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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
7
A group of six elementary teachers and Mr. Rose Borough met at the home of Misses Doris and Twila Camp for a cheerful session. They discussed a new State Department bulletin to align school ideas with local needs, focusing on Florida’s assets and deficits. Refreshments were served.
The report covers classroom events led by Mrs Roseboro and Miss Turner with summaries by Doris Camp, celebrating Patty Purnell’s eleventh birthday, PTA attendance prizes, and student health notes. It lists spelling awardees, new members Alice Brandt Jeanne Ryan Phillis Ryan Mary Lou McCoy and field trips to Silver Springs St Augustine and the zoo in Sanford.
In the fourth grade many activities restart as Patty Chaflin and Sarah Fertitta recover from illness. The class gradually progresses toward pea penne ttes as they resume routines and projects.
The County Agent invites gardeners and citrus enthusiasts to a short course on tree planting and preservation. Topics cover wide subjects. meals and village costs are noted. Program details are available from Dean B C Riley at the University of Florida Gainesville or the Florida Citrus Commission.
Students imagine attending the Lake County Fair while using their desks as seats and money to spend. The scene blends playful storytelling with a message about enjoying real events and the value of trees, spellers listed: Ernest Hobdy, Davis Moorhead, Howard Nutter, and others.
Several pupils were absent with sickness after vacation. Adrianne Norton and Fred Hiley returned, Betty Jo McDonald and Betty Claire Watts were still out briefly. Gloria Jean Conrad rejoined after two weeks in Wheeling West Virginia. Enrollment stands at twenty five. Bob Price leads in library books with twenty seven. Miss Camp's aquarium is popular. spelling lesson honors go to Robert Hall Betty Jo McDonald Adrianne Norton Frances Smith for weeks 15 16 and 1.
Second grade teacher Mrs Jane M Shepherd is ill with influenza. Students sent letters wishing her speedy recovery. Miss Frances Thompson substituted Monday and Mrs Williams the rest of the week. Marian Rose spent holidays in Tennessee with snow for the first time. Billy McCoy from Hyde Park NY entered school after the break. January birthdays: Thomas Fleming George Bond Mary Martha Simpson.
First grade children cheerfully resume school after break. Alvis Williams spent Christmas weekend in Pelham Georgia with relatives. Lusson twins Dorothee and Marie join shipments at Tangerine school. Several students were absent with colds. David Blanchard celebrated his sixth birthday at school on Monday January 7. Mrs Blanchard hosted cake, animal crackers and ice cream. Calvin was seven years old.
The Lake Primer and Saddle Creek Hatchery near Lakeland Polk County Florida have supplied Polk County lakes with over 200000 fingerling bass located by the Polk 2 wore Gane Preserve Vo CIkil Hue.
On January 10th Barry Norton will be six years old on January 24th and Billy Darby reports a new baby sister Mary Edith Darby born January 7th. Mrs Belle Rogers visited grade one last week and Mary Grace Camer Vanes gave apples at school before vacation.
Florida's Florida State Fair in Tampa promises eleven days of grandstands parades and exhibits with Eddie Duchin Hal Kemp and more. Gasparilla officials promote the Mardi Gras like parade while author urges Floridians to attend. Ten UF students advance as Army Air Corps Flying Cadets after campus exams.
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