published: Friday, May 11, 2012

FROM THE FILES | 45 years ago -- 1967

Reliving history through the pages of the South Lake Press

FROM THE FILES | 45 years ago -- 1967

Reliving history through the pages of the South Lake Press

Ann Dupee

Woman's club celebrates 40th anniversary

The Clermont Woman's Club celebrated its 40th anniversary and honored past club presidents who were presented corsages made by Mrs. Forrest Kimball.

Program highlights were speeches given by former presidents Mrs. Fred Kreider, 1936-38; Mrs. T. J. Smart, 1949-51; Mrs. J.E. Middleton, 1951-52; Mrs. C.M. Pierce, 1952-54; Mrs. Lawrence Kolpfenstein, 1954-55; Mrs. T. W. Holmes, 1955-57; Mrs. M.V. Coggshall, 1957-60; Mrs. O.H. Englund, 1960-62; Mrs. D.M. Stephany, 1962-64;, and Mrs. W.C. Teubner, 1964-66.

'All Around Town' details wonders of Easter

The following is an excerpt from the column "All Around Town" by Mrs. A. R. Leffler:

"One of the nicer parts of Easter Day was getting up so early one wonders if anyone else will be out, going over to Kiwanis Park on Crystal Lake, and finding that many hundreds also had the same idea for there they were before daylight listening to the birds and watching them careening over the lake as the daylight came.

"The songs rang out the joyous Easter welcome and the birds joined in, the ducks made a line across the water and a sandpiper looked on.

"As the sermon finished, the sun broke through and beams marked golden lines to celebrate the day."

In other news:

-- Clermont's People to People chapter held a card party and fashion show. Well-dressed models wore fashions from Patti-Lu Casuals and Leonard's Men's and Boy's Store (in 1987, The Villager, both stores were located in downtown Clermont).

Modeling were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. William Clay, Mr. and Mrs. Welborn Daniel, Jan Hatcher, Karen Clay, Deana Burton, Lynn Hogan, John Perrin and Bob Pool.

-- Maida Watson, who attended Clermont High School and later graduated from Agnes Scott College in Georgia, is now working in the Panama Canal Zone.

-- Nancy Nyhuis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nyhuis, has returned to Barry College in Miami. She has been accepted into Alpha Theta, a service organization at Barry.

-- Attending the Farm Bureau meeting at the ag center in Tavares were Mr. and Mrs. John R. McCown, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Pemberton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth Smart and Mrs. Bella T. Porter.

-- Julia Roberts, daughter of Groveland City Attorney and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, won the Lake County Spelling Bee at the Lake County finals at Leesburg Junior High School. She will represent Lake County in the District Spelling Bee in Orlando.

Roberts, a seventh grader, broke a tie with Jane Kelly of Tavares when Miss Kelly misspelled the work "anticlastic." This reversed their position of last year when Miss Kelly was winner and Miss Roberts was runner-up.

-- Rick Baysinger, Groveland High School senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baysinger, won the annual Lake Soil and Water Conservation District public speaking contest recently at the Lake County Farm Bureau meeting at the ag center in Tavares.

-- Jim Willis, owner of the hardware store he opened recently in the 50-27 Shopping Plaza (location of Winn Dixie and Bealls Outlet) was shown inspecting the new sign over the store. Willis moved the store from its Minneola location where he had operated since January of 1966.

25 Years Ago -- 1987

-- On Oct. 1, 1986, Lake County Commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a proposed flight park site for use as a private ultralight flight park to be known as Florida Flying Gators. Owner is Marvin Boykin of Minneola; the applicant is George Green Jr. of Orlando.

The 20-acre site is located from the intersection of S.R. 19 and O'Brien Road, south to Libby Road, east on Libby for 3/4 of a mile to approximately 1/4 of a mile north of Libby Road. The preliminary site plan shows two grass runways and several buildings for maintenance and shelters.

-- The "Old Grads Reunion" of Groveland High School was held in the Puryear Building with 191 students and old grads attending and representing students from the classes 1923 through 1950.

Gaylord Anderson, son of Charles J. Anderson, an early developer of this area, was the oldest member present representing the Class of 1923. Pearl Drawdy Wemple and Annie Mae Brown Parrish were members of the next two early 20s classes.

Fred Rice, Perley Brown and Guy Smith, members of the 1928 state championship soccer football team, were present. Edwin Mattson Jr., president of the Old Grads for two years, called on Julian Rowe to again be master of ceremonies. Clyde Puryear, Simon T. Brown and all who worked to make the reunion a success were graciously thanked.

-- Gary Heath, president of Clermont High School's Highlander Band Boosters, received a $200 check from Chester Frederick Sr., a member of the Clermont-Minneola Lions Club, on behalf of that organization.

-- Residents have called the South Lake Press saying they had been contacted by telephone for renewal of the their TV Guide subscription. Several said the April 23 issue of the South Lake Press explaining this was a hoax and came just in time to save them from mailing in their check.

Dean Saunders, son of Fred and Joanne Saunders of Clermont and an aide to Sen. Lawton Chiles, saw the South Lake Press and has taken a copy to be turned over to the aide in charge of fraud.