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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
7
Letters from Santa reveal children seeking scholarships, a horse and buggy, wings to avoid rides to town, and a Ford with a chauffeur. The piece notes that directors, stage managers, advertisers, and ticket handlers are crucial to a show's success, while actors’ practice matters less to the final outcome.
A collection of handwritten holiday notes includes Evelyn Cassady asking Santa for a new Duesenberg, Roseborough seeking peace and happiness, Ossie Ginther requesting a Stetson preacher, a Spanish girl asking to be left alone, and Charles Woodfin Ezzard’s plea. The Kings Daughters thank donors and the school for Thanksgiving baskets and football-laundering aid from Golden Triangle Cleaners.
The high school glee club operetta Comus Daze directed by Miss Pemberton played on Prides December 10. Rehearsals ran since November with nightly practice the week prior. About one hundred dollars was taken in and sixty dollars cleared after expenses, funds to aid the orchestra and glee club. Ticket sale went to the eighth grade.
The girls team under new coach Hall has had one practice and schedules multiple games. Upcoming reads include Alumni on Dec 31, Montverde Jan 7, Apopka Jan 11, Groveland Jan 14, Eustis Jan 18, Ocoee Jan 25, Barberville Jan 28, Winter Garden Feb 1, Apopka Feb 4, Umatilla Feb 8, Winter Garden Feb 11, Groveland Feb 15, Montverde Feb 18, Urata Feb 28 with venue notes here or there.
This year's Mount Dora squad, led by Coach Vincent, features Roy Beasley Tom McCabe Stuart Sadier Edward Kimball Bob Burkart D D Roseborough Jr Richard Drawdy Bikdaar Davis James Strickland and Buster ameen. The team aims to boost attendance at practices and games while managing cold weather as they begin with a January 5 opener.
On Friday December 17, pupils gathered in the auditorium for a Christmas program led by Miss Pemberton and the seventh grade. Roy Cookingham spoke on meteorology. Reverend Rogers delivered the message. Dedrick Green and Mildred Bartlett won Mr and Mrs Santa Claus titles and gifts were distributed for the Kings Daughters baskets. School closes for a two week holiday and will reopen January 3, 1938.
Epworth League hosted a skating party on December 10. The high school Christmas program was held December 17 and gifts were given to the King’s Daughters for distribution. The senior play This Genius Business was cast with Beaumont Blodgett and Aida Blodgett among others. Many former M D H S students plan holidays home from universities. Lois Tyron joins the senior lineup after Mayme Brower’s move.
Tommy Hurlburt of Bolles Agnes Harding and Katherine Kilian from Southern with Georgene from Kentucky Military Institute feature in the latest prep season rosters.
The junior class met on Wednesday December 16 to choose holiday practice times for the junior play Headed for Eden. Rehearsals will run Monday and Wednesday evenings at the school auditorium and Tuesday morning at the Community Building with the show slated for January 29 at the Community Building. Practice has begun on the third act.
Gossip mentions J L High bribing Rita D to stay silent about Friday night plans. Bets enjoys Christmas vacation, while George Backus is blamed. Campfire Girls face complaints from Sorrento boys as previews of social tensions surface. Freshman skit cast announced by Miss Meadows includes Williams Dean Moore Stevenson Kramer Harding Blanchard Spilky.
The eighth grade held its first semester Christmas party December 17 in the lunch room. The seventh grade also celebrated with a class party on December 17, hosted by grade mother Tuckett and included a holiday mood as Christmas nears.
Gossip column notes Stuart Sadler may favor Shirley over Ruth after the December 10 operetta Campus Daze. Orchids extend to Miss Pemberton the cast and chorus for their elegant performance. William T. hints at the romantic senior play role.
A business expert insists progress comes from continual and prudent advertising. He argues that every entrepreneur must move forward or fall behind, as standing still is impossible in competitive markets.
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