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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1943
Page
4
The provided line presents the Pledge of Allegiance, spelling the pledge to the flag and the republic for which it stands. It declares one nation under liberty and justice for all with no further context or events.
A quotation of the American Creed declares belief in a government of the people derived from consent, justice, equality, and humanity, with patriotic duties to love and defend the country, support its constitution, obey laws, and respect the flag. It emphasizes patriotism and national unity.
Lake County assigns a February quota of 74,400 for War Boons and Stamps, reduced by 20,000 from January. Mount Dora area quotas include Lake Jem 50, Mount Dora 10,000, and Sorrento 50.
Lake County Judge Albert Sydney Herlong Jr born 1909 in Manistee Mon roe County Alabama. He studied in Leesburg Center Hill and the University of Florida and was named president of the Florida County Judges Association. He began earning money at 15 and moved to Florida in 1911 and Lake County in 1920. His hobbies include baseball hunting and fishing with a fondness for roses and ice cream amid shortages.
East Town residents attended services at St Mary’s Baptist Church led by Rev W M Poe with visiting Rev ED Comantic. David McDuffie and Robert Lacy serve in the U S Army and promise quick return after defeating the Japs. Sgt George Dorsey is on furlough and his brother James Dorsey is home from the north. Teddy Gargin’s mother is ill in Lake County Hospital. Community Building receives magazines from Purdy of Sylvan Shores. The Helping Hand Club met February 2 with Joe Boles as president. A speaker predicts the war ends in 1943 and residents pray for victory.
The P T A fundraiser brings in money for a school library with new books including Abe Lincoln Grows Up The Talking Leaves and Mountain Mystery. Students report on perfect spelling and arithmetic progress and note their class attendance of four and a half months. Several pupils named for spelling excellence. The class supports The March of Dimes by contributing coins to fight infantile paralysis.
Fifth graders report on new library books and amusing illustrations in Ben and Me and Hitty. They describe a sanded sanding machine, flowers, Life magazines, and efforts to fight infantile paralysis. Basketball during recess, spelling awards, milk consumption, fairy tales, road building, stock drive, and Uncle Sam topics are logged with student names and events.
Fourth grade pupils study Norway and the Netherlands. Bettye Ann Ray wore wooden shoes and spoke Dutch phrases. Grandparents born in the Netherlands. Laurence Willard noted a January 29 birthday. They learned basketball during afternoon recess with Prof. Roseborough assisting. Mrs Hobdy supplied Life magazines and they enjoyed them.
Friday afternoon January 29 three grades held a program in the high school auditorium with songs dramatizations and accordion pieces by Joan Thompson. First graders staged The Gingerbread Boy while students learned cursive writing and clock telling using handmade cardboard clocks. New pupil Marie Montag arrived from Harrison New York and Rance Phillips moved to Ocoee. Peggy Lou Nutter turned eight. Perfect spellers for weeks 17 and 18 included Boyd Atkins Frank Hall Paul Hopkins Jack Hutchinson George Lashar Ernest McRee Wade Simpson Donald Wetz John Marsell Frances Collins Mary Ann Kelly Peggy Nutter Jean Parker Alene Paul Betty Sue Scott and Madge Lanier.
The first half of the school year ends as first graders study four months ahead. Perfect attendance honors go to Joan Key Alice Hall and Meredith Folger. Six weeks none absent or tardy include Daisy Eaton Billy Pat Harding Dann Stovall and Fred Roseborough. January birthdays: Wester Lee Wages Jr Martha Jane Lane Alvin Durham Wayman Snell Alton Watts. Birthday pencils and a home picture await each honoree. We mourn the loss of Joan Phillips and Pauline Rutherford. Two coal experiments yield pink and green frost with ink colors. Thanks to the P T A for library money used to buy five pre primers about Winky the Monkey Epaminondas Cry-Baby Calf and Choo Choo the Little Switch Engine. Friday brought an impromptu program with songs recitations and a dramatization of The Gingerbread Boy.
The Mount Dora Defense Council formed January 28 1942 outlines its seven service divisions including Fire, Auxiliary Police, Emergency Public Works and Medical units. W J Barker named Director of Citizens Service with rapid mobilization plans and a new Air Raid Protection Regulation 1.
Lake Countians receive new air raid warning rules with five to 15 minutes advance notice. Yellow signal alerts key industry and defense personnel of possible raid. Blue signal instructs public blackout and low lighting during probable raid, with lights off within one minute of red alert.
Civil defense guidance explains red blue and white signals for air raids and blackouts. The Fourth Service Command issued Air Raid Protection Regulations No 1 effective Feb 17 with fines up to 5000 dollars or a year in jail. Local offices in Lake County and Eustis hold copies for study and residents must extinguish lights during blackout alerts.
The Census Bureau in Washington distributed many volumes for study, available at the county court house office via the Lake County Chamber of Commerce. Contents include maps of industries in Tavares, the Biennial Census of Manufacturers, Retail survey, US Summary, 15th Census 1930, population by counties and cities, and manufacturers by states.
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