Memorial Day Rites Planned by Mount Dora Legion
Mount Dora Post 35 American Legion will sponsor Memorial Day services at Mount Dora Cemetery Saturday at 11 a.m. State Rep. Leighton Baker is the principal speaker. A Sunday memorial church service follows at First Methodist Church with a 10 45 a.m. gathering. Legionnaires will decorate graves with flags and invite residents and visiting members to participate.
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Mount Dora
American Legion
Mount Dora Cemetery
Bill Paul
Leighton Baker
The
Legion
Post 35
First Methodist Church
Post
iMlary
Churen
Paul
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
G.A.R
North
Confederate Veterans
South
Logan
United States
Ellwyn Brown Installed as Mount Dora Jaycee President
Ellwyn Brown was installed as president of the Mount Dora Junior Chamber of Commerce at a community building gathering last Saturday night. New officers include Dick Pasill as first vice president and Jack Gerwig as second vice president with a slate of secretaries and directors.
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Mount Dora
H. F
Bud) Dawson
Tucker
Carroll Griggs
Tommy Wood
J. T
Bud) Huett
Cumbie
Dwight Mosteller
Jaycee State Parley
Don Asher
Orlando
Second Polio Vaccine Feeding Set for June 7
The Mount Dora Jaycees sponsor a second oral polio vaccine feeding Sunday June 7 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Community Building East Town Building and Shopping Center. Those who had the first dose April 19 will receive a booster June 14. 50 cent donation requested per dose.
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Mount Dora
Summer Recreation Program Slated To Start June 15
The 1964 Mount Dora Summer Recreation Program, a joint effort of Lake County Board of Public Instruction Mount Dora High School Roseborough Elementary School and the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce with civic groups, runs June 15 to July 26. It offers instrumental music swimming instruction recreational swimming gymnastics AAU swimming arts and crafts Little League Babe Ruth baseball Red Cross life saving classes and quiet games. Swimming instruction is at Mount Dora Municipal Pool 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Enrollment June 15 9 a.m. to noon. Pool passes cost 1 with no swimming instruction charge. Registration for swimming and other activities occurs at pool and high school on June 15.
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Mount Dora
Lake County Board of Public Instruction
Roseborough
A.A.U
Red Cross
Mount Dora Municipal Pool
New FHP Station Slated In County Soon
W H Bill Reedy Florida Telephone Corp public relations director and Democratic nominee for state representative for Lake County says plans for the Lake County Highway Patrol Station were completed May 19. Bids will be advertised and awarded within six weeks. The $60,000 station, north of the All State Truck Stop Fruitland Park on US 441 and 27, will create about five jobs and link Lake and Sumter counties to the statewide patrol network.
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W. H
Bill) Reedy
Florida Telephone Corporation
Lake County
Terry Lee
State Board of Institutions
Lake Sumter County
Fruitland Park
U. S. 441
Communications Reedy
Reedy
Sumter County
City Hall Closure Scheduled for Memorial Day
Mount Dora City Hall will be closed all day Saturday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. The shutdown affects municipal services and permits during the holiday period.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora Junior Chamber Installs Ellwyn Brown as President
Ellwyn Brown, Mount Dora City Council member and Plymouth Citrus employee, was installed last week as Mount Dora JCs president by Don Asher, national director. H. C. Steverson and Bud Dawson look on as outgoing officers.
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Ellwyn Brown
Mount Dora
Plymouth Citrus
Don Asher
Orlando
Mount Dora High Class Of 1964 Prepares For Baccalaureate And Commencement
Mount Dora High School seniors will attend a Baccalaureate Service Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Community Building with Rev. Kenneth Book delivering the sermon. Commencement follows Wednesday at 8 p.m. with diplomas and honors, including announcements of top students and a freshman reception in the cafetorium.
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Mount Dora High School
Kenneth Book
First Presbyterian Church
Glee Club
Mueller
King
Tara Swartsel
Mount Dora
Elgar
Eudell Staley
Chopin
Philip Dettra
Tom Hurlburt
Peter Harvey
Doris Camp
William Griggers
Fred Sanwald
Haensel
Gretel
Mendelssohn
Memorial Day and the American spirit
The piece extols Memorial Day as a reflection of the American character. It highlights sentimentality kindness and compassion, noting flowers on graves lift the spirit and honor those who passed. Even absence of cemetery visits keeps memory alive as the living honor the departed.
Garden Clinic Series At Lake County Ag Center
The Lake County Agricultural Agent's office hosts a Garden Clinic series with co sponsors Florida Nursery and Landscape Co and Clement's Pest Control of Leesburg. Meetings occur Mondays at 9 a.m. at the Lake County Agriculture Center and monthly on Thursdays or Wednesdays at various locations for pest samples and soil testing.
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Lake County Agricultural Agent's Office
Florida Nursery and Landscape Co
Clement’s
Pest Control of
Leesburg
Lake County Agriculture Center
Florida Power Lounge
Clermont
Clement's
X Ray Unit Slated At Shopping Center
The Lake County X ray unit will be at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center on Wednesday June 3 from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm. Residents who missed X rays during the spring Mount Dora survey may still get one.
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Lake County
Golden Triangle
Mount Dora
Lions Club Hailed For New Bleachers Erected At Field
Ronald Aldrich Sr president of the Little League and the league officers praise the Lions Club for funding and providing new bleachers which have been erected recently at the field.
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Ronald Aldrich, Sr
Little League
Lions Club
Lion’s Club
Daniel Chalks Win For State Senate In Second Primary
Leesburg attorney and state representative Daniel Chalks won the Democratic nomination for the Lake County state senate seat, defeating William C Gregg Jr by 5 423 to 5 036 with 232 absentee ballots unlikely to change result. Gregg did not run again. Local precincts favored Chalks in Precincts 20 31 and 35. Burns High ticket won governor race in county and Johnson slate led Democratic presidential votes. Northwest Hospital District defeated.
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Daniel Chalks
State Senate
Welborn Daniel
Clermont
William C
Bill) Gregg Jr
Leesburg
Lake County
Daniel
Gregg
J. A
Tar) Boyd
Doris’ Furniture
City Hall
Hayden Burns
Jacksonville
Robert King High
Miami
Burns
High
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Richard D. Barker
A. G
al) Broderson
Napoleon B. Broward
Joe Carrin
Grover Cleveland
Jim Fair
James Jimmy James
John J. Kennedy
S. L. Kilgore
Bill McCoy
J. B. Rodgers Jr
Elliott Roosevelt
Rex Sweat
Leon Whitehurst Jr
Annette Baker
Ann M. Cramer
Nancy W. Evans
Catherine C. McCall
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Bill
IceHouse Players Set Annual Meet and Elections
IceHouse Players, Inc. will hold its annual business meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the theater. A. R. Crone, president, says officer reports will be presented and governors elected. About 110 people attended the IceHouse Players awards dinner at the Club. Rudo.
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The
IceHouse Players, Inc
A. R. Crone
IceHouse Players
Rudo
Mount Dora Patients At Waterman Memorial Hospital
Mount Dora patients this week include William Cookson Gustave Olson Helen Holmes Harland Morehouse Bea man McWhorter Gizelle Schubert Willis Register Thomas Carver Myrtle Hindman Adeline Hursey Frances Williamson Kate Gill Ora Stapleton Wilford Gelinas Alice Shackleton Eldon Romaine and Eva Carpenter.
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Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
William Cookson
Gustave Olson
Helen Holmes
Harland Morehouse
Beaman~ McWhorter
Gizelle Schubert
Willis Register
Thomas Carver
Myrtle Hindman
Adeline Hursey
Frances. Williamson
Kate Gill
Ora Stapleton
Wilford Gelinas
Alice Shackleton
Eldon Romaine
Eva Carpenter
Mount Dora High Band and Chorus Spring Concert
The Mount Dora High School Band and Chorus presented their annual spring concert last Thursday night under Byron E. Nichols. The program featured ensemble performances at the Community Building and was followed by a participants party at the Garden Gate with Band Boosters members E. F. Benwell and William Farrell among the listed officials.
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Mount Dora
Byron E. Nichols
E. F. Benwell
Band Boosters Assn
William Farrell
Stephen Vaughn
E. H. Pitzer
Garden Gate
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City Cemetery
Citrus Culture
Jaycee
David Coffield
First Baptist Church
William T. Blair
Charles H. Hay
St. Edward’s Episcopal Church
Garden Clinic
Ag Center
Lions
Precinct
Riley’s Park
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