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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
8
Donald Olen Thompson spent three years in Ocala then moved to Dade City to start first grade. The family next relocated to Lacooochee then Thilby for a year, before settling in Mount Dora where he entered seventh grade. He is now nineteen, about five feet seven inches tall.
Donald, a cheerful senior with curly hair, enjoys reading, radio, and bridge. He loved the dream date with Hedy Lamarr, favors Lizt and Sabatini, and plans to become a renowned hairdresser and designer after graduation.
Juniors and seniors plan a joint picnic near the start of May. Seniors select invitation style for graduation and are having them printed. Each student chooses lettering for his calling cards to place inside invitations. Last week nearly all bought leather bound senior memory booklets with space for memories.
Miss Bodsford, under the Junior Woman's Club, has given two talks to senior girls on skin care and blemish removal. Last week she demonstrated cosmetic application with Mrs. Ramsdell. Two more talks are planned. Mrs. Hurlburt invites seniors to a dinner dance Tuesday at the Yacht Club.
At a Thursday April 13 class meeting the junior class began plans for the annual junior senior banquet set for May 19. Adelaide Key presided and named committees for programs favors decorations and dance with members including Pomona Davidson Doris Chamberlain DeVault Rose borough Ida Hiley Buster Battle Frankie Lou Morris Mary Louise Woodward Bettye Lotz Irene Edwards Emadene Kelly Doris Cowart Jerald Drawdy Geraldine Richardson Frances Faye Thompson Laura White Montel Morris. A junior senior picnic committee was also formed with Pomona Davidson Jerald Drawdy and Bettye Lotz but no plans could start until debates and six weeks tests end.
Read as a coy Breezy gossip note about spring fever among Bolles School students. A sophomore escorts Dr Tyre’s daughter to local spots while another rising star allegedly loses a gold basketball to a clever Eustis girl.
A joint meeting of freshman and sophomore classes arranged an all day May 6 picnic in Daytona. The students anticipate a marvelous time and a sunny day.
On Saturday April 15 the seventh grade held their second semester activities.
Seventh grade students and sponsor Miss Suzanne Sawyer express sincere thanks to Mrs. Pease Mrs. Beardsley Mr and Mrs Crane Miss Helen Meadows and Mr Watts for attending the Santando Springs all day picnic with only three absences and good reports from all attendees.
The discussion covers insects eating crops, owls as predators, and the Florida panther restricted to Big Cypress. It urges public support for wildlife preservation through conservation groups, bird feeding, water, and fruiting shrubs, noting Audubon Society dues and a call to join. Delegates to the Boston convention are named with attendees praised for perfect attendance rates in April.
Through April is neotee for Kiwanis members Atkins Barnett Bishop C M Brown Burkart Crane Drugs French Graves Harlow Hurlburt Johnson Keller Kramer Moorhead De Quixley Randall Rehbaum Rio Rosshorw Seckinger Sapeon Smith Sto Swift Urquhart Waltz Wells West and White.
Members of Mount Dora Townsend Club No 1 held a 6:30 pm box supper with beautifully decorated boxes sold to the highest bidder. Proceeds will defray expenses for the delegate to the Townsend Club National Convention in Indianapolis beginning June 22. A regular meeting followed with bulletins on the Townsend movement. another box supper is planned for May 15 at the Community Building.
H C Brown of Clermont was elected president at the Tavares meeting. Harry Gaylord of Eustis was named secretary treasurer. Temporary officers will serve until January. The group plans an Orlando meeting in May to advance a survey linking the St Johns and Ocklawaha rivers with the Kissimmee Valley and the Okeechobee canal. The charter expands to eleven counties with a $1 annual dues.
A series of five citrus grower schools opens May 9 and 10 with speakers M C Gay and E F DeBusk. Meetings will be at Groveland, Clermont, Umatilla, Leesburg, and Tavares with invitations to all growers. The program is run by Lake County agents and horticulture association. In a separate note, the nighthawk is noted as a valuable Florida insect eater with a stomach sample showing two thousand two hundred mosquitoes.
Official notices announce tax certificate sales for unpaid state and county taxes covering years 1929 through 1939. Properties described include portions of lake and land tracts in Lake County. Sales will occur at the Court House in Tavares on May 15 1939 at 11 a.m. with high bids for cash.
Notice of application for tax deed by S T W Corporation holder of Tax Certificate No 120 issued September 2 1935. The property in Lake County Florida described as fractional west 831 6 feet of north 472 feet of northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 21 township 19 south range east. If not redeemed by law, property sold to highest bidder at Tavares court house door 11 am on first Monday in June 1939 (January 5 1020).
Hereby given that T. L. Staton has filed a petition to offer for sale and sell Certificate No. 2194 of 1932 for unpaid County and State taxes from 1931 to 1939 on the described Lake County property. The property includes Lots 1-12 in Blk A, Lots 1-24 in Blk B, Lots 1-13 and 15-24 in Blk C, Lots 1-36 in Blk D, Lots 1-35 and 37-44 in Blk E, 46-48 in Elk F, Lincoln Park. The certificate and all sums due will be offered to the highest bidder.
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