Mount Dora and Florida Lawn Bowling News
The article surveys lawn bowling chatter as warm Indian Summer days linger in the North and Florida travel plans loom. It mentions Mount Dora visits, the Buck Hill Breeze issue, Harold Esch’s U S Championships work, multiple rinks active with five Gladys on the lanes, Otto Hinz’s hospital stay, and bridge club results. It ends with a light riddle about umbrellas.
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Mount Dora
Hal Boyle
Otto Hinz
Madison
Wis
Otto
Betsy Harrington
Ed Dean
Lake County
Umati
Scout-A-Rama Saturday at Venetian Gardens Leesburg
The Lake District Boy Scouts of the Central Florida Council host Scout-A-Rama at Venetian Gardens Leesburg from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday October 26.
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Lake District
Boy Scouts of the Central
F and AM Lodge 238 Meeting in Mount Dora
Mount Dora Lodge 238 F and AM will meet tonight at 8 p.m. All Masons are invited to attend.
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F&am Lodge
Mount Dora
F&am
Masons
Scotch Tourney Becomes Regular Thursday Event
The Scotch Doubles Handicap Tournament at Triangle Lanes becomes a regular Thursday event after strong turnout led by owners Howard Williams and Gordon Dake. Winners were Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Horst with 607 pins, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Breckenridge and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carter. Twenty four couples entered the first event. Tom Smith and wife earned six free games for the lowest score.
Mount Dora Shuffleboard Round Robin Qualifiers Report
Lake County Round Robin qualifiers held in Eustis on Oct 7 saw Mount Dora teams win 20 of 30 games despite rain cancellations. Oct 8 Red and Black play produced 15 courts. Fritts Taylor won 111 to 99 as Harland Wheeler oversaw the event with referees Patch and Becher. Other Oct 7 and 8 notes include high Red 242 by Earl Shorb and Mrs Prentice, high Black 228 by Ted Beckhold and Mrs Bridgman, and a late Friday Red and Black playoff 102 to 52 won by Patch Wheeler. Additionally several Mount Dora members returned from summer up North. plans for Andrew and Mrs Hvolbek to return were adjusted to late October.
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Lake County
Eustis
Mount Dora
Harland Wheeler
Earl Shorb
Mrs. Prentice
Ted Beckhold
Harold Brown
Mary Klein
Carroll Patch
Wheeler
Patch-Wheeler
Bill Nolet
Therrien
Charles Havlik
Taylor
Havlik-Taylor
Earl Dodd
al Becher
Joe Smith
Nolet
French
Germaine Beque
Florida
Orlando
Rufus Howe
James Swager
J. K. Garriott
Earl Dangler
John Jones
Andrew Hvolbek
Local items and notices from Mount Dora era
Twenty years ago John L Fahs urged employers to file withholding tax returns. Soldiers Wives Club and husbands held a party October 16 at the Community Building. Carl Graves family home after summer in Connecticut. Mrs J G Ray Jr and children back to Mount Dora from Minnesota. Skipper Daniel Bishop reports Nash Kelvinator Plant war production work in Lansing Michigan. Ten years ago Joseph Etchells marks 25th anniversary of Frock and Frill Dress Shop. Politics heat up as city filing date nears. Mrs R N White notes a clipping about Mount Dora widow decorating contest for students. One year ago city approves new 391356 dollar budget without opposition.
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John L. Fahs
District of Florida
Soldiers’ Wives Club
Carl Graves
Connecticut
J. G. Ray, Jr
Mount Dora
Minnesota
Ray
Daniel H. Bishop
Nash-Kelvinator
Lansing
Michigan
Joseph and
Melilla
Hallowe’en
The
Merchants Association
Duplicate Winners Named At Golden Triangle Bridge Club
Winners last week at the Golden Triangle Duplicate Bridge Club in a six table Howell movement were Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fisk first, Mrs. R. E. Wilson and Mrs. Valerie Johnson second, Mrs. Edith Reeve and Mrs. E. S. Richey third, and Mrs. Robert Montgomery and Mrs. W. L. Egebrecht fourth. The club meets Thursdays at 7 30 p.m. in the Lounge of First federal Savings and Loan Mount Dora. Anyone interested in playing is invited to attend.
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Golden Triangle
Horticulturists Set State Meeting in Miami Beach
Nearly 1 000 of Florida's leading horticulturists will gather in Miami Beach November 4 to 7 for the 76th annual Florida State Horticultural Society meeting. Ernest L. Spencer says the convention may attract half or more of the society's 1 600 Florida members with 100 top state and federal researchers among the speakers. The Florida society is the oldest of its kind in the nation.
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Florida
Miami Beach
Florida State Horticultural Socie
Ernest L. Spencer
Florida State Horticultural Society
Local Art League To Elect Officers
The Mount Dora Art League will hold an election of officers at its annual meeting on September 9 at 8 pm at Federal Savings Mount Dora. Members are urged to attend and vote on officer candidates.
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Art League
Mount Dora
Federal Sav
Sei
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