Regatta Set for April 3 at Lake Dora
The 13th Annual Sailing Regatta will be held Sunday April 3 at Lake Dora with 17 classes. About 125 boats expected. races start at tee with three races total and a luncheon between the first and second. Local sailors include Roy Christopher Allan Seabrook Jimmy Simpson and the Andrews brothers. Competitors from Florida noted. Commodores Trophy will go to the Mount Dora pram fleet high point scorer.
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Tee
Lake Dora
Roy Christopher
Allan Seabrook
Jimmy Simpson
Phillip
John Andrews
Gilbert Park
Arthur Bosworth
Charles Wilson, Jr
Miami
Mount Dora
Florida
Russo
Thistle
Pram
Mount Dora Pram
Inside Story Columnds on Medicare and Local Programs
The Inside Story discusses Medicare impact on insurance debit collectors and predicted costs. It notes Operation Head-Start in Tangerine led by Frances Ferguson, with needs for donations. It mentions Mount Dora Regatta provisions and IceHouse theater notes, including staff reflections on control over performances.
Cheerful Lake County Flower Show Opens At Fair
The Lake County Flower Show at the Eustis Fairgrounds opens alongside the Lake County Fair with the 1966 theme So You Want Flowers. Mount Dora High School students win blue ribbons in artistic design with entries such as Spring Fever and Hootenanny.
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Lake County
Eustis Fairgrounds
Mount Dora High School
Candy Montgomery
Cindy Shipes
Julie Gunn
Cheri Shrivers
Mount Dora
Troy Atkins
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Marc Vaughn
Walter Olson
Magnolia Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Sandra Gerhardt
Debby Dodson
Cheri Shivers
Peggy Johnson
Debbie Morgan
Dewolf Scott
Ricky Calkins
Thees and Hills Garden Club
R. Fogarty
Joyce Walker
R. E. Wilson
Gerald Carmody
William P. Barton
W. E. Morrison
Herman Fritts
R. E. Travers
From New Club Attend State Meet
David Wiggins of Orlando and Paul Lieberman of Leesburg are delegates from Lake Sumter Junior College’s FAME Clubs at the first annual State Leadership Conference. The conference runs Friday and Saturday March 2 at the Jack Tar Hotel in Clearwater with delegates from nine junior colleges attending.
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David Wiggins
Orlando
Paul Lieberman
Leesburg
Lake Sumter Junior College
Florida Association of ‘Managerial Education Clubs
Fame Clubs
Marthaus2
Atithes
Jack’ Tar
Clearwater
Colone Croton
Trading Stamp Award Winners Are Announced
Mrs. Don Miller won 5000 Mount Dora Trading Stamps in the Mount Dora Merchants Association contest. Second place recipients are Mrs. Arthur Jewell and Miss Sharon Uhl with 3000 stamps each. Third prizes go to Mrs. I V Fetch and Mrs. C P Richards with 2000 stamps each. Five fourth place winners receive 1000 stamps: Charles J Cooper, Mrs. Arthur A Miller, Mrs. Robert W Pollard, Mrs. A L Tyler, Louis G Forney. All winners are from Mount Dora.
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Don Miller
Mount Dora
Charles J. Cooper
Arthur A. Miller
Robert W. Pollard
A. L. Tyler
Louis G. Forney
Link
Ten Condemnation Notices Served in East Town
East Town property owners faced condemnation notices for ten parcels. Mayor Jesse Willmott said a prior study found several dwellings unfit for habitation and urged repairs to screens and doors while noting some structures were partially burned and uninhabitable without extensive work. He told the City Council that some owners live in, others rent, these properties.
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East Town
Jesse Willmott
Willmott
Jones Seeks Lease on City's Building
Roy Jones of North land Road, active in downtown renovation, seeks to lease a city owned building at 11th and Grandview. In a letter to City Council he proposes renovating the structure to suit his needs.
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Jones
City
Roy. Jones
Northland Road
11Th and
Grandview
Camp Chal lenge to Receive 1100 From Lions Club Sale
Camp Challenge officials will receive about 1100 from the Mount Dora Lions Club fertilizer sale. Dr Norman Himes, drive chairman, credited the club and 28 members for selling a ton or more of fertilizer during February to aid crippled children at Camp Challenge east of Mount Dora on State Road 46.
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Mount Dora
Himes
Lions Club
Bob Flint
Clyde Mosteller
Cowart Seeks Re Election To Lake County Post
District 2 County Commissioner J C Cowart of Mascotte announces he will run again in the Democratic primary in May. He has four full terms plus an unfinished term and says public service is a great opportunity.
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J. C. Cowart
Mascotte
Lake County
Schubert Delays Annexation Referendum Decision Stirring Debate
Mount Dora council hears pro and con on annexation with Oscar Schubert postponing a recommendation. Residents urge another vote for Sylvan Shores and North Lake Gertrude while questions remain on areas to include and whether to combine or separate referendums. A December tally showed 304 to 208 voting against annexation.
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Sylvan Shores
North Lake Gertrude
Mount Dora
Oscar Schubert
Lake Gertrude
Wilbur Welsh
Old Eustis Road
Schubert
Jesse Willmott
Morningside Drive
Sage and Kinney
Helm Road
Golden Triangle
Street Resurfacing Plan Eyed For Sylvan Shores
A special committee of the Sylvan Shores Association proposed resurfacing four miles of streets in the unincorporated area with all costs borne by front footage charges. George C. Amory led the plan which awaits 75 percent petition approval by subdivision property owners and county commission action. The county would bid and supervise, with payments possible in installments, after Palmetto Road paving as a precedent.
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Sylvan Shores Association
George C. Amory
Eo Be
Sylvan Shores
Board of County Commissioners
Amory
Palmetto Road
North Star Seeks Data On Proposed Area Airstrip
North Star Air Corp officials sent a representative to meet the city airport committee and requested traffic surveys aerial photographs and other data for a potential air strip site. The plan calls for a joint venture with Mount Dora Eustis and North Star Corp to operate the facility.
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North Star Air Corp
Mount Dora
Eustis
North Star Corp
Mount Dora Swim Club Opens 17 Under Registration
The Mount Dora Swim Club, affiliated with the Florida AAU, invites youths under 17 to register at Mount Dora High School on April 12 and 14 from 3 15 to 4 30 p m. Bring birth certificates and 1986 registration cards. Fees are per family and $2 per swimmer.
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Mount Dora Swimming Club
Randy Cox
Georgetown College
Kentucky
Cox
Mount Dora Swim Club
Alls
Medicare Blanks Available At Mount Dora Post Office
Postmaster Harry J. Hopcraft announces Medicare supplemental benefits application blanks available at the Mount Dora stamp window. SSA aims to contact 3.1 million seniors before a March 31 deadline. forms addressed to the Social Security Administration in Baltimore. Senior citizens who turned 65 before 1966 face a two year delay if not signed up by March 31.
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Harry J. Hopcraft
Mount Dora
Social Security Administration
Baltimore
Maryland
41st Art Show Being Planned Mount Dora Art League
The Mount Dora Art League announces the 41st annual Outdoor Art Show to be held Saturday March 29 in Donnelly Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local artists are invited to exhibit with no entry fee. Deliver paintings with easels by 9 a.m. on show day. a juvenile exhibition will be displayed and admission is free. Door prizes include two oil paintings by Mary Stewart and Mary Brethauer.
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Mount
Dora’ Art League
Donnelly Park
Mary Stewart
Mary Brethauer
Sanford Naval Academy Joins Lakes and Hills Conference
The Sanford Naval Academy joined the Lakes and Hills Conference during a dinner meeting with Florida Central Academy and others at multiple Florida campuses. Dr. C. A. Vaughn Jr of Howey Academy was elected president and James McGuire of Sanford Naval Academy named vice president as the 66 67 basketball schedule was outlined.
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Sanford Naval Academy
Lakes and Hills
Florida Central Academy
Sorrento
Montverde Academy
Mount Dora Christian Home and Bible School
Howey Academy
C. A. Vaughn, Jr
James McGuire
Bank Treats Seniors From Three Area Schools
First National Bank of Mount Dora will host senior classes from Mount Dora High School Christian Home and Bible School and Florida Central Academy. George J White says Christian Home seniors attend March 29 with dinner at Lakeside Inn followed by a bank tour. Mount Dora High School seniors dine March 30 with a tour. Florida Central Academy guests to visit next month pending spring vacation.
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Mount Dora High School
Christian Home and Bible School
First National Bank of
Mount Dora
George J. White
Bank
Christian Home
White
Lakeside Inn
Florida Central Academy
Florida Central
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Sam
IceHouse
Bill Dunnagan
Ice- House
the Teahouse
Joe Cloud
0. M. Simpson
Stanley Locke
Miller Construction Co
Brown Avenue
Eudora Road
Cloud
New Club
Trading Stamp Award
Cowart
By Pete Osborne
Commission
North Star
Georgia
Gordon Hays Jr
W. 10Th Avenue
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