Elementary School Christmas Party Highlights and Grades News
The report describes a festive elementary scene with students from grades 1 2 3 and 5 visiting on Friday morning to view Christmas trees and decorations. Each room performed carols and readings followed by a party. Parents and grade mothers helped with refreshments and gift exchanges. Bobby Turner contributed a Christmas tree for the fifth grade display.
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Virginia Hollow
Lois Rhodes
Mabel Claire Wyatt
Jane Jon
Jean Conant
Dwight Mosteller
Robert Goodman
Hannah Davis
Bobby Turner
Florida Citrus Boxes Bring Sunshine to Ev hardened Friends
Share your good fortune with shivering relatives by sending sunny boxes of Florida citrus fruits. Enjoy grape fruit oranges tangerines and other citrus delicacies grown only in Florida to cheer them up.
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Florida
Elberton and Leesburg Students Share Holiday Visit
A class enjoyed holiday visits from relatives across Florida and beyond with Elberton and Leesburg locals hosting relatives from DeLand Alabama Indiana and Maine. Ten pupils achieved 100 percent on the 14th weekly spelling test and Forty percent earned honor roll status for the month.
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Pany
Elberton
Ria Roy
Conan
Cathon
Alabama
Bobby Turner
Santa Claus
Indiana
Dale Evans
Marianna
Florida
Julia Orr
South Carolina
Kathryn Etchells
Maine
Billy Birt
Sue Bond
Betty Cooley
Maryann Hadlock
Doris Harding
Sarah Nell Key
Evelyn Niles
Lucille Minkl R
Janet Pohlman
Ruthee Rhodes
Laura Roseborough
Christmas in the Fourth Grade Classroom
The fourth grade decorates for Christmas with Mary and Child, Santa, banners, a tree, and plenty of gifts. The class held a Friday program with songs and recitations while several mothers attended. Some students Patricia Claflin Horace Adams and Zada Mae Lynn were ill. The group wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
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Nick
Mary
Christ
Santa Claus
Patricia Claflin
Horace Adams
Zada Mae Lynn
Third Grade News Travel Notes and Moves
Frances Smith spent Sunday December 11 in Daytona Beach with friends where she saw two streamlined trains The Champion and The Henry M Flagler She visited the Daytona Airport Zoo and shared an interesting account of her trip Edward Swearer moved December 12 to Washington D C This leaves twenty five pupils in our room Marcus Kerr recently visited the local area before the note ends.
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Frances Smith
Daytona Beach
Henry M. Flagler
Daytona Airport
Edward Swearer
Washington, D. C
Marcus Kerr
First Grade News A Christmas Party and Farewell
The first grade enjoyed an afternoon Christmas party before vacation with songs poems and gifts. Five visitors Alice Hall Marjorie Liles Jerry Rogers Charles Hiley and Grace Conboy attended with siblings and friends. Alan was ill and missed the festivities. Joan Swearer moved away reducing enrollment to 22. The class wishes friends a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Alice Hall
Marjorie Liles
Jerry Rogers
Charles Hiley
Grace Conboy
Kenneth G. Rogers
R. M. Blanchard
Lewis Carroll
Horace
Jessie E. Alan
Joan Swearer
Joan
Happy-to You Bishop Dean Harris of Leesburg
Dean Harris born December 12 1887 near Leesburg. He is a funeral director, former merchant with four stores in Leesburg Bell Webster and Umatilla, and active in Kiwanis Red Men Odd Fellows and K of P. He chaired the Watermelon Festival for three years and enjoys hunting fishing and baseball.
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Dean Harris
Leesburg
Montclair
Dean” Harris
Dean
Leesburg Kiwanis Club
Red Men
Odd Fellows
K. of P
Bell, Webster and
Umatilla
John L. Fahs Of Leesburg A Civic Leader And Former Legislator
John L. Fahs born December 14 1903 in Mifflin Pennsylvania is a former Leesburg mayor and Florida Internal Revenue collector for the state. He served one term in the Florida Legislature representing Lake County and remains active in public affairs as a Rotarian with strong civic involvement. He began life earning his first dollar picking cherries and came to Lake County in 1918. His hobbies include politics and sports with baseball and football his favorites and the carnation his preferred flower.
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John L. Fahs
Leesburg
Internal Revenue
Florida
Mifflintown
Pennsylvania
University of Florida
John Fahs
Lake County
John
Lake County Angler Sparks Fisherman Visit to Umatilla
James Youngman, founder of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce in 1939, arrived in Umatilla with his son and daughter to bass fish. The Flying Fisherman's Camp Fire group, with about 300 members, he leads, and he credits reading The Lake County Angler and county inquiries for his decision to travel from Ohio to Florida in March.
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James Youngman
Lake County
County Chamber of Commerce
Flor
County Organiza
Lake County Agriculture Builds Toward Diversified Exports
Growing of plants for crops north of us adds value to Lake County agriculture. A Maryland tomato canning firm has a contract for thousands of tomato plants with Lake Cee Co and others for pepper eggplants and more for shipment north. The 1940 Lake County Fair runs January 15 20 in Eustis with seven communities exhibiting and a citrus display featuring the revolving tangerine.
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Lake County
Maryland
Lake Cee
Lake
Eustis
Winter Haven
Orlando
A. S. Clark
Lake County Fair and Poultry Show Dates Announced
The Lake County Agricultural Fair and Lake County Poultry Show will run January 15–20 at the Eustis County Fair Grounds. P H Hethcox presides with T S Hazelton as secretary, A S Clark re-elected vice president and general manager. Endy Brothers Mile Long Midway to supply attractions with clean wholesome offerings at the Lake County Fair.
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Lake County
See
Miami
E County
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