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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
8
Mount Dora Hi Point is the Mount Dora High School newspaper in Mount Dora Florida. Hazel Edwards and Lois Jerie are listed as editor and assistant editor along with the biweekly publication schedule.
The school year promises bright times with many class picnics and events. The junior senior picnic on May 11, P T A picnic at Santander Springs, and the annual Junior Senior Banquet lead to graduation, a mix of joy and sadness for seniors.
Nina Gladys Walden, blue eyed and blond, born January 22 1920 in Avery Georgia to Mr and Mrs Walden. She lived in Georgia until age thirteen then Ocala Florida four years and Mount Dora since. She acted in Mount Dora senior play and one act contest. Dina likes ice cream history and movie stars Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor. Her sports include basketball and diamondball. she plans a business course after school.
The Mount Dora High School sports section covers tennis against Tavares and Winter Garden with Mount Dora losing all singles matches but contesting doubles, and diamondball results against Apopka and Tavares with mixed outcomes. Senior class assignments and a Daytona Beach picnic are noted with light anecdotes about the day.
A seventh grade student, a Life Scout and School Patrolman, shared plans after graduation. He enjoys baseball and football and favors chicken croquettes for Carroll. He first said he would do nothing, then hoped to visit Texas to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Noble and hitchhike with his brother. Mrs. Driggers asked for this notice. The seventh grade has improved notably under her guidance.
Tavares defeated Mount Dora 10 to 0 as Shiver and Padget pitched with Crawdy catching. Mount Dora had two hits and five errors, with Stevenson and Beasley collecting Mount Dora's only hits in the first inning. A Newman drove five Bulldogs runs on three hits and a walk, while Tavares mounted big innings in the third and fourth for the win.
A Friday night tennis dance hosted by the Dansel Club at the Yacht Club drew attendees including Blair Kramer J M Green Shirley Coen Ellen Schrup C Green Florence Lee and Brugs Kennedy. The senior class won the Lake Johanna picnic for selling the most senior play tickets.
Juniors postponed the April 29 seniors picnic to May 11 and, at a May 30 meeting, formed committees to run the upcoming Junior Senior Banquet. Miss Cassady named members for Decoration Entertainment Invitation Program Favors committees with multiple student volunteers.
The column teases local social life with mentions of Brook’s Gainesville visits, Shirley’s alleged dates with J. M. and Curtis with Norma London. Janet Hackett returns, Dedrick dates an Eustis girl, and Mary Louise hosts a gathering after a musical festival as residents chase rumors and romance.
The Foursome recounts a Western road trip May 5 from Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove amid deep snow. They describe Mojave deserts, Joshua trees, Yucca Grove, Las Vegas, and a Boulder Dam tour, noting the hot climate, elevations, and the Helldorado preparations while hoping for continued good weather.
Readable snippets describe eighth graders experiencing spring fever with daydreams singing laziness and drawings. Individuals named include Joan French Betsy Kramer Tommy Shipes George Backus Sheila Spilky John Bryant Edwin Thomas Jackie Lott Jean Shipes Dick Hoisington Charles Boxell and others. The tone is playful and observational.
In a casual column Pick and Peck notes visible sparks as Natalie and Bayard are seen together, suggesting an old romance may be rekindled rather than a new affair. The mention hints at a change of plans tied to Gainesville's Hi Y Convention and a potential reunion.
Probate notices inform creditors and claimants to present claims against the estates of Fred Graves of Mount Dora Lake County Florida and Edwin I Belshe of Lake County Florida to Judge A S Herrlong Jr at the County Courthouse in Tavares within eight months of first publication. Ancillary executrix Alta Baird Belshe urges timely filing and warns that unfiled claims will be barred by law. attorneys Frank W Stebbins and others listed.
Emma F Clark as administratrix reports filing final account in the county court of Lake County Florida. She seeks discharge after presenting the final report to Judge A Herlong Jr. The notice names all persons concerned in the estate of Harry M Clark.
A Decree dated May 4 1957 in Lake County Florida chancery directs a public sale in Clermont Florida to satisfy the final decree of foreclosure. The property includes Lot 7 and the south 26 feet of Lot 6 in Block 11 Sunnyside Unit Clermont Heights, with sale in front of the Ta vares Court House on June 7 1937 to the highest bidder for cash.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce and local business groups plan a Get Together supper at the Floridian Hotel Honey in the Hills at 6 30 Friday May 14. Dave Newell will be chief speaker and several local chambers will provide entertainment.
Miss Virginia Holtzclaw arrives to take the post of Community Recreation Director under County Director Clayton Perreault. She will serve in the south end of the county with headquarters in Clermont and brings training and experience as a recreation worker to the new role.
Under a final decree by Judge Koonce in Lake County Florida the Town of Mount Dora sues James F Rutherford and Kee ia J Rutherford et al. A master in chancery will sell at the court house in Tavares on Monday June 7 1987 the property described as W of SE of Block 31 Sec 30 Twp 19 Rg 27 in Mount Dora Florida for cash to the highest bidder Special Master Harry P Johnson solicitor for complainant
Dr J Howard Crum of New York told the Southern Beauticians Association in New Orleans that coffee and doughnuts are among the world’s best beauty preservers. He spoke at the annual convention.
The schedule lists games from May 14 to May 20 across cities Daytona Sanford Leesburg St Augustine DeLand Palatka Orlando Gainesville and Palatka. Matchups include Daytona at Orlando Sanford at Gainesville Leesburg at St Augustine and DeLand at Daytona with various 3:30 and 8:15 start times.
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