Elementary School Teachers Meet for New Teaching Ideas
Elementary teachers held social and instructive gatherings to share new methods and materials. Miss Virginia Bardeen and Miss Mary Neel hosted activities with refreshments and ice cream, while Miss Doris Camp and Miss Betty West led discussions on language science and reading. Tadpoles becoming adult frogs noted as a classroom metaphor, with several visitors and top spellers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bardeen
Mary Neel
Doris Camp
Betty West
Sixth Grade Students Miss School With Measles Absences
Dorothy Eckholdt and Earle Wil der have been absent for a few days due to measles. Margaret Etchells returned home to Maine. Bobby Turner spent last weekend in St. Petersburg. Lila Rhodes visited Sanford zoo and saw triplet baby lions. Wallace Verigan visited Silver Springs, Juniper Springs and Jacksonville over the weekend. Dorothy Eckholdt and Maryann ee ap spent Sunday at Daytona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Eckholdt
Earle Wilder
Joe Allen
Lucille Minkley
Marie Swearingen
Wee Margaret Etchells
Maine
Bobby Turner
St. Petersburg
Lila Rhodes
Sanford Zoo
Wallace Verigan
Silver Springs
Juniper Springs
Jacksonville
Maryannee Ap
Daytona
Local Notices from Hot Springs and Weekend Updates
Message conveys sympathy for Miss Turner as relatives in Hot Springs mourn, while others report illnesses and visits. Notes include Mary Lee Durham’s return after five weeks away, Howard Nutter at Daytona Beach, and Phyllis Turner with Virginia Perry visiting Anne Pike. Perfect spellers named: Horace Adams Zelmer Clements Gordon Folger Evabeta Griffin Donald Hogsett Mildred Metcalf Davis Moorhead Howard Nutter William Stephens George Treadwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss
Birds and learning in Fourth Grade with Miss Coleman
Fourth graders heard Miss Coleman discuss birds and shared pictures. They learn feeding stations for cardinals and other birds, build bird houses, and observe the blue Gallinule on Lake Dora described as a Florida guinea. Students also study Florida’s large cities and diverse industries and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Local Residents Attend Event and Education Program
Betsy Lee McKay of Avon Park and Snell from Zellwood attended a room entry on April 21. Edward Stewart and Danny Patton visited Daytona Beach last Sunday. Week 21 spelling lesson participants included Chuck Allen Raoul Barker William Glover Danny Patton Evelyn Minkley Marian Roseborough and Mary Martha Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Lee McKay
Avon Park
Ae Iamsport
Pennsylvania
Second Grade Butter Making and Dairy Plans
The second grade students learned butter making using a glass jar and shook it until butter formed. They washed salted it on soda crackers, and will try cottage cheese from goat milk next week. Attendance improved with only one or two absences. Perfect spellers for the 31st week were James Hall Mabel Liles and Maxine Liles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Sills
Orton
Alvis Williams
Bettye Ann Ray
Helen Whitehead
James Hall
Mabel Liles
Maxine Liles
May Day First Grade May Basket Event
First grade celebrates May Day with students making baskets of flowers including petunias geraniums and phlox to gift parents and friends. Jean Pike and Martha Simpson contribute roses. Students listed as present for six weeks ending April 25 include Patsy Dean Martha Slayden Gail Lou Crawford Martha Simpson Charles Moorhead and Harry Watts. Patsy later misses with measles and Helen Durham returns after weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Pike
Martha Simpson
Patsy Dean
Martha Slayden
Gail Lou Crawford
Charles Moorhead
Harry Watts
Patsy
Helen Durham
Birthday Clues Hint at Family Plans and Dates
The note mentions a birthday on March 31 and L. C. Dur turning seven on April 30. It also references Martha and a plan for a Mother’s Day surprise during the upcoming week, with Daytona Beach noted as a time/place reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Durwas
Martha
Daytona
Quiet Huddles Mark Start of Biennial Session
Fragmentary text describes lawmakers gathering in quieter corners as the biennial session begins, with hints that the pace may eventually resemble the usual intense routine. The tone suggests anticipation of more structured debates and formal proceedings to come.
Taxes and public policy in a fragmentary state column
A state press column surveys the tax landscape noting sales taxes and alternatives while recounting political battles over public works open shop proposals. It mentions watchdogs of the treasury and cites ivy poisoning cases from L W Kephart explaining transmission via dogs and clothing with home remedies.
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House
Watson
Treasury
Hall Maines
How to Control Fleas in Soil and Sand
Several washings in a strong soap after an alkali wash will carry off the poison. There is no true sand flea breeding in sand without animals to feed, says F. C. Bishopp entomologist. All fleas require the blood of birds or animals to reproduce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Bishopp
Department of Agriculture
Bishopp
Fremp's Freaks urges adoptive mercy for motherless men
In a reflective piece Fremp’s column notes how some shoppers seek Mother’s Day cards for others mothers and recalls a widowed mother left childless by influenza. The narrator highlights a ministerial impulse to comfort and proposes adopting a mother or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Ernest
J. H. Jowett
Fremp
J. C. R. Fremp
Untitled Local Radio and Transport Figures Listed
A fragmented clipping lists names connected to maritime and radio interests in Florida. Included are Charles E. Albury of Miami, Ralph Nicholson of Tampa, Capt. Glenn C. Cole of Orlando, Guy H. Allen of Tampa, and A. B. Dooley in Miami, with references to shipping, commercial and amateur radio, motor patrol and trucking.
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Sonville
Tel
Telgraph
Charles E. Albury
Miami
Ralph Nicholson
Tampa
Glenn C. Cole
Orlando
Guy H. Allen
A. B. Dooley
Jack
Birthday tribute to Chester Treadway of Lake County
Chester Treadway of Tavares, public relations head for the Southeastern states chain stores association, marks his May 13 birthday. Born May 13, 1884 in Booneville Kentucky, he arrived in Florida in 1910 and Lake County in 1930, a longtime civic leader and former county commissioner. He is an Episcopalian, Mason, Shriner, Elk and Kiwanian, with hobbies in reading and bird hunting. An Amaryllis note adds transplant tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Blaine Treadway
Tavares
Association of Chain Stores
Orlando
Chester Treadway
Booneville
Ig Thr College
Lexwagon
Rye
Florida
Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
State Road Department
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Court House Changes in Lake County Chamber of Commerce Arsenal
The Lake County Chamber of Commerce vault is designated to store rifles ammunition hand grenades riot sticks and other equipment for the Florida Defense Force. Space is provided to handle growing Lake County Defense Council activities by moving the School Book and Transportation office to the nearby Home Demonstration and 4-H Club building. Parts of the vacated space are allocated to the chamber, and Claxon Parker now shares an office on the court house third floor with Phil Arey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County Chamber of Commerce
Lake County
Florida Defense Force
Board of County Commissioners
Lake County Defense Council
Court House
J. M. Lowry
Chamber of Commerce
School Book
Claxon Parker
R. E. Norris
Phil Arey
Leesburg Band and Glee Club Attend Richmond Contests
Leesburg high school group with chaperones traveled to Richmond Virginia by train on May 7 to compete in southern band and glee club contests. Citizens raised about 800 dollars to cover expenses and the trip served as thanks for their strong state contest showing in Tampa this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Richmond
Tampa
Defense survey of Florida facilities for transportation
Florida's Defense Council conducts a statewide survey of highways waterways and air lanes to plan civilian preparedness for emergencies. Led by Cody Fowler the survey assesses bridge capacity boat and barge availability amateur radio networks and air line facilities to coordinate transport and communications for wartime or disaster response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
State Defense Council of Florida
State Council
Division’ of Communications and Transportation
Cody Fowler
Tampa
Fowler
Diab
Citrus Quality Program Aims for Better Fruit For Florida
The Florida Citrus Commission outlines a four phase program to raise fruit quality from grove to consumer. It highlights research on production, packing house efficiency, coloring room standardization, and transportation refrigeration to protect quality and keep fruit undamaged through processing, shipping, and retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aim of Commission Research
Florida
Florida Citrus Commission
Better Fruit Committee
The
Citrus Commission
Commis
la Alfred
Bureau of Plant Industry Laboratory
Orlando
Lake Alfred
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Zada Mae Lynn
Nancy Moorhead
Barbara Shipes
Frances Smith
Cheyenne
Princess Theatre
Loretta Young
Lloyd's
Universal
Wyoming
Edward Arnold
Gladys George
Frank Craven
Jessie Ralph
Samuel S. Hinds
Willie Best
Cz Nee
Gilbert OD. Leach
Lorida State Press Association
L. W. Kephart
Bureau of Plant Industry
Autre Atta
Ea Hd
Cowart Chevrolet Co
Mount Dora
Eustis
Fremp’s Freaks
Lake
Chester B. Treadway
Florida Motor Lines
Greyhound
Florida Motor Lines Travel Bureau
Union Bus Station
Alexander
Lorida Motorines
Defense Survey of State’s Facilities For Transportation
Army
T. P. Caldwell
Aviation
Eugene St. Matthews
Tallahassee
State Railroad Commission
Howe E. Moredock
Ighere Prices
Citrus Laws IN Review
Florida Citrus. Commission
Lakeland
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