Lake County Fair and Flower Show Opens March 18 in Eustis
Gates open March 18 at 2 p.m. for the Lake County Fair and Flower Show in Eustis, running through March 23 with daily activities. Highlights include Leesburg and Carver Heights bands, Native State and Tourist Day, Agricul ture Day, Mount Dora Day, and a Saturday steer auction with 2 p.m. band concert and youth talent contest finals.
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Lake County
Eustis
Leesburg
Carver Heights
Florida
Groveland
Bates Avenue
Clermont
Umatilla
FEA
Mount Dora
Mount Dora High School
Tavares
Tavares High School
Sumter County
South
Day In The Park In Mount Dora March 16
The Mount Dora Band Boosters Club hosts a day at Gilbert Park on March 16 featuring a Fishathon for youths to age 15 supervised by the Florida Fresh Water Game and Fish Commission, Band Concerts by Mount Dora High School Band, a barbershop quartet, a square dance, contests, a Blueberry Pie eating contest, noon meals, a take out option or plate lunch, barbecue plates, a fish fry in the evening, and prizes funded by the Band Boosters Club. Proceeds benefit Mount Dora High School Band activities.
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Mount Dora
Steve Vaughn
C. C. Lott
Rabies Shots Offered for Pets at Sorrento Post Office
Rabies vaccinations for household pets will be administered Saturday March 16 at the Sorrento Post Office from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. C. H. Hawthorn will perform the inoculations with a $3 fee.
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Sorrento
C. H. Hawthorn
Two Days Of Racing At Fifteenth Annual Sailing Regatta
The Fifteenth Annual Sailing Regatta sponsored by Mount Dora Yacht Club and the Chamber of Commerce will span Saturday April 6 and Sunday April 7 1968 with about 15 sailboat classes. All classes run two heats each day except Pram with a separate course. Saturday heats start at 1 pm and 3 pm while Sunday starts at 10 am and 1 pm. Local committees and volunteers coordinate publicity patrols food lodging and start and finish operations.
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Mount Dora Yacht Club
Chamber of Commerce
Yacht Club
Joe Russo
Mount Dora
Florida Telephone Corporation
Perry
Tom Shipes
E. F. Merchant
van Wickle
Shirley Murray
Anne Elmore
Son Joins Father In Ins. Business
William C. Kennedy II has joined his father in the insurance business as a licensed representative for Occidental and Wabash Life Insurance Co. While studying at Stetson University in DeLand he also handles insurance in that territory. The pair operate from the Kennedy home at 1183 Park Place.
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William C. Kennedy, II
Wm. C. Kennedy
Young Kennedy
Occidental and Wabash Life Insurance Co
Stetson University
DeLand
Father
Kennedy
Park Place
Fantasticks at IceHouse to Open in March 2024
IceHouse Theatre will present its first musical, Fantasticks by the Melanene Players, with performances at 8 30 p m and a Sunday matinee at 2 30 p m. The run begins in March 2024.
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IceHouse. Theatre
Fantasticks
Melanene Players
Poet
Owens Seeks 5th Term As Clerk
Frank Owens announced his bid for a fifth term as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County. He has a long record including 24 years as County Commissioner with 14 as Chairman, earlier roles as Trustee of the Eustis Schools and Lake County Commissioner beginning in 1929, and a 1914 Florida Law School degree.
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Frank Owens
Lake County
Owens
Eustis
Umatilla
St. Johns
University of Florida Law School
Lakeland
Harden Peterson
State Association of Court Clerks
State Association of County Finance Officers
Union Congregational Church
GOP Headquarters Opens March 15 in Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle Republican Women's Club opens Campaign Headquarters in the Golden Triangle Shopping Center on Friday March 15 at 6 p.m. The office will be staffed through November. Helen Robson invites all to visit chat and share coffee. Local candidates will appear at varying times for public meet and greet.
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Golden Triangle
Republican Women’s Club
Helen Robson
Dykes Named To Planning Council
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners announced County Commissioner Herman T. Dykes of Tavares will join the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council. The seven county council includes Brevard Indian River Lake Orange Osceola Seminole and Volusia. The next meeting is March 18 at Council headquarters in Titusville.
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Lake County
Former Mount Dora Mayor J. E. Fortner Dies at 84
J. E. Fortner longtime civic leader and former mayor died Tuesday at 84. He led Citrus Culture Corp later Citrus Culture Corp of which he was president and GM until 1967. Funeral services held March 8 at St Edwards Episcopal Church with interment and honoraries listed.
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J. E. Fortner
Mount Dora
Polk County
Cooperative Citrus Culture Corp
The
Citrus Culture Corporation
Fortner
St. Edward’s Episcopal Church
Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida Farm Bureau
State Horticultural Society
First National Bank of
James Edward
Ocala
Edward Mitchell
Benjamin
Panasoskee
Dallas M
New Pork Richey
Mallory
Tampa
Alice Childs
Bartow
Annie Hancock
Fort Meade
Arthur Musser
New Port Richey
Bertie Pruden
Columbia
S.C
Two Local Men Enlist In Navy
Bruce W. Kelsey and Robert L. Zimmerman, both Mount Dora residents, enlisted in the U S Navy on February 16 and are undergoing nine weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes Illinois. They will study naval subjects and live under ship like conditions during the course. Bruce attended Florida eee Robert attended Dora High enlisted Brethya in Orland.
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Bruce W. Kelsey
W. W. Kelsey
4Th Ave
Mount Dora
Robert L. Zimmerman
Myra J. Zimmerman
Rt. 1
Box 186
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Bruce
Florida Eee
Robert
Dora High
Brethya
Orland
Lake County School Board Rejects Quick Return Plan 3-2
The Lake County School Board defeated a motion 3-2 to allow 88 educators still out to return immediately. Board Chair Paul Bryan joined Burton Brown and Fred Adkinson to deny the plan after three special meetings. Superintendent Jack Morgan said certain administrators and a teacher who tore a grade book would not be reinstated.
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Lake County School Board
Edwin Mattson
M. D
Buster) Williams
Mattson
Lake County
Paul Bryan
Burton Brown
Fred H. Adkinson
Jack Morgan
Morgan
Cynthia Schumacher
Ahe
Miss Schumacher
Drowning Claims Life of Doctor in Florida Waters
Dr. William B. Hubbard a winter Mount Dora resident acci dentally drowned while fishing near Sebring February 26. His body recovered March 4 and services held in Flint Michigan. Surviving wife Marguerite and son Dr. William C. Hubbard reside in Flint with Hubbard a former eye surgeon and UVA and Vienna trained writer. Surviving sisters include Mrs Henry W Link Mount Dora and Miss Ruth H Hubbard Tampa.
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William B. Hubbard
Mount Dora
Sebring
Flint
Mich
Marguerite
William C. Hubbard
Hubbard
University of Virginia
Vienna
Episcopal Church
College of Surgeons
S.A.R
Henry W. Link
Ruth H. Hubbard
Tampa
Pram Sailing Classes Start March 16 at Mount Dora
Pram sailing classes begin March 16 for children under 14 at Mount Dora Yacht Club. Bill Lawson will teach Saturdays 9 am to 12 noon with life jackets required. Eligible youngsters can qualify to sail in the April 6 and 7 Regatta under Mount Dora Yacht Club and Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce.
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Pram
Bill Lawson
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Florida Sailing Association
Mount Dora
Lake County Opens Vocational Center July 1 1968
The Lake County Vocational Technical Center in Eustis covers 37 acres with six acres for experimental citrus and ornamental plots. The center offers courses in auto mechanics cosmetology vocational business education practical nursing and more with adult and out of school enrollments and year round operation.
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Lake County Vocational-Technical Center
Technical Center
Eustis
Bates Avenue
Carver Heights
Clermont High
Groveland
Leesburg High
Lincoln Park
Mount Dora
Tavares High
Umatilla. High
Kiwanians
Bragg
Lake Countians
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IceHouse
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Donnelly Street
3Rd Avenue
GOP
Planning Council
Mount Dora City Hall
Alexander
Seventh
Alexander Streets
Lester O. Schriver
Linda Price
Schriver
Stop Street
Caroline Hughes
Miss Price
Hughes
Navy
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