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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
4
The pledge line referenced calls for allegiance to the United States flag and to the nation with liberty and justice for all, echoing the traditional oath though altered in wording.
The excerpt asserts belief in a government by the people through a republic united by democracy and equality. It emphasizes duties to love country, support the constitution, obey laws, respect the flag, and defend the nation against enemies.
Wartime guidance states that pulpwood cutting is an essential war occupation recognized by the War Manpower Commission. It notes that draft boards may defer agricultural workers engaged in pulpwood production and that boards use a list of 35 essential activities to guide deferments.
Florence Fritz of Fort Myers organized friendly outreach for visiting service members, recognizing their loneliness in distant towns. She and others engaged with soldiers and sailors, offering welcome, conversation, and a sense of home amid crowds in bars and restaurants.
Florence Fritz published a 40 page monthly tile magazine Hello Stranger to lift spirits of service members. She funded it with paid ads, worked as editor publisher and more, delivering warmth and practical local guidance to newcomers in Florida crowds of requests for more copies followed.
W L Story thanks the people of Mount Dora and vicinity for their vote in the recent primary and pledges to fulfill the confidence shown. The note ends with a call to buy war bonds.
The piece argues that successful people possess natural courtesy rooted in kindness and generosity. It warns against artificial manners and 'putting on airs,' noting that true politeness should arise from character, not external training, to avoid life-long social friction.
The junior senior banquet with a Mother Goose theme was held at Lakeside Inn on Friday April 21 at eight o clock. Sophomores served a chicken dinner while costumed seniors performed as characters. Lectures and speeches followed with hall of fame voting results and a farewell address before dancing to close the evening.
Friday assembly featured a tenth grade program with songs America and America the Beautiful and Moonlight and Roses by Faye and Ruth Shipes. Bette Davis performed a tap dance. a play Not Quite Such a Goose was presented. Mr Roseborough reviewed the F E A convention in Daytona noting a Greek speaker’s tale of brave defense.
Mr. Roseborough opened the assembly noting students needing extra credits or summer school to graduate. Assistant State Forester Mr. Jacobs spoke on forest resources, future wood products, and the aim to utilize more of each tree in the postwar era, ending with student questions about new forest products.
Dorris Keller was born December 26, 1924, at Lake Jem, Florida. She moved to Georgia as a child, then returned to Lake Jem after about nine years. The text mentions physical traits and a garbled line that cannot be reliably interpreted.
Dorris, from Eustis and Mount Dora high schools in Florida, enjoys going to the movies writing letters exploring and boating. Her favorite subject is biology and she has not decided exactly what she will do after graduation.
Gladys Irene Moon born January 17 1926 at Mount Dora Florida stands five feet seven and a half inches tall and weighs 127 pounds. A senior at Mount Dora High she led class as president and starred in Nine Girls. She has been in the Glee Club four years and names English as her favorite subject and Grace Livingston Hill as her favorite author.
Ellis Harvey known as Shorty Williams was born March 21 1926 to Mr and Mrs Williams in Lake Jem He is five nine tall and weighs undisclosed He lived in Lake Jem most his life and attended Tangerine Tavares and Mount Dora High School Algebra is his favorite subject He played football well and will enter the navy after graduation
The column recalls a senior girl asking a junior boy’s father to lend his car. It mentions Babs Donnie and Earl on gym steps, nervous banquet moments, and Pat as a date. It hints at Santando trips, unnamed couples, and various pupils involved in campus rumors.
Local chatter swirls after a high school prom with several new couples named including Bobby Allen and Juanita Mosteller Frances Hume and Warren Story Ione Lorene Y. Lorene left early and rumors about Bonnie W. and Ashton Brown spread amid gossip about a sophomore rummaging desks for notes.
On Tuesday April 25 the senior class hosted a picnic for the sixth grade for selling more tickets to the senior class play than any other grade. Seniors selling at least ten tickets were invited. The Junior-Senior Banquet was held Friday April 21 hosted by the juniors and enjoyed by all.
The sophomore class prepared a play titled Not Quite Such a Goose for an assembly shown Friday April 21. They plan a class party at San Lando Springs in the near future.
The freshman class outlines a party set for May 5 at San tandor Springs as exams approach. Betty Cooley visited Charleston, South Carolina to see her father. Bill Treadwell and Earle Wilder return after several days away.
A review praises John Hersey s Into the Valley as frontline war reporting from Guadalcanal. The piece argues the work conveys the actual brutality of a Marine skirmish without armchair interpretation and honors the valor that builds eventual victory. The library announces hours three days weekly.
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports an April membership increase of over ten percent, reaching 1,160. Renewals came from Villa Dora Hotel Mount Dora Hardware Co Princess Theatre Mount Dora Citizens Bank Clermont Drummer Co Orlando and Dr H G Holand Leesburg, among others including Town of Montverde Henry L Bayless Grand Island and Lake Region Packing Co.
Church notices list services at 10:00 Sunday Church School for all ages. Sermon at 11:00 by the pastor. Youth Fellowship at 6 Evening Worship at 7 20 P M Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 30 Choir Practice Thursday 7 30 P M. Superintendent Richard Brown heads the program. Location is unnamed but at the Church. Everyone welcome.
Florence Gilbert Hanscom named pianist and choir director at the Sixth and Tremain church with J. M. McCone as superintendent. Bible School at 9 45 A M. Training Union at 7 00 P M. Evening service at 7 15 P M. Prayer meeting at 8 00 P M. Cordial welcome extended to all visitors.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis offers Sunday services at 9:30 and 11:00 with the lesson subject Adam and Fallen Man, plus Wednesday 8:00 p.m. testimonies and readings. The Fountain Street reading room is open on weekdays 3 to 5 p.m. for reading, borrowing, or purchase of Christian Science literature.
The Church of Christ at Lake Franklin Park on Rossiter Street holds Bible study at 10:00 A.M. and preaching with communion at 11:00 A.M. led by L. B. Chastain. Evening service 7:30 P.M. Wednesday prayer meeting also at 7:30 P.M.
The Church of God on Liberty Street announces Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship at 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Evening Worship. Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Y.P.E Friday at 8:00 p.m. Rev. T. J. Meade is pastor.
St Thomas Episcopal Church at Corner Lemon and Mary Streets Florida Kilbourn Rector presents Holy Communion at 11:00 A. M. Morning Prayer and Sermon on the Sunday of the month also at 11:00 A. M. Holy Communion. School at 10:00 A. M. every Sunday Holy Days 10:00 A. M. Holy Communion.
The Augustana Synod church in Roveland Florida led by Rev. O. E. Linden schedules 11:00 a.m. morning services and 7:30 p.m. evening services.
Cor Grove St and Badger Ave Eustis services listed with times for Sunday Holy Mass weekdays confessions and catechism classes. The note includes Fr iday 4 PM service and church meetings on the last Sunday of the month at 12 15 PM with eyeing typos in the OCR text.
The Golden Triangle Lodge 874 of the Loyal Order of Moose meets at the K of P in Tall and Eustis on the first and eighth Monday nights. Dr E R Hutchins is listed as serene. M C Kirkland serves as secretary.
Chairman O B Smith of the Membership Committee predicts a continued rise in memberships this summer. He believes the 1943 record of 1503 could easily be surpassed.
East Town reports strong Sunday services at the Church of God Pillar and Ground of Truth led by Rev J H Harris and others. Members look to the District Sunday School and B T U Convention at St Marys Baptist Church with a meeting Friday night at 8 30 pm. A Home Demonstration Club forms from the Helping Hand Club to promote vegetable canning. Pallbearers Union members traveled to Sanford Sunday.
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