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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
8
The piece stresses that daily duties, big and small, shape character. It argues children must perform tasks correctly to avoid inconveniencing others and to prepare for future roles as workers and parents. It links growing responsibility with personal and societal success. Adults, schools, and homes all instill this ethic.
Mount Dora High School advanced to the state debate semifinals in Gainesville as District VI winners. The small school proved the lone qualifier to the semis, drawing with Robert E. Lee High Jacksonville before losing in the semifinal to the eventual champion.
Mount Dora's debate teams led by LaVerne Townsend and Stuart Sadler won all eight district debates this year and finished first in District VI. The affirmative paired with Eveline Von Herbulis and Billy McCown lost only two of twelve inter-school debates over two years, while the negative lost three of thirteen. They earned high praise for their industry and skill.
On Tuesday May 2 junior and senior classes held a picnic at Rock Springs with eighth graders invited for strong ticket sales. Students rode from Mount Dora at four, swam in cool water, ate supper around five thirty, and returned singing, declaring the event a great success.
On May 1 and May 4, several games featured the Tigers beating the Cubs 17 to 5 in five innings while Billy McCown hit a standout home run. The Giants defeated the Yankees 9 to 4 as absences hit New York, and on May 4 the Tigers edged the Yankees 3 to 1. Giants won 8 to 7 over the Cubs.
On April 27 Mount Dora High School faced Umatilla in Umatilla. The girls tied the match by winning three of six. players were Eleonore Minkley Joanne French Jean Shipes Florence Lee and Helen Wells. The boys won one set and lost seven with Richard Widmer Calvin Richardson James Drawdy DeVault Roseborough David French and Bernard McCabe. On May 4 the girls lost three of five to Umatilla with the same lineup minus Minkley while the boys played in Apopka.
On May 3 the team won all five singles and two doubles matches. The lineup remained the same except Richard Widmer was replaced by Stuart Sadler.
Social notes recount a weekend of visits and activities across Florida. Individuals such as Adelaide Key, Doris Cowart, Libby Drawdy, Bettye White, and Julian Drawdy were seen in Orlando, Gainesville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, and Winter Park. Debates, gym exhibitions, church rallies, and a ninth and tenth grade picnic rounded out the weekend itinerary.
A 1921 birthplaces story details LaVerne Townsend of Branford Florida and Lake Ola area. It covers family moves, schooling from Tangerine to Zellwood and Mount Dora, height, hair, eyes, and a lively high school record in drama and debate. The piece notes her D A R citizen award and future plans in business education.
On June 14, 1920 in Decatur Alabama Ralph Townsend now weighs 194 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He lives at Sleewood Farms on Lake Ada and attends schools in Tangarine Zellwood Mount Dora where he serves as 4 H Club president and has acted in school plays. He has attended Gainesville 4 H short courses for four years and plans summer work before entering the University of Florida to study agriculture. He enjoys Indian relics sailing and reading O Henry and Poe and has shown skill in manual arts.
Martha expresses a strong wish to travel to Mexico and aims to attend college. She plans to work hard to realize this dream and may pursue a beauty course if college is not possible.
The senior class held a April 25 dinner dance at the Yacht Club hosted by Mrs Hurlburt. Helen Friday spoke on adjustments after graduation and May 2 joint junior senior picnic at Rock Springs. eighth graders invited. Committees named for food and transport. P T A picnic May 5 at Santando Springs.
Juniors await May nineteenth for the big banquet after a May second picnic at Rock Springs. The eighth grade joined the event, placing second in both junior and senior ticket sales while committees organize the dance and festivities.
Eighth grade thanks juniors seniors and advisers for a grand picnic at Rock Springs Tuesday. Seventh grade notes include a May 2 Junior Glee Club play at the regular P T A meeting with listed participants and welcomes back Evelyn Watts Marilyn Johnson and Gladys Irene Crane after a several day absence.
The Lake County agent office hosts two oil emulsion spraying demonstrations led by W L Thompson to control scale insects in citrus. Sessions at Frank Mulholland Blue Lake Grove near Eustis and A F Bauer grove near Groveland on May 16 urge attendance. Lake County Horticultural Association board meets next Monday at 8:00 p.m. in Tavares Court House. President C R Short calls for full attendance.
Martha Elizabeth Treadwell, a small framed senior from Mount Dora, is described by friends as tall five feet, weighing 110 pounds with light brown hair and hazel eyes. Born January 22, 1922 in Statham Georgia, she lived in Stratham Beswick Eustis and Mount Dora. She acted in last year’s junior play Headed for Eden and enjoys writing letters.
Wilmer Bassett directs afternoon event with a parade and mass band at Venetian Gardens. The Orland and Leesburg teams play at 4 pm as part of a State League game. Fireworks by International Fire Works Company cap the day. A coronation ball at Silver Lake Country Club starts 9 pm with live music. Florida invites all to attend the 1939 Watermelon Festival in Leesburg May 24-25.
Notice states L R Tremain offers Tax Certificate No 1459 of 1928 for sale to highest bidder for cash. Certificate covers unpaid state and county taxes 1927 to 1939 on Lot 1, Block H Dora Manor Sec 25 T19S R26E Lake County Florida. Sale at Court House door Tavares May 29 1939 11 AM. Official seal GEO J Dykes Clerk.
J. C. Russell, a prominent Mount Dora Black student finishing junior year at A and M College Tallahassee, is invited to deliver the closing address for Zellwood Negro School on June 1. The honor is noted and white friends may attend.
Willard Getch seeks to offer for sale Tax Certificate No. 161. of 1929 covering unpaid state and county taxes for 1928 to 1989 on lots 3 and 4 and southwest quarter of southeast quarter in section 28, township 178, range 27 in Tavares. Sale set in Lake County with clerk GEO J. Dykes attesting official seal.
S T W Corporation holder of Tax Certificate No. 120 dated September 2 1935 has filed for a tax deed. The property in Lake County Florida is described as W 831.6 ft of N 472 ft of NW of NEB of SE Sec 21 Tp 19 R E. If not redeemed by law the property will be sold to the highest bidder at the courthouse door in Tavares Florida at 11 o clock.
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