Safety and education urged at Mount Dora High Assembly
An April 20 Mount Dora High School assembly featured Florida Southern College officials Dr Spivey and Dr McGowan. The speakers praised education and compared it to living on highlands, urging students to pursue a better education for a brighter future.
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Mount Dora
Florida Southern College
Spivey
Southern College
McGowan
Southern
Florida
Highlands
Vision of Highlands Draws Scotch Man to College Life
The narrative describes a Scottish man who cherishes the highlands as peaceful. After the assembly, Dr Spivey and Dean Talle spoke with juniors and seniors about college, with Talle offering booklets and urging plans to attend Southern Florida College.
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Spivey
Dean Talle
Southern
Florida
Methodist College
Mount Dora High School Honors Both Squads in Weak Summary
Mr Roseborough announced draft and sugar registrations in two weeks. James Christie presented a Cypress trophy case with trophies from basketball tournaments. Miss Meadows awarded girls service awards to Florence Lee Sara Roseborough Lynn MacLelland Grace Lee Dorothy Adams Anna M White Betty Cooper Dorothy Geiger Marilyn Johnson Peggy Daniels Gladys Irene Crane Lucille Harding. Coach Vincent gave advertising managers cheerleaders reporters service awards to Martha Williamson Noel Gulledge Grace Lee Florence Lee Helen Wells Bobby Vincent Calvin Richardson Maxine Clery Harold Overhiser. Boys received service awards: Bobby Vincent David French Bernard McCabe Ernest Minkley Milton Teasley Joe Wiley Teasley Paul Mosteller Robert Goodman Calvin Richardson Donald French Bobby Finney. Vincent praised both squads as among Mount Dora High School's best in years. Boys totaled one thousand points to opponents three hundred.
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Roseborough
James Christie
Miss Meadows
Florence Lee
Sara Roseborough
Lynn MacLelland
Grace Lee
Dorothy Adams
Anna M. White
Betty Cooper
Dorothy Geiger
Marilyn Johnson
Peggy Daniels
Gladys Irene Crane
Lucille Harding
Vincent
Martha Williamson
Noel Gulledge
Helen Wells
Bobby Vincent
Calvin Richardson
Maxine Clery
Harold Overhiser
David French
Bernard McCabe
Ernest Minkley
Milton Teasley
Joe Wiley Teasley
Paul Mosteller
Robert Goodman
Donald French
Bobby Finney
Seniors Honored With Conference Sweaters
The junior and senior boys were presented sweaters for winning the Conference and district championships. Recipients include Ernest Minkley Bernard McCabe Milton Teasley Bobby Vincent David French Joe Wiley Teasley Paul Mosteller and Calvin Richardson.
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Ernest Minkley
Bernard McCabe
Milton Teasley
Bobby Vincent
David French
Joe Wiley Teasley
Paul Mosteller
Calvin Richardson
Assembly May 1 Aims at Driving Rules and Sugar Rationing
Mr. Roseborough opens the assembly announcing sugar rationing begins Monday May 4 and urges students to tell their parents. Mr. Prater a state patrolman explains driving rules and answers questions as students get acquainted. Roseborough closes hoping future gatherings allow students to meet him again.
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Roseborough
Prater
Florida
School Classes Report Mixed Progress Across Subjects
The algebra class faced binomial theorems while many retook tests. Civics learns Professor Roseborough’s Missouri roots, not Tennessee. World War I tests go well in U S history. Chemistry struggles with metal properties. Typing aims for speed and accuracy. Plane geometry completes course and works on projections. English II studies subordination and coordination, while English 12 fixes dangling verbals.
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Roseborough
Missouri
Tennessee
Hitchcock
Tommy Shipes of Mount Dora Aims for Service After Graduation
William Thomas Shipes known as Tommy, son of Mount Dora's night police officer, born February 23, 1923. He attended Mount Dora schools, worked in a drug store, and is nearing graduation. He favors Cooper, enjoys fishing, and manual training, struggles with English, plans military service, and drives a Ford Pathfinder resembling an army jeep.
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William Thomas Shipes
Tommy
Mount Dora
Cooper
Pathfinder
Tommy Shipes
Birth of twin daughters in Hampton family
Mr and Mrs G W Woods of Hampton South Carolina welcomed twin girls born January 29 1923 with one daughter named Jane Nell Woods.
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Jane Nell Woods
G. W. Woods
Hampton
South Carolina
Nell’s Move Through Towns and Future Nursing Plans
Nell, known for moving from Hampton Carolina to Tavares then Mount Dora, enters sixth grade at Mount Dora Public School. She stands five feet five inches, weighs 112 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hobbies include dancing and chemistry, with Sinclair Lewis as a favorite author and baseball as a beloved sport. After high school she plans nursing training at Orange General Hospital in Orlando.
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Nell
Hampton
Carolina
Tavares
Mount Dora
Sinclair Lewis
Orange General Hospital
Orlando
Twin girls Nina and Nell Woods born in Hampton
Jeanette Nina Woods and George W. Woods welcomed twin daughters Nina and Nell on January 29 1923 in Hampton South Carolina. Nina attends Mount Dora Public School after living in Tavares and enjoys chemistry and dancing with plans for nurse training at Orange General Hospital Orlando.
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Jeanette Nina Woods
Hampton
South Carolina
George W. Woods
Nina
Nell
Tavares
Florida
Mount Dora
Louisa May Alcott
Tallahassee
Orange General Hospital
Orlando
Social Notes from Mount Dora Area Events
Social notes record a picnic for a ticket sale contest on Friday. A Methodist Youth Advance met in Mount Dora on Sunday April 19 with Lake County youth discussing Sunday schools Epworth League and related topics. Mount Dora students had vacation Monday April 27 due to registration.
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Mount Dora
Lake County
Helen Wells
Florence Lee
George Malone, Jr
Billy McCown
Nancy Fuller
Orlando
June Fenn
Betsy Kramer
Stetson University
What Some Seniors Think About Graduating
Quotes from graduates reflect mixed feelings about leaving school. Pete Burkart calls it the end of an easy life phase and a move to greater complexity, while Noel Gulledge and Tommy Shipes favoring quick graduation. Others note work ahead and mixed emotions about endings and new beginnings.
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Pete Burkart
W. F. Duggan
Noel Gulledge
Tommy Shipes
Richardson
Anna Laura Putral
Ernest Minkley
Florence Lee
Evelyn Turrentine
June Fenn
Gossip in Sylmone Shores Drifts Through Pete and Dates
In Sylmone Shores chatter centers on Anna Margaret and a famous senior. The talk hints at social scenes, confidential flings, and a lighthearted mood around Pete as townsfolk note few date-able girls amid the seaside gossip.
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Anna Margaret
Leesburg
Sylmone Shores
Pete
Banter and crushes fill campus chatter this spring
Youthful gossip runs through the campus as seniors tease juniors about dances and reveals lingering romances. Questions swirl about who will invite whom to the banquet while whispers about boy friends and exams mix with mentions of local cars and a few flirtatious pairings.
Juniors Stage Picnic for Eighth Grade Play Winners
The junior class rewards the eighth grade for winning the ticket sale contest for the junior play by a picnic at Rock Springs Friday April 24. Seniors are busy with big event preparations while speeches are assigned and other important provisions made. The juniors note Marilyn MacLelland and Nancy Fuller are leaving before the banquet. The class welcomes William Barker back after a brief illness.
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Rock Springs
Marilyn MacLelland
Nancy Fuller
William Barker
Seventh Grade Class Plans Picnic at Rock Springs
Seventh grade notes show meetings on April 21 and 23 deciding a class picnic at Rock Springs after school on April 29. Committees were formed for food recreation transportation. Sue Bond and Ann Hadlock visited Silver Glen Springs on April 19.
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Rock Springs
Sue Bond
Ann Hadlock
Silver Glenn Springs
Insurance Add-On Covers War Defense Auto Use
The American Fire and Casualty Company of Orlando Florida extends its automobile liability coverage to include war and defense activity use without extra premium or policyendorsement. The agreement applies to emergency uses by authorities and organizations like the Red Cross Civilian Defense and lasts for the war period starting May 1 1942. Mount Dora agent A Lee French represents the company.
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American Fire and Casualty Company
Home Office
Orlando
Florida
Thican
United States
American Red Cross
Mount Dora
A. Lee French
Lake County Survey Identifies Local Materials for War Economy
Ray Higgins of the State Defense Council and David A. Denslow of the Lake County Chamber toured Lake County to map available machinery and raw materials. They highlighted Spanish moss, diatomite, muck, peat, timber, and ramie as promotable resources with uses from upholstery stuffing to insulation and fabric production. A meeting of local manufacturers to form a war contract pool is likely.
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Ray Higgins
Orlando
Industries Division
State Defense Council of Florida
David A. Denslow
Lake County
Charles R. Short
Clermont
Ramie
Notice of Sale under Murphy Act in Lake County Florida
Public sale of described land in Lake County Florida at Tavares courthouse at 10:00 A M on June 8 1942 under Section 9 of Chapter 18206 Murphy Act. Proceeds to the Internal Improvement Fund. road right of way 200 feet reserved through parcels with State Road. Listings span multipleLots and Tracts including Eustis Groveland Clermont and Groveland Farms areas.
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Ae Lake County
Florida
Lake County
Internal Improvement Fund
Court House
Tavares
Eustis
McDonalds
Sey
Lake Highlands Co
Main St
Ieee
Groveland
Groveland Farms
County Road
Lake Woodward
S. R
Whitney
Fruitland
New
Clermont
R. BR
Edge
NEY
R. E
Sis
of. Sey
Sis Gt Ae
NWY
Belleaux Estates
Aig
Heveawale Gardens
State OF
Kes
Mitchell Vines
South & Hopkins
Fla
Pel
Geo. J. Dykes
Circuit Court of
A. J. Harnage
D. C
Lake County Photo Featured in State Bulletin
Lake County received publicity when Florida Highways for April carried a photo of the Dora Canal in the Official Detour Bulletin. The Lake County Chamber of Commerce provided the photograph, based at Court House, Tavares, Florida, drawing attention from motorists statewide.
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Lake County
Florida
Dora Canal
State Road Department
Groveland Leads Florida In Can Vass Tie For First
Groveland Florida and Winter Haven Florida share top position in the Every American Can vass with a statewide tie based on percentage, as reported to the Lake County Chamber of Commerce by Lehmann Deputy. A separate probate notice in Lake County names Philip F Unser deceased and directs creditors to file claims in eight months.
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Groveland
Lake County
Winter Haven
Polk County
Florida
Notice of Intent to Seek Final Discharge in Probate
Ancillary Administrator De Bonis Non Cum Testamento Annexo of the estate of Dwight H. Slate, Deceased, files final report and petitions for discharge. A. S. Herlong Jr., Lake County Florida County Judge, to hear June 2, 1942. Date April 80, 1942. Co. H. Lichliter acts as ancillary administrator.
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Pwight H. State
A. S. Herlong, Jr
Lake County
Florida
Co. H. Lichliter
Dwight H. Slate
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