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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
7
Elementary grades attended high school assemblies all year and prepare a May Day program for May 1 at 2 00 PM in the high school gym. Sixth grade will crown the Queen and King with flower girls, followed by a patriotic flag finale. Parents are invited. Flowers were supplied by multiple students, and four pupils earned A averages in spelling for the fifth six weeks.
The senior class is to give a show at Rock Springs on Tuesday April 25. Tickets sold topped previous totals as sales continued.
Readers thank Mrs Allen for covering classes last Thursday and Friday while Mrs Strite attended the FEA convention in Daytona Beach. In the same room the Scouts practice a patriotic Flag Drill to be presented as part of the program.
Students report progress in hand lettering and poster design new form of block letters with heavy left side. Western states study begun with maps of U S sections. Middle Atlantic States map finished. Two students leave Rex Key and Joanne Brooks. flowers brought by Christine Sills Joanne Summerlin Bill Glenn Pinkney Turner. Weather warmer. school ends at three with earlier arrival. Perfect spellers listed include David Blanchard Billy Carroll Bill Glenn James Hall Barton Hill Calvin Hollon Grover Hollon Barry Norton Lawrence Willard Alvis Williams Norris Williams Mae Deen Darlene Schaff Christine Sills Dolores Pochettino.
The group will perform a tap dance by Patty Dean and Martha Simpson for the May Day program. A list of perfect spellers over the past two weeks includes Bill Wise Carolyn Keller Mary Combs Buddy Combs Robbie Sue Teasley Helen Durham Birdie Mae Durham Vera Mae Wiley Patsy Dean Ellen Marsell Gene Dukes Sadie Beasley Betty Key Jean Pike S J Aldrich Eloise Baxley Mary Adkins Raymond Cooke Raymond Bethea Douglas McCullers Morris Pollard and Joe Ann Grantham.
Third grade students report daily practice for a May Day assembly. They praise the new reader If I Were Going as the best this year and note arithmetic feels easy. A booklet of bids seen in Florida is being made and twenty three students earned an A on the first spelling test this week.
A political advertisement lauds H P Pryor Jones for Lake County sheriff, arguing he embodies executive leadership, business training, honesty, and ability to hire capable deputies. It claims his plan includes finger printing crime detection and FBI cooperation, criticizing six other candidates and urging voters to support Jones.
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