Valentine Party Brims With Treats In First Grade
First graders in 33 pupils enjoyed punch, cookies, nabiscos and mints with some guests. Teachers joined the feast as well. Junior Red Cross members prepared 25 Valentine bookmarks for Camp Blandin soldiers. Several students were out ill with colds or flu. Perfect spellers named include Howard Nutter Ronald Caldwell Mildred Metcalf. Activities feature American flag essays and a new song We Can Defend America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Camp Blanding
William Stephens
Davis Moodhead
Juanita Humphrey
Virginia Perry
Vernon Adkins
Roy Key
Anne Pike
Howard Nutter
Ronald Caldwell
Mildred Metcalf
First National Bank
George Bond
Betty Ruth
America
Chuck Allen
Raoul Barker
Bob Boyd
David Lanier
Floyd Risley
Genett Deen
Evelyn Minkley
Marian Roseborough
Betty
Ann Thompson
Frances
Helen Wages
School Life Amid Wartime Routines and Valentine Craft
Students adapt to 9:30 to 4:00 hours with an afternoon recess and a patriotic radio in the room. They listen to the American School of the Air each morning and enjoy music on Tuesday. Betty Mae Whitehead sent a bouquet and they made a Valentine pot from construction paper, exchanging many valentines despite no Valentine box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mae Whitehead
School room defense stamps and bonds drive noted
Seventeen pupils bought defense stamps and two boys with the teacher bought bonds to support the country. Attendance averaged 93 for February, Rex Key cut his knee February 7 and may be absent two weeks with seven stitches. letters were written to Rex during language period. Barry Norton visited the zoo with his aunt, Detten went with his uncle to a lumber mill, Darleen Schaff joined relatives on a fishing trip on Lake Dora and Lake Griffin aboard the City of Dora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Key
Thursda
Eac
Rex
Barry Norton
San George
Detten
Wilson Cypress
Darleen Schaff
Dora
Lake Dora
Lake Griffin
School Notices and Student Compositions
Esther Maglathlin filled in for Miss Camp due to a cold. Seventeen students entered a composition contest sponsored by the Eastern Bank of Mount Dora. Helen Whitehead brought calendula bouquets to the schoolroom. Elizabeth Oliver wrote perfect spelling lessons for weeks 19 and 20. The class enjoyed the Monday holiday while Miss Camp registered men for the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Maglathlin
Miss Camp
Eational Bank of
Mount Dora
Helen Whitehead
Elizabeth Oliver
Doris Camp
Second Grade Writes Essays for Patriot Contest
The second grade children, guided by sponsor Mr. George White, write patriotic stories tied to a calendar he provided with prizes for each grade. New pupils Ruth McDuffee and Donald Barcus join the class from New York, while Ralph Moore also arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Kenneth Maglathlin
Miss Neel
Ward Eason
Billy Wise
Patsy Dean
Joann Grantham
Donald Barcus
Eloise Baxley
Birdie Mae Durham
Vera Mae Wiley
February Birthdays and Class Growth Highlight Local School
The piece notes February birthdays among first graders including Peggy Lou Nutter Iva Jean Parker and Mary Grace Conboy with treats from grade mothers Mrs Nutter and Mrs Waltz. Visitors Bernice Moore Dorothea James join the group as enrollment reaches 33. Attendance improves with the 9 30 schedule allowing afternoon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Lou Nutter
Nutter
Waltz
Iva Jean Parker
Mary Grace Conboy
Peggy Lou
Patsy Dean
Bernice Moore
Olustee
Florida
Dorothea James
Perry James
Wheeling
West Vic
Birthday tribute to Edith E. Keller editor of Mount Dora Topic
Edith Edeburn Keller, longtime Mount Dora editor and Lake County leader, celebrates her 65th birthday. A Pittsburg native born 1877, she graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women in 1896 and has served as president of the Mount Dora Women’s Club and Lake County Press Association, and as Lake County Red Cross secretary. Her work includes promoting Mount Dora and Lake County through the Topic and chamber partnership. hobbies include motoring, roses, and oranges.
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Edith Edeburn Keller
Mount Dora
Pittsbur
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania College For Women
Lake County
Keller
American Red Cross
King’s Daughters
Recipes Resurrected from 1917
A historical recipe roundup lists Nut Honey Cakes and multiple barley based treats including Honey Bran Muffins and Chocolate Barley Cake. It also notes assorted kitchen staples, and a calendar of church and community group meetings such as Baptist, Community Church, American Legion, Woman's Club, Pythian Sisters, Kiwanis and Masons with regular monthly gathering times.
Victorian Era Cornmeal and Barley Bread Recipes
The excerpt details practical old time bread making using barley flour corn meal and bran to conserve white sugar flour and shortening. It includes a yeast sponge method using mashed potato or pumpkin and provides a sandwich filling made from milk flour sugar water egg butter vinegar and ground peanuts.
Defense Bond Drive Urges Citizens to Support Military Needs
A wartime appeal urges readers to fund planes ships and weapons by purchasing Defense Bonds. Citizens are asked to visit banks post offices or savings institutions to start regular bonds purchases immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Post Office
Savings and Loan Association
Defense
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