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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
2
Schools nationwide establish social activities beyond academics to train students in manners and social ease. Banquets dances and parties help overcome shyness and improve confidence at public gatherings, making social events a vital part of school life.
Mount Dora Public Schools thank Dr Conklin for his gift of several American flags. The flags will be used extensively and are greatly appreciated.
The Mount Dora High School student body expresses gratitude for the junior class gift of 15 dollars to the library. Books have not yet been selected but will be enjoyed once chosen.
The May 3 assembly opened with Mr. Thomas Parker and Mrs. Hanscom at the piano performing Two Grenadiers Water Boy The Big Bass Viol and Three for Jack to audience delight. C C Gravlee Jr Mount Dora alumnus class of 1938 closed with a travel talk about Aruba Dutch West Indies and six Central and South American stops.
The Knights of Pythias held an essay contest on Friendship for Mount Dora High School students. First prize five dollars went to da Hiley, second prize three dollars to Maxine Clery, and third prize two dollars to Myra Scharfhausen. Winners read essays at the turkey supper April 26 at the Community Building.
Vivian Flaherty the newest senior at Mount Dora High was born in New York City and educated in Rhode Island and New York before moving to Mount Dora. She cites swimming and writing as strengths and plans to study interior decorating after graduation. Her favorite interests include natural science amusement and dancing black eyes and a lovely disposition. She enjoyed the World’s Fair last summer and found exhibits wonderful.
Juanita born in Sanford June 23 1923, five seven with blue eyes and friendly manner. She attended Mount Dora High School and acted in several plays favorite author Alex Andre Dumas favorite book The Count of Monte Cristo. She enjoys English dancing swimming singing riding and recalls riding a bus from Mount Dora to Philadelphia last year. After graduation she plans to stay with her mother in Philadelphia.
Emadene Kelly born October 22 1920 to Mr and Mrs C D Kelly of Lincoln Alabama. She grew to five feet four inches and ninety seven pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She moved from Lincoln to Mount Dora at age seven and attended Mount Dora High School before transferring to Sorrento for two years then returning to Mount Dora to graduate in May. Her interests include study sociology amusement movies sports horseback riding skating and cooking chicken salad.
Emadene Montel recalls her most exciting moments at the Life Guard Ball in Daytona Beach last summer. Born October 29, 1922 in Carrollton Georgia she later moved to Mount Dora where she completed twelve years of schooling. Her interests include dramatics swimming and dancing with a taste for Dickens. She enjoyed two notable experiences a beach night observing marine life and an airplane ride in February. Post graduation she plans to attend Tampa Business College in Tampa Florida.
Miriam Blackman and Bettie Blanchard enjoyed last Thursday afternoon at Junipers. Rita Daniels visited Alexander Springs Sunday. Helen Wells hosted the Tri angle Sub Deb Club at her home on Tuesday evening. Florence Lee Joanne French Jean Shipes and Carowin Hall traveled to Gainesville Friday April 26 for a dormitory dance.
Seniors held their annual Kid Day on Friday May 3 with students dressing as young-uns and peers forcing nonparticipants into it. Ice cream was bought by the students in typing class and the day was listed as a hit for the senior year. A senior play picnic is planned at Rock Springs today and the annual staff reports pages of the yearbook are near completion for distribution late in the school year.
Plans for the junior senior banquet have been changed again and now the event will be held May 10 at the Community Building with dancing.
The committee completed plans for the program and speeches assigned to student and faculty members. Invitations for the Conquer and prom have been sent. The junior class donated fifteen dollars for library books and Myra Scharfausen won one of three Knights of ia s essay prizes.
Eighth grade notes show Mount Dora boys beating Umatilla 12 to 5 in game one before a fourth inning stoppage where Umatilla won 4 to 7. Batteries listed for both sides include Davis Jackson Rigdon Strucker and Allen Ogdon. A Monday game in Umatilla saw Mount Dora win 13 to 10 with Jackson homering. Seventh grade notes mention Jesse Mae Nettles's absence and David Edgerton's trip to Silver Springs in his uncle’s boat.
A lively item from a high school page gossiping about rumors of couples Russell and Maxine and Dan dating Lee sisters. It notes senior Kid Day chaos, spring fever among sophomores and juniors, and humorous wishes like a seven day weekend. The piece mentions Bettie in dating, Cal Jones with two guys, and Carowin seen with Paul Hawkins.
Wilmer Bassett former Lake County assistant agent attended a White House conference with Miss Lillian A Murphy of Vigo County Indiana. The pair were invited by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to discuss the 4 H Club program for US youth. Bassett is in Washington for a year of study at the Federal Bureaus and USDA Graduate School.
E L Childress editor of the Wayne County Press returned to Illinois after a Ta vares winter stay. He wrote sixteen weekly feature articles for his paper and many shorter items during his Florida visit. Florida’s mean temperature ranges 68 to 72 degrees, promising comfortable living.
Mount Dora hosts Winter Park at 3:30 with Clermont welcoming them Sunday. Zellwood defeated the locals 8 to 5 as Mount Dora struggles early but fans expect improvement. Box scores list Hale Crabtree Abell Peu rifoy Simpson Smith Anderson Ondich Morton with Zellwood piling 13 hits.
Eustis edged Mount Dora 17 to 16 in a high scoring game last Thursday. Key performances came from Chapman with a triple and two home runs, Beasley and Dean adding power, while Beasley, Bacon, and Reaves contributed multiple runs batted in. Errors and pitching miscues marked the rough outing, with Reaves earning the win over McCown.
Bill Stephens pitched for the Gardeners last Sunday at Winter Garden, holding Mount Dora to five scattered hits while striking out 14 and walking three. Hale collected three of the knocks, Chapman and Abell added one each, and Crabtree pitched well but to no avail as Winter Garden won 9 to 0.
Florida highway engineers outline a goal of a self sustaining statewide network that moves cars, trucks and tourists smoothly and safely. A design standard blueprint assigns 22 foot minimum widths for heavy traffic roads, limits curves to 6 percent, and emphasizes sight distance and pavement quality. The state system carries 77 percent of traffic on 6,489 miles while counties hold 78 percent of roads yet only 23 percent of traffic, guiding priority funding and expressway development.
Wares YES ex retrocee ee totals show runs hits and errors for multiple players. Key contributors include Lawson Stephens Miller Hale and Abell with several RBI and stolen bases. pitchers Crabtree Stephens and Craft Griffin. Errors by Miller Abell Chapman Peurifoy and Tubb. Umpires Nelson and others noted.
Florida retail stores posted approximately 13.5 million dollars in sales for the first quarter of 1940, about a 13 percent increase over the same period last year according to the Florida State of Commerce report.
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