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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes a basketball or football score context with mentions of Navy Inds and 17-17, a second to least, and a lead change. The legible parts show a game timeline, quarter scores, and player notes but readability is poor and entities are uncertain.
The piece relates a member identified as Mr X who toppled from a padded three legged stool while gardening. He landed on a sloped curb area but escaped injury. his watch was found ticking on the pavement. The anecdote sits beside notes on Ed Meech’s Labor Day win of the Urquhart Cup and letters from Mount Dora correspondents.
William H. Matthews of Plymouth Citrus Growers Association spoke to the Mount Dora Men’s Garden Club on backyard citrus. He covered variety selection planting watering cultivation pruning cold protection fertilization spraying and soil maintenance with emphasis on sun drainage and avoiding septic tanks.
Frank Richdal reports 34 Mount Dor members attended in Tavares to avoid an interclub meeting. Tsday a convention report and nomination of offices in 1955 are scheduled.
A speaker advises keeping citrus trees away from trunks by 6 to 8 inches and using a specialized citrus fertilizer with magnesium manganese copper. He urges thorough pest spraying only if done well. Slides illustrated planting pruning scale insects and pests. The Mount Dora Library adds Create New Flowers and Plants by John Jarves. Arthur C. Smith wins the azalea door prize.
Dr. Cathrynne Park, Brevard College educator and TV personality, addressed the Lake County American Cancer Society unit at the Tavares Civic Center on Sept 16. She urged annual physical exams and praised local doctors involvement. Local unit officers were re elected and several community leaders received service citations.
Ducks must be mallards or black ducks more than two generations from the wild to be shot on private hunting preserves. The policy restricts which game birds can be harvested on these properties.
Applications are due soon for seniors seeking an officer training program. Navy Reserve participation allows entering college, testing by November 20, and a December 12 exam. The program covers tuition fees books and a $50 monthly retainer as NROTC midshipmen train at sea each summer and complete a four year college course ending with OTC midshipman status.
Florida Sportsmen's Association will meet at 2 p m Sunday in the Tavares Community Building announced by Leighton L Baker Officers, directors and county chairmen should attend and others interested are invited The group aims to promote hunting wildlife protection and gun rights and will study firearms legislation for a statewide campaign at the next Legislature session
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