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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
6
Twenty-one pupils will receive promotion certificates at exercises Friday May 29 at 2 p m in the High School Auditorium. They and the class perform a play And the Stars Heard with several band numbers under Mr Sedano.
The class, led by Mrs Mosteller and Mrs Shipes, held a swimming party after school on Friday May 15 at Mrs Strites home. A heavy shower interrupted the outing but students enjoyed a grand swim before rain forced shelter in tents used as dressing rooms.
The fourth grade class plans a Lake Joanna picnic marking the end of the school year. Students bring cake salad baked beans and ice cream as they anticipate swimming games and a picnic supper. Names of perfect spellers include Aldrich Barker Bond Risley Minkley Roseborough and Roseborough.
Martha Simpson and Frances Wages lead classroom notes as Alvis Williams earns a perfect attendance certificate at the sixth grade promotion May 29. Students share summer plans to visit relatives in Atlanta and Georgetown while others move to Jacksonville, Manatee, and South Carolina.
Students summed texts about porcupines raccoons and squirrels. Miss Newhall lent a birchbark box with porcupine quills. Perfect spellers were Billy Wise Patricia Dean Birdie Mae Dorham Betty Key and Martha Simpson.
The first graders end the year with 29 pupils including seven left handed children Mae Francis Collins Peggy Lou Nutter Boyd Atkins Frank Hall Willis Humphrey Harry Watts and Donald Wetz. Since January the class and teacher bought 200 in bonds and 74.40 in defense stamps. Last week Mary Grace Conboy Boyd Atkins and Frank Hall visited Lake Norris to see Miss Cordell and birds and feed tame birds Patsy Dorne spent last weekend.
In DeLand several children plan trips away for the summer. L C Durden visits Eustis with his grandmother while George Lashar goes to Fairfield Connecticut and Paul Hopkins to Charleston to see his father. Peggy Lou Nutter may visit Orlando and Joan Key Alabama.
The Junior Red Cross in Lake County plans a waste reduction drive under W. W. Jefferson at the Juan Hotel. They will canvass homes and workplaces for scrap metal waste paper rubber and rags while excluding foil tin cans razor blades and glass bottles. D. D. Roseborough from Mount Dora schools chairs junior activities as the campaign launches across local branches.
The piece argues refined sugar shortages invite using natural alternatives like Florida honey and fruit syrups. It explains sugar honey syrups for delicate fruits, all honey syrups for tart flavors, and adding lemon juice to balance sweetness. It also covers preparation steps for canning and processing.
Mount Dora honors local young men serving in the U S armed forces across Army Navy and Coast Guard with a Roll of Honor. Names include Danny Averitt George Backus George Moye Battle Beasley Ray Blanchard Jr Walter Beaa te y Charles Brooks Floyd Cordell Bum alough and many others. A community salvage program led by H C Brown Clermont chairman and others plans and reports progress on scrap metal and rubber collection for war effort.
Lake County Manufacturers Inc a new non profit formed Friday night May 22 at the Court House in Tavares to pool county manufacturers. Officers include O W Smith president G A Sauer vice president H J Maugans secretary and J Carlisle Rogers treasurer with directors from Clermont Umatilla Leesburg Mount Dora and Astatula. The group aims to obtain war contracts and produce war supplies pending approvals from county and federal boards. The text ends with a wartime sentiment encouraging investment in war savings funds.
The 155 millimeter gun is the modern version of the old GPF. It has a range fifty percent greater, firing a 95 pound projectile about 15 miles. It combines high road speed and costs $50,000 per piece.
Religious notices list services at FIRST MARPOMER CHURCH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH and CHURCH OF CHRIST with service times and music directors from Lakes County Florida. Also a public notice that Elizabeth H. VAUGHT and Ellis M. VAUGHT seek adoption of minor Ann Louise Robinson in the Fifth Judicial Circuit at Tavares Florida with a june 22 1942 hearing.
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