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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1932
Page
2
Mount Dora Topic Volume 7 Number 6 reports staff editor Helen Bartholomew and Lemuel Downs on the Mount Dora High Points bi monthly pages with local items and community notices.
The article outlines eligibility for high school students in four subject five-recitation programs, including age, grades, and representation rules. It cites a December 15 registration deadline, February 24 triangular debates, March 11 district contests in Ocala, and March 22 to 24 state contests in Gainesville, with mentions of participants Blo mew Bartholomew Gould Sadler and Pollard.
The Mount Dora interclass basketball event begins with 7th and 8th graders. Eighth grade girls forfeit. eighth grade boys lose to seventh 12 1. Senior girls beat sophomores 16 14. senior boys 12 4 over soph boys. Juniors beat eighths in mixed games 55 5 girls and 21 3 boys. Final day saw junior and sophomore girls and junior and senior boys win. A debating event followed with Rollins team practicing. Milford Davis won best speaker. topic urged cancellation of intergovernmental debts and reparations.
Mount Dora High School hosted a Wednesday program in the auditorium featuring xylophonist Bob Edwards and accompanist Virginia Young. The pair performed military marches and classical pieces including Serenade, The Stars and Stripes Forever, Flower Song, and Minuet in G Major, with comic skits between numbers and Young singing eccentric numbers. Edwards explained xylophone resonance using heavier hammers and played a piece showcasing the effect.
In Lake County Florida community updates recall longtime residents of Astatula and Eustis, local farming, and public work. The Reaves family census includes Frank E Reaves and siblings, while historic Astatula and Mount Dora are remembered for early growth and the 1890s freeze. Forensics programs and new residents Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Espie are highlighted. Local business efforts include grapefruit promotion, pecan packing, and Chamber of Commerce activity. Public health shows zero typhoid deaths in nine months of 1932 with few Pellagra and malaria deaths and some north to south tuberculosis cases.
The record highlights illustrating both methods to show sound variations. It describes a thoroughly enjoyable program with students appreciating more such performances and the value of varied demonstrations for better understanding.
Six weeks period tests are here as students cram to pass. The second six weeks tests occur on Thursday and Friday December 1. Odd periods 1st 3rd 5th test on Thursday while even 2nd 4th 6th test on Friday. Eligibility rules in dramatics and athletics require passing work with average across subjects.
By decree dated November 25 1932 the Circuit Court of Lake County Florida in Chancery appoints a Commissioner to sell at public auction on January 2 1933 the estate of Osmer L Callahan deceased. The sale will occur between 11 am and 2 pm in front of the County Court House, Town of Tavares. Properties include East half of Lots 1 and 2 Block 9 Mount Dora and adjacent 15 feet frontage on Fourth Avenue, Mount Dora, per official town map.
Public records list numerous parcels in Mount Dora Sorrento Apopka Palm Beach Jupiter and Dora Vista areas with undivided interests and lots in Belleaux Estate Pax ton s Plat and Lake Franklin Park. Personal property includes furniture office equipment and various notes and stock holdings totaling several hundred dollars. Auction will accept bids that net the largest amount for Olmer L Callahan s estate.
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