Elementary School News and Teacher Meeting Report
Elementary teachers met with Miss Doris Camp at her Gorham street home on Tuesday afternoon. Virginia Bardeen led a discussion from the State Center Education Bulletin “A Guide to Improved Practice in Florida Elementary Schools.” Several students missed days due to measles. seventh month attendance ended with several names listed as having perfect attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cementary
Doris Camp
Gorham Street
Virginia Bardeen
Eut of Education
Florida
C. W. Ezzard
Lila Rhodes
Ruth Irene Risley
Laura Roseborough
Shenkereres
Fairy lore and Florida curios in a breezy hometown note
The writer muses on fairy lore as youth returns and hints at Florida’s charms. They marvel at rivers and springs, claim a trick to count Florida counties from a police car’s license numbers, and mention tadpoles growing in an aquarium as spring arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Orida
Measles Absences Reported In Local Classroom
Three pupils are reported absent with measles while the rest of the class attend daily. The writer notes the group remains steady in support and attendance.
Easter activities and wildlife week at Florida school
Mrs Barker and Mrs Risley hosted an Easter egg hunt in Risley’s yard with candy provided by Mr Simpson. The event included games and updates on students’ absences due to measles. Florida Wildlife Restoration Week activities featured songs, a proclamation, poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer, mockingbird talk, and wildlife-saving discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Barker
Carl Risley
Joyce Kilmer
Florida
Suwanee River
America
Raoul Barker
Ocala
Mary Martha Simpson
First Grade Easter Party At School
The first grade enjoyed an Easter party after recess hosted by Miss Neel and grade mothers with cookies fruit juice and baskets of candy eggs. Joann Grantham and L C Durden visited grandmothers in Eustis while Martha Sladen vacationed in Orlando and Alan Claflin stayed with an aunt at a Florida Sanitarium. The class decor features calla lilies petunias and phlox and plans include circus themes with Baby Elephant and Monkey Jingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Oliver
Miss West
Miss Neel
Bettye Ann Ray
Maxine Lyles
Billie Carroll
Helen Whitehead
Betty Ann Davis
Alabama
Alvis Williams
Barry Norton
Christine Sills
Elizabeth Oliver
James Hall
K. G. Rogers
Joann Grantham
L. C. Durden
Eustis
Martha Sladen
Orlando
Alan Claflin
Florida Sanitarium
Orlando Onter
Santis
Erie man to unveil monument for Little Colonel at Umatilla
George H. Lux of Erie Pennsylvania will be in Umatilla on Saturday April 26 to unveil a monument to The Little Colonel a heroic crippled boy who inspired circus performers and fans nationwide Lux originated the plan and the fund supports the dedication J Edwin Baker Crippled Children's Home superintendent arranges the ceremonies for this novel event with the sponsor company bearing expenses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Lux
Erie
Umatilla
America
Lux
J. Edwin Baker
Crippled Children’s Home
Lake Birthday Portrait of Tom Cooley Leesburg Leader
Tom Cooley of Mount Dora born April 30 1896 in Elberton Georgia. He studied at Gibson Mercer Academy and the University of Georgia and earned his first Elbert County dollar splitting cordwood. He serves as Lake County State Senator and heads the Lake County Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is a real estate dealer in 1925 Leesburg active Kiwanian Mason Shriner American Legion superintendent of Baptist Sunday School for 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cooley
Mount Dora
Elberton
Gibson- Mercer Academy
Bowman
University of Georgia
Elberton County
Lake County
Carlton
American Telephone Company
American Legion
Baptist Sunday School
Leesburg
Carlton Huey
Blondie Bunnell of Eustis A Civic Leader and Public Service Chief
M F Bunnell known as Blondie, born April 25 1900 in Minneapolis, is district superintendent of Florida Public Service Co based in Eustis. He moved to Florida in 1912 and Lake County in 1930 and has led the Eustis Chamber of Commerce and the Central Florida Council of Chambers of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Bunnell
Eustis
Minneapolis
Minn
Orlando
University of Florida
Blondie” Burnnell
Harry E Gaylord Florida mayor and civic leader
Harry E Gaylord of Eustis born April 29 1914 in Syracuse New York. He attended grade and high schools in New York and graduated from John B Stetson University. Gaylord is a lawyer and the youngest mayor in Florida active in Rotary and local civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gaylord, Eustis
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
John B. Stetson University
Harry
Boonville
Florida
Lake County
Stetson Reporter
Stetson University
University
Harry Gaylord
Local notable J C Powers remembered for service in Umatilla
J C Powers of Umatilla born April 30 1904 in Waverly Florida earned his first dollar delivering ice in 1922 after moving to Lake County He served as past president of the Umatilla Business Men’s Association and held roles in the Lake County Chamber of Commerce City Council and various fraternal bodies He is active in the Methodist church Kawanian Mason and Woodmen of the World his leisure includes hunting and fishing with fish as his favorite food and violet as his favorite flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C Powers
Umatilla
Waverly
Fla
Lake County
Powers
Edwin Carlton Huey Born in North Carolina in 1893
Edwin Carlton Huey of Leesburg is noted for his birth on May 1 1893 in Macklenburg County North Carolina He attended Matthews School for high school and Erskin College for higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Carlton Huey
Leesburg
Macklenburg County
North Carolina
Matthews School
Erskin College
Housefly Control Methods From Farm and Home Guide
This article outlines cleaning breeding places twice weekly and thinly distributing refuse to prevent fly breeding. It describes a poisoning mix of water milk and malrin, a shallow dish with bread, and warns that spraying flies with commercial or self made kerosene based formulas is common. It also mentions fly screens as effective and notes low operating costs.
Sorren to Community Notices and Visits
Mrs Jean Phifer and children return to Washington DC after a visit with sister Mrs Strite. Ladies Church Aid Society to meet at Mrs Schopke’s home next Friday. Mrs Ida Battle called to Orlando by the death of her aunt Mrs Berger. Sympathy extended to the Berger family and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Phifer
Washington, D. C
Strite
Estelle Vanderoef
Lake County
Ladies Church Aid Society
Schopke
Ida Battle
Orlando
Berger
Mina Rouse
4-H Club County Council Elects Officers and Plans Day
The 4-H Club County Council met in the Home Demonstration office at the County Court House in Tavares. Patsy Blanton was elected president, Joyce Stewert vice president, Susie Carter secretary and treasurer, and Catherine Breedlove reporter. Plans for County Achievement Day set for May 3 with booths led by individual members and local leaders. Demonstrations planned include table setting dress review dairying and food preparation. Next council meeting scheduled for April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Club
County Court House
Tavares
Lucie K. Miller
Patsy Blanton
Joyce Stewert
Susie Carter
Catherine Bleedlove
Marian Ann Rhea
Catherine Breedlove
Catherine Rhea
Marjorie Bates
NYA Registration Open for Youth Ages 16 to 24
The National Youth Administration begins taking registrations for youth aged 16 to 24 for employment in future life work fields. Applicants aged 16 must have high school graduation or be out of school six months. Apply to NYA representative Laura Mars at the Lake County Health Unit in Tava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
NYA
Laura Mars
Lake County
Tava
Siear Scare
Ciuk O’clari O C. Buree Ie Ce
Natiouth Administration
Orlando
Florida
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Edward Stewart
Diege
Dodge
Detroit
Bowes
C.B.S
Thurs
Lake Motors
Bay Street
Ric
Lake
Wien Countys Party
Thomas Hayes Cooley
Maurice Frank Bunnell
Harry E. Gaylord
J. C. Powers
Sorrento
High School
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