First Grade Christmas Projects Highlight School News
Elementary students display a Nativity scene and Santa Claus land on a Christmas frieze. The class plans a community Christmas program at the Community Building with Santa present. Perfect attendance, spellers, and 100s are noted for several students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Joseph
Santa Claus
Santa
Doris Griffin
Martha Simpson
Martha Sladen
Joann Grantham
Patsy Dean
DeLand
Susanne Sihler
Alan Claflin
Melvin Stevenson
Mabel Liles
Helen Whitehead
George Blunt
Calvin Hollon
Billy Darby
Marilyn Spaulding
Birdie Mae Durham
Elizabeth Oliver
Christine Sills
C. W. Rogers
David Blanchard
Billie Carrol
Bettye Ann Ray
Second Grade Prepares Christmas Gifts and Program
Second grade students prepare Christmas cards and colored pictures for the class border. Next week they will make gifts for parents and holiday decorations. A Christmas program is set for Friday afternoon, December 20, with gift exchanges planned.
Rumford Baking Powder Promises Versatile Baking Aid
An advertisement extols Rumford Baking Powder as suitable for any recipe from magazines or books. It claims no alum and no bitter aftertaste, urging readers to use the indicated amount and to request a free recipe book from Rumford Baking Powder, Box A, Rumford, R I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Rumford
Pleasant Thanksgiving Vacation Noted at School
The article records a festive break from December 21 to January 6 and cites high attendance for the third month. It lists top spellers Raoul Barker Evelyn Minkley Floyd Risley and notes several students who were neither absent nor tardy in the second six weeks. Miss Camp photographed students with her kodak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Detten
Raoul Barker
Evelyn Minkley
Floyd Risley
Chuck” Allen
Joe Fertitta
Randolph Spilliards
Hollis Lee Townsend
Marian Roseborough
Mary Martha Simpson
George Bond
Thomas Fleming
Bobby Boyd
Beau Griffin
Clarence Hobby
Grover Hollon
Junior Hutchinson
Danny Patton
Edward Stewart
Mary Fertitta
Betty Ruth Schwartz
Miss Camp
Kodak
Fourth Grade Christmas Spirit Shapes Gifts and Trees
A classroom turns toward sewing and carpentry as students spread Christmas spirit by making gifts and drawing borders. They plan to decorate an evergreen tree outside the room to avoid cutting a tree indoors and reflect on the fate of discarded Christmas trees.
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United States
Christmas Tree Planting and Conservation Message
A school note recalls digging up a Christmas tree with roots to plant and decorate yearly while stressing conservation of trees. Students list perfect spellers, mention a fifth grade project, a goldfish loss, various Christmas plans, and spelling100s achieved by several students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Claflin
Willie Mae Bn
Adrianne Norton
Frances Smith
Perfect Spellers and Class Activities Highlight Lake Wales School News
The school reports 97 percent attendance for the third month. Betty Cooley and Maryann Hadlock achieved perfect spelling tests during the sixth week. Week thirteen list includes Maryann Hadlock and eight others. Wallace Verigan newly enrolled. class includes crafts with a Christmas motif. Enrollment stands at twenty six. Mr. King from Coca Cola Bottlings Company of Leesburg donated tablets and rulers to elementary grades. Lucille Minkley delivered a thank you letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Cooley
Maryann Hadlock
Doris Harding
Eveline Liles
Lucille Minkley
Julia Orr
Lila Rhodes
Ruth Irene Risley
Laura Roseborough
Bobby Turner
Wallace Verigan
Lake Wales
Florida
Mr. King
Coca-Cola Bottlings Company
Leesburg
Christmas temporary workers urged to secure Social Security cards
The Social Security Board in Orlando urges temporary Christmas workers to obtain and show their Social Security account numbers to employers. Employers with any workers must report names, numbers, and wages to the IRS. A new process uses a temporary receipt titled Evidence of Application for Account Number while applications are checked. Employees should inform employers of their number promptly and, if missing, employers may obtain it via Form SS-1a after 15 days, by contacting the issuing field office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul K. Weaver
Social Security Board
Orlando
Florida
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mr. Weaver
Mr.Weaver
Partial list of Tourist Club members names
A long, comma heavy roster lists numerous Tourist Club members from Mrs. W. C. Butts to Miss Clara E. Whitney with many couples and individual names, plus a prompt to report omissions. The fragment indicates a membership roll published in a newspaper item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Waddington
L. M. Waite
Adeline Wise
Harry Wise
Clara E. Whitney
Fifteenth Community Surpasses C of C Membership Quota
Astor becomes the fifteenth community to exceed its Lake County Chamber of Commerce quota for 1940 41 and pushes total membership past 1550, the largest in Florida. Leesburg remains top with 289 members as Eustis and Tavares surge. new five dollar memberships from local businesses and residents are noted.
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Astor
Lake County
Tavares
Leesburg
Eustis
Mount Dora
Clermont
Umatilla
Howey Montverde
Groveland
Fruitland Park
Astatula
M. Simpson
A. C. Quixley
Umatilla State Bank
Ties That Bind The Barrymores In New York Tale
Ethel Barrymore bought two maroon ties and sent one to Lionel and one to John as a reminder of past show memories. The incident ties her to Times Square history and the Olympia Theatre site as her brothers argued over rightful ownership of a single tie before a joint appearance.
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Ethel Barrymore
Barrymore
Olympia Theatre
Broadway
Ethel
John
Lionel
Bond
Sat
John Barrymore
Jim Connors
Miss Barrymore
the Olympia
Yesteryear
Lake County 4 H Club Advances Wildlife Conservation
Lake County leads youth conservation through a wildlife record book and requirements program created by Claxton Parker. Adopted by University of Florida extension service for 4-H clubs, about 14 clubs with 40 boys planned to join. A January meeting will expand the plan and prep for a Lake County Fair exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Claxton Parker
Extension Service
University of Florida
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