Shuffleboard Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Shuffleboard Club held its annual meeting at the Community Building on March 3 electing Harry R. Gifford as President and Melvin L. Fairbanks as Vice President. New treasurer is Frederick A. Garbe and Mildred Geer becomes Secretary. Kathleen Therrien is Tournament Director with four directors named G.O. French Mrs. Jennie Sutliff Frank L. Carlson and George Vaughan. Bleeding injuries left Mrs. Blanche Owen in Waterman Memorial Hospital and Mrs. Martha Janssen also hospitalized. A novice singles tournament occurred March 2–3 with 28 competitors and trophies awarded. Regular Red and Black play followed with notable scores and officials listed. A series of club tournaments occurred March 5–7 and trophies awarded for top teams, with Eustis as the visiting club. A card party and upcoming roast beef dinner are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Gifford
Melvin L. Fairbanks
Frederick A. Garbe
Mildred Geer
Kathleen Therrien
G.O. French
Jennie Sutliff
Frank L. Carlson
George Vaughan
Blanche Owen
Albert Oatis
Mary Francis
Paul Lippert
Gerald McClain
Leroy Spreng
Francis Lippert
Mary Klein
Walter Brauneis
Nina Patch
Anna Engler
Orba Gifford
Florence Jameson
Everett Hensley
East Town Notes and Community Highlights
Sunday at Bethel Free Methodist Church featured a strong service led by Rev. N R McNair with Sunday School. Youth Day at Greater St Mary Baptist will showcase the Young People and a Mount Dora High School mixed choir performance led by guest speaker Christopher's son. Edgewood Cemetery honors Albert Watts, longtime resident, laid to rest Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Free Methodist Church
N.R. McNair
Greater St. Mary Baptist
Mount Dora High School
Christopher
Olive Ame Church
Albert Watts
Edgewood Cemetery
March events planned by Mount Dora Joycees club
The Mount Dora Joycees schedule a busy month with March 18 Ladies Night featuring the Operation Stay Out team on crime prevention, a March 21 Spring Dance, March 25 officer nominations, April 1 elections, plus a hayride April 4 and a road rally. Public invited to events at the Legion Home. BYOB with set ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Correctional Institute Jaycees
Lowell
Dwight Mosteller
Legion
Lawn Bowling Season Faces Postponements and Rescheduling
The Lawn Bowling league reports a washout plagued season with Major Marsh Day likely unrescheduled. Finals were slated for Tuesday in Orlando but are postponed, with makeup games ongoing this week. One remaining match schedules against the Panthers beside a social at the Orlando rinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Ers
Orlando Twins
Mount Dora Golf Club Social and Tournament Notes
Mount Dora Golf Club hosts visitors including Mr and Mrs Richard Thorndike of Boston and Don Adams of Channel 9 TV. Winners in the Feb 28 Dog Fight were Gordon Wilson Rex Wiley Paul Oberhelman Jim Wright and Les Inman. The Ladies Association meets March 24 with officer elections and upcoming 54 Hole Club Championship events for men and women. Frank E Bridgman turns 101 on March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thorndike
Boston
Mass
Thorndike
Willard Wadsworth
Doc" Forbush
Jean
Art Huffman
Shell
Don Adams
Channel 9 TV
Greens
Gordon Wilson
Rex Wiley
Paul Oberhelman
Jim Wright
Les Inman
Dwight Mosteller
Bob McCullers
Leesburg
Baird Johnson
Dora
Mitchells rename golf course to Oak Hill in Mount Plymouth
Mr and Mrs Joseph Mitchell of Fort Lauderdale bought the local golf course and renamed it from Orange Hill to Oak Hill. Mitchell plans major upgrades including extending tees on holes 1 2 4 and 5 to 75 yards, enlarging greens to at least 7500 square feet, improving sand traps, removing sandy areas, and reseeding fairways after soil prep. Also mentioned are Mr and Mrs Thomas Salt visiting Mt Plymouth from California and Captain Victor Lent returning from Vietnam en route to Fort Hood Texas with his wife Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ange Hill
Oak Hill
Mitchell
Thomas Salt
Mt. Plymouth
California
Victor Lent
Vietnam
Ann
Par
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Fred Steele
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Mrs. Martha
Janssen
Waterman Mem
Orial Hospital
Vice Pres
Oliver Macomber
Raymond Coy
Roy Jones
Marge Peterman
Martha Udell
Frank Bassett
Louis Brune
Harold Sargent
David Springer
Tavares
Frank Thompson
Mt. Dora
Gladys Roth
Claude Smith
Edward Kent
Lee Limpert
Bud" Hovey
Edna Bowman
Nice
East Town
Joe Boles
Voice of
The
Mount Dora
Joyceés
Dick Sheppard
Lex
Mount Dora Golf Club
Golf Association
Harold Sherman
Ray Ward
Ted Foley
Evan Fell
Monroe Dickinson
George Caldwell
Peabody
Daytona Clubs
Frank E. Bridgman
Welsey Manor
Jacksonville
Mary Garrison
Marguerite Prinz
Marion Weidenhamer
Maynard Church
Alex Whiteside
Charles Semler
Charlie
Elsie Dean
Charles Buzby
Cookie
Caldwell Versus Semler
Strand
Aaa
Mount Plymouth
Joseph Mitchell
Fort Lauderdale
Delbert
Fort Hood
Texas
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Fifth Avenue
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