Golden Wedding Celebrations Spur Mount Dora Bowling News
Congratulations to John and Mimi Anderson planning a Golden Wedding at the Empress hotel in Victoria BC on July 21 during a trip to Yosemite Seattle Vancouver Lake Louise and Banff. The note also covers bowling evenings at the Mount Dora club with player lineups and recent travels from Michigan Florida and Canada.
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John
Mimi Anderson
Empress Hotel
Victoria
British Columbia
Yosemite
Seattle
Vancouver
Lake Louise
Banff
Mount Dora
Summer residents await Mount Dora topic and photo cue
Bowler players who spend summers at their homes look forward to weekly updates about Mount Dora. The article notes the upcoming winter ease of reaching their Don nest clubhouse as the street there has been widened.
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Mount Dora
Donne St
Teens press Mount Dora for a Youth Center
Two Mount Dora High School students urge the City Council to fund a Youth Center, arguing it would give teens supervised, affordable activities, keep youth off the streets, and benefit the town’s future. They estimate a $15,000 need and compare to a $7,000 repair at Gilbert Park, hoping for balanced city support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Center
MDHS
Mount Dora
Jay- Cees
Gilbert Park
Commission urged to study crime prevention over death penalty
Dale Brothington of St. Petersburg argues the death penalty fails to deter murders or rapes and calls for a preventive approach. He notes Illinois created a commission on serious sex offenses to focus on early detection, commitment and detention, and urges Florida to commute death sentences to life for rape or other crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Florida
Dale Brothington
St. Petersburg
Let's Laugh at Home Bossing and Hot Water Jokes
Two husbands joke about domestic life with a punch line about raising the roof for hot water and hating cold dishwashing. The humor hinges on exaggeration of control at home and the frustration of chores.
Deacon Reese Of Mount Dora Dies After Illness
Bethel FM and Mt. Olive AME churches note the passing of Deacon Reese, who lived in Sorrento before moving to Mount Dora and joining St. Mary's MB church. Funeral from St. Mary’s MB at 2 pm. Mt Olive AME to host Lake County Choirs Federation on July 20 at 3 pm with Annie Mae Mose ly as mistress of ceremonies.
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Bethel FM
Mt. Olive Ame
Deacon Reese
St. Mary’s MB
Reese
Sorrento
Mount Dora
W. M. Poe
Wolf Branch
Federation of Lake County
Annie Mae Mosely
Shuffleboard Club News and Player Recoveries
District shuffleboard notes report Mrs Hattie Sluss has been released from the hospital and is recuperating at home while Graham Nelson shows strong progress toward release. Bill Kearsley rests at home on medical advice as the brigade attends Fifth and Donnelly. A rain delay halts play in Umatilla and later Red and Black games see tight scores with Pier, Hunter, Prentice and Strobl winning rounds.
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Hattie Sluss
Hos
Graham Nelson
Bill Kearsley
Frank DeForest
Fifth
Donnelly
Frank
Umatilla
Ty Tyson
Pier
Tom
Hunter
Red
Messers
Anderson
Remley
Mrs. Prentice
Art Strobl
Mrs. Burress
Harve Osterland
Eustis Bunch
Pelf
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Arthur
Marjorie Jewell
Jemnnie
Jeff” Davis
Joel
Belle Lee
Upper Michigan
Ethel Hicks
Vassar College
Thompson's Point
Charlotte
Fred
Wheeler
East Lorigmeadow
Mass
England
Henry
Pravie
Dan Spears
William Fréderick Edward Bomke
Albert
Gregg
Fred Seiger
Lida Smith
Winnie van Stone
Robert van Stone
Arthur Francis
Ruth Francis
Ts Spencer
Marie Warren
Grace Trager
Alex Whiteside
Ernest Butler
George Weed
Frank Bridgman
Marion Brinker
Jean Herblin
Willy Hartford
Arthur Smith
David Britton
Edward McKay
Harold
Ruth Blake
Ida Fuller
Inez Hartford
Ruth Bridgman
Uriah Davis
Leon Herblin
Tom Spencer
Canada
Mount Dora the Beautiful
Henry Gillingham
Buck Hill Falls
Charles
Blanche) Howitt
Clarono Circle
Toronto
R. H. Cabell
Elizabeth Evans Park
Huskey
General “Motors
East Town
By Morris Deering
George O. Pringle Eustis
Albert F. Hane
Mgr
Paul M
Ninth Avenue
Gilliard’s Dept. Store
Donnelly St
Mount Dora, Fla
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