Mount Dora Teams Head to State Basketball Championships
Mount Dora High School and Christian Home and Bible School varsity squads travel to Gainesville to compete in state tourneys. Ralph Albritton’s Golden Hurricanes face LaBelle at 10:30 a.m. with a potential Saturday title game in Class B. Bible School meets Tampa Berkley Prep at 9 a.m. and could play again Saturday if they win.
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Mount Dora High School
Christian
Bible School
University of Florida
Gainesville
Ralph Albritton
Golden Hurricanes
LaBelle
Bible Team
Hurricanes
Mount Dora
Cletus Stutzman
Tampa Berkley Prep
Berkley
Christian Home
Greyhound
Then Dora High School
Mount Dora Bible School
Lake Placid
Tampa
Mount Dora cagers win Class C state final
Mount Dora High Mount Dora Bible School boys win the Class C state finals. The team includes Flavius Haddock, Martin Morgan, Charles Clement, Ken Atkins, Bozo Willingham, Allen Jackson, Richard Scogin, Charles Alderman, Dale Clayton, David Spilliard and Bobo Stewart.
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Mount Dora Bible School
Mount Dora High School
Flavius Haddock
Martin Morgan
Charles Clement
Ken Atkins
Bozo Willingham
Allen Jackson
Richard Scogin
Charles Alderman
Dale Clayton
David Spilliard
Bobo Stewart
White Named To 1967 Easter Seal Campaign
George White senior of Mount Dora's First National Bank chairs the 1967 Easter Seal drive for Camp Challenge in Lake County. The Florida Society for Crippled Children and Adults runs the camp eight miles east of Mount Dora on State Road 46. Camp Challenge serves hundreds of disabled people statewide with rehab services, braces, walkers, and therapy, keeping ninety percent of Florida funds in state. Karl Lehmann is honorary chairman. Mount Dora residents have long supported the appeal.
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Mount Dora
George White
First National Bank of
Easter Seal Society
Florida
Lake County
Florida Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Orlando
L. Paul Murray
Easter Seals
Florida Society
Karl Lehmann
White
Barefoot In The Park Delights IceHouse Audiences
IceHouse Theatre opens Barefoot In The Park to strong showings with Peggy Huebsch and Riley Brice as the newlywed couple Corie and Paul Bratter. Frankie Abel shines as Corie's mother while Dan Abel plays the aging Lothario tenant Victor Velasco. Director Bill Dunnagan returns with a top-flight production praised for its fast pace and comical set design.
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IceHouse Theatre
New York City
Corie
Paul Bratter
Peggy Huebsch
Riley Brice
Peggy
Frankie Abel
Frankie
Victor Velasco
Dan Abel
Lothario
Hank Link
Hank
B. C. Thompson
Don Thompson
Bill Clarkin
Marge Ziegler
Susan Dack
Molly Melancon
Bill Dunnagan
IceHouse
Val. Johnson
Waterman Hospital Initiates Major Renovation Phase
Waterman Memorial Hospital begins a 1.5 million dollar renovation. The Pink Elephant thrift shop run by the Pink Ladies moves to a temporary location while work includes floor level changes, a new service entrance, plastering, rewiring, plumbing, air conditioning, ceiling lowering, and new dressing rooms and lounge areas. The project, led by Building Committee Chairman J. W. Brooks, is expected to take six to eight weeks.
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Waterman Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Pink Ladies
Magnolia and
Grove
J. W. Brooks
Absentee Ballot Deadline Ahead in Local Runoff
Absentee ballots for the March 14 runoff are available at the Voter Registration Office in Tavares. Applications must be in by 5 p.m. Monday, with ballots to be completed on site. The race features Coleman vs. Coble for the 14th District State Senate on the Democratic side, plus other statewide contests leading to March 28.
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Tavares
Katherine Baker
Baker
Henry C. Coleman
Daytona Beach
J. Kermit Coble
DeLand
State Senate
House
J. A
Tar) Boyd
Dennis Patrick O’grady
Inverness
W. H
Bill) Reedy
Minnie Weems
Astatula
James (Gator) Beck
Lake Shore Acres
Eustis Prepares for Lake County Fair and Flower Show
The 46th Lake County Fair and 19th Flower Show unfold in Eustis March 13 to 18 with daily themes. Highlights include band performances from local schools, livestock shows, 4 H and FFA events, and a public flower show opening at 2 p.m. Each day features hostesses from nearby towns and emphasizes agriculture, youth activities, and crafts.
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Eustis
Lake County
Groveland
Bates
Florida
FFA
Umatilla
Clermont Day
Astatula
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Tavares
Tavares High
Lady Lake
Minneola
Leesburg High
Carver Heights
Clermont and
Sumter County
Coe South Sumter High School
Prom sailing classes open to youths at Mount Dora Yacht Club
A registration meeting for pram sailing classes is set for March 11 at 9 a.m. at the Mount Dora Yacht Club for boys and girls 13 and younger. Instruction covers basic sailing while entries from across the state are expected for the April 9 1967 regatta. Participants must supply a life jacket. sailing starts after instruction.
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Mount Dora Yacht Club
Mount Dora
al Seabrook
Pram
Bill’’ Lawson
Joe Russo
Yacht Club
Se the
Y: Chub
The
Chamber of Commerce
Yt Ohn
City to Provide Own Ambulance and Council Action
Mount Dora will own an ambulance vehicle for emergency calls after council approval. An Ambulance Committee was formed to study city needs with members Cain Turner Huett Lane. Meetings with county and hospital officials discussed a county wide plan, but county officials showed little interest.
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Mount Dora
Robert Wason
John Cain
J. P. Turner
J.T
Bud) Huett
Ted Lane
Cain
Lake Countians
Jesse Willmott
Willmott
Eustis
Turner
Roy Christopher
Robert Montgomery
Lennon Ambulance Service
Eudora Road
Northland Road
US 441
South City Limits
Orange County
Gordon Dake
Champion Ies
Palm Island
Precinct 40 Relocated to Treadway Ford in Mount Dora
Lake County Clerk Frank Owens announces Precinct No 40 in Mount Dora has moved to the entrance of the Golden Triangle Shopping Center at Old US 441 near Treadway Ford Used Cars.
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Mount Dora
Treadway & Ford
Golden Triangle
US 441
Frank Owens
Lake County
HUD Official Sees Progress in Mount Dora Beautification Plan
Dennis Johnson of HUD met Mount Dora Area Urban Beautification at City Hall to discuss a long range cooperation program. He toured areas with Tax Assessor John Cain and Adley Associates' Gerald Dake and noted Mount Dora is further along than many cities in UB planning. The group plans coordinated zoning, pollution controls, and construction screening while awaiting 1967 funding eligibility guidance.
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Dennis Johnson
Atlanta
Mount Dora
City Hall
Johnson
John Cain
Gerald Dake
Adley Associates
Robert Wason
Boat Course To Be Taught In Mount Dora
Lake County flotilla 43 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary offers an eight lesson basic seamanship and boat handling course at Mount Dora Community Building starting Tuesday March 14 at 8 p m. Classes run Tuesdays and Fridays through April 7. The course is free except for a nominal textbook fee and covers boating basics with movies visuals and instructor demonstrations.
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Lake County
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Mount Dora
The
U.S
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Berkley Prep
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Edwin Kelly
Arthur Merryman
Bo Bo Dixon
James Boyd
Stutzman
Monty Boyd
Jimmy Haskins
Edward Brown
Paul Pickren
Mount Dora High
Waterman Hospital
Citrus Culture
Mount Ora
By Billie Libby
HUD
City UB Committee
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