Mount Dora Celebrates Dual State and District Basketball Titles
Mount Dora honors the Bulldogs of Mount Dora Bible School as Class C state champions after a 48-33 win over Campbellton in Gainesville. The Golden Hurricanes, led by Coach Shanks Hansel, finish as district champs despite a 63-45 loss to Malone. Chamber of Commerce plans a March 24 Victory Banquet at the new high school cafetorium, tickets $1.75, limited to 250.
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Fighting “Bulldogs
Mount Dora Bible School
Gainesville
Campbellton
Mount Dora High School
Golden Hurricanes
Shanks
Hansel
Eustis
Groved
Malone
Inverness
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Bulldogs
Hurricanes
Hurricane
Bible School
University of Florida
Remar Hed
Cletus Stutzman
Jack McDonald
James Liles
Tommy Ryals
Lake County Flower Show Opens New Field Of Imagination
The 13th Annual Lake County Flower Show runs with the county fair and features the artistic design and Junior divisions. Highlights include Water Wealth exhibit, Happy Birthday class, Authors of Tomorrows Legends for students, and native Florida plants. Blue ribbons were awarded to Mrs Kendall Jones for Water Wealth and Mrs Lewis Shipley for Happy Anniversary. The show opens today at 2 p.m. and continues Friday and Saturday with 10 a.m. starts.
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Busus
Gardeners of Tomorrow
Florida
Lake County
Kendall Jones
Poinsettia Circle of the
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Lewis Shipley
Orange Blossom Circle
Bernard McCabe
The
John Alden Murray
Rabies Shot Clinic Set At City Hall
City Clerk Mel Wagner urged dog owners to vaccinate pets. Dr. Hawthorne and assistants will operate behind City Hall this Saturday from 8 am to noon and 1 pm to 5 pm charging three dollars per vaccination.
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Mel Wagner
Charles W. Hawthorne
City Hall
Mount Dora High Named District III Vice President
Mount Dora High School was elected as vice president of District III Florida Student Councils for 1961-62 with Ocala High as president and Mainland High Daytona Beach as secretary-treasurer. Delegates at the Tallahassee convention chose MDHS unanimously to succeed Lake Weir High.
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Mount Dora High School
Florida
MDHS
Ocala High School
Mainland High School
Daytona Beach
Florida Association of Student Councils
Tallahassee
Florida University
Lake Weir High School
Mount Dora
Sharon Roach
Betty Sue Shaw
Judy Shotts
Vernon Swartsel
Dan Spear
Outdoor Writers Convention Set for Mount Dora April 7 9
Mrs. H. D. Margo Hosford leads Florida Outdoor Writers annual meeting at Lakeside Inn April 7 9. Fourth Mount Dora host, organized tour of city and Treasure Hunt with Merchants Division of Chamber of Commerce. Banquet Saturday features merchandise drawings from cooperating stores. Attendees include writers known for The Saturday Evening Post Florida Wildlife Magazine and Readers Digest reprints.
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H. D. “Margo” Hosford
Lakeside Inn
Mount Dora
Hosford
Merchants’ Division
The
Saturday Evening Post
Florida Wildlife Magazine
Mount Dora Lions Club to Host Fourth White Elephant Sale
The Mount Dora Lions Club will hold a White Elephant Auction Sale and Fish Fry on Saturday April 1 at Third and Alexander Streets starting at 1 p.m. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for youngsters, with proceeds aiding eyesight conservation. Allan Seabrook chairs the event with Ross V. Swartsel as president. donations excluding clothing are requested and pickup numbers are listed.
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Mount Dora
Allan Seabrook
Ross V. Swartsel
Monique at IceHouse Smash with Monique top billing
IceHouse presents Monique featuring Carol Hawkins and Dan Abel as Fernand Ravinel and the driven physician Monique in a suspenseful mystery on human character under devious passions. Betty Fellows Lucienne Ravinel and Dan Abel drive a tense clash as Beth Parker Henriette and Merlin the detective complement the strong cast. Set by June Lewis and directed by B Y Pennington, the drama runs through Saturday with nightly 8 15 curtain times and daily box office hours.
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IceHouse
Carol Hawkins
Dan Abel
Monique
Asceles
Fernand
Lucienne
Fernand Ravinel
Betty Fellows
Lucienne Ravinel
Beth Parker
Henriette
al Crone
Merlin
Fred Spanogle
Ed Vogeler
Sharon Wilder
June Lewis
Kiwanis Hears C of C Report in Mount Dora
Fred Rehbaum Jr. notes Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce members have given over 200 man years as directors and volunteers. He honors George White Sr. for 31 years of service and cites 51 other club members who contributed to the Chamber’s work and city progress.
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Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Fred Rehbaum, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
George White
Rehbaum
Safe Driving as a Healthy Habit Cited
The piece frames safe driving as a healthy habit and contrasts it with dangerous driving described as an awful disease. It emphasizes prudent behavior and risk avoidance behind the wheel.
Big Sail Regatta Entries Pour In At Mount Dora
Mount Dora readies for the Eighth Annual Sailing Regatta with entrants statewide. Officials predict near record participation across 13 classes led by Commodores Arthur Bosworth and C. S. Wilson Jr. from Miami. The Florida Sailing Association sanctions the event.
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Mount Dora
Lake Dora
Florida
Arthur Bosworth
C. S. Wilson, Jr
Miami
Florida Sailing Association
Jacksonville
Nathan Mallison
Noble Enge
Yacht Club
Chamber of Commerce and Yacht Club
Joe Russo
Fire destroys unused packing plant on Highway 441
Dry weather and wind kept Mount Dora firefighters busy as a large blaze destroyed an old packing house owned by Victor Roepke near Riley's Park in the Golden Triangle. Two trailers burned and the fire spread across tracks causing a brush fire before being controlled hours later.
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Mount Dora
Victor Roepke
Riley’s Park
Golden Triangle
Highway 441
L. Grady Simpson
Orlando
Fifth Ave
Donnelly St
Plymouth
Forest Rangers
Bass Champion Davis Weighs Nine Pounder at Harris Lake
J. W. Davis of Howey-in-the Hills won weekly honors in the Chamber of Commerce Bass Tournament with a nine pounds 13 ounces catch from Little Lake Harris.
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J. W. Davis
Howey-in-the- Hills
Chamber of Commerce
Little Lake Harris
Citrus Culture Corp Listing In Central Florida
A fragmented notice mentions Citrus Culture Corp locations in Eustis Mount Dora Tavares Lake Eldorado Sorrento with unclear details, indicating a compilation of sites or a business directory entry. The sparse text lists multiple Florida towns associated with the company.
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Eustis 1
Essecsesecssooet
Serenes
Mount Dora
Tavares
Lake Eldorado
Sorrento
Pink Ladies Plan Second Annual Country Store Auction
The Pink Ladies of Waterman Memorial Hospital sponsor a mixed sale at the National Guard Armory in Eustis on Saturday March 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Items include furniture antiques bric-a-brac linens and more with four used cars auctioned under dealer terms. Proceeds fund hospital equipment.
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Pink Ladies of Waterman
Memorial Hospital
National Guard
Eustis
George Shain
Winter Park Art Gallery
Glenn Brown
R. G. Wells
Mount Dora
David Bowen
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Bay Petroleum Offers Free Income Tax Refund Contest
Bay Petroleum Corporation launches a nationwide contest offering tax refunds to 100 lucky taxpayers. Entrants pick one of five proposed names for a new gasoline product, with a drawing on April 26 to determine winners. Entries begin March 8 at Bay stations in Eustis and Zellwood, with refunds up to 200000 total and a maximum of 2000 per winner.
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Bay Petroleum Corporation
TOR
TORCO
Octeen
Tenneco
BAY Plus
Bay
Eustis
Zellwood
Lake Oil Corp
Mount Dora
Band Boosters Meet at Mount Dora High School
The Mount Dora High School Band Boosters plan a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium cafe to discuss support and activities for the band program.
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Mount Dora High School
Weeks Unveils Plaque Honoring John W Weeks in Mount Dora
Former cabinet member Sinclair Weeks dedicates a bronze plaque in Donnelly Park remembering John W Weeks, Mount Dora’s original surveyor and father of the city. The ceremony drew about 125 attendees as local groups note his service in Harding and Coolidge administrations and Eisenhower era.
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Donnelly Park
John W. Weeks
Mount Dora
Sinclair Weeks
Eisenhower
Orlando
New Hampshire
Russia
Mr. Weeks
Symphony Triumphs At Mount Dora Evening of Music
Mount Dora hosts the tenth annual Evening of Music as Henry Mazer leads the Florida Symphony Orchestra in a program spanning Berlioz and Tschaikowsky to Offenbach It includes a Wayne Barlow oboe piece The Winter's Past and Lerner and Loewe tunes The audience applauds wildly and encores follow with Bugler's Holiday and a final My Fair Lady score. Kiwanis Club organizers and Margaret Lafroos are praised for acoustics and support.
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Mount Dora
Henry Mazer
Florida Symphony Orchestra
Our City
Gainesville
Florida Symphony
Offenbach
Spike” Jones
Wayne Barlow
Orpheus
Tschaikowsky
de Falla
Miller
Lerner and Loewe
Mr. Mazer
Kiwanis Club
Russell M. Grumman
Frederick Sleight
Symphony
Newton Dabolt
Stephen Gregor
Win C. Sleight
Dwight E. Whitehill
George White, Jr
Kiwanis
Margaret Lafroos
Fines Assessed by Mayor Bliss in 22 Municipal Court Cases
Mayor Guy C. Bliss imposed $360 in fines across 22 municipal court cases this week. The action reflects routine enforcement in the city’s justice system.
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Guy C. Bliss
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City Unrons
By Arnold Goulder
Lions Club
Shuffleboard Club
Fred Steele
Ted Beckhold
al Donley
Fred Garbe
Ture Anderson
Citrus Culture Corp
By Mack Johnson
Latin America
Siberia
al Rehbaum, Jr
Richard Edgerton
City Council
Historical Society
Florida Military Academy
Mark W. Lance
Florida National Guard
Weeks
Sinclair
John F. Mangrum
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