Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club Notes and Travel
Excerpts describe Mount Dora Lawn Bowling Club members ex officio, park ownership, visitor welcome culture, and Memorial Day potluck. Notes on summer plans include Frank Corriden in Flat Rock and Lou Heaton’s San Francisco trip, with others at Skaneateles Lake and Syracuse reunion. Weather talks and recent travel woes near Key West are mentioned along with a long line of members’ summer activities.
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Mount Dora
Lawn Bowling Club
Evans Park
Mary Garrison
Grace Trager
Louise Skoglund
Frances Whiteside
Goddus
New Mexico
Maine
Frank
Freda Corriden
Flat Rock
N. C
Lou
Judy Heaton
San Francisco
Berkeley
Mimi
Charlotte Cookson
Skaneateles Lake
N. Y
Williams, Skoglund
Bedinger
Key West
Key Largo
West Coast
Maynard
Florence Church
Syracuse University
Saratoga Springs
Early St
Welsville
Gregg
Elsie Abbey
Topic Tid Bits and Bowling Club Loss Highlight Local Notes
A column notes repeated errors and acknowledges readers with a friendly pat on the back. Florence Raeder, member since 1963 of the bowling club, dies after a period of ill health, leaving Irving as her longtime companion in club activities.
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Mount Dorans
L. H
Lou Heaton
Florence Raeder
Florence
Irving
Mount Dora Women’s Golf Association plans summer schedule
At the June 7 meeting the Mount Dora Women’s Golf Association voted to switch to partner draws on the first Tuesday at 8 a.m. and let others form own foursomes on other Tuesdays. Honors were awarded for the sixth week with Wicker, Vaughn, Jackson, Sellers, Stanaland among noted names. Hurricane Alma halted play on June 9.
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Mount Dora Women’s Golf Association
Dot Horn
Irene Schaffer
Eleanor Mockett
Florence Helard
Low Gross
Jess French
Mike Brelsford
Irene Peters
Sam Maloy
Virginia McGough
Ed McKay
Hurricane Alma
Lake-Sumter Funds Reported From State Totals
State Comptroller Fred O Dickinson Jr reports Lake Sumter Junior College to receive 34,861 from the state, part of a larger distribution totaling 2,021,167 to Florida and 165,711 from the state sales tax fund. The note cites Lake-Sumter in the allocation.
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Fred 0. Dickinson, Jr
Flormoney
Lake-Sumter
DeSoto Invasion Finds Sweet Corn Across Florida and Nearby
The 1540 campaign led by De Soto encountered cultivated sweet corn in Florida, Alabama, and northern Mississippi, marking early agricultural presence observed during the expedition.
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DeSoto
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Mount Dora High Honors List Recites Straight A Students
Mount Dora High School honors a large list of straight A students across grades 7 to 12 for the year and final marking period. Notable single-year straight A recipients include Lorene Brown Jackie Bolt Retha Jennings Laurie Knorr Don Christopher Julie Mevin Frances Sellers Mike Spear Kathy McWhorter Anne Potsko and Chris Simpkins among others. Grade 12 honorees include Joyce Bass Dolores Caudel Doreen Cox Dale Miller Karen Ober Anne Potsko Barrie Reed Delia Sanders Judy Stewart and Mary Ann Tanner.
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Mount Dora High School
Lorene Brown
Jackie Bolt
Retha Jennings
Laurie Knorr
Don Christopher
Julie Mevin
Frances Sellers
Mike Spear
Kathy McWhorter
Anne Potsko
Chris Simpkins
Joyce Bass
Dolores Caudel
Doreen Cox
Dale Miller
Karen Ober
Barrie
Insulin discovery and early production notes
The piece historicizes insulin as a major medical breakthrough credited to Frederick Banting with key roles by Charles Best and J. J. Macleod, outlines initial animal source use and later beef pancreas extraction, and ends with a Seabrook Pharmacy advertisement offering prescriptions and household hints including a carpet cleaning vinegar solution.
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Frederick Banting
Charles Best
J. B. Cellip
Seabrook’s. Pharmacy
North Donnelly St
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Floyd
Howey-in-the-Hills
Christian
Cheryl Griffin
C. V. Griffin Sr
C. A. Vaughn Jr
Golf Club News
The
Florida Citrus Production Credit Association
Douglas R. Igon
Eustis
Production Credit Association Directors and General Managers
Marriott Motor Hotel
Atlanta
Fedder
Enwell
East 4Th Avenue
Chicago
Indianapolis
Pinbenl
Groers
New York
Cit
Washington
Pittsburgh
Bill Seabrook
Fajee
FORD
I. C. Watersford
Golden Triangle
Bay and
Clifford Streets
Brown’s Hardware
Orange Ave
Eustis, Fla
Dora Manor
Dora Manor Restaurant
Mount Dora Motor Lodge
U. S. Highway 441
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