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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
5
Spunyarn by Jackie Bowman reflects on daylight, the solstice, and small town moments. Notes include June 21st as the year's longest day, local birth certainties, visits by the Godda and Babbitt families, and council meeting reminders.
A fragmented text discusses how surnames arise from professions and lineage, noting coats of arms and 14th to 17th century origins. It references English names like Smith Miller Cartwright Green Lee Moore and hints at tracing ancestry through centuries. The passage ends with a stray mention of a native American bird.
The Victims a one hour documentary on the causes and manifestations of prejudice will debut on Central Florida television Sunday July 2 on WFTV Channel 9 Orlando. Pediatrician and psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Spock stars in the film produced by Westinghouse Broadcasting Co with the Anti-Defamation League. It portrays the crippling effects the virus of prejudice has especially on the young.
The Business and Professional Women's Club holds its June meeting at the Community Building on Thursday June 28 at 6 30 p m Mrs Helen Whittington the newly installed president will cover the 1967 State B P W Convention with a colored slide presentation.
Kathryn Bodin and Coleman Fielder wed with brother-in-law as best man and Bruce Bodin and Frank Peck as ushers from Mount Dora. The Fort Madison, Iowa native is a dental hygienist in Winter Park, while the Kentucky educated teacher at Fern Creek School in Orlando plans to reside in Orlando after a Kentucky wedding trip.
A reader learns an extended Stayman concept in bridge. With 16 high card points and partner opening one no trump, an artificial two diamonds asks for a minor. If partner has four diamonds or clubs they bid three of that suit, enabling a slam if favorable. The piece urges practice and adoption of new conventions to improve bidding and gain information without overreliance on intuition.
Osceola County riding club schedules 12,000 covered grand stand seats for shows on July 2 at 2 30, July 3 at 8 p m, and July 4 at 2 30 with performances planned over the holiday weekend.
Local artist Louise Rivers paints over thirty decorative trash bins for Mount Dora featuring Florida flowers on one side and state birds on the other. The Magnolia and Towhee are pictured with Dorcas Brigham of the Audubon Society helping research. Anonymous donor funds the project with gray green city coatings, and the cans will be placed at Seabrook Pharmacy Lake Pharmacy and Sallys Dress Shop. Lassie reruns also set for five Sundays after Alexander Springs taping.
The Central Florida Heart Association will host a three hour Cardiac Auscultation course on June 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Orange Memorial Hospital Orlando. Dr. James W Williamson chairs the Professional Education Committee and invites physicians from Lake Orange and Osceola Counties. Local Orlando doctors include Cary Fraser Boardman Dickinson Arnold Gilbert. Sessions begin at 7 p.m. in Conference Rooms A and B with short discussion breaks between talks.
Recipe notes for a grape napoleon dessert including grape filling and pastry steps. Instructions describe making lemon grape filling, baking pastry strips, layering with whipped cream, and decorating with grape jam then chilling before slicing into portions.
The Dinner Repertory Company prepares the musical comedy My Fair Lady to open June 27 at OBP. The season, with 52 performers, features actors from across the country and season tickets priced 28 to 35 dollars for six shows.
Leesburg project removes the wartime pump house at Lake Sumter Junior College near the Leesburg airport. Thompson Brothers Construction Co. received the contract for the pump house and library remodeling as part of a broader campus upgrade funded by money, with the circular brick structure set to rise nine feet high.
Jacob's Pillow announces the 1967 season opening festival running June 29 to July 1. The program features Ellen Everett and William Glassman in the Blue Bird and Flower Festival at Genzano pas de deux with music by Tchaikovsky and Halstead, plus Jose Limon modern dance by Dello Joio. Includes Swiss dancer Fritz Ludin, Betty Jones, Mariano Parra, and La Meri connections. Tickets and info via P O Box 287 Lee Massachusetts or phone 413-243-0745.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports seven cent gas tax collections allocated for the county totaled 213636 dollars for April. Revenue rose from April 1966 due to 3051948 gallons sold in the prior month.
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