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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
10
Quix notes a warm welcome for visitors, predicts Mount Dora as an all year town with more stores and offices, and urges early rental demand. He highlights lakefront land, fern and citrus plots, a five room bungalow for 4200 dollars, and a furnished seven thousand five hundred dollar house. He warns against casual stock investments and promotes licensed realtors and ethical practice.
The text lists A C Quixley at Donnelly Street and Fifth Avenue in Mount Dora Florida. The item reads as an address fragment with no additional details or context.
The final issue credits students and staff who helped publish Mt Dora High Points. Juniors edited this year. the paper ends two weeks before exams with a farewell note and plans for Vol III. A juniors vs seniors basketball game is scheduled Friday afternoon.
On May 9 the Dramatic Club staged The Florist Shop a short one act play. Howard Rice Louise Lane Doris Parker John Tuttle and Harry Clark played the roles with Jeannette Pike directing and plans to present more small plays at future meetings.
The Mount Dora team lost 8 to 10 at Heim Field on Saturday May 11. After trailing 8–0 through five innings Mount Dora rallied scoring three runs and Sanford answered with two more. In the ninth inning the visitors appeared tired as Mount Dora fought back but fell short.
Elizabeth Kimball, Dean Pinks ton, and Georgia Kimball were guests at a Junior Senior boat ride on Monday night May 7. Annabelle Weil is absent. the Sophomores plan to entertain the Seniors Friday night May 18 at Tangerine Hall.
Group from the neighborhood gathered at Abby's house last Saturday for a surprise party. Guests gave gifts, swam, danced, and enjoyed punch cookies birthday cake and candy before returning home on Marguerite's truck. Bob and Jesse were missed.
At the last Span ish club meeting a final program of games and refreshments will be arranged for the next meeting. The note calls for a large attendance at the concluding event.
The Senior Class enjoyed dinner at Zellwood Inn hosted by Miss Hubbell on May 14 and watched Charlie Chaplin in The Circus at Mt. Dora. Earlier on May 7 juniors seniors and some sophomores cruised Lake Dora Beauclaire under cloudy skies with picnic relays and welcomes for two young ladies. John praised as waiter and Doris Camp noted for her contributions.
San Antonio plans a comprehensive housing program for 100000 World War veterans and families attending the American Legion national convention October 8 12. The bureau contracts for hotel rooms, deposits cover first day, and 10000 rooms are already assigned. Schools, private homes, clubs and Pullman parks will house bands, drums, drill teams and outfits including the Ninetieth Division and the Thirty sixth Division.
An all-High picnic for grades 9-12 will be held Saturday May 19 at Wekiwa Springs. Sponsored by the Senior Class, the event invites all students with sandwiches and bathing suits. Exchanges have been received from the Chatterbox Maroon and White and the Red and Black.
Growers report ripe Csaba grapes at Montverde with strong current prices and expected carload shipments in two years. A Jacksonville firm has contracted the crop at 400 dollars per ton, with profits on 2.5 tons per acre anticipated as production expands.
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