Reliving history through the pages of the South Lake Press
FROM THE FILES | 26 years ago -- 1986
Reliving history through the pages of the South Lake Press
Ann Dupee
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A weekly column that reprints some of the more interesting news stories that have appeared over the years in the South Lake Press.
A Mag Lev (Magnetic Elevation) train was approved for consideration in December 2012 by Metro Plan Orlando to run in the Orlando area. Imagine if the project below had come to fruition in the late 1980s.
High-Speed Rail director gives report to planning council
Charles Smith, executive director of the High-Speed Rail Com-mission appointed by the Florida Legislature, gave a report to the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council. A feasibility study completed in 1984 showed the probable route would be from the Tampa Bay area to Orlando to Miami, at least in the initial stages.
Smith suggested the I-4 corridor would be the appropriate route.
A magnetic system, such as used in Japan and France, is being considered. Proposals are due back in 1988. Smith had some staggering projection figures of visitors to Florida by the year 2000. He anticipated between 70 and 90 million people a year. He ex-pected part of the system to be in operation by January 1995.
Community leaders participate in study of growth
First the voters vote to elect the school superintendent. Then they give up their right to vote for four of five school board members and four out of five county commissioners.
Clermont council member Richard Huff reported a recent meeting held with the intent of participating in the progress of South Lake County. Steering Committee organizers are Speedy Wolfe, Clermont Builders Supply; Bob Wade, Bob Wade Ford; Dennis Horton, Clermont attorney; Richard Bell, Bell Ceramics; and Richard Huff, Clermont Realtor® and council member.
Over 50 invitations were sent to business people who may be interested in the growth of South Lake County. Forty-four actually attended. The group intends to actively solicit types of industry to South Lake County. It plans to get some money together to actively attract industry to South Lake County that will create jobs. Committees introduced for study include education, environment, growth and governmental relations.
In other news:
-- South Lake Hospital thanks admitting medical doctors -- family medicine: Stephen Asmann, Nelia d'Hoste, Mary Joan Frost, Mark Guilfoose, George Rust, Melvin Thomas, Billy Thompson, Borislav Vatev; general Surgery: Carole K. Early, Joseph D. Spataro; internal medicine, Brian Edwards, Donald Edwards; gynecology: Robert Eliot Barden; ophthalmology: Michael Pennachio; orthopedic surgery: John Cowin, Andrew Huntt, Howard Vesser, Joe Visconti; pediatrics: Cynthia Rust; urology: Edwin McDowell, Mario Riverson.
-- Mr. and Mrs. Walter McGriff celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Nov. 22 at Jenkins Auditorium. Sponsors were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cook, and their eight children and their spouses.
-- In a special organizational meeting, new school board member Phyllis Patten, incumbent Anna Cowin and new member Ray Newman were sworn in and installed in Districts 1, 3 and 5 seats. Board member Chip Deems, former vice chairman, was elected the new chairman and Charles Beals of Clermont was elected as vice chairman.
-- Mrs. Blanche Townsend, 33-year employee of the South Lake Press, is now fully retired. She joined the South Lake Press (then Clermont Press and Groveland Press) on June 29, 1953. under owners Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hullinger. Other owners during her career in Clermont have been the Allen Drury family and George Wise, who sold the paper to Mr. and Mrs. George Dupee Jan. 1, 1968.
-- The 11 gifted students of Groveland Middle School are Matthew Johnson, Eliberto Perez, Ryan Spooner, Becky Patterson, Brandon Vega, Chuck Ellinwood, Cleon Hodges, Jason Thomas, Regina Clark, Cheyenne Brinson and Jennifer Fish. Teachers of these students are James Baysinger, social studies; Mary Helen Myers, a student social studies teacher at the school; and Nello Woodhouse.
-- Former Groveland football star Derrick Graham was switched from the defensive line to the offensive forward wall for the Appalachian State Mountaineers in Boone, N. C.
-- Pam Thacker completed the "Horrible 100" bike ride from Jaycee Beach to Ferndale, Oakland, to the Bay Lake area south of Groveland, back to Ferndale, to Minneola and back to the beach.
-- Involved in the South Lake Literacy Project are Bill Clark, Ethel Habeck, Bea Huggett, Florence De Palma, Bonnie Homan, Darlyne Johnstone and chairman Dorothy Maurer.
-- The Society of Distinguished American High School Students announces Jeannie Fowler and Mickey Olivenbaum have been selected as members in its Honor Society for 1985.
-- Gatorland Meats at 627 8th Street, downtown Clermont, specials: Porterhouse steak, $3.29 per pound; T-bone steak, $2.99 per pound; sirloin steak, $2.69 a pound; veal scaloppini, $6.99 per pound; veal stew meat, $1.99 per pound.
-- At a meeting at Bob's Rainbow Restaurant in Mascotte, South Lake Rotary Club heard a fine talk by Claude Magee, director of the South Lake YMCA. He graduated from Clermont High School several years ago, then attended Eastern Illinois University on a track athletic scholarship, and has returned to Clermont to take this challenging position.
-- "Fan of the Week" from the South Lake Sportscope column by Adolphus Church in the South Lake Press: "We salute as our first honoree in this special feature Mike Williams, who has served as the 'Voice of the Highlanders' for 12 years. Mike has seen and described every game the Highlanders have played on home turf. He also follows the teams on most road games."
-- Hostesses at Green Valley Country Club's women's luncheon from the executive board were: President Hazel Ruth Hunt, Vice President Alice Jenkins, Recording Secretary Flo Dowhower, and Handicap Chairman Rita Douglass.
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