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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
8
The Mount Dora High School bi weekly Hi Points editorial bids readers farewell and reflects on a year of school activities. It notes editor views and hopes the paper has given light on activities while promising a bigger and better Hi Points for juniors.
With whole body cooperation the senior class hosted a school play and netted a solid total for the fundraiser. Ten or more tickets were sold by Coralie Cooper Mary Harding Flora Morley Emily Battle Dorothy Loveless Leta Brantley Mildred Bartlet Frances Faye Thompson Pomona Davidson Walter Dunn George Backus.
The senior play New Fires wrapped with thanks to cast and Mrs. Laney for effort and sacrifices. praises go to Harold Wilson for sound setup and Rehbaum Crane Swap Shop for scenery while Mount Dora Topic provided publicity.
Mrs Morley received aid with assistance from Mrs Stewart in a brief local note detailing community support and involvement.
Behind the stage the troupe notes lively backstage antics as actors struggle with costumes, cues, makeup, and limited sleep. Members like Flora, Mortimer, Don Kimball, Arthur Haskins, Doris Gray, and others juggle props, lighting, and timing while awaiting the next cue or compliment from the audience.
The Mount Dora senior teams praise Florenc Lotz and J. D. Mosteller for help in the play. Mount Dora beat Benson Springs with girls 183 to 4 and boys 19 to 4. Ocoee girls defeated Mount Dora 9 to 14. boys 21 to 3. Junior teams split with Eustis, girls 2 losses and a win. Mount Dora boys won all three matches 16-6 29-17 and 15-11.
The junior class reports 3.90 earned from a candy sale at the senior play and selects Re gatta as the junior play. A Franklin Park field trip is noted with mistletoe and onions. freshmen plan a party for January 24 with a dime for refreshments. Eleanor Minkley appointed secretary. eighth grade News Club lists Frances Thompson president and Montel Morris secretary. exams are over with hoped-for good results.
A list of names paired with adjectives from A to Z includes Mortimer McCown bashful Don Kimball cute Ellen Schrup dainty Emily Battle earnest Eudora White friendly Katherine Killian girlshy David Harvey humorous Lloyd Shoemaker and others. Notable entries include Buck Sadler Virginia Beerbower Jerry Davis Max Green Dedrick Green and Bill Stewart among others.
Past Lt. Gov. George White and Past President Wm. Johnson received desk fountain pen and pencil sets from Kiwanis. George White won the attendance prize, while Lakeside Inn Trio and Leo Gazetti provided entertainment. Guests included Stewart Bowman and Kiwanis members from nearby cities. meals were prepared by ladies and Villa Dora waitresses.
The Boys and Girls Work committee sponsors a talk on Tuesday February 4 at 8:45 am in the high school auditorium. A. W. Dittmore will speak about his eight years as a gangster and two prison terms. He claims insider insights will dispel glamour of racketeering. Everyone is invited.
Membership as of noon Wednesday shows 104 members with multiple memberships. Names include Irene P. Alvord American Oil Company T Armstrong Barnett and many local businesses such as Mount Dora Hardware Co Grandview Hotel Piggly Wiggly Mount Dora Publishing Co and Triangle Gas Co.
A dense listing notes events across Eustis Leesburg Mount Dora and nearby areas from January 29 to February 15 including meetings concerts fairs and a bass tournament. It also mentions a lecture by a newspaper man Preston Johnson and various agricultural notes on tomato ripening and forage production in Volusia and Lake counties.
Public hearing notice on a proposed water melon marketing agreement in Gainesville set for February 7. Court orders in Lake County include a mortgage foreclosure lien description and an estate probate for Arch Johnson with eight month claim period for creditors.
In Re Esta CHARLES EDGERTON estate of Charles Edgerton deceased late of Lake County Florida to Hon E M Tally County Judge Ta vares Lake County Florida within eight months from first publication All claims not presented within time and manner prescribed shall be barred as provided Will and Testament of Charles Edgerton deceased Cooley & Osborne Attorneys for Executors 1-4te
In Lake County Florida a foreclosure suit is filed in the Fifth Judicial Circuit by Edith M. Fish and others against Gilbert Knight Nellie Knight and H B Stovall. The bill seeks foreclosure of a mortgage and warns defendant to answer March 2 1936 noting unknown address for Stovall. The clerk is Geo J Dykes with D F R Schmidt deputy.
A court or official requires all parties to present any claims and demands they may have. The document specifies that claimants must come forward within a designated period and outline the basis for any dispute or obligation. The wording implies a formal legal action or settlement process initiated by an authority.
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