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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1939
Page
7
The article argues that school activities beyond the classroom enrich education for both boys and girls. Plays debates and one act contests improve speaking poise and knowledge while sports teach fair play physical fitness and wider interests. Participation enhances overall school life enjoyment and benefit.
Mount Dora high school debaters under Mrs. Laney won the district four State Inter scholastic Debating Contest at Rollins College on April fifth. They beat Orlando St. Cloud and Leesburg to take first place and will represent district four in Gainesville on April 28 to decide the state championship. Orlando and Eustis tied for second before Orlando won the tiebreaker.
The April 5 event in the Annie Russell Theatre featured Mount Dora Nine Lives of Emily Leesburg Box and Cox St. Cloud Love in Bloom Apopka Who Gets the Car Echo. Eustis won first place and will compete in Gainesville on April 29. other schools earned second place honors.
Tuesday evening April 4 the con test play and debate were held as final preparation for the district tournament at Rollins. Ralph Townsend chaired the debate on forming an alliance with Great Britain. The one act play Jazz and Minuet, by Ruth Giorlott and directed by Miss Evelyn Cassady, followed a romantic comedy set scene.
A well acted show from a capable cast captures the atmosphere of present and colonial times with convincing character work and period detail.
The Mount Dora High School membership in the association was continued for the next twelve months at a recent Memphis meeting.
In a district Pythian event the last meeting of the lodge term featured girls Eve line Von Herbulis Ida Hiley and Eleanore Minkley winning five three and two dollar prizes awarded by Grand Chancellor Mr Wilkinson of Palatka. The winners will have their essays and pictures in the national Pythian magazine.
Mount Dora's girls softball edged ahead early but allowed a 17 9 loss to Winter Garden on April 3. The roster featured Shipes Thompson French Dean Fenn Wood Minkley Wells Cooper McLelland with substitutes Roseborough Lee Stevens. Felton Dean umpired, Fertitta at bases. Two days later April 7 they narrowly fell 15 14 to Umatilla showing strong improvement.
Mount Dora High School diamond ball teams posted two games last week with the Giants defeating the Tigers 14 to 3 and the Yankees beating the Cubs 9 to 5 on Tuesday March 31. The Giants beat the Yankees 8 to 5 on April 4. Tigers beat Cubs 10 to 9. Tigers then routed Giants 17 to 0 and Cubs beat Yankees 14.
Leesburg hosts a doubles tennis event April 1 with three set matches. Partnerships Widmer Richardson and Rozier Schaeffer lead with early sets 4 7 4 and 6 1 6 respectively, while Sadler Kramer and Drawdy have incomplete scores as play progresses.
A fragmented tennis card shows singles results with Rozier Williams 6 and 0-1 in sets, Widmer 4 Rozier 6 Richardson 3 Williams 6, Kramer 1 and Hun doubles. Three set and two set outcomes appear with Widmer Richardson 0 6 4 and Bray McMillan 6 0 6. Layea 8 appears in an unclear context.
Blair Bondstone shows varied interests from hunting golf and camping to woodwork and stamp collecting. He excelled as a football left end, captained the team, acted in school plays and joined Hi Y. He reads Riley Porter London and enjoys dancing and sleeping. He toured Canada in 1938 with friends and values art and music.
Mildred McCaughey, born March 12, 1919 in Springfield Ohio, moved to Mount Dora to finish high school. She plans to work at Crowell Publishing and take civil service exams to become a stenographer, enjoys tap dancing, volleyball, and hopes to travel to Hawaii.
The 1921 Nine ty-Six SC birth of William Roberts McCown II known as Billy. He stands five feet ten inches, weighs 145 pounds and excels in sports especially football and basketball. Billy helped lead his basketball team to a conference championship and recently won the district debate title with plans to attend the University of Florida after graduation.
Laura White and Martha Tread well reported a good time in Orlando on March 31. Mount Dora High School students attended a Sub Deb dance recently. Several students surprised Billy Strickland with a birthday party on April 3. Bettye Lotz and Geraldine Rich were among those present.
Several members of the senior class attended contests at Rollins College on April 5. The one act play featured Mildred Bartlett Tom McCabe and Julian Drawdy. Debates included LaVerne Townsend Stuart Sadler for the affirmative and Eveline Von Herbulis Billy McCown for the negative. The class voted to pay half the expense of producing Jazz and Minuet by Mount Dora in the district Rollins contest. Seniors mailed diplomas last week and were invited by the P T A to a May 5 picnic at Santana Springs, with thanks extended to the P T A.
Five dollars was donated by the junior class to the one act play Jazz Minuet entered in a Winter Park contest. Doris Cowart and Adelaide Key, from the power class, delivered standout performances and won second prize in the Knights of Pythias essay contest held recently.
Norma Towne and Howard Neale, former sophomores, left for Hanover Massachusetts and Dearborn Michigan. A joint freshman and sophomore meeting on March 27 decided to hold the annual picnic at Daytona Beach on May 6.
Eighth grade students traveled to Santando Springs on March 25 for their semester party. They thank Mrs. Malone, Miss Meadows, and all contributing mothers for their cooperation. Those who did not attend are told they missed something.
Spring brings social gossip at school as couples form and rivals clash. A Mt Plymouth youth disrupts Tom Hurlburt's sewing circle while Bob Wells fears Billy McCown may woo his heartthrob. Eleanore asks if new boys arrive and Carey and Joanne break up, with school yard rumors lingering.
The Leesburg and Eustis bands led a strong Lake County showing at the State Band Contest in West Palm Beach. Leesburg competed in division three while Eustis was the sole class D band reaching the first division in sight reading or second division in performance. Individual honors went to multiple members, with leadership credited to Harry L. Parker who mentors both bands as chaperones accompanied by a roster of local guardians.
An April Flower Grower feature by K. W. Loucks of the Leesburg Florida Experiment Station portends a boost for Lake County grape farming. The article replicates a WDBO broadcast by Norris, Lake County Agricultural Agent, outlining practical guidance for grape producers.
Congressman Joe Hendricks defends Central Florida against Jacksonville dominance urging support for Canaveral harbor. He cites his roots near Jacksonville, praises Florida talent Alice Cornett, and lists Civil Service exams and WPA project approvals in Volusia Marion counties.
Lake County recorded typical April temperatures with a low of 56 and a high of 84 at the Court House in Tavares. The thermometer bottomed at 6 a.m. Wednesday April 5 and peaked at 3 p.m. Thursday April 6, remaining mainly between 60 and 80 degrees for most of the week.
Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross star in Cafe Society a romantic comedy about Manhattan clubgoers and a bet leading to a ship news reporter marriage. Supported by Claude Gillingwater Jessie Ralph and Allyn Joslyn the show runs tomorrow and Saturday at the Princess Theatre.
Edward Small presents King of the Turf with Adolphe Menjou as a down-and-out turned racing world figure. Fifteen year old Roger Daniel makes his screen debut as the jockey after a nationwide talent search. Supporting stars include Alan Dinehart Dolores Costello Walter Abel and others in a story set around race tracks and gambling venues.
I wish to thank our many friends here for their kindness and sympathy shown after the sudden passing of my husband Mrs Robert D Tees expresses gratitude for support in this difficult time.
North region travel offices report rising demand for Florida information and predict a busy summer season with many tourists heading to the state. The forecasts emphasize increased interest in Florida destinations and related travel services.
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