Mount Dora High Points Rehearsal One Act Play at State Contest
Rehearsal by Christopher Morley selected as Mount Dora High School entry for the state contest at Stetson University on April 26. Six girls star as the cast directed by Miss Cassady with Marta ocean Marjorie Sir Spilky and others. Betsy, Helen Wells, Florence Lee receive monograms.
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Christopher Morley
Stetson University
Miss Cassady
Freda
Martha Ocean
Marjorie
Sir Spilky
Saber
Medea
Gertrude
Sonia
Christine
Bettie Blanchard
Betsy Kramer
Helen Wells
Florence Lee
Debates Set At Winter Park High School Event
Mount Dora High School debaters Jean Shipes Joanne French John Burkart and Bernard McCabe will compete in a four round event at Winter Park as part of the Better Speech Festival. The topic is Resolved That the power of the Federal government should be increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Park
Rollins College
Orange County Bar Association
Mount Dora
Laney
Mount Dora High School
Jean Shipes
Joanne French
John Burkart
Bernard McCabe
Stuents
Mount Dora Forms First Baseball Team in Three Seasons
Mount Dora will field a baseball team this year after a three season gap. A March 17 drill showcased several strong hitters while nine players from grades nine and up expressed interest. Uniforms via Ben Cook and Fred Beardsley will be orange and white. Eustis expected as the season opener on March 31 on the opponent’s diamond.
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Mount Dora
Ben Cook
Fred Beardsley
Eustis
Mount Dora Hotel Talk Highlights Assembly Event
Mr Roseborough opened the assembly with a ferry and a talk from the Mount Dora Hotel manager on hotel business and job paths. Basketball awards followed, with stripes for Felton Dean and others, chevrons for Finney and Jackson, and eight gold balls for Conference players, plus two more awarded to Mosteller and Goodman.
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Roseborough
Mount Dora
Miss Meadows
Mr. Vincent
Doys
Felton Dean
Bobby Vincent
Bernard McCabe
Ernest Minkley
Milton Teasley
Joe Wiley Teasley
David French
Calvin Richardson
Robert Hecker
Paul Mosteller
Bobby Finney
Curtis Jackson
Bobby Anl
Vincent
Bobby Goodman
Meadows
Jean Shipes
Cocaptain _ Joanne’ French
Florence Lee
Marilyn MacLelland
Sara Roseborough
Anna Margaret White
Det. Adams
Helen Wells
Cooper
Libby Crawdy
Mary Allen
Gladys
Irene Crane
Grace Lee
Dot Geiger
Frieda Stevenson
Marjorie Daniels
Marilyn Johnson
Local Residents Enjoy Weekend Trips Across Florida
Frieda Stevenson visited friends in Palatka on Sunday March 23. Helen Wells Nancy Fuller and Jean Shipes were in Daytona last Friday. Mr and Mrs Ezzard attended a Tampa teachers meeting then visited relatives in Bradenton. Joyce Thompson vacationed in Jacksonville the weekend of March 16. Anna Laura Futral visited Sanford March 21. Ardelle Blair spent March 23 in Daytona. Evelyn Turrentine traveled to Gainesville March 16. Betty Jean Fleming shopped in Orlando March 21. Norman Tuckett spent March 21 in Tampa. Betsy Kramer spent the previous weekend in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Stevenson
Palatka
Helen Wells
Nancy Fuller
Jean Shipes
Daytona
Ezzard
Tampa
Bradenton
Joyce Thompson
Jacksonville
Anna Laura Futral
Sanford
Leda Mace Morrisee
Apopka
Ardelle Blair
Evelyn Turrentine
Gainesville
Betty Jean Fleming
Orlando
Norman Tuckett
Betsy Kramer
Annapolis
Charles Boxell of Warsaw Boy Scout and Inventor in 1922
Charles Dudley Boxell born October 25 1922 in Warsaw Indiana is a 5 foot 7 inch 145 pound youth with brown eyes and hair. He attended St Pauls Catholic School in Marion then Eaton Indiana before returning to Marion and moving to Mount Dora. He enjoys automobile racing science and driving a truck and envisions becoming an inventor like his unpatented Boxlers Vacuumatic Power Brakes. He survived a car fire after a crash in Eustis and plans to attend Rollins College if he changes his mind about college.
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Charles D. Boxell
Boxell Famil
Warsaw
Indiana
Dudley Boxell
Charles
St. Paul's Catholic School
Marion
Eaton
Mount Dora
Edgar Allen Poe
Ariel
Maurois
Eustis
Rollins
Bond Girl Geraldine Calvin Jones Born in Atlanta
Geraldine Calvin Jones was born February 8 1923 in Atlanta Georgia. She stands five feet five inches tall weighs 118 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She has attended seventeen schools in four states including Georgia New York Michigan and Florida. Her interests include swimming dancing and outdoor sports. She keeps a scrapbook knits and favors commercial subjects. Her favorite author is Charles Dickens and she can type and write shorthand. Her best experience was at the New York World's Fair last summer and she plans a business course after high school in June.
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Geraldine Calvin Jones
Atlanta
Georgia
Cal
Georia
New York
Michigan
Florida
Charles Dickens
Odds and Ends: Schoolromance Drift Among Couples
The column surveys recent romantic shifts among long term couples at the school noting puzzled students over why regular pairs like Bobby and Jean Florence and Pete Helen and Bernard James and June Martha and W F have grown distant.
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Snoop
Snoopy
Bobby
Jean
Florence and
Pete
Helen
Bernard
James
June
Martha
W. F
Gossip and Hearts Fly Through Mount Dora School Circles
The letter page recalls of flirtations and social nights among Mount Dora students. Mentions Marian Gorham and Charles Boxell, Evelyn T and Glenwood, three couples in Orlando, and various girls Libby June Joyce Floy with boys, plus spring fever rumors and a skating mishap. The piece urges secrecy about the gossip.
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Marian Gorham
Charles Boxell
Marsuse
June
M.dhs
Gainesville
Evelyn T
Glenwood
Orlando
Mount Dora
Libby D
John C
Martha W
Buford T
June F
Merle Hanns
Merle
Cal
Doc
Libby
Joyce
Floy
Martha
Debating and drama talents emerge among juniors
Several juniors return after measles as the class files names for contests at Rollins and Stetson University. John Burkart and Bernard McCabe will debate at Rollins, while Martha Williamson Florence Lee and Helen Wells participate in the one act play at Stetson on April 26. Plans for the junior senior banquet remain undecided and ideas for an appropriate venue circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollins
John Burkart
Bernard McCabe
Martha Williamson
Florence Lee
Helen Wells
Stetson University
Prize Winners From Topic Contest Revealed
Mrs. Louise Sellers provided answers in the Topic contest published on page 7 of last week’s issue. The list logs business details for venues such as Grand View Hotel Blue Heron Tea Room Lakeside Inn Villa Dora Hotel and Mount Dora establishments, with figures on seating capacity patrons served rooms and revenues.
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Louise Sellers
Blue Heron Tea Room
47th Annual Convention of Florida Woman's Clubs
Report from Mount Dora delegates to the 47th Florida Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Miami. Highlights include welcomes by the Miami club, registration at Venetian Hotel, two banquets, opening sessions with programs and musical selections, and speeches on citizenship, Americanization, and consumer service.
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Chape
Vention
Florida
Mount Dora
Lake County
Miami
Venetian
Federation
Coca-Cola Co
Woman’s Club
Miramar
Thurston Roberts
Jacksonville
Miami Cadettes
E. D. Pearce
Miami Woman’s Club
Alexander Orr, Jr
University of Miami
Suwannee River
Morse
Wilmot
Mark Wilcox
Minnie Porter
Sam
Committee of American Home
Helendeen Dodderidge
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Guide
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Alma Boyd
Ardelle ‘Blair
Sheila Spilky
Rita Daniels
Cal Jones
Tallahassee
THE
Florida Times-Union
Grand View Hotel
William P. Wingler
Crane’s Beauty Shop
Lakeside Inn
Villa Dora
Lloyd Atkins
Atkins
Parker’s Bee & Story Bros
Parker’s
Chic Bros
West Realty Company
Frock & Frill Shop
Sadler & Simpson
Aetna
American
Franklin National
Continental Life
American Life
National Fire
Preferred Accident
Mosteller
FLA. Fed. OF Woman’s Clubs
Va Elleee
ST. Petersburg
Ocala
W. Palm Beach Key West
BOK
Union Bus Station
Alexander
Webster Dictionary
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