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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
2
The Mt Dora Lawn Bowling Club celebrates 28 years of service and explores unity amid growth. Members praise leadership, espirit de corps, and civic responsibility while new members Anita and William Jealous discuss backgrounds and future involvement.
A reader’s note on color deficiency shows about 8 percent of men and some women have color vision issues. It explains that color signals on roads are designed to reduce errors for the color deficient and suggests standardizing signal positions and adding words like caution or stop. Dr. Gordon Walls discusses how flashing amber or red signals can confuse color blind drivers and calls for different flashing rates to improve safety.
A parent recalls Punky’s claim that Mars will be closest in 32 years and a Martian arrives at the back door. The Earth family encounters a friendly Martian, tours gadgets like television and refrigerator, and shares a wary, humorous interaction about earthly life and imagination.
Mrs. Caroline Watkins of Salt Lake City, 77, trades her six bedroom family home for a compact retirement dwelling after a wake up call from a club speaker. She studies modern designs, consults experts, and lists features like a sun room, non slip floors, wheelchair friendly doors, rails, and air conditioning, finding renewed happiness in planning a new living space.
Watch your lawn for signs of disease and notice common grass ailments such as leaf spots and patchy dying areas. Several fungicides are marketed for grass use and your seed dealer can help select one. Treat the whole lawn, follow label directions, and apply evenly.
The article reports Shuffleboard club results with teams red and black and scores 231 246 and 101 to 15. It notes Morris Deering on vacation in Ohio and mentions family events, player habits, and upcoming matches with detailed scores for matches in Ocala Eustis Mount Dora and Saga more Beach Massachusetts. It also salutes Mr Peterman on his 77th birthday and wishes a speedy recovery for Mrs Benjamin Birchard.
A Mount Dora Pharmacy advertises Itch Me-Not a 40 cent remedy claimed to ease itching from eczema ringworm insect bites and foot itch with easy application and guaranteed local availability.
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