School Pride and Postwar Posters Highlight Mount Dora News
Students urged to care for school property from floors to books and walls. A display of World War posters loaned by Mrs. Kramer brightened the library program, ending with a cheer by leaders led by Brugs Kennedy. Mount Dora Lodge 134 Pythians offers a free room with a year’s dues to Mount Dora High School top graduate.
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Kramer
Rge
Brugs Kennedy
Ledger
Mount Dora Lodge 134
Girts of
Pythias
Mount Dora Hi School
Assembly Honors and Academic Awards Program
On Wednesday November 24 a program opened at 10:30. Mr F J from Connecticut spoke on gases used in manufacturing and inflation of individual drive to succeed. Frederick Sleight a former Mount Dora student studying archaeology at the University of Arizona noted as an example. The second segment awarded student athletes with coach Hall praising support for football. Recipients included Roy Beasley Julian Drawdy Wilton Adams Ralph Townsend and many others with captains Bayard Roberts and Jerry Davis named. End of year awards listed for Dickie Widmer Vault Rosenbrough Ruth Beerbower Mildred Itlett Shirley Coen and Carowin Jr.
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F. J
Connectic
Manu
Ledger
Frederick Sleight
Mount Dora
Unirsity of Arizona
Athlet
Hall
Vincent
Monogram
Roy Beasley
Cevns
Julian Drawdy
Wilton Adamsanagers
Ralph Townsend
Chess Mortensen
Bob Burkart
Tommy Ipes
Stripes
Jerry Davis
Dedek Green
Edward Kimball
Theoreen
Bayard Roberts
Harold Lanc
Es Drawdy
DeVault Rosebergh
Thomas McCabe
Brugs Keny
Richard Shipes
William Turntine
Buster Battle
Blair Kramer
Billy McC
Lecture on Tuberculosis Delivers Candid Medical View
About twenty five high school students heard Dr. R. D. Thompson discuss tuberculosis at the Community Building. He described cures possible in sanitariums, the need for early treatment, and how sunlight can harm tubercular patients. He noted care by multiple physicians and warned against overexposure to cold and neglecting nutrition.
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R. D. Thompson
Florida
Orl
Thompson
Florida Sanitarium
Campus Daze Operetta Heads to Community Building
Tomorrow night at eight o'clock the High School Glee Club presents Campus Daze at the Community Building. Helpers include Ezzard finances Minkley tickets Turrentine stage manager Spilky publicity Shaw properties Meadows Laney Cassady makeup Dooley Minkley stage equipment Galloway accompanist Clermont High School Orchestra incidental music and the seventh grade stage decorations. Miss Pemberton thanks all assistants.
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High School Glee Club
Mr. Ezzard
Eleanor Minkley
William Turrentine
Natalie Spilky
J. W. Shaw
Miss Meadows
Miss Galloway
Clermont High School Orchestra
Miss Pemberton
Kiwanis Football Banquet Honors Team and Members
The Kiwanis Club hosted a football banquet on Wednesday November 24 1937 with a turkey dinner and program led by Mr Roseborough. Dr Rogers gave the invocation and Coaches Hall Vincent and Jerry Davis spoke. Attending players included Jerry Davis Dedrick Green Toby Green Bayard Roberts William Turrentine Roy Beasley Ed Kimball Russell Grantley Richard Shipes Bob Burkart Buster Battle Wilton Adams James Drawdy Julian Drawdy B Kennedy Ralph Townsend Harold Lane Tommy Shipes Blair Kramer and Stuart Sadler. Billy McCown was absent due to a Groveland game back injury and Coach Vincent delivered Billys dinner.
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Kiwanis Club
Mr. Roseborough
Dr. Rogers
Hall
Vincent
Jerry Davis
Dedrick Green
Toby Green
Bayard Roberts
William Turrentine
Roy Beasley
Ed Kimball
Russel Grantley
Emily Battle
Mount Dora
Maxine Hudson
Eustis
Mount Dora Yacht Club
Leesburg
Lake County
Mount Dorans
Mildred Bartlett
Shirley Coen
Ruth Beerbower
Natalie Spilky
Dorothy White
Esther Stevens
Carowin Hall
Helen Stuart
Mary Elizabeth Simpson
Jeanne Colley
Jackie Lott
Winter Park
Betty Lott
Don Kimball
Ed Brooks
Mortimer McCown
Bob Quixley
Billy Stewart
Lee French
Lem Downs
Tracy Kramer
Gainesville
Joann French
Sheila Spilky
Evelyn Turrentine
Libby Drawdy
Betsy Kramer
Bess Davis
Jean Shipes
Helen Wells
Florence Lee
June Fenn
Pete Burkart
Calvin Richardson
Gilbert Hayes
Dan Nettles
Bernard McCabe
Cary Colley
Tommy Shipes
Buster Battle
D. D. Roseborough, Jr
Joe Duncan
Tavares
Meeting on basketball practice held by Coach Hall
A November meeting led by Coach Hall gathered about twenty five girls to discuss a two zone court system with three forwards and three guards. Practices were planned Tuesday to Thursday but illness delayed start. many former players from last year listed as returning and several seniors have graduated.
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Hall
Nona Mortensen
Dorothy Gray
Zera Dean
Eleanore Minkley
Lillie Mae Beasley
Virginia Chapman
Frances Faye Thompson
Frankie Lou Morris
Mount Dora Boys Basketball Opens Season Plans
The Mount Dora basketball team held an after school meeting at 3 15 pm on November 29 with coach Vincent outlining the offense and defense for the year. Twelve boys attended and a light practice followed. uniforms were issued by manager Julian Drawdy.
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Vincent
Mount Dora
Julian Drawdy
Jerry Davis
James Drawdy
Richard Shipes
Roy Beasley
Stuart Sadler
Buster Battle
D. D. Roseborough
Bob Burkart
Dickie Widmer
Tavares
Dance at Mount Dora Yacht Club Draws Lake County Youth
Emily Battle and Maxine Hudson hosted the November 26 formal with Leesburg Rhythm Jackets providing music. About two hundred Lake County youths attended. highlights include a treasure hunt, social pairings, and local students visiting from Gainesville.
Senior Girls Plan Play Cast and Sports Hope
The senior class held a meeting with Mrs Laney to decide the cast for This Genius Business a three act domestic comedy. Eleven members have ordered class rings this year. Seniors expect strong girls basketball participation and several have been practicing. The cast will be chosen from last year's junior play participants. Committee members were Hazel Edwards Natalie Spilky J W Shaw and Bayard Roberts.
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Hazel Edwards
Natalie Spilky
J. W. Shaw
Sophomore Class Notes Ambitions List
A fragment lists sophomore ambitions including Wilson seeking to become an expert Robin Hood Carowin as second Garbo Dicky Mr Hall’s double Frankie Lou 1945’s Frances Lang ford Bob wants summers on Mars Geraldine a Fuller brush saleswoman Donald the future Frank Buck Laura doubles for Sonia Henie James to escort Bettye to all castles Montel to build a house at Trimble Point Gerald to become an exceptional chicken farmer Doris to hang a sign Katie Hepburn Gordon to be the subject in a slow motion film Rowena to lower all study hall Speck to enter a freckles contest
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Wilson
Robin Hood
Carowin
Garbo
Dicky
Hall
Frankie Lou
Frances Langford
Bob
Mars
Geraldine
Donald
Frank Buck
Laura
Sonia Henie
James
Bettye’s
Montel
Trimble Point
Gerald
Doris
Katie Hepburn
Gordon
Rowena
Kiwanis Club honors Julia Crane with sympathy resolution
The Mount Dora Kiwanis Club adopts a resolution upon the death of Julia E Crane mother of president D Fletcher Crane. It lauds her Christian character patience and charitable nature and directs the resolution to be recorded presented to the president and sent to the local press.
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Divine Providence
Julia E. Crane
Kiwanian
Crane
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Citrus Canning Recipes and Candy Preparations
Recipe notes describe making divinity candy with sugar, corn syrup, orange juice, egg whites, pecans, and coconut. then Orange Panache with brown sugar and orange juice. Candied Grapefruit Peel quick process with grapefruit peel, sugar, and water. preparation steps for citrus peels including washing, grating, boiling, and peeling.
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Orgirge
Florida lion farm trains crowds with exotic big cats
At Ft Lauderdale, established in 1935, J H McXillop and P M Hutton breed lions for circuses and zoos selling at 200 to 400 dollars. Lions roam in quarry pits while kept in enclosure. Nearby, George K End cans rattlesnake meat since 1932 with a Tampa move. Ross Allen at Florida Reptile Institute milks snakes weekly for venom shipped to labs.
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Florida
Ft. Lauderdale
J. .H. McXillop
P. M. Hutton
George K. End
Arcadia
Tampa
Ross Allen
Florida Reptile Institute
Florida Judge Elwyn Thomas enters Supreme Court race
Elwyn Thomas senior judge of the 9th judicial circuit announces his bid for the Florida Supreme Court bench. A native Floridian educated at Stetson University, he has served as prosecuting attorney, city attorney, and circuit judge since 1919. He has held chambers in Fort Pierce and has been active in St Andrews Church and the American Legion. He has previously sat on the Supreme Bench when needed.
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Florida
Elwyn Thomas
Judicial ‘Circuit
Supreme ‘Court
W. H. Ellis
G.T. Futch
Indian River
Fort Pierce
Thomas
Stetson University
Vero Beach
Taiter
Okeechobee
Indiana River
St. Lucie
Martin Counties
St. Andrews
Episcopal Church
the American Legion
Mahi ‘Temple of
Miami
Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Bench
Fort
Bankers Urge Forestry and Fire Control at Annual Meeting
S W Anderson of Quincy urged managed forestry investments and support of the Florida Board of Forestry in extending organized fire control as he opened the annual meeting of the State Bankers' Association in Tallahassee on the 17th.
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Florida Board of Forestry
S. W. Anderson
Quincy
State Bankers’ Association
Tallahassee
Anderson urges Florida forests fuel prosperity and jobs
Anderson asserts natural resources form Florida's base for social and industrial growth. He credits ports, railroads, and forest products for historic wealth and predicts pulp and paper expansion will create new revenues and employment while forests recover from fires and wildfires.
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Anderson
Florida
Nature
Kilbourn Clears Land for Orange Grove Expansion
Dr. K. E. Kilbourn of Winter Park plans eighteen acres set to orange grove on his Clermont Tavares tract between Howey turn and Minneola. His son Robert oversees the clearing. The new planting will bring his total to 118 acres in the county, including an 85 acre bearing grove and 15 adjoining acres started last spring. Kilbourn joins many Orange County residents developing groves in Lake County recently.
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K. E. Kilbourn
Winter Park
Orange Grove
Clermont-Tavares Main Highway
Howey Turn
Minneola
Dr. Kilbourn
Robert
Kilbourn
Orange County
Lake County
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J. M
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Bayard
Curtis M
Grace Conant
Evelyn Futral
Betty White
Russel G
Russel
Buddy
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Tom McCabe
Dot W
Emily
Fred Astaire
Tom
Dedric
Dedrick
Brugs
Joann F
Blair K
Pensacola
Novel Enterprises
Lauderdale
State Supreme Court
Banker
Board OF Election
L. F. Jackson
L. C. Jerue
L. Grady Simpson
Park Commission
Mabel M. Cleary
Commission
Carl S. Graves
M. V. Simpson
WM. J. Johnson
Elizabeth Evans
C. R. Javens
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