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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
6
The Mount Dora Hi Points weekly shifts to the junior class for leadership with Sara Roseborough as editor Mari Lyn MacLelland as assistant Lena Harding and Marilyn MacLeland as typists. Seniors praised for past work and juniors vow to maintain quality and add new features.
On January 30 the Mount Dora Golden Hurricanes swept the Umatilla teams for a double victory led by Bob Vincent.
Mount Dora five won 38-11 in a fast battle as a small squad posts a 9-2 season mark. The Mount Dora Hurricane girls crushed Umatilla 36-21 Friday with MacLelland on top for the Hurricanes and Wilson leading Umatilla with 17 in a tight first quarter followed by a surge in the second.
Mount Dora girls fell 26 19 to Tavares with Baker leading Tavares 16 points and Geiger top scoring for Mount Dora with 13. Mount Dora carried play in the second half but could not close the gap as they drop to 2 losses in 11 games and set a next date with Winter Garden on February 10. Mount Dora boys defeated Tavares 42 8 at Earl B Ferson Gymnasium with the Dorans jumping to an early 24 3 lead and maintaining the advantage through the game.
On 18 point Fol ci with 8 by 0, Doc Stents is listed as a Hurricane squad member. Tavares’ point men Blocker Treadway and Watson each scored two points.
In February 6 action the Mount Dora Hurricanes defeated Leesburg 32 to 12. Leesburg led at halftime as the Dorans struggled to score, but Mount Dora surged ahead in the second half. Dorans top scorer David French had 11, Leesburg’s Pemble 11, and B-team leader Mosteller posted 17. Knight of Leesburg had 15 in a separate game.
James Christie, president of the class of '42, is a tall Mount Dora native born June 9. He favors study hall, plays checkers with mixed success, hopes to attend college, and enjoys trumpet blowing. His favorite author is Ernest Hemingway.
John Carr Burkart was born February 28 1925 in Clearwater Florida and moved to Mount Dora at age nine. He stands six feet one half inch tall with light eyes and sandy brown hair and attends Eustis and Mount Dora schools excelling in math and history. He played football two years drums in the band and led the drum section, belonged to last year’s debating team, enjoys dancing and drums, and counts Shelley as his favorite author. In the junior play Almost Eighteen he won a prominent role in the senior play American Passport scheduled February 20.
After finishing high school John intends to join the Navy air force program. He aims to pursue aviation training and serve in a military branch focusing on flight operations.
Florence Lee, known as Flossie, is a senior at M. D. H. S. now living in Sylvan Shores. She stands five feet three, weighs 120 pounds, and excels in sports dancing and poetry while active in plays and cheerleading. She plans to study pharmacy at F. S. C. W. in Tallahassee after graduation.
Wednesday afternoon in Tampa featured Maxine Clery while January 16 saw juniors touring nearby schools and a Lake Joanna picnic. February 1 visitors to Daytona Beach included Nell Woods Nina Woods and Florence Fenton. Edward Klatte hosted friends January 31 in Sylvan Shores with Sonny Malone Mary Estey Nancy Fuller Grace Lee Marilyn Johnson Bobby Vincent Pete Burkart and David and Donny French. Lucille Harding weekended in Hilliard with sister Mary Agnes Harding. Mary Estey and Marjorie High were guests January 31 of Nancy Fuller. A new sophomore Rachel Ballinger from Greenville Ohio joined our school. The gossip notes Marilyns fling with a soda jerk ended the affair. Vera Dillard and Sonny Malone sparking questions about Mary Estey and the tire shortage. Mrs Rutlands Epworth League talk may relate to Sylvan Shores happenings. Miss Vandivers sheriff favors yellow Chevrolet station wagons with Helen Florence and Jean seen in Helen's Ford and later in a Buick. Question remains who dated John Lehman after the Eustis game as Floy Libby and June accompanied him.
Last week a class meeting formed committees for the forthcoming February 20 performance of American Port. Nina Woods and W F Duggan handle ticket sales, Anna Laura Futral and Alma Boyd manage advertising, Libby Drawdy and June Fenn work on properties, Harold Overhiser handles sound effects, Martha Williamson oversees publicity, and Tommy Shipes is stage manager.
The junior play was a great success with profits over one hundred dollars. Ticket sales reached one hundred fifty eight dollars and advertising brought in twenty six dollars. The class thanks Mount Dora residents and special thanks go to Mrs Keller Mrs Laney and Miss Cassady for their help. A five dollar profit came from cakes and sandwiches at the Friday basketball game. Robert Hecker left for California reducing junior count to twenty eight.
The tenth grade English class begins debates with student chosen topics. New member Rachel Ballinger of Greenville Ohio joins for about two months. The class plans to compete for the senior ticket sale contest. Eighth grade notes say exams are over for most, except exempt students Billy Schwind and Lois.
The eighth grade led a school fundraising effort selling play tickets for Tish with Gerry Retan selling 50 and Joyce Du 18 tickets. The eighth grade also beat the seventh grade in a Friday basketball game. Bob Allen was absent recently due to illness.
The seventh grade welcomes Martha Morton and Frank Teague while noting the departure of Tommy McNew and Edward 1. They plan two semester parties, praise Ruth Irene Risley for a junior poster prize, and share holiday visits by Laura Roseborough and Dorothy Eckholdt’s aunt and uncle. Sarah Nell Key hosts a sister from Laconia New Hampshire for the winter as the class prepares a pantomime for an assembly.
Dr Wilbur L Ashton of Umatilla observes his 45th birthday on February 9. A 1927 Florida arrival and long time physician, he served as Lake County Medical Society secretary, Medical Center director, and Umatilla mayor. He is a Navy flight surgeon and community leader with deep ties to Kiwanis and the American Legion.
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