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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1965
Page
4
A civic editorial urges residents to study annexation impacts on pocketbooks and services for North Lake, Gertrude, Sylvan Shores, and Mount Dora. It cautions against rehashing past disputes and stresses weighing whether added taxes and benefits justify the change for tomorrow.
Social Security Amendments of 1965 create a hospital and medical insurance plan aimed at people 65 and older. The program begins in July 1966 with 60 days of hospital coverage, a $40 deductible, and additional days at $10 each. a separate medical insurance plan costs $3 monthly to cover doctor bills and related services. The package also covers radium and X-ray treatments, artificial limbs, diagnostics, ambulance service, and equipment rental, with 80 percent coverage after a $50 annual deductible and 20 percent patient share, excluding prescriptions vitamins and dental care.
Two days of power boat races at Tavares attract Southeast’s top water speedsters November 13 and 14. The event, Waterama, sponsored by Tavares Jaycees, is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association and will award records and national championship points.
Regular meeting of Mount Dora Lodge No. 238 F and A M set for Thursday at 8 p.m. The Fellow degree will be conferred. All Masons are cordially invited.
Florida State University hosts a Homecoming weekend with a theme The New Greets the Old for Garnet and Gold. A parade banquet by 5 45 p.m. at University Union features speaker Herb Shriner. The Pow Wow rally follows at 8 30 p.m. in Doak Campbell Stadium. Alumni breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday, barbecue at noon, Wake Forest game at 2 p.m. and a 9 p.m. Saturday dance conclude the festivities.
Mount Dora notes list patients in Water Man Memorial Hospital Eustis this week including Helen Holmes Nora Unger Maude Sarver James Childers Susie Empie Blanche Greene Norma Wise Annette Jackson Mary Hart William Malchus George Bruce Lenore Holliger Wirt Newman Woodrow Morris Ruth Green Harry Herman and Alfred Pearson.
Total values of all land and buildings on Florida farms top four billion dollars, averaging about ninety five thousand dollars per farm.
The Plymouth Citrus Growers Association reports production nearly doubles from 481,806 to 886,138 boxes in 1964 65 due to tree recovery after a freeze. Labor shortages require 20 000 pickers and offshore help may be needed. 700 new grove acres added. no indebtedness. Reelected leaders include A C Johnson president and Joel P Phillips Jr assistant manager.
Osceola the Seminole chief was revered for mercy toward women and children before guiding his warriors on the warpath. He urged fighting men to conduct themselves with manly restraint and to spare noncombatants.
American Education Week runs November 7 through 13 to inform the public about school goals methods achievements and needs. Since 1921 the observance has been endorsed by the National Education Association American Legion U S Office of Education and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The 1965 theme is Invest in Learning with daily focuses from moral values to international understanding.
A Veterans Day rally is planned for November 11 with a Mount Dora led organization. An executive committee and regional delegates from Mount Dora Tavares Eustis and Mt Plymouth Sorrento will coordinate motorcade meetups and a concluding gathering at the Golden Triangle Shopping Center parking lot.
The article notes that within the last five years Miami, Florida staged two major heavyweight title bouts. It highlights the city's role as a boxing venue and references the significance of both events to the sport's marquee division.
The IceHouse Theatre mounts The Philadelphia Story opening November 9 in Mount Dora with a stellar cast. Suzanne Brunk and Keith Fowler star alongside Bill Rodda and Caroline Dight, with 13 year old Suzanne Dorgan playing Tracy’s sister. Memberships for six plays are $7.50, single admissions $2.00, box offices listed in Mount Dora Eustis and Tavares.
Alderman Clement John Radosti and Morgan in the backfield raise doubts as medical reports awaited. Ed Brooks may start if fit with Bill Kauff on the flank. Moon and Jim Kauff unavailable by injury complicating tackle spots. Buddy Atkins and Wells are guard probables with Art Flavell at center. The Hurricanes head to Oviedo after Friday night and finish at Eustis on November 19.
W. W. Tat Improvement Program spoke to Mount Dora officials on reducing blight in sub-standard city areas. He cited 20 percent of areas housing 334 percent of residents and linked to 58 percent of diseases and 60 percent of crime. The talk, welcomed by Mayor Jesse Willmott, urged a central plan with local clubs aiding in rejuvenation.
W A Rucker appeared before County Judge W A Milton in Mount Dora. Rucker born in Princeton and a longtime resident since 1957, moved from Riverside CA. He was a Baptist Mason Shriner Mount Dora Yacht Club member and Shuffleboard Club. Survived by widow Laura brother J A Rucker Riverside and several nieces and nephews.
A Will unlocks property and directs your mind as you wish but law may intervene if it does not reflect current wishes. Have a lawyer draw or revise your Will and choose an Executor with great care to carry out your wishes.
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