Afternoon Talk Guides Girls Toward College Choices
Wednesday's Junior and Senior Girls Club met for an afternoon with Miss McCullough Dean of Women at Stetson University. She advised on why to pursue college and how to pick a school, stressing ambition industry independence and social responsibility, plus tips on preparation and campus life. Punch and cake followed with Betsy Kra mer and Doris Cowart serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McCullough
Stetson University
Betsy Kramer
Doris Cowart
Social Roundup From April Weekend Activities
Frances Faye Thompson coping on April 14. Blanchard, Miriam Blackman, and Buster Battle enjoyed sun at Daytona Beach on April 14. Geraldine Richard in Silver Springs on April 14. Jessie Mae Nettles visited her aunt in Eustis over the April 13 weekend. Meadows and Sawyer visited Zephyrhills. D O M A hosted at Myra Scharfaus home on April 6 with Jean Shipes, Florence Lee, Bettie Blanchard, Joanne French, Winifred Harding, Libby Drawdy, Rita Daniels, Mary Allen, and the hostess. Nancy Fuller at Silver Springs and Juniper Springs on April 14. Pomona Davidson in Tampa April 13 for Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Ella Reeve visiting Cocoa. Bettye White and Lilla Henderson in Santando Springs April 13. Montel Morris visiting friends in Tampa. Haskel Lee Ferris born March 18 in Crossville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Faye Thompson
Cope
Tte Blanchard
Miriam Blackman
Buster Battle
Daytona Beach
Geraldine Richard
Silver Springs
J . Jessie Mae Nettles
Eustis
Miss Meadows
Miss Sawyer
Zephyrhills
Myra Scharfaus
Jean Shipes
Florence Lee
Bettie Blanchard
Joanne French
Winifred Harding
Libby Drawdy
Rita Daniels
Mary Allen
Ancy Fuller
Juniper Springs
Pomona Davidson T
Tampa
Ella Reeve
Cocoa
Bettye White
Lilla Agnes Henderson
Santando Springs
Montel Morris
Bettye Lotz a Florida student with varied arts and sports
Elizabeth Lotz known as Bettye, from Ocala to Sanford and Mount Dora, graduates soon. She has played baseball, basketball, tennis, and appeared in a senior play. Bettye enjoys English and typing, piano, movies, and tennis, with a memorable trip to Daytona Beach and plans to pursue further study if she graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Lotz
Elizabeth Lotz
Silvain de Bettye
Ae Florida
Bettye
Ocala
Sanford
Mount Dora
Grey
Daytona Beach
Geraldine Gladys Richardson Portrait in 1923 Kansas City Birth
A newspaper notice profiles Geraldine Gladys Richardson born May 25 1923 in Kansas City Missouri to Dr and Mrs G A Richardson. It lists her schooling in Bridgeport and Mount Dora notes height weight hair and eye color hobbies and interests including chemistry Latin bowling tennis dancing and movies. It also highlights senior play involvement ticket selling and a plan to study nursing at Jersey City Christ Hospital or New Jersey Medical Center after school.
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Kansas City
Missouri
G. A. Richardson
Geraldine
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Mount Dora
Dickens
Othor
Deer Lake Camp
Jersey City Christ Hospital
New Jersey Medical Center
Junior and Senior Classes Attend Tea and Plan Events
On April 17 the junior and senior classes were invited to a tea and lecture by the Junior Woman's Club. Doris Cowart presided at the tea table with Betsy Kramer. The senior class will attend a tea dance and fashion show by Dickson-Ives and Rutlands of Orlando at the Orlando Country Club on April 20. The freshmen will be entertained at a picnic after selling the most tickets for the senior play. Transportation remains a challenge for about 70 pupils. The seniors’ banner arrived, the diploma bill is due, invitations are being prepared, and Commencement nears.
Junior Class Notes Banquet Date Set and Activities
The junior class sponsors three dancing lessons at the Community Building with the last on Friday April 19. The junior-senior banquet committee led by Betsy Kramer Jean Shipes Miriam Blackman Sheila Spilky Winifred Harding and Miss Sawyer has moved the banquet to May 17. Two top junior boys Wilbur Vanzant and Felton Dean were chosen to attend Kiwanis dinners for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Kramer
Jean Shipes
Miriam Blackman
Sheila Spilky
Winifred Harding
Miss Sawyer
Wilbur Vanzant
Felton Dean
Kiwanis
Sophomore Melodies Take Center Stage at Community Dance
The piece notes shifting romantic pairings among Dan and Florence, Helen and Jackie, and Mary E or Nancy with Cal Jones. James T. is left leaning on the old top rail at the Community Building dances as Bernard McCabe remains unswept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Florence
Johnny
Helen
Jackie
Calvin
Mary E
Nancy
James T
Cal Jones
Bernard McCabe
Frank J. Banning for Elect Head of Schools
Paid political advertisement endorses Frank J. Banning a well trained school man with fourteen years of successful experience in the county as the choice to head the schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. P. Cone
The Best Dancer in the World Dance Notice
Pete performs new jitterbug steps at the next dance and Joanneses and Jeannette Adair are mentioned as possible dates. Libby D is singled out among girls while Noel Gulledge is labeled a scatter brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne
Pete
Jeannette Adair
Noel Gulledge
Libby D
Class party plans and farewell for Bob Awde
Student group hints at party at Santando with no date set yet. They express regret over Bob Awde leaving to return north and hope for his return next winter.
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Santando
Bob Awde
Seventh Grade Welcomes Vernell Shipley Back
The seventh grade greets Vernell Shipley returning from Newcastle Pennsylvania after four months. At a Wednesday class meeting they plan a May first Saturday party trip to Santando Springs to celebrate the semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernell Shipley
Newcastle
Pennsylvania
Santando Springs
Scandal Snoops by Pick and Peck
A playful school gossip page recounts dating escapades among students Dan Nettles Florence Gracie Lee Evelyn Turrentine and others with notes on new jewelry and club formations. Unclear details aside the column preserves names marriages and flirtations in a lighthearted tone.
Florida Made Products store opens in Tavares
R. S. Crawford of Tang erine establishes a new Florida made goods shop on State Highway No 2 at Disston avenue intersection. Notable growth seen in Tavares negro section with new homes remodels and repainting while Mrs Lillian Gulliver adds lake front cottages on the Tavares Mount Dora road. Development continues along the Treadway home area toward the clay road.
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Tavares
R. S. Crawford
Tangerine
Disston Avenue
Flor
Lillian Gulliver
Mount Dora
Considera E
Treadway
Who Pays the Florida Highway Bill
Florida’s highway funding analyzed by the Division of Research and Records in Tallahassee. Walter Parker outlines traffic use and revenue sources, noting urban areas pay 65 percent while rural and out-of-state users contribute the rest. The article argues for reallocating funds to state roads and urges a financing overhaul to address a $140 million backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Parker
Division of Research and Records
State Road Department
Tallahassee
Florida
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mount Dora High School
Winifred Hardingee
High Ye School
Kenneth Rogers
Roseborough
Rogers
D. H. Moore
Lake County
Friends of Good Schools
Haskel
Speck
Navy
Haskell Lee Ferris
Haskel Lee Ferris Was
Crossville
Tennessee
Broward and
Trammel Florida
U.S
Fred P.cone
U. S
Fred P. Cone
Ernor
Econ
Washington
Geraldine Gladys Richardson
Frank J. Banning
Suc
Scandal
Pick
Peck
Dan Nettles
Gracie Lee
Evelyn Turrentine
Ee McCabe
H.B.A
Happy Bachelors Association
D.O.M.A
Pomona Davidson
Tom Kimball
Pony
Jackie Acuff
Roger Horne
Miriam
Carlyle
Bettie
Buster
Cal
Jimmy
Paul
Robert Taylor
Tom Woodward
Carowin
Bill Stewart
William Turrentine
Charles Boxell
Gerry Helzel
Adelaide
Juanita
Faye
Rita
Karl Lehmann
Chi Sc Ee
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