Local residents share travels and family updates
The Salts family from Mount Plymouth returned from a California trip visiting Disneyland Warner Brothers studios and San Diego while noting a race riot in Los Angeles and travel delays near Biloxi and New Orleans. Jean and Ted Gardner resumed summer at the Poconos and Col and Mrs Austin plan to return from East Otis. Councilman Javens take a mountain vacation in Waynesville and D C Pettyjohn marks their 56th wedding anniversary on Sheridan Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Salts
Mount Plymouth
California
Tiston
Vicki Stemshorn
Orange City
Disneyland
Warner Brothers Studios
San Diego
Los Angeles
Biloxi
Miss
New Orleans
Betsy
Jean
Ted Gardner
The
Poconos
D. C. Pettyjohn
Sheridan Road
Sylvan Shores
Girl Scout Leaders Meet in Mount Dora Area
A Girl Scout leaders meeting was held at the Girl Scout House in Mount Dora on September 16. Attendees from the Tri-County area included Hilda Sparkman of Ocala and numerous leaders from Tavares Mount Dora Howie and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl
Girl Scout House
Mount Dora
Hilda Sparkman
Ocala
Triangle Area
Margaret Pollard
Treadway School
Tavares
Margaret Pomeroy
Pauline Green
Sam Shaw
Bill Peterson
Alfred Schilling
Howie
Norma BE. Newell
Doug Heard
Sara. Patrick
Ernest C. Daniels
William S. Schwind
John Seabury
First Of Three Garden Meetings Slated Tuesday
The Lake County Council of Federated Garden Clubs will hold the first of its three yearly meetings next Tuesday September 28 at 10 am in the Lake County Chamber of Commerce Office in Tavares. Flower Show Course II is planned for November 13 at the Tavares Civic Center and the 1966 Lake County Fair Flower Show So You Want Flowers preparations are under way with decisions on Junior Gardener and High School Units groups and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Council of Federated Garden Clubs
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Tavares
Slater Cox
Tavares Civic Center
Richard H. Jones
Leesburg
Lake County Fair
Guy L. Pace
IceHouse Announces Philadelphia Tryouts Dates for Season
IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora will hold readings for the first season production The Story on Sept 27 28 and Oct 1 at 8 p.m. Director Bill Dunnagan invites both experienced and new performers for nine male and six female roles with backstage work also needed. Rehearsals for The Philadelphia Story begin Oct 11. patrons can buy season memberships for 7.50 at two Mount Dora and Eustis shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice House
Mount Dora
Bill Dunnagan
Unser St
Philip Barry
Katherine Hepburn
van Heflin
Joseph Cotton
Shirley Booth
Miss Hepburn
Cary Grant
James Stewart
Ruth Hussey
Donnelly
Porter
Magnolia
Eustis
Executive Board Sets First Meet for Woman's Club
The Woman's Club holds its first executive board meeting of the year Monday October 4 at the Public Library led by President Mrs W H DeBusk. A Fall meeting follows on October 6 at 2 p m in the Community Building with speaker Leighton Baker former Republican Representative and topic Free Enterprise hosted by Mrs E F Bennell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
W. H. DeBusk
Leighton Baker
E. F. Bennell
Maynard D-Church
Mrs. R. W. Vincent Hosts Nursery School Party
Mrs. Robert W. Vincent hosted a party Tuesday morning at Mrs. Cross Nursery School to celebrate her daughter Linda’s fifth birthday. Mistress Lee Bailey attended as a special guest. refreshments were served and favors given to twenty children including Bert Stoothoff Greg Mickler Christy Stewart Robbie Morton and more at lit tle tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Vincent
Cross
Lee Bailey
Hospital Patients in Mount Dora and Nearby Hospital
Mount Dora patients at Waterman Memorial Hospital in Eustis this week include Edith Boffis Helen Holmes John Phillips Herbert Webber Charles Smith George Bruce Thomas Cook Eric Mastak William Upchurch Wilfred Gelinas Marvin Booth Imogene Cook Susie Empie William Busby Mildred McCarthy William Blair Jr Norma Wise and Harold Moynelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Edith Boffis
Helen Holmes
John Phillips
Herbert Webber
Charles Smith
George Bruce
Thomas Cook
Eric Mastak
William Upchurch
Wilfred Gelinas
Marvin Booth
Imogene Cook
Susie Empie
William Busby
Mildred McCarthy
William Blair, Jr
Norma Wise
Harold Moynelo
Constitution Day program by CAR at St Thomas Parish
Coacoochee Society and Children of the American Revolution presented a Constitution Day program in Ocklawaha Chapter CAR at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Parish House in Eustis on September 17. Allen A. Whittington gave the invocation. Samuel and Bobby Swiger advanced the colors. Aubrey Campbell led the pledge with Sally and Mary Wilkerson. Mary Anne Erben and others read passages from Daniel Webster and the Bill of Rights. Albion Land recited the Constitution preamble. readings and music followed including harmonica pieces by Tommy Land and songs like O Susanna and Battle Hymn of the Republic. the event closed with benediction by Whittington and a Constitution Day tea hosted by Mrs. J. F. McKinna and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coacoochee Society
Children of the American Revolution
Ocklawaha
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Eustis
Allen A. Whittington
Sammy
Bobby Swiger
United States of America
Aubrey Campbell
Sally
Mary Wilkerson
Henry Land
Daniel Webster
Albion Land
Mary Anne Erben
Ann Wilkerson
Jimmy Swift
Jimmy Clark
Tommy Land
Jack Wilkerson
J. F. McKinna
Susannah
Lakes And Hills Garden Club to Meet
The Lakes and Hills Garden Club executive board will meet Friday September 24 at 9 a.m. in the Community Building auditorium because of social room construction. President Mrs Roy Williams urges all circle presidents and executive board chairmen to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes and Hills Garden Club
Roy Williams
All Circle
Hibiscus Circle States Meeting Opens Season
The Hibiscus Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club holds its first meeting of the season on Friday October 1 at 2 p m in the lounge of the First Federal Savings and Loan Building. Guest speaker Mrs Harold White discusses home garden flower arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibiscus Circle of the Lakes and Hills Garden Club
First Federal Savings and Loan Building
Harold White
Eastern Star Chapter 103 Ends Vacation
Mount Dora Chapter No. 103 Order of the Eastern Star resumes activity after summer. A School of Instruction is set for Sept 23 at 7 30 p m in the Eustis Masonic Lodge with Grand Instructor Mrs Jimmi Lu Van Tassel presiding. Regular meetings follow Oct 14 and Oct 28 and an Official Visit by Worthy Grand Matron Ethyl F Keller is planned for Nov 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Order of the Eastern Star
Alice Jackson
Eustis
Mount Dora No. 103
Ethyl F. Keller
Practical closet and bathroom upgrading tips from Chun era guide
The guide offers practical advice for moisture control with a shoe shelf using old blotter strips, reducing suit wrinkles by not buttoning coats on hangers, and expanding bathroom space with a new mirrored medicine cabinet. It also stresses using a manufacturer’s recommended primer to avoid compatibility issues and to ensure a quality finish.
Florida Gardens and Everglades Preserve Vast Flora
Nearly a quarter of a million blooming flowers are planted yearly at Cypress Gardens in Florida. Everglades National Park spans 1,258,670 acres of land and water in southern Florida preserving the vast swamp’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cypress Gardens
Everglades National Park
Everglades Swamp
Absences from School Hit Lake County Funds and Students
Lake County school superintendent Jack Morgan warns that each unexcused absence wastes education dollars and hurts students who fall behind. Officials, including Juvenile Judge Milton and pupil-personnel director Treadway, adopt two steps: refer long absences to Treadway and notify parents of every unexcused absence by phone or written note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Morgan
Lake County
W. T. Mills
David Treadway
Treadway
Morgan
Mrs Curtis Wise Improves After Falls At Mt Dora
Friends of Mrs. Curtis Wise of Mount Dora report she is improving slowly after surgery a month ago for a shattered wrist a broken hip and other injuries from a fall in a local laundromat. She is at 453 Waterman Memorial Hospital Eustis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Wise
Mount Dora
Waterman Memorial Hospital
Eustis
Florida Federation of Women's Clubs Meet in Lakeland
The Florida Federation of Women's Clubs convenes September 23 to 25 in Lakeland. Mount Dora members Mrs. W. H. DeBusk Mrs. Charles Skoglund and Mrs. W. Eardley Wilmot attend. Dr. Wayne Reitz University of Florida president will give the keynote at the opening banquet. Mrs. Reitz travels with him. Ralph Turlington Alachua County will speak at the September 24 luncheon on The Florida Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lakeland
W. H. DeBusk
Charles Skoglund
W. Eardley Wilmot
Woman's Club of
Mount Dora
Wayne Reitz
University of Florida
Civic Auditorium
NEA
Johnson
Reitz
Trade Association
FFWC
Ralph Turlington
Alachua County
Florida
Duplicate Winners at Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club
The Lake County Duplicate Bridge Club met at the Umatilla Community Building for a nine-table Mitchell master-point game. In North South, first went to Mrs J B Giltner and Mrs Paul Bryan, with Elston and Madge Gardner second, Nimnicht and Ernest Butler tied for third with Bernard McCabe. In East West, John Fahs and his partner won first, Hufford and Se bree second, Wesley Elston with W L Egebrecht third, and Paul Johnson with Paul Gerding fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Duplicate Bridge Club
Umatilla
Mitchell
J. B. Giltner
Paul Bryan
Elston
Madge Gardner
E. A. Nimnicht
Ernest Butler
Bernard McCabe
John Fahs
H. D. Hufford
Neff Sebree
Wesley Elston
W. L. Egebrecht
Paul Johnson
Paul Gerding
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Col
E. A. Austin
East Otis
Mass
C. R. Javens
Waynesville
N.C
W. Fifth
IceHouse
Philadelphia
R. W. Vincent
Mary Brethauer
Palette Shop
Lake Dora Road
Phyllis Dobay
Bewyer
Jesse Willmott
Land
McKinna
Lakes and Hills Board
Hibiscus Circle States Meeting
Eastern Star
Chun
OSI Maid
State Federation of Clubs
Revlon
Eterna
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