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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
3
A Mount Dora High School article extols cooperation after a fable about two men sharing a meal. It urges students to imitate the spirit of teamwork to accomplish school projects and reduce indifference. The piece promotes Golden Triangle Laundry Lloyd Atkins as the local dry cleaner for H S uniforms.
In November discussions unfold with students debating topics on competition versus cooperation and a rumored star pupil. Mount Dora and Oviedo open basketball seasons with Mount Dora boys winning 12 to 9 and girls losing 16 to 15 in a close opener. captains named for Mount Dora with Clovis Brantley and Robert McMurray as alternates.
Through cooperation of Senators and Congressmen a portrait of George Washington has been sent to every school room in the United States for display in classrooms and public spaces. The initiative aims to honor the nation’s first president and inspire patriotic education nationwide.
A fragment notes a Gilbert Stuart portrait from the Athenaeum finioie and announces a larger Washington audio portrait in the auditorium. It mentions a smaller portrait for classrooms and future Washington programs as part of the celebration.
A mixed season note reports several players dropped for eligibility and a 6 6 tie with Pistolville. The team showed more spirit than last year with a solid backfield and defense though no spectacular plays occurred. The gold football award remains a secret, fueling hope among players and gratitude toward Coach Laney.
On November 10 the school held an Armistice Day program in the auditorium. The event opened with trioth songs followed by Major Cooley’s speech about the horrors of war and the heavy costs in lives and money.
An ad reading assembly today sophomores giving a scrumptious appeared on the board Friday November 13. The notice drew laughs as exaggerated wording but by the end of school students had reassessed the message.
The program features a saxophone solo Rose Waltz by J D Mosteller a reading Court ing Under Difficulty by Catherine Williamson a piano Meditation by Mary Joyce Moorhead a pantomime The Fickle Professor read by Mary Bob Treadwell with characters Jane Long Peggy Champ Professor Marais Eurelius Smith Edward Brooks Maybelle Sweet Elizabeth Fenn. The pantomime is praised as a laugh from start to finish ending with a cornet solo The St Louis Blues by J D Mosteller.
Winter Park overwhelmed Mount Dora 32 to 0 at Tinker Field in Orlando on Wednesday night. Yon led Winter Park with standout play as Mount Dora, shorthanded by study failures and injuries, fielded only one substitute who had limited practice.
On a Sunday in Tavares Mary Treadwell Mary Joyce Moorhead and Jane McCown visited the zoo. The following Monday M J Bouterse and Francis Moorhead traveled to Orlando to attend an airplane contest.
The meeting discussed immediate ordering of twelve rings for seniors and three for juniors with eleven senior rings already ordered. Juniors promote the play with poster contests and new slogans while Libby Finn is noted as alternate basketball captain and a football award is being funded.
A ninth grade recounts lessons on meat cuts and a chaotic chicken incident in Mrs. Thayer’s class. They describe pig and cow cuts, salt pork, and a dramatic rescue. Edna Neil and Ethel Lent were named as players in the first game of the year, while Jean Smith escaped a mad dog attack with quick action.
The eighth grade met on November 19 to organize selling candy at basketball games to raise about five dollars for the Athletic Association. They also began Home Projects with Home Ec students planning menus, buying food, tracking costs, and hosting weekly dinners, reporting costs and achievements.
Readable exchanges reveal students debating proper hand washing tools, lost items, continents, and measurement basics. Interactions include Miss Carson guiding questions about continents and Mr Laney explaining three inches equal one foot, with other clipped remarks from Mr Laney and Professor Laney.
The USDA Bureau of Home Economics offers guidance for fruit cake prep including selecting fruit and nuts, creaming butter and sugar, alternating flour and liquids, and long slow baking in a moderate oven. Use greased paper, test with a straw, cool on a rack, wrap tightly, and store in a tin for weeks. A method to prevent drying includes adding an apple or damp cheesecloth with cider.
The U S census identifies the dose of population near Linton Indiana as the nation’s center based on 1930 returns. A coal six foot marker with a stone center was erected and dedicated by Linton Boy Scouts before a crowd of several hundred. The center moved from Baltimore to Parkersburg to Columbus and onward each decade.
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