Dora Lions Record Fertilizer Sale Boosts Community Efforts
The Mount Dora Lions crowned their 1969 Fertilizer Sales campaign with a 18 percent rise from 1968, reaching 136 thousand dollars. Co chairs over the years include John Cain Dick Stewart Jack Keller and Phillip Ritterband, supporting glaucoma diabetes detection blood bank eye care and free glasses for area citizens.
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Mount Dora
John Cain
Dick Stewart
Bill Forsberg
Norm Himes
George Litsinger
George C. Jolley
Judge Rules No Jury Discrimination in Lake County
Judge Troy Hall ruled there was no discrimination by Lake County in selecting prospective jurors. Attorney Reese Marshall highlighted racial counts among eligible jurors, but the judge said the figures and race questions on a standard questionnaire do not prove bias. The Hamiltons case was scheduled for later in the week. Hall also rejected a claim they lacked funds for Marshall’s fees.
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Lake County
Troy Hall
Reese Marshall
Andrew
Shirley Hamilton
Tangerine
Marshall
Hall
Tallahassee
Hamilton
Hamiltons
Barbeque Set Saturday
A community barbecue is planned for Saturday with activities and refreshments. Additional details appear on page 2 and page 7 where the baseball season kickoff is announced and coverage continues.
Mount Dora Proclaims American Legion Fifty Year Milestone
Mayor Jesse Willmott and Post 35 of Mount Dora celebrate American Legion Fiftieth Anniversary Month in March 1969 with a covered dish supper March 14 at the Legion Home. The event honors wartime veterans four generations strong and includes members from World War I Veterans Barracks 3227 and families with guests from national state and district levels.
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Mount Dora
Jesse Willmott
Post 35
American Legion
Legion
Willmott
Gion
Bill Paul
Rabies Shots Offered Saturday at City Hall
Rabies shots for pets will be given March 15 at the rear of City Hall from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Dr. C. H. Hawthrone will administer the vaccine and the fee is $3.
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City Hall
C. H. Hawthrone
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Dora Lions
Lions
Snoopy
Cancer Crusaders
Community Center
Eustis
Winifred Langley
Peggy Beazley
Leesburg
Fla
William Blankenberg
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