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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
8
The junior class announces new editors aiming to liven the Hi and involve reporters. They plan interviews with seniors, fuller sports coverage, and gradual improvement from the inexperience expected in early issues. The 4H Club motto To Make the Best Better is cited as guidance.
Readers praise the school paper edited by the senior class calling it one of the finest class projects. The commentary notes extensive commendations for the editing effort shown over the past year and urges continued high standards in future work.
Beginning with the next issue the Mount Dora Hi-Points will be edited by a volunteer staff of juniors. The juniors pledge to make the paper an interesting and worthwhile record of school activities. Hazel Edwards is editor with Lois Pas as assistant editor and a long list of junior staff follows.
A note of thanks expresses gratitude to Mr. Vincent and the manual arts department for making tables for the gym class and benches around trees on the primary playgrounds.
Mr. S F Fulton of Milwaukee spoke at Mount Dora High School assembly on the Bible. He is part of a Gideons group distributing Bibles in public spaces and noted presenting Bibles to Mrs. Roosevelt and the President in the White House.
Mount Dora High School introduces a second semester commercial course using first to third period mornings. The first class has eleven juniors and a senior, the second class mainly seniors with ten students plus two post graduates learning typing, and the shorthand class holds ten students.
The high school reports a room in the car building used for classes and new furniture for police training. Two Remington and eight L C Smith typewriters were bought at $110 each after discount. Mr. Sawyer from Bradenton, Florida teaches typing in Mount Dora and plans a full typing and shorthand course next year.
During the noon hour on Tuesday February 9 the senior play posters contest held in the high school crowned Eudora White first prize Hazel Edwards and Lois Jerue tied for second in the senior group Mona Davidson won first prize and Sheila Spilky second among non high entrants Tickets to the senior play The Rafferty Racket were awarded as prizes Adults received first prize and children second Eleven posters were entered six from junior high five from senior high Judges noted the high quality of all entries.
Announcement for a Saturday show at State Theatre Eustis featuring Sollie Childs Parisian Follies with 24 performers an augmented orchestra The Parisian Rhythm Kings Miss Elizabeth Graves and a chorus of 10 girls The Three Revelers Tom Gordon and a Parisian chorus of 10 dancers also screens Adventure in Manhattan starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea
Crowds surge at the Central Florida Exposition as Governor Fred P. Cone plans a luncheon and inspection tour during his first visit to the region since taking office. Attendance is up from last year, with 3,100 attendees on opening day and records likely to fall by week’s end. Judges begin ranking tens of thousands of exhibits while a planned Baby of Central Florida program is postponed due to no births by Monday night. the $250 baby prize will roll over to 1937.
The first educational meeting on the 1937 Soil Conservation program will be held at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares on Tuesday February 23 at 10 a m. Speakers include H G Clayton of the Agricultural Extension Service and W T Nettles and R S Dean. Similar meetings will follow across the county in the next two weeks.
Growers with groves over ten acres may earn up to $20 per year per acre under the 1937 plan, while smaller groves cap at $1 per acre. Citrus, truck, and vegetable farmers can receive $3 to $4 per acre for cover crops plus eligible soil amendments. Cattlemen with fenced open pasture may obtain 25 cents per acre and $3 for establishing permanent pastures. Meetings will be announced by letter and open to all farmers.
Despite a Princess counter attraction, the Community Building welcomed J. Franklin Caveny as the evening’s entertainer. He impressed with varied artistry and a personable stage presence, shaping clay into figures such as an American Indian, Abraham Lincoln, and Uncle Sam while scenes of landscapes and ships drew lively applause.
The narrative describes a performer who makes the audience marvel at Niagara Falls and then turns the canvas to reveal naturalistic portraits. He draws by crayon, depicting two nearby men and sends the portraits to the originals so they can see how others view them. The piece calls the entertainment rare and delightful for all attendees.
Mr. Fred Graves owner of Villa Dora hotel died February 1 after a brief illness soon after his wife’s death. Born March 20, 1870 in Groton Massachusetts he built a career in hotels including Marlboro Bennington Wilton and Leominster before moving to Mount Dora in 1925 to operate Villa Dora with his son Carl S. Graves. He was a Mason and was survived by his son and two sisters. Burial followed at Forest Cemetery with Masonic rites.
Friends are invited to anniversary exercises at Milner Rosenwald Academy Sunday February 21 from 4 to 5 p.m. The primary and intermediate departments will exhibit industrial work beginning Friday February 19 at noon. Visitors may view the exhibits at the school. Henry E. Dent, Principal. In the Court of the County Judge Lake County Florida In Probate.
In Re Estate of Robert F Pearson deceased titled to all creditors and claimants. Claims must be presented to Judge A B Herlong Jr at Lake County Courthouse Tavares Florida within eight months from first publication. Dated February 12 1937. Lillian B Pearson Administratrix C T A of the Last Will and Testament of Robert F Pearson Deceased.
Thomas H. Cooley holder of part Tax Certificate No. 1177 filed for a tax deed on land in Lake County Florida. Property described as NW of SE of SW, Sec. 27 Tp. 19 R. 27 E, 10 acres, originally in the name of Lake Co. Groves Corp. Auction at courthouse door on March 1, 1937 if not redeemed per law.
Under a 1987 Final Decree of Foreclosure in Lake County Florida Home Owners Loan Corporation is plaintiff and Anne B Sanders is defendant. Special Master will sell March 1 1937 at the north door of the court house in Tavares to the highest bidder cash for the north half of the southeast quarter of section 24 township 19 south range 27 east with appurtenances to satisfy the decree plus costs.
A school election will be held March 2 in the Mount Dora City Hall Council room to elect three trustees and determine millage for Special Tax School District No. 16 for the next two years. R. Young is clerk. J. J. West W. J. Ferris and A. J. Camp serve as inspectors. Publication planned in the Mount Dora Topic for four weeks. A. M. Davis chairs the Lake County Board of Public Instruction.
In the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida the case is filed In Chancery seeking relief under the laws of Florida. The document records a legal action within the Lake County circuit court and outlines the chancery proceeding.
Notice of biennial school district election on Tuesday March 2 to elect three trustees and determine millage for the district for the two years. Ira Conner William Moore and George Norton are appointed as election officers at the school house. Publication for four weeks in Mount Dora Topic Lake County Florida. Dated February 1 1937.
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