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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
2
The note urges appreciating Christmas regardless of size, sharing with the needy, and being thankful for gifts and meals. It warns against false resolutions and encourages being oneself while treating others as you would yourself. It also offers general advice for the New Year.
A collection of Santa letters from M. D. H. S. students requests include a Chariot, pictures, a doll, tape, and other gifts. Notes express affection for Santa, include dance memories, and ask for comfort items like a soft bench for a club.
A festive letter expresses thanks and asks for a playful birthday wish. Ernest as President and J L as Secretary sign a cheerful note about adding years to age and extending holiday cheer. Santa imagery and Merrie Christmas wording dominate the message.
On Friday December 13 the eighth grade hosted an all grade challenge with a spelling match among Johnnie Mae de Loach Arline Cross David Edgerton and John Coffin versus Marilyn Johnson Dorothy Gieger Bobby Finney and Grace Lee of the ninth grade. The event continued with song title contest and current events quiz linking eighth eleventh and twelfth grade contestants.
Mr Sedano will organize a school band with about thirty pupils attending meetings after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Few students own instruments including four trumpets three clarinets one saxophone and drums. More instruments have been ordered as interested pupils plan to buy them.
Local notes record Bettie Blanchard traveling to DeLand with family, Iris Moon in Leesburg, Nancy Fuller visiting Lake Wales, Cal Jones in Orlando, and Joyce Thompson in transit. Fellow items recount Mount Dora dance crowds, romantic pairings, and a Clermont game outing with a tire mishap and moonlit hill.
Sunday events in Orlando include visits with friends for the December holiday period. Floy Townsend spends Christmas week with Mrs W L Taylor in Bartow. Mary Estey visits DeLand. Leda Mae Morris was in Leesburg last Sunday. Nancy Fuller departs December 26 for Jacksonville and Pensacola for a week.
Senior class notes indicate a decision on February 14 program is pending. Three plays under consideration are America First, Wedding Spells, and S for Yourself Joan. Roseborough and Miss Cassady volunteered to read the first two plays to aid selection. Tryouts will occur after play books arrive. The class oversees the food sale at the December 27 basketball game.
The eighth grade planned a combined scavenger hunt and Christmas party for Saturday December 21 at Donnie French's house. Doris Keene returns from Palatka Florida where she had been attending school.
Rural and urban residents may benefit from soil conservation efforts tied to basketball coverage. Proper land use protects resources while supporting future enjoyment and community well being.
A young woman joins hundreds of homemakers preparing bayberry candles for Christmas. The berries are boiled for wax, purified, and formed into candles that emit the season's distinctive aroma when burned.
A verse ascribes December street singing by minstrel crowds and villagers. shepherds and nuns join in devout carols by the fire. The scene ends with a weary watcher noting the contrast as warmth fades.
The article recalls Bethlehem as a city set on a hill six miles from Jerusalem with flat roofs and cozy homes. It notes its friendly narrow streets and that more Christians live there than any other town in Palestine, with hillside shepherds and bright persistent stars overhead.
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