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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
7
The article notes glimpses of school life showing daily lessons, classes, study halls, athletics, and extracurricular activities. It frames these experiences as a large task and a privilege guiding future work opportunities.
The school thanks the local school board for a generous gift used to buy books for the Dora High School library. Duplicates were purchased. At the high school auditorium on Friday January 31 Hanscom presented New Brooms to students and visitors. Mr Bates, a factory owner, plans to place his son in charge for a year.
The show features Tom in fine spirits enjoying entertainments and a trip south for winter. He loses money at the factory but gains a practical lesson. The school nets $5.56 from receipts to aid the athletic association and library.
A W Dittmore known as The Lone Wolf spoke about racketeering and its harms. He contrasted two paths: crooks who choose the left route and law-abiding Christians who uphold the right road. He urged youths to avoid gutter rat behavior and warned of gambling agencies and prison life including solitary confinement and electric chair.
Cold weather postponed Mount Dora High School’s Friday night game with Montverde. The district teams split efforts in early February with boys posting four losses in eleven games and girls losing to Tavares with a 36 to 19 score. Eustis then earned a second win over Mount Dora.
The team played Winter Park on Tuesday February 11 with boys scoring 44 to 13 and girls 68 to 25. Final results were not known at press time.
The article lists students by grade who were exempt from exams and notes the varied outcomes. Several named students across 9th to 12th grades appear, with some taking only math American history solid geometry or Spanish tests while others report on vacation plans and future study efforts.
Frederick Sleight of Mount Dora High School was chosen as one of six finalists in Rollins College history contest at Winter Park Florida. His oral essay on History and Customs of the Timagua Indians in Central Florida aimed for gold medals. Sleight is noted as a war archaeologist with extensive knowledge of the Timagua.
The article notes Mount Dora High School has a history of success in this contest with past winners including Eleanor Wells in 1932 and Peggy Champ in 1934, underscoring the program’s persistent strength.
A list of seniors present at a drop-in event includes Kath erine SS Schrup Flora Fi Helyne Ray C. C. Dooley L. C. Green Nelson Morley Ed Sadler Tracy Kramer and Mortimer McCown. Flora Morley leads the girls high points and Arthur Haskins captains the boys team. Senior girls Coralie Cooper Mary Agnes Harding Katherine Killian attended the Standard Bearers meeting.
The Silver Lakes Estates near Leesburg and four other Lake County sites are among five offered to the Federal Government. Clermont area, Astatula, and a site between Tavares and Montverde are also in contention. A strong county committee will canvass sites and arrange inspections with the Lake County Chamber of Commerce ensuring all communities have a chance to present their claims.
The junior class under Miss teaches on a play titled Regatta as they raise funds by selling cold drinks and candy at football games. The cast includes Stephen Worthington Frederick Sleight John Bayard Roberts Theodore Worthington and Virginia Worthington among others.
Lake county will offer four and possibly five sites for the Federal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. A Lake County Chamber of Commerce committee will inspect the offered locations, with at least 160 acres per site on or near a lake and above local fog and dampness. The committee includes Mrs. C. B. Treadway, Dr. S. C. Cooley, Carl Roumillat, M. D. Reybold, O. W. Smith, H. C. Brown, S. H. Bowman and others.
The notes recount light hearted questions about sophomores and romances. A freshman semester play was hosted at Stuart Sadler's home in Tangerine with Mrs Crawdy Miss Meadows and Miss Craig as chaperones. They toasted with marshmallows and cake by the fireplace despite cold weather.
The eighth grade elected Bettye Lotz president and Brugs Kennedy secretary for the News Club. They celebrated PTA dollar wins and a mid term math race, which ended tied and led to a class trip to see Paddy O Day.
Lake County real estate board will stage a motorcade through the southern county to showcase points of interest such as the Groveland oil test well the Postal Colony near Clermont and the Howey development at Howey-in-the-Hills. Committee includes L. C. Croft Carl Roumillat D. R. Seymour A C Quixley W. W. Boyd and S. H. Bowman. February meeting set for Groveland on the 20th.
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