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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
7
Eight Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club teams competed in Clermont at the Lake County Round Robin on Monday June 4. A near hour-long delay from a shower did not stop Mount Dora from finishing 13 wins 11 losses and a series of high scorers and mixed results in a long night of play.
Edward F. Eversole, 87, of Mount Dora died last week at his son Dr Gardner Eversole s home in Lansing Michigan. A native of Elkhart Indiana he worked in Michigan State University s College of Veterinary Medicine and was an ordnance department inspector in World War II. Surviving are two sons Carle Detroit and Gardner Lansing two daughters Grace Schultz Detroit Eunice Wenger Goshen and a son Earl Tucson Arizona. Funeral services were held in Lansing with burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery.
A 59 year old wife and her husband plan to retire at 62 with $92 a month from the husband and $74 from Social Security in three years. They own two paid for houses and $21,000 in savings and consider drawing $62 monthly from savings for three years plus investments to cover expenses. The plan faces risk from illness and could be improved with disaster insurance. government care for 60s may come later.
Winners in the five table Howell movement were first Mrs B J McCabe Mrs William Clifton second Mrs J B Murphy and Mrs Madge Gardner third Mr and Mrs Merritt Reeve and fourth Mrs David Walker and Steven Johnson A cypress tree in Dixie County Florida once cut was certified by its rings as 2250 years old dating to Caesar crossing the Rubicon.
Twenty years ago seventy Lake County men were inducted in a notable ceremony. Gift kits were given to each inductee as service stations in Mount Dora collected scrap rubber. Ads for Pedh cNeils Magic Remedy and Tanglefoot Fly Paper appeared in The Topic. William Lawrence Jr and Roy Christopher joined the Army Air Force pre flight cadet program at Maxwell Field Alabama.
Twenty seven Florida college students distributed buttons and literature in Mount Dora supporting Dwight Eisenhower for the July Republican Convention. The event accompanied local notices about a theater production and a field trip, with summer activities including remedial studies through July 25 and a refreshed municipal bathing beach on Lake Gertrude.
An adult education typing course will be organized Monday, June 18 at 7 30 p m in Mount Dora High School. The course costs $2 and high school students may take it without credit. For information contact Lou Bethea or John Wilson.
One year after J P Turner became president of the Mount Dora J C s the council notes progress with fifteen leases signed in the Golden Triangle Shopping Center. A morning fire destroyed the Por O Por pottery plant at 11th and Grandview. The council approved higher health benefits for city workers and gave second reading to a business and professions licensing ordinance.
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