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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1970
Page
5
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Noyes Jr. was the scene of much activity over the weekend of March 6 and 7 as the Noyes were installed as Worthy Matron and Patron of the Eastern Star.
Mount Dora Jaycees report a March 18 Ladies Night with a five member panel from Florida Correctional Institute Lowell discussing crime and its social roots. Tommy Laur the jockey turned drug user details a path from marijuana to LSD and a 1955 $75 000 per year contract with a British ambassador. Other speakers include Ronald Sapp Bobby Days Chuck Edwards and corrections officers Bob Marshall and Edward Partridge. The meeting also previews MDHS band uniforms and notes upcoming elections a hayride road rally and social events with visiting guests from Ocala Miami and Lake Worth.
Mount Plymouth notes the death of Dr Clarence Freeman while visiting family in Portsmouth Virginia. Interment was at Portmouth Cemetery. Freeman had lived in Mount Plymouth for several years. Alma Hill, formerly of Mount Plymouth, returns home from Orange Memorial Hospital after serious illness. Visitors at Jean and Ted Gardner’s home included Emilie Ward of Boynton Beach Florida and Grace Evans of Palmyra New Jersey.
Members faced health setbacks with Mary Macomber and Hildur Harris confined to hospitals in Waterman Memorial and Winter Park Memorial. Mount Dora teams claimed prizes in the Lake County doubles tournament with Ray Peterman and Raymond Coy second in main and Albert Oatis with Murray Wentworth first in consolation. Red and Black play events yielded top pairs including Wood Carlson and Therrien McCauley, with referees and scorekeepers noted. Funeral notice for Helen J. Shorb and a club card party concluded the report.
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