Days Of Rituals and Honors Mark Mount Dora Seniors
Mount Dora High School seniors of the class of 1963 near graduation savor weeks of banquets pictures rehearsals and exams from May 31 to June 9 including baccalaureate and commencement at Mount Dora Community Building.
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Mount Dora High School
Joyou
Mount Dora
Leesburg
Baptist
First Baptist Church
Methodist
First Methodist Church
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Insect repellents curb plague with new chemicals
Entomologists tested more than 9 000 chemicals for repellents and found a few safe and effective for skin or clothing use. Diethyltoluamide stands out as the best all purpose repellent, with others like Ethyl hexanediol and dimethyl phthalate offering varying protection times. Internal toxicity is possible if swallowed, and some irritation may occur on application.
Mount Dora Yacht Club Opens Summer Pram Sailing Classes
Fourteen Mount Dora youths, ages nine to thirteen, joined the first sailing class at the Mount Dora Yacht Club last Sunday. Instructors taught rigging a pram and racing on Lake Dora, with future sessions through June 9 and again through June 15. The program, directed by Dr. C J Schultz, requires a swimming test and a $2 fee for admission.
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Mount Dora
Mone V
Yacht Club
Lake Dora
C. J. Schultz
Verges van Wickle
Joe Russo
Roy Christopher
Lee Elmore
Bob Bowman
John
Phillip Andrews
Shannon Odum
Tom Kimball
Claudia Wald
Jeff Elmore
Janet
Gary Miller
Phyllis Jorgensen
Schultz
Florida Forest Service seeds 80 million trees this year
Forest Service nurseries completed seeding 80 million trees in four Florida nurseries. Sand pine is seeded widely for the first time, with about 13 million seedlings expected for 1963 64 planting. Seedlings sold at production cost, f o b nursery. lifting and transplanting begin late fall.
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Florida Forest Service
Peninsula
West
Florida
F.o.b. Nursery
Old Time Singing Show Set June 1 at Mount Dora
Loy McCormick a Alabama farm boy will bring to Mount Dora its first old time spirit ual gospel program Saturday June 1 at the American Legion Home. Mount Dora police auxiliaries sponsor with Georgians and Camp Meeting Boys performing in 30 minute to one hour shifts as long as listeners remain.
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Loy. McCormick
Alabama
Mount Dora
American Legion
Eustis
Tavares
Mark Peters
Edith Sage
J. D. Bates, Sr
Louise Yates
Swim Club Meets Tonight At MDHS
The Mount Dora Swim Club will hold an organizational meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the high school classroom near the pool. All parents and swimmers urged to attend to discuss the coming season and to register. Children may wear swimsuits as the pool will be open for them.
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Mount Dora Swim Club
Hospital Plans Open House For Sunday May 19
Eustis will display its new psychiatric holding ward new first floor administration offices and remodeled patient rooms including one gifted by the Pink Ladies at open house Sunday afternoon May 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Visitors can inspect recovery emergency rooms nursery laboratory X ray rooms central supply physical therapy room and blood bank with Pink Ladies escorting groups. Hospital personnel will explain department work and donors will see remodeling progress now less than half complete. The 30 bed hospital has grown to 119 beds and demands during flu season and tourism strained resources previously.
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Eustis
Waterman Memorial Hospital Association
Lake County Fair Wins State Awards
The Lake County Fair and Flower Show earned three honorable mentions at the Florida Federation of Fairs Short Course in Gainesville for its fair materials. Bill Nixon, assistant county agent, delivered three red ribbon awards and represented the Lake County Fair and Flower Show at the annual event.
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Lake County
Florida Federation of Fairs
Gainesville
Bill Nixon
Sincerity and True Manhood Highlighted by Lawrence Sterne
A short aphorism credits sincerity as a core trait of noble manhood attributed to Lawrence Sterne, praising deep heartfelt honesty as essential to character.
Insurance Company Back In Business
J Edwin Larson state treasurer and insurance commissioner vacates the cease and desist order on United Benefit Fire Insurance Company Omaha after strengthening finances. He authorizes continued writing of insurance in Florida.
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J. Edwin Larson
United Benefit Fire Insurance Company
Omaha
Nebraska
Florida
Larson
Our Brightest Blazes Kindled by Unexpected Sparks
A reflective line notes that moments of joy often arise from surprising sources. It emphasizes how happiness can originate from unforeseen events, transforming mood and perspective. The quote invites contemplation on serendipity shaping personal warmth.
Aunt Mary in Fracas Over Benzine Burner Repair
An account describes Aunt Mary clashing with a garage mechanic who refused to extend a short circuit repair on her old benzine burner leading to a heated exchange.
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Mary
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National Honor Society
Bob Norris
Pram
Tim Bowman
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Don Christopher
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