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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1965
Page
2
The column shares condolences for members Betty Wilson and the Wheat family, notes sympathy and support as club life continues, and lists health updates and travel notes. It tracks new bowling class enrollments, fresh and returning members, social golf and bridge events, and an upcoming league schedule through January 1966.
The County Chamber of Commerce holds its 50th annual meeting at the Eustis Community Center with a 6 30 p m start and a 5 45 p m board meeting. Richard Hollahan of Tallahassee will speak. Guy Merry presides. new directors are nominated. Eustis leaders welcome guests.
Dixon of the Florida Veterans Affairs says certain dis abled veterans with service connected war or peacetime disabilities after April 20 1898 may receive a VA grant up to 50 percent of home costs to a $10000 maximum. Grants cover building buying remodeling or paying off debt for eligible veterans. Further information is available through VA channels.
The plan boosts survivor benefits, creates a variable reenlistment bonus, increases hostile fire pay from 55 to 69 dollars a month, and provides free postage in combat zones like Vietnam. Officers and Warrant Officers with two or more years gain 6 percent, enlisted personnel the same 11 percent, and those under two years see 12.7 to 33.7 percent. Retirees receive at least 4.5 percent. The exact rise may depend on August CPI changes.
Dixon urges veterans to reach their local Veterans County Service Officer or write to P. O. Box 1437, St. Petersburg for assistance.
The Lake Stane night bridge event at Udetitia featured a seven table Mitchell movement. North-South winners were Mrs Bernard McCabe and Memory Martin first, Mrs R B Cooper and Mrs J S Allen second, Mrs C J Sparks and Mrs Frank Boli third. East-West winners were Mrs Paul Bryan and Mrs L F Doug.
The article notes that doffing the hat is a traditional male greeting in the West while some eastern nations view this as rude. It contrasts this with the practice of uncovering feet, and then lists Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dean followed by Mr. and Mrs. John Fahs as examples.
The traditional ermine fur label covers several northern weasel species. Pelts are harvested when these animals shed their white winter coats, signaling the season's supply.
The article recalls how anesthetics transformed surgery in the mid-1800s, noting earlier soporific potions were hard to control and dangerous. It contrasts ancient methods of tying patients down with ropes or rushing operations to limit suffering with the advent of controlled anesthesia. It then pivots to focus on prescriptions at Seabrook's Pharmacy in Mount Dora offering hospital supplies and 24/7 service. It ends with a household hint on removing cotton from a pill bottle using a moistened matchstick.
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