Mount Dora High seniors receive diplomas in community ceremony
Supervising Principal D D Roseborough presided as Mount Dora High School seniors crossed the stage at the Community building to collect diplomas. Class President Arthur Dufour led peers while Jea Pike begins work at First National Bank and Valedictorian Pat Dean spoke alongside Stetson Scholar Harold Gregg. A reception followed where Graduate Max Bulske received congratulations from his sister, Mrs Don Brown, and niece Barbara Lynn Brown.
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Mount Dora High
D. D. Roseborough
Arthur Dufour
Carolyn Keller
Billy Odom
Jean Pike
First National Bank
Pat Dean
Jimmy Moore
Harold Gregg
Stetson University
Kenneth Harris
Bobby Gene Williams
Max Bulske
Barbara Lynn Brown
Don Brown
Honor Roll List Highlights School Year End
The grand finale of the school year features the honor roll with junior and senior high students named. Recipients include Patty Alexander Mardie Bardwell Mary Ann Brotherson Bess Davidson Ann Edwards Linda Headley Cathy Land Viva McKay Ann Minkley Martha Sadler Patsy Wells Chesley Robert Poole Michael Ray Charles Reid Charles Wareing seventh grade Mardie Bardwell Delores Billette Sandra Carroll Kay Elliott Joyce Moon Cora Ann Sadler Margaret Sadler Leslie Sanders Barbara Schwartz Ann Tremain Kenneth Cox John Groves Tyrone Parker Jeff Ray David Sanders eighth grade Glenn Brown Tommy Cleary Jerry Dake Sara Jo Land Tiny Larsen Anita Stedrowsky ninth grade George Cox Verline Hughes Teddy Smith Linda Woodham 10th grade Ann Bowers Paul Hopkins Jean Parker Diane TeStrake 11th grade William Beims Max Bulske Patsy Dean 12th grade.
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Patty, Alexander
Mardie Bardwell
Mary Ann Brotherson
Bess Davidson
Ann Edwards
Linda Headley
Cathy Land
Viva McKay
Ann Minkley
Martha Sadler
Patsy Wells
Sanborn Chesley
Robert Poole
Michael Ray
Charles Reid
Charles Wareing
Paul Hopkins
Jean Parker
Diane TeStrake
William Beims
Max Bulske
Patsy Dean
Personal Song Reflects a Graduate’s Feelings at Mount Dora
At a Mount Dora High graduation ceremony the Senior octet performed Farewell Mount Dora High. The words, praising Alma Mater, were written by Mrs. Sam P. Ford and set to Good Night by A. H. Eastman and Fred Hellman. Her daughter Shirley inspired the piece, with son Donald and classmates Pat Dean, Simpson, Babs Phifer, Jean Pike, Pinkney Turner, Herbert Schneider and Harold Gregg in the octet.
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Mount Dora High
Sam P. Ford
Comrs
A. H. Eastman
Fred Hellman
Mount Dora High School
Ford
Donald
Pat Dean
Simpson
Babs Phifer
Jean Pike
Pinkney Turner
Herbert Schneider
Harold Gregg
Coleridge on Sincerity and Self Mutilation
A contemplative line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge on the tragedy of half-hearted sincerity. It argues that lacking earnest truthfulness cripples the whole self and stunts genuine living.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Impressive Graduation Ceremony At Mount Dora High
Mount Dora High School 1952 graduates recalled twelve years of study as awards and diplomas were handed out in the Community Building auditorium. Circuit Judge Truman G. Futch urged good citizenship and understanding of government three-branch functions. Valedictorian Pat Dean and Salutatorian William Beims received multiple Balfour medals and other honors, with Carolyn Keller winning the first prize in the Woman's Club contest and several students earning scholarships and special awards.
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Mount Dora High School
Center of All Eyes
Truman G. Futch
United States
Lake County
Pat Dean
S. T. Bolton
Reader’s Digest
William Beims
Carolyn Keller
Martha Simpson
Carol Spang
Donald Ford
Charles Moorhead
Pinkney Turner
A Bulske
J Pike
Billy Odom
Darnforth Foundation
Jean Pike
Harold Gregg
American Legion Auxiliary
Ameri Legion
Ober
William Stewart
Beims
Lewis
Moorhead
Bill Odom
Stetson
Community Supports Harold Gregg With College Scholarship Funds
Community leaders announce a fund to help Harold Gregg attend Stetson University with up to 500 dollars matched by the college, mirroring prior support given to Helen Wages. Principal D D Roseborough praises the effort as part of a broader drive to aid deserving students amid limited finances. Harold, a Key Club president and football stand out, seeks to balance academics and athletics while his family works in a modest home east of Soren.
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Key Club
Helen Wages
Stetson
DeLand
Harold
Joe McMullin
Paul Odom
Mount Dora
Odom
D. D. Roseborough
Helen
Lewis
Florida State University
Miss Wages
Greggs
Sorren
Washington Scouts Visit Capital From Mount Dora
Seven Mount Dora Senior Girl Scouts will visit Washington D C on June 19. Their trip honors their year of guiding younger scouts and includes luncheon with Congressman Herlong and a welcome by Senator Holland. Funds were raised by rummage sales with another sale planned at M & A Super Market.
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Washington
D. C
Mount Dora
Helen Davidson
Patty Johnson
Anne Travers
Jalene Howell
Linda Raulerson
June Bowie
Shirley Hopkins
Linda
Gordon. Raulerson
Democracy
Alice Strite
Capital
A. S
Syd” Herlong, Jr
Lake County
Spessard Holland
House of Representatives
Senate
Grandview
Mount Dora student wins traffic safety essay prize
Charles Norton, a Mount Dora High School tenth grader, earned ten silver dollars for best essay on traffic safety. Juvenile Counsellor Fred Borg and County Judge W. Troy Hall Jr. presented the award on graduation night. The prize money was discussed in connection with a northern visitor who was arrested for passing a school bus. Norton's essay will enter the county contest for the grand prize.
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Charles Norton
Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora
Fred Borg
W. Troy Hall, Jr
Charles
Diane To Guide Student Council At School Fall
Diane TeStrake from the 1953 class was elected president of the student government as the school year ends. Other officers will be chosen when classes resume in the fall.
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Diane TeStrake
Eisenhower Youths Reach Mount Dora in Campaign Tour
Twenty seven students from Florida colleges including the University of Florida Florida State University and Rollins visited Mount Dora as part of the Cavalcade of Youth for Eisenhower. They distributed buttons and literature urging support for Dwight Eisenhower at the Chicago Republican convention in July and planned further travel through multiple states. They were welcomed by local officials including Council President Dutcher Crane and Col E F Merchant.
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Florida
Eisenhower
Mount Dora
University of Florida
Florida State
University of Miami
Stetson
Florida Southern
Tampa University
Rollins College
Dorans
Dwight Eisenhower
Chicago
Dutcher Crane
Col
E. F. Merchant
Walter Tucker
Lambert Turner
Lake County
Eisenhower Club
Stray Leaves Annual at Mount Dora High School
The school announces the arrival of Stray Leaves, the annual for Mount Dora High School. Miss Doris Camp, a faculty member, says copies are available at the school for those who ordered them and invites others to contact her to place additional orders.
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Mount Dora High School
Doris Camp
Music For Youth Wins Acceptance Of Choral Piece
Rex Gordon, former Mount Dora High School music instructor, has composition Christmas Morn accepted for publication by Theodore Presser Inc. The piece was written for Mount Dora High School's Glee Club while Rex taught there and later retired due to health in Winter Park.
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Mount Dora High School
Charles Gordon
Rex
Theodore Presser, Inc
Winter Park
Mount Dora
Young Voices
Glee Club
Mistake Leaves Grady Simpson Names Out of Yearbook
The annual staff apologized to Mr and Mrs Grady Simpson room parents for the 11th grade after their names were inadvertently omitted from the yearbook.
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Grady Simpson
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Diane
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