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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
8
The senior class begins work on the school play with many students involved. They urge keeping January 17 open for an entertaining evening while the basketball girls also contribute to the program and PTA efforts.
The Mount Dora School displayed a range of items at the Eustis Fair last week. The manual training department showcased a fine scan with a card table a smoking stand three lamps two chests and a book case. High school entries included an American literature scrapbook a debate plaque seven posters by industrial geography students a snake skin and three bottled snakes plus notebooks by seventh and eighth graders. Younger pupils showed work books song books mounted pictures and hand work plus fourth grade health booklets and small booklets. Primary department decorations included Christmas garlands and the Nine Little Goblins.
The senior class plans about eighteen dollars for stage equipment for their play New Fires. Materials were purchased by January 7 and work began on a stairway window door and fireplace for the January 17 performance. Manual training classes under Buck Sadler and Milton Chapman supervised with help from Mr. Vincent in planning. After the play the equipment will be returned to the school for future productions.
January 7 marked the senior play poster contest sponsored by the senior class. Jean Smith led the project and secured an attractive group of posters submitted by junior and senior high students. Lurlene Green won first prize for senior high, earning an adult play ticket, while Helyne Ray won a student ticket as second prize. Honorable mention went to Emily Battle, Doris Gray, Mary Agnes Harding, Dorothy Loveless, Eudora White, and Flora Morley. In the junior high division Fran s Faye Thompson took first prize and Pamona Da s won second prize for her two posters.
The seniors stage a ticket sale contest starting January 7 to sell for the play New Fires to be shown Friday January 17 at the Community Building. Each student in grades 7 through 12 earns an adult ticket for every ten sold, with a party or picnic for the grade achieving the largest percentage. Proceeds fund senior year activities.
Members of the cast of New Fires are practicing hard as the senior ay approaches. Each actor knows their part and the production, directed by Mrs. Laney, aims for a successful performance with Mrs. Laney guiding the cast through the comedy and farm scenes.
Mount Dora high school girls fall 19-14 to Ocoee at Ocoee while the Mount Dora boys win 243. Earlier the girls suffer a 24-18 loss at Umatilla as the boys secure a 19-16 victory. Holiday games pit alumni and town teams against students in close, spirited matchups.
The notes describe students’ holiday activities from Christmas to New Year s Eve. Coralie Cooper attended a midnight show in Orlando, Mary Agnes Harding caroled with Epworth League, Bill Stewart helped win a game against alumni, Lurlene Green hosted a New Year banquet, Arthur Haskins hunted for fish and possums, Mary Norton attended a Watch Party, Buster Sadler danced at Lake County Country Club, Helyne Ray co hosted a birthday dance, Don Kimball visited his mother in Weirsdale, Flora Morley hosted a Girls Bid Tea Dance, Richard Douglas deer hunted near Cassia, Doris Gray visited Lake Weir, and Phyllis Blanchard joined Epworth League activities.
The junior class met Monday January 6 to plan the junior play Who's Boss. Willie Kate Grantham and Lee French help with the senior play. Fay McGhee returns to the junior class after a long absence raising questions of staying. A Spanish class incident before Christmas holidays features Tracy predicting a relapse and Miss Cassady remarking on memory.
The home ec group moves from basement to second floor with new equipment to be added. Miss Meadows invites donations for a full length mirror. Miss Craig expands the glee club and will allow boys to join the singing group.
The eighth grade notes holiday end and return to work with Bob Burkhart missing Tuesday. PT A dollar won fifth time. Students aim to sell most tickets to the senior play for a promised party. Welcomes back Montel Morris Mary Ellen Robinson Velma Vanditalan from Michigan.
Seventh grade welcomes three new pupils since Christmas. Victor Moore and Van Moore join from Sorrento and Irene Atwood arrives, as the class looks forward to a Saturday party.
Great activity at Honey in the Hills where the world’s largest citrus grove thrives. Eight new buses have been purchased and a dozen offices opened across Florida and the north. A bold sales push will bring weekly busloads of visitors to showcase the lake region of Central Florida, likely encouraging them to stay in Lake County.
A writer counsels first time boaters to gain experience in small craft before attempting long ocean voyages. He warns against reckless fantasies of sea travel and uses humorous anecdotes to stress navigation, precautions, and the dangers of underprepared journeys at sea.
Florida eyes a 300 bed tuberculosis sanatorium with modern x ray and lab facilities. The project depends on county cooperation and a contract for bed rental. sites donated statewide include a large tract in Howey-in-the Hills, Lake County.
Lake county school teachers will receive their first half December pay on Friday the 20th, avoiding the January first delay. The report notes 2,500 to 6,000 tourists arriving daily in St. Petersburg.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce directors met at the Court House in Tavares on Monday January 6 with President Harry P. Johnson presiding. They discussed securing a federally funded tuberculosis sanatorium for Florida and inviting communities to donate site acreage, including a 15 acre lakefront parcel in Howey offered by W J Howey.
Leonard F. Blankner Jr. of Leesburg becomes assistant to Karl Lehmann, secretary of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, at the courthouse in Tavares. He will help plan the Lake County Fair exhibit and publicity and prepare for the State Fair in Tampa in February. He is a University of Florida journalism graduate with experience at the Orlando Morning Sentinel and other state newspapers.
General Charles P. Summerall, president of the National Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal Association, led efforts for Florida’s cross state canal project. A United States Military Academy graduate, he became Army Chief of Staff in 1926 and a four star general in 1929, with a decorated WWI record and numerous honors from France Belgium Italy Montenegro Panama. He was born in 1867 near Lake City, Florida.
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