Lawn Bowling Social Teems With Welcome and Matches
A half page in the 1960 Year Book promotes a winter stay in the lake country, inviting new and existing members to a Welcoming Tea and lawn bowling club events. The piece lists 295 members, names key hosts, and reports mixed results from a recent social against Orlando with Mount Dora leading in points.
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Pericles
B.C
Florida
Grenville Kleiser
Margaret Bennett
Bess Britton
Inez Hartford
Judy Heaton
Blanche Irwin
Marjorie Jewell
Helen McKay
Frances Whiteside
Orlando
Harry Borner
Kathryn Wilson
Glen Neptune
Ralph Shaw
Frank Bedinger
Grace Trager
Will Thomason
Sarah Williams
Herbert Shore
Arthur Francis
Shirley Freeman
Louise Skoglund
Maynard Church
Will Hartford
Mount Dora Season Opens With Club Events At Yacht Club
The Woman's Club of Mount Dora kicks off its 1940 41 season with a Yacht Club gathering. Mrs. Frank E Learned of Brain tree Mass returns for the season. Thanksgiving events include a grand opening dance at the Yacht Club and a turkey dinner at Riley's camp Community building opening. Red Kennedy wins atendance prize at Kiwanis meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club of
Mount Dora
Yacht Club
Frank E. Learned
Braintree
Mass
Riley’s Camp
Red” Kennedy
Eleven ends and a two point swing in a treble match
The record notes a 9 to 9 tie in a 16 end trebles game with both teams scoring seven ones and a two. Skips were John Mueller and Alex Whiteside. A park commission planter added thirty flowering shrubs to the triangular bed between the clubhouse and upper court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mueller
Alex Whiteside
Tom Spencer
The
Park Commission
East Longmeadow
Mass
Frederick A. Wheeler
Fred
Belle Lee
Ewing Mason
Wheeler
Frank Bridgman
Fernald Hutchins
George Weed
Will Breckenridge
George C. Hutchinson
Helen Hutch
John and
Ethel Tradinger
Clayton
Edna Applegate
Locke
Mabel Burnham
Harland
Mildred Flagg
Henry Prario
Lakeside
Villa Dora
Marcella Brucker
Briles to retire as head of First Federal in Leesburg
Fred E. Briles, president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lake County in Leesburg, will retire from his post on December 31 after 16 years. He will remain on the board, with a successor to be named at the January 1961 directors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Briles
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Lake County
Leesburg
Briles
Meney First Federal
Thanksgiving Shuffleboard Tales At Red And Black Games
A Thanksgiving shuffleboard meet at the Red and Black games draws 68 players with 68 starters and 88 players overall over two days. Clyde McCauley and Sol score top with 283 in a sample-case joke, while prizes go to Wimberly Wood Becher and Garbe. tributes and warm welcomes mark the event before rain interrupts playoff matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde McCauley
Mice and Men
Sol
Mrs. Greentreet
Morris
Clyde
Clyde Wright
Ed Pecker
Lee Wimberly
Ray Wood
al Becher
Bridgeman
Krautwurst
Cluss
Peterman
Messers, Borner
Agarton
Prentice
Hattie Sluss
Mr. Barrett
Mrs. Smith
Woodie Woodard
Messers
Garriott
Wimberly
French
Boggs
Sach
Garbe
Mesdames Nolet
Owen
Miller
Pruning Talk Highlights Mount Dora Garden Club Meeting
The 112th Men’s Garden Club of Mount Dora met with 108 attendees to hear H Harris Johnson discuss pruning trees and shrubs suited to Central Florida. New members lifted the 198 member roster while guests from Naples Oswego and Tangerine attended. December 12 will host Ladies Nite restricted to members and wives.
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Men’s Garden Club of
Mount Dora
Florida
H. Harris Johnson
U. F
Johnson
Leesburg
U.S. 441
Navy
L. B. Hower
H.R. Middlebrook
F. C. Gray
O. B. Lovell
Sylvan Shores
R. J. Howe
A. B. Roetzer
J. R. Straughan
Tangerine
Pres. VanStone
A. A. Anderson
Naples
Fla
Lee D. Cleverly
Oswego
Hal Plummer
Osceola Dr
C. L. Bothwell
Lake Ola
Marion’ Brinker
Eustis Hospital
Joe Store
Air Force Naval Service Hospital
Orlando
Joe
Ross Mohler
Crestview Ave
Howie
IceHouse
Bill Clements
Bill
December Drive Returns to Holiday Cheer Theme
December prompts caution as we celebrate. The message urges safe driving during a season of joy and potential sadness.
Lake County Fair Flower Show Set for Eustis
The 40th annual Lake County Fair and 13th annual Flower Show will run March 13 to 18 at the Eustis fairgrounds. President L L Polk announced banners will mark each exhibitor’s years in the event, with officers listed as Polk, Pringle, Schneider, Ashford, and Lehmann.
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Lake County Fair
Eustis
L. L. Polk
Lake County Fair Association
Lake County
G. W. Pringle
Leesburg
R. J. Schneider
A. H. Ashford
Karl Lehmann
Tavares
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David Wilson
Charles Skoglund
Ethel Hicks
Mabel Semler
Guy Carrel
Dr. Arthur
Bennett
Marianna Clark
Anna Ross
Will Carthew
William Thomason
Colborne
Ontario
Clearwater
Howard
Etta) Spear
Iladelphia
S. Robert Klar
Optometrist
S. Bay Street
Eustis, Florida
OCC
441
Oakland Consolidated Corp
George O. Pringle Eustis
Albert F. Hane, Mor
Third and Donnelly
John
First Federal
Palmetto Road
A. B. Sharp
Evergreen
Gibson’s
Hiway 441
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
W. Main ST
Leesburg, Fla
the Savings and Loan Foundation, Inc
Businessman
North Donnelly Ave
Mount Dora, Florida
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