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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
7
A garbled school instruction urges students with many boys and girls in the class to cooperate with the adviser. It emphasizes teamwork over personal convenience and warns a single selfish person can derail plans while urging a positive class spirit and active participation.
A five district statewide debate contest will select finalists for a final on April 30 at Gainesville. Each school enters two teams, affirmative and negative, with mounts under Mrs. Laney. Debaters include Billy McCown Eveline Von Herbulis Stuart Sadler and La Verne Townsend.
Mount Dora School will stage the one act play Blue Teapot by Jean Lee for state contests. Cast decisions for an old man, a young man, Ma Brown, Jimmy McNabe, and Cynthia are pending. Preliminary rounds are April 23 at Rollins with finals April 30 in Gainesville.
The Woman's Club sponsored a high school poster contest to advertise the March flower show on March 22 and 23 at the Community Building. The event took place March 8 at noon in the high school library. Prizes ranged from first to fifth and honorable mention for a total of several awards. Winners were Betty Blanchard first, Laura White second, Donald Thompson third, Jeanne Thayer fourth, Winifred Harding fifth, with Helen Driver and Zelle Dickerson as honorable mentions.
Mount Dora boys lose to Tavares 10 to 29 in a district event held March 4 and 5. Teams from across the district competed as Eustis defeated Tavares for the title while the Eustis girls hosted a concession stand run by the business class.
Mount Dora finished the season with a home court victory on February 28 1938 against Umatilla by 27 to 25. Minkley led Mount Dora in scoring as the team rallied in the final minutes to hold off a late Umatilla push.
New girls fought hard and played clean games though season was tough. Two seniors will graduate in June: Nona Mortensen and Virginia Chapman.
The girls team elected Nona Mortensen as captain and Eleanore Minkley as co-captain. The boys chose Roy Beasley as captain and Edward Ball as co-captain. Awards of errons stripes and micnograms will be announced soon.
Virginia Chapman born in 1925 during a visit moved from Plymouth Florida to Mount Dora before first grade. A standout in girls basket ball and drama she enjoys swimming and eating and aims for business college after high school with hopes to travel more in the future.
Curtis Dean Minkley born November 29, 1918 in Georgia moved to Florida as a child. Now a Mount Dora senior, he earned the Anerisan Legion Medal for citizenship in sixth grade and serves as treasurer of the local Hi Y. He has Boy Scout roots and enjoys music and pastimes like tinkering and joy riding. He plans future travel and uncertain post graduation path.
Bayard Roberts Jr born February 11 1920 in Macon Georgia is the youngest of three. He moved with family to Jacksonville Beach Florida and then Mount Dora where he attends school in the twelfth grade and works at the Princess Theatre. His interests include history acting football and amateur photography and he aims to succeed in his chosen work after graduation. He stands 5 ft 11 in weighs 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Miss Suzanne Sawyer Miss Vivian Thompson and Miss Helen Meadows spent the week end at Miss Meadows home in Umatilla. La Verne Thompson visited her aunt in Perry Florida Ruth Beerbower visited Winter Park with her mother. Mount Dora students featured at Daytona Beach and in the Eustis tournament. Jerry Davis Theo Greene Betsy Kramer James Drawdy and others listed. Helen Driver visited Winter Garden with her sister Mrs Pounds. Blair Kramer fishing note.
The senior class welcomes back Oscar Stephens Jr formerly of Mount Dora school. The senior play cleared about 75 dollars to cover commencement expenses. Attending basketball tournaments last Friday were Ruth Beersbower, Dorothy White, Lois Jerne, Nona Mortensen, Virginia, Hazel Edwards, Roy Beasley.
A terse note lists Buddy Grav and Richard Shipes in an alee contest segment. The fragmentary text provides names and roles without dates or locations. Further details are not available in the readable portion.
The fragment notes social chatter about Dorothy Grae and Lillie Mae, Bob's Sunday swing at Indiola, Wells driving slowly Sunday night, Elea nore as a possible reason, Billy pursuing Ruth, Tom spending time with Dorothy and driving a DeSoto, Bo Sates in a new Buick, and the junior class bidding farewell to Doris Etty moving to Wildwood.
Thursday and Friday notes reveal names like Geraldine Francis Pomona and Gere at Epworth League supper. The text asks about Carolin in Jr High, questions about Hor tense Inez and Bob in Sanford, and mentions Gere seen with Bob Parrish at a skating rink.
Freshman notes list songs by students including Jean Shipes Betsy Kramer Tommy Shipes and Doris Lewis. They plan a Daytona Beach class party. Eighth grade notes mention Orville Cooper’s return and questions about students’ paper Esazette and various crushes and outings.
A seventh grade class notes PTA winnings and plans for an assembly. The entry mentions teasing and crushes among students in various classes, flirtations observed by Mr Hall, red embarrassment during health and study halls, a paddle wish from Miss Craig, and rumors about Norman Floy and Dorothy liking boys in the room.
Ed Kimball sits at the tournament looking despondent as his Bushnell girlfriend fails to appear. Jerry Davis escapes a Daytona traffic jam with effort. The senior boys sing in the senior room and we wonder if Mrs Laney explains the mood as a romance of the week.
A fragmentary page recalls a high school dance with Lois Ty Dedrick and Esther in crowd chatter. It mentions Glen Gray's dance plans and a Orlando girl among those dancing, with light gossip about who danced with whom and a hinted incident in a closet.
Gossip column notes social activity at M D H S with couples cruising in cars after school and dances at Gainesville and Orlando venues. Citizens referenced include Bob Jones Lois Tyron J W Dorothy W Carey Colley and others with mentions of Leesburg fame, Military Ball attendance, and a shout of lighthearted romance and flirtations.
Mount Dora High School lists a 1938 baseball slate with games at Winter Garden Apopka Ocoee Tavares Groveland Winter Park and Winter Garden home dates. Games start at 4 p.m. Admission charges are 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students with Athletic Association members admitted free.
A humorous clipping recounts a merchant’s wife bearing a child and a sequence of editor created notices. The tale follows the editor’s grand wedding notice and the bid invitations from a distant city, ending with the minister’s fee and the groom’s stand.
Florida Citrus Commission announces free copies of the 1938 Spray and Dust Schedules. The pamphlet offers recommendations based on experimental data to help growers produce bright fruit and control tree pests and diseases.
Lake County residents are invited to an 8 p m showing of the six reel feature Under the 4-H Flag at Eustis High School Auditorium on March 23. Admission is free. A concurrent 2000 prize contest will distribute awards among 24 counties based on rural population.
A satirical lament on how death notices, obituaries, lodge notices, poetry, and thanks fill a newspaper page while subscriptions falter. The writer mocks the editor for missing proof and readers canceling ads, all while the “gone to her last roasting place” line echoes through the billing chaos.
National and state road builders gathered at the Flor ida section convention in the Al cazar Hotel Miami from March 5 to 7 with Governor Cone and state officials among guests. Leaders discussed funding diversions from motor taxes and road needs, while noting detours on State Roads 27 4 and 1 and a new Milton route on SR 1 opens.
Grading work is in progress on State Road No. 173 between Placida and Englewood in Charlotte County. A detour on State Road No. 181 diverts traffic to a point two miles south of the intersection with 173, then follows marked woods trails to Placida.
Jack Mack aged 13 from Umatilla has been sent to the State Reform School in Marianna as a truant after repeated refusals to attend. He appeared before Judge Herlong with Truant Officer J. M. Lowry and deputy W. T. Collins transported him to the institution. Lake County’s school system touted for its efficiency and results.
Mayor Dave Shepard ordered public works to suspend water sewer and garbage service and police and fire protection for property owners who can pay but refuse to meet city tax obligations. The order targets 48 city properties including several business buildings with delinquent taxes averaging eight years.
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