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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1969
Page
5
A historic town classified page lists honor ads offering 25 word non commercial placements with a one dollar honor payment upon successful results. It includes sale rent and employment notices, plus items for sale and lost pets with contact numbers and addresses.
The Shuffleboard Club reports the deaths of Harry E. Davis and Herman Fritts with condolences to their families. Members Irvin Powers and Mildred Clinton are in hospital or improving. Returnees include Gifford, Crowell, Fink, Yeutter, Schelmbauer, Chard, Kennedy and Francis. Mount Dora teams beat Tavares 22 1/2 to 25 1/2 in a fourteen team friendly on Nov 10 with high games Mc Cauley Garbe 103 63 and Clark Kelsey 103 75. Red and Black playoff results show Brauneis Sachs 108 43 and Nemake Francis 112 96 with top Red Carlson Campbell 251 and top Black Brauneis Sachs 246. Officials listed include Referees Oatis Chaffee Umpires Beckhold Conley and scorekeepers Dooley Beckhold.
Ten courts operated under William Nolet for a Friday afternoon event. In Red, Louise and Lee Wimberly led 250, while Black leaders P Lepper and Jack Buxton posted 231. The Wimberly duo won 102 to 28. Murray Wentworth and Frank Thompson led Red second with 235 and Walter Brauneis paired with his partner 211 for Black. Wentworth Thompson won 102 to 54. Referees Fred Garbe and George Vaughan umpired John Campbell and Michale Conley scored, with Loretta Fairbanks and Marietta Carlson recording. Last Saturday the regular card party season opened with two Bridge tables won by Mrs Jessie French. Pinochet had three tables with Marie Brauneis winning and Victor Nemake taking consolation.
Nine teams traveled to Orlando for the season opener with Evan Fell Gladys Day and Anna Ross named Team of the Week after a 19 to 9 victory. Honorable mentions went to Ruth Sherrard George Caldwell Marion Weidenhammer and to Erma Burlingame Art Miller and Vince Burlingame for wins. Hew son Hanson joined Jed's class but rain and cold limited activities to clubhouse sessions. Oldtimers are urged to mentor new players as practice smooths rough spots. Bulls eyes and squares painted on mats boost readiness while Doris En Sign wins the ladies prize and Ed Dean leads among men.
Residents question ongoing pollution in Lake Dora and wonder why many officials and community members act as if the source remains unknown. Possible contributors include nearby industrial runoff and unidentified dumping, though no definitive culprit has been confirmed.
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