Mount Dora Shuffleboard Club Faces Losses and Wins in Week
The Mount Dora team led by Clarence Owen and Dottie Nolet won the high play-off 110 to 94 while four Mount Dora teams posted eight wins and four losses. The club mourns member Oakley Matteson who died suddenly at 74 while fishing on Lake Yale.
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Lake County
Tavares
Mount Dora
Clarence Owen
Dottie Nolet
Edwards
Williams
Leesburg
Lee
Frank Thompson
Jessie French
Fred Garbe
Earl Taylor
Grace Dooley
Marge Taylor
Marie Brauneis
Dooley-Taylor
Bert Owen
William Stam
Eleanor Donley
Albert R. Donley
Oakley Matteson
Lake Yale
Shuffleboard Club
Medicines of the 18th Century and Modern Remedies
The article contrasts ancient beliefs that bitter medicines cure disease with today’s advances in medicine. It notes repugnant substances once used, cites early practices, and ends by promoting SEA BROOK'S PHARMACY in Mount Dora with a household tip to clean stainless steel using lemon juice and steel wool.
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Yesteryear
Seabrook’s
North Donnelly Street
Mount Dora
State Parks Use School Dropouts For Youth Corps
Federal approval of 540110 for a 52 week extension of the Florida Park Board Neighborhood Youth Corps program was announced by State Parks Director Bill Miller. The project hires high school dropouts to work in 32 state parks, enrolling 200 youths aged 16 to 21 from low income families who study toward a diploma. The federal share is 433350 with 106760 state in kind.
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Florida Park Board
Bill Miller
United States Department of Labor
Lake County four courthouses through history
Lake County has had four court houses. The first was built in 1887 in Bloomfield. A 1888 courthouse in Tavares later housed Mrs. Lucile Tally. The 1889 structure, known as the Pioneer Building, remains in use. The present courthouse is in use today.
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Lake County
Bloomfield
Tavares
Lucile Tally
Hurricanes Clinch Mid Lakes Title with Clermont Win
Mount Dora's Golden Hurricanes beat Clermont Highlanders 12-6 in Clermont to seize the head of the Mid Lakes Conference. Oscar Jones added a 45 yard run and John Radosti scored on a goal line drive in the first quarter, while Mount Dora's defense held Clermont without a first down in the first half. The Hurricanes endured a late Clermont drive and a sole Highlander touchdown, but Kept the lead to the final whistle. The 1966 schedule lists games against Umatilla Lake Weir Groveland Avon Park Ocoee Oviedo and Estis through November.
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Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Clermont Highlanders
Clermont
Oscar Jones
John Radosti
Hurricanes
Dan Spear
Highlanders
Umatilla
Lake Weir
Groveland
Avon Park
Ocoee
Oviedo
Eustis
Albion Land
Reedy Seeks Fourth Term in Florida House
W H Bill Reedy veteran lawmaker from Lake County announces re election bid on the Democratic ticket for a fourth term in the Florida House of Representatives. He cites education highway safety water resources and community service as his core priorities and invites district voters support. A testimonial dinner is set for October 13 at the Eustis Community Center with state and local officials attending.
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W. H
Bill) Reedy
Florida
House of Representatives
Lake County
Lake-Seminole
Reedy
House Committee On
Committee On Motor Vehicles and
Citizens Safety Council of Florida, Inc
Eustis
Eloise
Methodist Church
Florida Telephone Corporation
Kiwanis, Elks, Masons, American Legion
PTA
FEA
Farm Bureau
Florida Public Relations Assn
Florida Waterways Assn
Citrus Mutual
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Lake County Safety Council
Eustis Community Center
Bill
Hayden Burns
Tom Adams
Earl Faircoth
Fred O. Dickinson
Broward Williams
Floyd
T. Christian
Doyle Conner
Steven Johnson
Roy Christopher
Democratic Executive Committee
Christopher
Frances Bland
Mount Dora
Florida Central Opens With New Football Team
Florida Central Academy, Sor rento, college preparatory school for boys, completed the erection of its second classroom building just before the beginning of the fall term. L. E. Allen, president, stated that the cost of these two new buildings, plus air conditioning of the original dormitory, was in excess of $100,000. Construction will begin in October of the new gymnasium auditorium at an estimated cost of $125,000. Members of the 1966-1967 faculty are: Richard L. Brashear, Guy C. Cannity, Alfonzo W. Cox Jr., John T. DeLong, F. Robert Fransen, Frank McCormick, John D. McCoy, Leon L. Osborn, Daniel C. Palmer, Joseph R. Pulley, John D. Scully, Robert Soukup, Joseph B. Allen, John N. Stevens and Mrs. Nellie Rose.
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Florida Central Academy
Sorrento
L. E. Allen
Richard L. Brashear
Guy C. Cannity
Alfonzo W
Florida Southern College Senior Intern Teacher Assigned to Roseborough
Anne Elizabeth Conrad of Mount Dora is among 24 seniors at Florida Southern College who will begin nine weeks of intern teaching on Oct. 10. She is assigned to Roseborough Elementary School while her parents, Mr and Mrs Kenneth H Hill, attend. The state records show over 2,500 teachers are graduates of Florida Southern.
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Anne Elizabeth Conrad
Mount Dora
Florida Southern College
Roseborough
Kenneth H. Hill
Florida
Southern
Football schedule announced for Citrus area season
Coach outlines the season with Oct 7 Citrus High Inverness and Oct 14 Santa Fe Lakeland games, Oct 28 open, Nov 3 Sanford Navy Academy Sanford, Nov 10 Eustis B team Eustis, Nov 18 Keystone Heights Keystone. The Skin and Scuba Diving Course starts Oct 1 as an elective with 38 states and six foreign countries represented in capacity enrollment.
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Citrus High School
Inverness
Santa Fe High School
Lakeland
Sanford Navy Academy
Sanford
Eustis
Keystone Heights High School
Keystone
Capcity
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Bill Seabrook
BANK
Golden Triangle Shopping Center
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Know Lake County
KIRK
Bill and
Myrtle Warner
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Mount Dora, Fla
SUN
Frank Sinatra
LSJC
Lake Sumter Junior College
Beverly Bissell
Leesburg Junior High School
Hugh Lindsley, Jr
Leesburg High School
University of South Florida
Tampa
Beverly
George E. Bissell
Overlook Drive
Barbara
Hugh
Hugh Lindsley
East Second Ave
Florida Central
Anne Conrad
Chevrolet
Chevelle Concours Custom
S. Bay
ST. Ai’ Eda
Eustis, Florida
Tavares Community Building
The
Lake County Liberty Amendment Committee
P.O
Tavares, Fla
Leighton L. Baker
Gunsmith Shop
A. W. Peterson
Mount Dora-Tavares Highway
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