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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
3
The 1963 64 marsh hen season began Saturday September 7 after sunrise with opening of migratory rails and gallinules hunting. The season runs until November 15 with daily and possession limits set for rails and gallinules and special limits for sora rail. Shotgun capacity is three shells and rifles are banned for migratory birds.
A terse maxim notes that nearly all troubles stem from a small fraction of ignorance, suggesting a focus on learning to reduce wider problems. The quote emphasizes the disproportionate impact of limited knowledge on outcomes.
This offer presents a 3 Days 2 Nights package at $21.95 per person double occupancy. Includes choice of seven hotels, reserved game ticket, air conditioned bus transport to the Orange Bowl, and a free hotel cocktail. Deduct $3 if you already hold tickets.
The Florida Citrus Commission approved over 900 applications for handling citrus in the 1963 64 season, a third of total expected. M A McNair notes summer processing dominates activity and that 1 660 applications were approved in the prior period with 4 000 licensed by the Department of Agriculture. Breakdown includes 113 shippers 29 processors 195 intermediate handlers and misc 64 bonded express shippers and 134 non bonded express shippers.
August sales and use tax for July business reached 16.38 million dollars, up 1.87 million or 12.87 percent from a year ago, per the Florida Revenue Commission. Over 11,000 new dealer registrations since July 1 expansion. Fiscal year July-August totals 32.48 million, up 9.82 percent. calendar year up 5.26 percent. Gasoline tax for August 11.36 million, up 286,974 from July and 512,876 from last August.
Educational television resumed broadcasting to schools and homes on Monday Sept 9 with air time donated by three commercial stations. Central Florida Education Television schedules five weekday instructional programs for channel six nine and ten plans.
The Lake County unit of the American Cancer Society holds its annual dinner meeting on Wednesday September 18 at 6 30 p m at Tradewinds Cafeteria Leesburg It is a Dutch treat meal open to the public Reservations can be made by contacting Mrs Selma Pearce Box 12 Eustis Tampa ACS state representatives will attend All interested persons are welcome to attend
Golden Triangle Grange 176 schedules a potluck supper for September 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Mount Dora First Methodist Church. Members should bring a covered dish and their own table service.
The Florida Highway Patrol begins Operational Trackdown on Sept. 15 to curb rising highway deaths. Comdr. H. N. Kirkman notes 106000 traffic violators and 200000 warnings in eight months, with rural accidents up over seven percent. Field Inspector H. Lee Simmons will lead, using planes radar and speed timing. cooperation from all agencies urged.
Marcellus Javens longtime Lake County resident and former County Agent of Lake and Osceola counties died August 27 in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania after a brief illness. His brother Rollin Javens of Mount Dora attended the funeral, marking their second Beaver Falls trip in three weeks. Dar ragh Javens had died nineteen days earlier.
The Florida Merit System Director announces openings for social workers across counties with the Department of Public Welfare. Salaries start at 360 dollars monthly. Preference is for accredited college graduates, but qualified candidates with two years of college and two years of related experience will be considered. Write Doyle E. Carlton Building, Tallahassee for applications.
The Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission plans public dove hunts on three managed fields in South Florida totaling 1400 acres. Fields include Croom Wildlife Management Area near Boggy Pond Webb Wildlife Management Area and 300 acres of private land southwest of Bartow. The dove seasons run Oct 5 to Nov 3 Nov 17 to Dec 2 and Dec 21 to Jan 12.
In a five table Howell movement the Golden Triangle Bridge Club awarded first place to Mrs. Jean Bornman and Mrs. Wm Clifton. Second went to Mrs. Eugene Richey and Mrs. Winnie Egebrecht. Ties for third and fourth included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Groves and Mrs Fern Breeden with Mrs Paul Johnson. The club meets Thursdays at 7 30 p m in the Community Room of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn Mount Dora.
A reader asks if the prompt relates to birth month and driver license renewal. The message appears as a casual query about personal documentation and timing. It does not contain a news event or named entities.
Florida gardeners can plant a small herb plot near the kitchen or in window boxes to add taste to poultry pork and dressings. Sage thyme and coriander are among favored varieties with seasonal plantings and simple harvesting to retain flavor, color, and aroma.
J. S. Allen Jr. of Umatilla has been named chairman of the Lake County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee. A mail ballot counted Sept. 4 placed Allen and four other Lake County men on the county committee for one year terms beginning Oct. 1. Other members include John Kauffman Jr of Eustis as vice chairman, Bob Eichelberger of Eustis as regular member, John R. McCown of Clermont as first alternate, and Robert Maxwell of Umatilla as second alternate.
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