First Grade Attendance Steady at Elementary School News
The report notes steady first grade attendance despite influenza with several absences and a new pupil Gail Lou Crawford arriving from Jacksonville. January birthday Joann Grantham is listed and Miss West’s illness led to a substitute. The class started new writing books and a baby announcement for Marjorie Liles accompanies ongoing grade activities.
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Billy Wise
Melvin Stevenson
Betty Key
Revel Griffin
Alan Claflin
Jean Pike
Martha Oo
Orland
Madge Lanier
Gail Lou Crawford
Jacksonville
Joann Grantham
Miss West
Kenneth Maglathlin
Marjorie Liles
Arthur’ Liles
Fourth Grade Journal Remembers Autumn Leaves And Holland Trip
The fourth grade notes cold snaps coloring leaves in red yellow and brown. Ruth Darby joins from Alabama. They visit Dirk in the Netherlands and learn Holland is part of the Netherlands while admiring canals swans cows and flowers. They fear the world crisis today.
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Jack Frost
Ruth Darby
Alabama
Dirk
Netherlands
Holland
Ng To
McDonald
Betty Claire Atts
Fifth grade reports top spelling students
The fifth grade lists students with perfect spelling averages for the last two weeks: Roy Key, Shelly Swanson, Anne Pike, and Mildred Metcalf. Absences due to illness reduced participation, and there is little other news as semester examinations approach next week.
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Roy Key
Shelly Swanson
Anne Pike
Mildred Metcalf
Crescent City Student Attendance and Spelling Honors
Estella McDowell a sixth grader at Crescent City Florida visited our room Monday. We had 95 percent attendance for the fourth month ending January 17. Boys had near perfect attendance with two days absent. We review for semester exams in all subjects. Albert and Eveline Liles welcome a new baby brother. Perfect spellers for two weeks in Spelling Goals and the adopted textbook: Doris Harding Lucille Minkley Lila Rhodes Laura Roseborough.
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Estella McDowell
Crescent City
Florida
Albert
Eveline Liles
Doris Harding
Lucille Minkley
Lila Rhodes
Laura Roseborough
Mount Dora committee falls just short of quota for Children's Home
Mount Dora Sponsoring Committee for The Children's Home Society of Florida reports 1940 contributions totaling 247 dollars toward a 250 dollar quota. The group also donated food clothing and toys, praising supporters and urging further homes for older orphans aged 8 to 16 as the Home Society aids about 1 560 children statewide in 1940.
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Mount Dora
Children’s Home Society’ of
Florida
Friends of the Home Society
Home Society
The
Marcus C
Fagg
Mount Dora Committee
George J.ite
Carl S. Graves
C. J. Brown
Chas. L. Marsh
Wm. J. Johnson
Lillian Christie
Geo. W. Coffin
Grant Cowles
Thos. H. Cooley
Geo. L. Hanscom
Dwelleys Spend Sunday at Salt Springs in Ocala Forest
Frances and George Dwelley spent Sunday enjoying Salt Springs within the Ocala National Forest.
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Frances and
George Dwelley
Salt Springs
Ocala National Forest
Lake County publicity in New York City display units
Lake County receives wide exposure as two neon lighted display units tour a street level corner of the Atlantic Coast Line Building at 44th street and 5th avenue New York City. The exhibit features a hand colored Dora Canal photo and four mounted black bass from Lake County waters with a shadow box noting Fifty Pounds of Large Mouth Black Bass from Florida waters. Exhibited by the Lake County Chamber of Commerce Tavares Florida the display was organized by Ray Paschall Orlando district passenger agent.
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Orlando
Dora Canal
Lake Griffin
Leesburg
Lake Apopka
Montverde
Dead River
Tavares
Lake Yale
Grand Island
C. E. Horner
Florida
Lake County Farmers Invited to Attend Farm Forestry Demo
County Agent R. E. Norris urges Lake County farmers and others to attend a farm forestry demonstration on Thursday February 6 at 2 00 PM at Miss Lee Owens farm 114 miles west of Umatilla Citrus Growers packing house on the Ocala Road Joint sponsors are the Agricultural Extension Service State Forest Service and the Southern Forest Experiment Station Demonstrations will show planting pruning turpentining 4g cutting and other forestry practices on living timber The event aims to show how well managed farm woods can yield extra income and improve long term timber growth"},
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R. E. Norris
Miss Lee Owen
Umatilla
Agricultural Extension Service
State Forest Service
Southern Forest Experiment Station
Norris
Lake County
Lake County Birthday Party for T Stin Haselton
T Stin Haselton, prominent Eustis dairy farmer, will celebrate his 53rd birthday Sunday February 2. Born in Eustis in 1886, he attended Eustis High School and Stetson Academy. He earned his first dollar summering at the First State Bank of Eustis and serves as Eustis Rotary Club member and Lake County Fair livestock department superintendent.
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T. Stin Haselton
Eustis
Stetson Academy
Stin
Gilbert D. Leach Longtime Leesburg Editor Remembered
Gilbert D. Leach, editor of the Leesburg Commercial for over 25 years, was born in Abed Indiana and moved to Florida in 1907 to edit the Tampa Tribune before returning to Leesburg as editor in 1915. He led local civic groups, enjoyed golf, kept a steady pipe habit, and favored poinsettias and watermelon preserves.
James Martin Lowry Birthday Profile
James Martin Lowry superintendent of transportation for Lake County schools will celebrate his 59th birthday on Tuesday February 4. Born in 1882 at Monroe North Carolina he now resides in Montverde. He first earned a dollar delivering mail at Montverde ten cents a day and moved to Florida in 1884 before Lake County was formed. He remarks Lake County “came to me” and lists boating as a favorite recreation violet and rose as flowers fruit as his favorite foods woodworking as a hobby. He is a Baptist Kiwanian Mason and Knight of Pythias.
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J. M. Lowry
Lake County
Monroe
N. C
Montverde
Florida
Pythias
Salesmanship and dining room service in modern life
A compact reflection on salesmanship as persuading people to buy beyond means and on dining room service emphasizing the need to acknowledge a generous tip. The piece critiques consumer habits and etiquette in social dining contexts.
Central Florida Council records 1386 scouts and 448 leaders
The Central Florida Council, BSA, lists 1386 Scouts Cub Sea Scouts and 448 leaders as of December 31, a 644 percent rise from last year. The organization includes 64 units across seven districts with Volusia and Halifax counties forming distinct districts.
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Sea Scouts
Central Florida
Boy Scouts of America
Harold V. Pace
Scout
West Volusia County
East Volusia County
Flagler County
Halifax
Lake
W. Volusia
Brevard
Osceola
Officers to Fish Lake County fishing opportunities notice
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce received a request for information on fishing and camps in Lake County from an officer at Camp Blanding Florida with Company A 155th Infantry 31st division. The inquiry followed an advertisement of Lake County fishing opportunities in Field and Stream and the information was sent promptly.
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Lake County
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