support a regional facility.
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Golden Triangle
Mount Dora
Frank Baker
Liggetts Drug Store
Baker
Avia
Lakeside To Feature Stetson Quintet At Lakeside Inn
Lakeside Inn presents on Friday January 26 the Stetson Woodwind Quintet in chamber music with Nancy Stinson at piano. Performers include Christopher Hasty bassoon Sheila Brunner flute Lane Lederer oboe Donna Rhodes clarinet Andrea Peterson French horn.
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Lakeside Inn
Stetson
Nancy Stinson
Christopher Hasty
Sheila Brunner
Lane Lederer
Donna Rhodes
Andrea Peterson
Stetson University
Richard M. Feasel
Elizabeth Hall
Miss Brunner
Miss Peterson
University School of Music
Hasty
Lederer
Charles Natick
Donald Yaxley
Miss Rhodes
Feasel
Chicken Supper At Bible School Sells Fried Chicken
The PTA of Christian Home and Bible School in Mount Dora sponsors a fried chicken supper Friday January 26. Serving runs 4 to 8 p.m. in the Emily Ford Dining Hall on the campus of the Home and School. Public invited.
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PTA of
Christian Home and Bible School of
Mount Dora
Emily Ford
Fisherman's Headquarters Opens Under Idler Marina Owners
Fisherman's Headquarters adjacent to Gilbert Park is now operated by Idler Marina owners Tom and Dorothy Shipes. They leased the city property and opened this week offering rigs bait and other fishing supplies plus boat and motor repair. The lodge features a wood burning fireplace a gathering spot for fishermen and friends to swap fish stories. Boat stalls may be rented for storage and other sportsman conveniences are available.
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Fisherman's Headquarters
Gilbert Park
Idler Marina
Fisherman’s Headquarters
Tom
Dorothy Shipes
Shipes
Telethon Auditions Lead to 17 Hour Event in Orlando
The 13th Annual United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida Telethon runs February 17 and 18 in Orlando. Talent auditions for locals are January 29 and 30 with appointments by calling the Telethon office at 424 8365. Applicants will receive complete instructions upon phone registration.
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United Cerebral Palsy of
Central Florida
Orlando
St 'N. Milla St
Allan Seabrook wins Jaycees Distinguished Service Award
Allan H. Seabrook executive vice president of the First National Bank of Mount Dora received the 1967 Distinguished Service Award from the Mount Dora Jaycees at the Lake County banquet in Leesburg. The data highlights his civic work with the Lions Club, Florida Foundation for the Blind, Boy Scouts, Eye Bank, church and local clubs, noting eight years as a Mount Dora Jaycee and leadership in banking and community projects.
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Allan H. Seabrook
First National Bank of
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Jaycees
Seabrook
Jaycees’ Lake County
Leesburg
Umatilla
University of Florida
Sally Vaughn
The Innocents Opens at IceHouse With Melodrama Cast
The January Ice House Theatre production The Innocents opened January 24 and runs through January 28 with a Sunday matinee at 2 30 p m. Directed by Helen Hirth the two act melodrama features Pamela Treynor and Rhonda Lynn as Chip Sawyer among others.
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Ice House Theatre
the Innocents
Helen Hirth
Pamela Treynor
Rhonda Lynn
Chip Sawyer
Helen
Christopher on Nat' Committee joins Florida League of Municipalities
Roy Christopher City Attorney was named to the Committee on National Legislation of the Florida League of Municipalities for 1968. League President John J Crews Jr said the panel will work with district Congressmen on national legislation affecting city government. Mount Dora was noted for its participation in federal assistance program developments.
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Roy Christopher
Florida League of Municipalities
League
John J. Crews, Jr
Christopher
Crews
Mount Dora
Young Democrats Organizing in Lake County Florida
Attorney Jefferson G. Ray III of Mount Dora leads the effort to form a Lake County and Eustis Young Democrats group. The threefold plan includes organizing the county, engaging young married couples, and hosting meetings with guest speakers to discuss candidates and Democratic Party ideas. Ray says the group will not be controlled by any single faction. He invites residents ages 18 to 40 to contact him for more information.
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Lake County
Eustis
Jefferson G. Ray, III
Mount Dora
Ray
Democratic Party
Decca Releases Gregg Shively Debut Single
Mount Dora singer Gregg Shively releases his Decca 45 RPM single with What Was and Dominique Is Gone. The Jacksonville University freshman, produced by Dick Jacobs, earns national notices from Billboard Cash Box and Record World praising its folk flavored ballad style and psychedelic sections. The record is on sale nationwide with Mount Dora and other local shops stocking copies.
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Billboard
National Entertainment Magazine
Gregg Shively
Mount Dora
Decca
Dominique
Howard Shively
Clayton Sr
Music Corporation of America
Jacksonville University
Gregg
Dick Jacobs
Frank Owens
Petula Clark
Gregg Shivey
Billboard Magazine
Cash Box
Record World
Former Mayor Services Held
Mr. D. Fletcher Crane 71 of Mount Dora died Friday January 5. A Mount Dora native he moved here in 1903 and ran Crane Furniture for 35 years retiring 1958. He was Mount Dora Kiwanis past president city council member lodge 238 F and M Eastern Star member. Survived by wife Gladys daughter and three grandchildren. Services Monday January 21 at Rehbaum Harden Chapel with interment at Pine Forest Cemetery.
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D. Fletcher Crane
McDonald St
Mount Dora
Mount Kisco
New York
Crane Furniture Company
The
Eastern Star
Gladys I
Warren A. Jennings
Springfield
Crane
Rehbaum-Harden
Pine Forrest Cemetery
State documentary stamps yield in Lake County
State Comptroller Fred O. Dickinson reports Lake County collectors earned 17,191 dollars from documentary tax stamps in December. statewide receipts rose 22.46 percent from December of the previous year.
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Fred O
Bud) Dickinson
Lake County
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Victor Hutchins
Milner-Rosenwald Academy
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IceHouse
Christopher On
Young Democrats
Fletcher Crane
Vietnam
LeRoy Collins
Sen. Smathers
Broward
William V
Bill) Chappel
Syd Herlong
Douglas Stenstrom
Wayne Poucher
Welborn Daniel
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