Easter greetings and community notices from Mount Dora
A mosaic of local Life in Mount Dora includes a mercy mission by Service members in Tan An Vietnam and a hospital built for locals. Homecomings from the Mediterranean and college students on Easter break mix with church concerts and historical society updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan An
Vietnam
Jack W. Miller
Nancy
Charles Card
N. Donnelly Sr
U.S. Air Force
Sgt
Miller
Mount Dora Audubon Society Meeting
The Mount Dora Audubon Society will meet at IceHouse Theatre on Tuesday March 28 at 2 p.m. Mr. S Carlton Rogers will speak on birds and their actions and show related slide pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora Audubon Society
IceHouse Theatre
S. Carlton Rogers
Mount Dora Golf Club Closed for Guest Event
The Mount Dora Golf Club will close Friday March 24 to all local members. The club will host 200 guest golfers from Martin Company in Orlando for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Martin Company
Orlando
The Dogwood Legend and Mount Dora Promoters
A dated musing on spring, Easter, and the Dogwood legend blends with local booster talk for Mount Dora. The piece advocates prudent spending on Palm Island Sabal Palm grove and Lake Franklin Park to boost public safety facilities and civic promotion, envisioning a strong state profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Jesus
Golgotha
Mount Dora
Palm Island
Public Safety
Lake Franklin Park
Mount Dora Flower Show Sweep At Lake County Fair
Mount Dora clubs swept honors at the Lake County Fair Flower Show. Lakes and Hills Garden Club won the Fair and Flower Show Trophy for most blue ribbons in Horticulture and Artistic Design. Hibiscus Circle captured the Merry-Garner Jewelers Horticulture Trophy for best blue ribbons among non Circle Plan clubs. Individual awards included Mrs. Edward Phillips for Color Me Classic Creativity and Mrs. Herman R. Fritts for the corsage Gold Seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ve & Sweree Ewes Wete Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Mount Dora
Circle Plan Club
Merry-Garner Jewelers Horticulture
Hibiscus Circle
Edward Phillips
Herman R. Fritts
Rotary Anns Dinner Set For Monday At Mount Dora
Gene Molnar chair of Mount Dora Rotary Club announces letters sent to area high schools and Lake Sumter Junior College about a Rotary fellowship at Florida State University co sponsored by Southern Scholarship and Research Foundation. Applicants contact school officials. The fellowship includes cooperative house quarters near campus. Tavares High School choir performed at the Tuesday luncheon. The Rotary Anns Dinner replaces the regular luncheon and will be held Monday March 27, tickets from John Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Molnar
Mount Dora Rotary Club
Lake Sumter Junior College
Rotary
Florida State University
Southern Scholarship and Research Foundation
Tavares High School
Rotary Club
Rotary Anns
John Richmond
Nostalgic Fragments of Early America and Progress
A reflective musing on preserving history through the works of civilization builders and their bulldozers. The author frames progress as a future-oriented duty while honoring small but pivotal sparks of innovation from the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Smile
B.L
Lakes And Hills Installs Officers
The Lakes and Hills Garden Club of Mount Dora held its annual luncheon on March 17. Mrs Slater Cox of Eustis acted as installing officer for the newly elected officers led by President Hulda Herrick Price and First Vice President Brandon Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Mount Dora
Slater Cox
Eustis
Hulda Herrick Price
Brandon Ward
Roland Cooper
Harold Overheiser Jr
Glen Brown
Alfred Schrup
Milard Reid
Mesdames
H. M. Killinger
Leo Dunton
Brandon Wald
Roxy Martin
John Adams Latin Commencement Oration Sparks Early Teaching Post
The wax museum Clermont's House of Presidents credits John Adams with delivering a Latin commencement address that helped him secure his first teaching job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Clermont
House of Presidents
Bolt III Weds Pauline Skinner in Birmingham Ceremony
Pauline Elizabeth Skinner became the bride of William Hawkins Bolt III on March 16 at Shades Valley Presbyterian Church in Birmingham Alabama. The couple will reside in Aurora.
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Pauline Elizabeth Skinner
William Hawkins Bolt III
Shades Valley Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Ala
Thomas C. Duncan
Stanford Joyner Skinner
William Hawkins Bolt Jr
Mike Smith
Aul
Mount Dora High School Students Win Blue Ribbons
Shirley Edenfield of Mount Dora High School won recognition for Its A Lazy Dog That Leans Against The Wall To Bark. Blue ribbons in Artistic Design went to Kathy Cox and Shirley Edenfield, with Debbie Beale and Sharon Wiley also honored in the junior division. Horticulture and potted plant ribbons awarded to local club members. Awards set for March 30 evaluation luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Shirley Edenfield
Mesdames T. R. Gale
Lewis Shipley
Herman R. Fritts
J. A. Nelson
Edward Phillips
Kathy Cox
Debbie Beale
Sharon Wiley
Mesdames Flora A. Haas
M. F. Brinker
Paul Johnson
R. S. Conboy
L. E. Shipley
L. F. Jackson
Bridegroom to study mechanical engineering at Auburn University
The bridegroom will pursue mechanical engineering studies at Auburn University.
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Burn
Auburn University
Sleep secrets and a pharmacist hint from Seabrook's ad
Sleep is an odd topic with no clear science on needs or risks. The column notes logs show 35 to 45 nightly movements and humorously urges readers to visit Seabrook's Pharmacy for home medical supplies and sleep aids. It promotes the Mount Dora shop at 639 North Donnelly Street and includes a household hint to remove a broken bulb with soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seabrook’s
North Donnelly Street
Mount Dora
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CLUB
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Ollie Trudell
Ken Stone
Joy Nation
Shear Magic Hair Styling
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Dorothy Marker
Elaine
Richard) Martin
Helen Himes
Roberta J
Elaine M
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Mesdames Claudeen
J. T.) Huett
John Redfern
Margo Hosford
Alice
Gene) Moss
Betty J
Louise Rivers
Gladys Monahan
Audrey Herbertson
Florence Helard
Lipsy
the King’s Daughters Thrift Shop
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Lakes and Hills
Oak Avenue
Lois
Sheila
Sybil
LoLene
Mount. Dora, Fla
William Bolt III
Pauline Skinner
Bill Seabrook
Pauline Denham
Florida
W. Fifth
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Dri Rey
Mount Dora’s
Fifth Avenue
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