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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1966
Page
4
Val Johnson argues that progress requires some tree removal in Mount Dora while praising restraint and urging planting of new trees. He notes wide streets and parking are needed for automobile traffic and encourages homeowners to plant trees and shrubs to keep the tree-lined streets.
The AMA highlights private American medical efforts abroad beyond government aid. It details international physician placement, medical information exchange, missionary support, and conferences, with a note on Project Viet Nam recruiting volunteer doctors to serve civilians in the war-torn country. The piece champions American medicine as advanced and committed to sharing knowledge with less fortunate nations.
Two films owned by the Lake Improvement Assn will screen at 8 p.m. Monday in the Mount Dora Community Building. A Fish and Game Commission member will narrate and lead a Q and A. John Cain notes planned seining operations with six test hauls from Gilbert Park’s Southern pier soon.
Former Florida governor Farris Bryant, appointed by President Johnson to direct the Office of Emergency Planning, says he will keep ties to Florida and commute from Jacksonville. He will pause leadership of National Life Insurance Co. of Florida but return after his Washington tour.
The garrison retreated to the keep a separate structure offering strong defense. The citadel’s full equipment supplied living comforts and siege weapons for a prolonged siege defense.
Lanky Paul Goldsmith, from Michigan, survived two spinouts and a rollover to finish in the top five at Charlotte in a 100 mile convertible race. He then won the first annual Peach 500 at Rockingham driving a No. 99 Plymouth, becoming a major NASCAR figure while the sport expands with new radio shows and a dedicated stock car racing magazine.
Col Byron R Patton urges 65 plus residents to enroll in voluntary Medicare medical insurance before the March 31 deadline. The plan adds 3 a month, half covered by federal revenue, to cover doctor bills and hospital visits. Cards mailed to those with both hospital and voluntary coverage begin July. others follow after March 31.
The Sophomores named for the 1966 Junior Senior Prom skit are Sam Brooks Bebo Stewart Dick Hinkley and Chris Stoothof joined by Terry Head Dorothy Pease Markie Mevin and Marti Cox. At the Key Club meeting the 1966-67 officers were elected Martin Morgan president Charles Alderman vice president Brett Horsely secretary and Sam Brooks treasurer. Mount Dora defeated Umatilla in the first baseball game of the season. Ticket sales for the Junior Class play are under way Peggy Bowie chairs sales. The Pastels will perform at the Eustis Civic Center this Saturday with admission 75 cents.
The notice warns that Medicare coverage is not duplicative for policyholders 65 and over but may offer supplementary plans. If a card is lost, contact the Social Security office for a duplicate. Questions about rights should go to the local Social Security office. Enrollment for those 65 or older before 1966 ends March 31, otherwise a two year wait applies.
The current issue notes that today’s cartoon, a humorous drawing, bears little likeness to the early original. It contrasts an unwitty full-size painting used as a model for stained glass, tapestry, or mural in past public art projects.
About 75 members and guests attended the Mount Dora Men’s Garden Club for an illustrated lecture by Dr. Westgate of the University of Florida. He discussed modern vegetable and fruit growing, showcased harvest and field equipment, and reported on Sanford’s hybrid peaches nectarines and grapes research.
Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Bob Kilgo spoke to the Lake County Junior Safety Council in Leesburg about school safety programs. He led an open discussion on boosting driving safety interest and announced the next meeting on April 4 in Eustis.
About two hybrid peaches developed from twenty thousand experimental crosses have been released for sale. They perform well in Central Florida and ripen in April six weeks earlier than rivals elsewhere. Nurserymen already offer them. Pete Ankers, Garden Club president, announced a bus trip to Busch Gardens on Wednesday March 30 leaving Community building at 9 30 a.m. Cost is 4.25 per person, open to members wives and guests. L L Lindstrom secretary will take reservations at 1035 Sylvan Point Drive with payment.
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