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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
4
Elementary notes show the first grade enjoyed a theatre trip to see My Pal Wolf with Mr Parker organizing the outing. Betty Stockton returns after scarlet fever and several pupils recover from whooping cough as the class looks forward to next year.
A fragment notes the pledge to the flag of the United States and allegiance to the Republic indissoluble, with liberty and justice for all.
The creed declares belief in a government of the people with power derived from consent, a democracy in a republic, and a union of states founded on freedom, equality, justice, and humanity. It calls for love of country, obedience to laws, respect for the flag, and defense against enemies.
The Ice Cream Manufacturers Association cautions that nationwide supplies for civilian consumption are not guaranteed to rise despite publicity of potential increases. Butterfat limits remain, skim milk solids may be used, and many firms kept formulas close to prior levels. A small average butterfat reduction under 11 percent is noted, suggesting consumption should reflect 1944 spring and summer availability rather than a broader increase.
A poem notes how a tiny typographical error eludes checks until ink on paper makes it loom large. The boss groans and the copy reader laments while the rest of the issue may be clean, yet the error dominates.
Lake County produced eight and a half million boxes of citrus in 1944-45, worth about 2.34 million dollars to growers and 6 million to labor, transport, packing, and canning. Labor shortages due to war required emergency farm labor, with Bahamians and German POWs aiding harvests. total citrus harvested surpassed one million boxes from these groups, while domestic labor remained the backbone of production.
As the school nears six weeks remaining, students aim for third grade with plans to study Indians and their homes. Next week a tepee and hogan will be built following story directions. Spelling results praised include Charles Norton Irvin Horne June Bowie Gwendolyn Dawson and others.
Barbara Goodall and Eddie Pun chak have retired to their homes in the north. We are now thirty two. In our reading we have visited Norway, Lapland, and England, while in it we went to St. Ives, famous is cats. Several of the boys have brought very interesting shell collections to school. We have also had money from Belgium, France, Germany and Austria, the latter a penny the size of our half dollar. We had an apple treat at recess Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Those who made A in the six week's spelling test are: Daisy Eaton, Meredith Folger, Barbara Siess, Josephine Gibb, Dorothy Akins, Kenneth Dawson, Billy Harriett, John Keller, Alton Watts and Earl Wise.
Since the last report one pupil is missing as Dicky Dixon moved to Winter Park reducing enrollment to 25. After school Thurs the class enjoyed a show My Pal Wolf with wet eyes noted. History class begins study of the Revolutionary War. Perfect spellers listed include Barbara Hill John Marsell Paul Hopkins and others.
The report covers a student trip with grade mothers and a teacher guiding a Florida tour of Zellwood farms. Observations include Nassau quarters at half mast, a machine shop, multiple fields with plowed and harvestable crops, celery tops trimmed for packing, hand plows and tractors, dehydration of oranges, oil heaters, and a packing house employing prisoners of war.
Established groves in Lake County are cleared for planting in the area south of Clermont and in the Howey section. Grove expansion continues across all county sections, with most acreage owned by citrus men from other producing areas. Lake County remains among Florida's last citrus frontiers as 1400 acres temper the transition.
The First Church of Christ Scientist Grove Street and tendoe Avenue offers Sunday School at 9 30 A M and Sunday Service at 11 A M with the subject Everlasting Punishment. Wednesday meeting at 58 00 P M includes testimonies and remarks. A free reading room in Fountain Inn building is open 3 to 6 P M except Sundays and holidays.
Urgent call across seven southeastern states for civilians to save tin waste paper and fats for war production. Major General Frederick E. J. General urges housewives and students to join industrial workers in continuing salvage, noting paper mills on slim stock and the need for 700000 tons of waste paper monthly for Army and Navy use and for containers, parts, and equipment.
The Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park on Rossiter Street holds Bible study at 10:00 A.M. and communion at 11:00 A.M. every Sunday conducted by A. L. Butler. An evening service begins at 7:30 P.M. and a Wednesday prayer meeting is at 8:00 P.M.
The Tallahassee Rail Road opened in 1836 with mule power between Tallahassee and Port Leon. The maiden trip drew crowds as officials commemorated the event, but the mules balked five miles out, halting the line until draft horses were borrowed to finish the run. We were told what happened to the mules.
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