Mount Dora High School Graduation Exercises 1936
The Mount Dora High School presents its graduation on Friday May 29 1936 at the community building. Highlights include student addresses by Mary Agnes Harding Helyne Ray and Vi M First Honor Student, a piano duet Rubinstein and a violin selection Andante Religioso, plus speeches by Hon James J Banks and Rev A A Stanley. Diplomas are presented and a reception hosted by the sophomore class follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Galloway
Florene Lotz
A. A. Stanley Sis
George J. Trinkaus
Vivia Craig
Mary Agnes Harding
Helyne Ray
Francis Thome
Katherine Killian
James J. Banks
Florida
House of Representatives
Orange County
Brahmson
Glee Club
A. A. Stanley
American Legion
C. Rollin Javens
Mount Dora
American Legion Auxiliary
J. M. Turner
Tanmbhquser
Ceca
Diamond Ball Opens Season In Mount Dora With Festive Night
A picked local league team faces Tavares in the season opener at 7:30 PM. Doubleheaders are set for Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:00 PM, with out of town opponents on Fridays. Games shortened to five innings to finish earlier, weathered by a lively crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares
Calendar of school events at Community Auditorium and school
May schedule shows Bacca laureate services on Sunday at Community Auditorium and primary, fifth and sixth grade activities at school venues. High school assembly Friday morning precedes sixth grade promotion and graduating exercises with a reception for seniors. An old warning about liquor follows, with dialect note about wood-ald transforming a man into an angel.
Subscriptions urged to renew after expiration notices
The message thanks subscribers who paid for renewal without a notice and explains that expiration dates appear on the pink address label on the paper or wrapper. Example shows 41-36 meaning the subscription expired on April 1, 1936, asking subscribers to renew promptly.
Concert of Old Time Songs Here to Benefit Child Fund
Kiwanis sponsored event repeats in Mount Dora Monday evening at the Community Building. Eustis and Mount Dora performers with Mr Barton Mumaw conduct a chorus of local artists and a piano violin and accordion ensemble. No admission. silver offering taken for underprivileged children.
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Eustis
Mount Dora
Mondune
Kiwanis
Barton Mumaw
Brahms
Commencement Dates Set by Lake County Schools
Lake County Chamber of Commerce lists graduation dates and speakers for area schools. Sorrento Web School May 27 C F Evans Montverde May 28 Karl Lehmann Howey May 28 Leesburg May 28 Dr W S Allen Stetson University Tavares May 29 President Spivey Eustis May 29 Karl Lehmann Groveland May 29 Col C E Crosland Lake Wales Mount Dora May 29 J J Banks DeLand June 4 Karl Lehmann calls county address Seminole Sanford June 8
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Lake County
Southern College
Eustis High School
Karl Lehmann
Groveland High School
Col. C. E. Crosland
Lake Wales
Mount Dora High School
J. J. Banks
1000 Watts For WDBO License Recommendation
Provisional recommendation to license WDBO Orlando to operate at 1000 watts, up from 250 watts. The station has held experimental authorization to use 1000 watts pending final decision.
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WDBO
Orlando
Florida
Communications Commission
Lake County Ideal Recreation Ground Progress Noted
Ji Lee Harne Jr and the Community Organization for Leisure outline Lake County survey goals at a Tavares Kiwanis Club meeting. The effort seeks to catalog resources for a year round tourist and recreation program and to push leadership, parks, arts and crafts, and life saving services countywide.
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Ji Lee Harne, Jr
Lake County
Tavares Kiwanis Club
Harne
Florida
Peeklibaece
Mason and Dixon Line
New Hampshire
Mount Dora Leads County in Chamber Commerce Revenue
Lake County chambers reported 658 memberships yielding 2823.00 in revenue across seven communities. Mount Dora tops with 139 memberships for 1390.00, while Eustis holds 196 memberships totaling 500.00. Leesburg 141 memberships 425.00. Clermont 80 for 400.00. others in Uma tilla, Tavares, Montverde. County as a whole reached 1799 members with 1141 in county chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Mount Dora
Eustis
Leesburg
Clermont
Umatilla
Tavares
Montverde
Will Build Home for A W Collins at Dora de Luxe
Mr A W Collins manager of the Grand View Hotel has purchased a lot in Dora de Luxe along Lake Dora Drive through A C Quixley Realty Company. He plans to build a permanent residence and has the lot cleaned up in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Collins
Grand View Hotel
A. C. Quixley Realty Company
Dora de Luxe
Lake Dora Drive
Doctor Dispatched After Death in Bridgeport
Dr. Mildred Marsh hurried to Bridgeport Conn on Tuesday after learning of her mother in law Mrs Devorsak s death and her mother Mrs Pot illness leaving readers with a brief personal travel note in this clipping
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Marsh
Bridgeport
Conn
Mrs. Devorsak
T. J. Pot
Kiwanis Plans inter club supper and Mount Dora guest program
Kiwanis members will travel to Howey-in-the-Hills for a Lake County inter club supper meeting. Next week Mount Dora High School graduates will visit as guests and present the program. Last week Commander F J Cleary USN spoke on Italy's Abyssinian adventure tracing Italy's expansion and invasion. Out of town visitors included Byron Campbell and Henry Brown III who presented the Boy Scout troop charter. Attendance prize winner was Gerald Hurlburt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Howey-in-the-Hills
Lake County
Mount Dora High School
F. J. Cleary
Italy
Abyssinia
Byron Campbell
State Road Department
Henry Brown III
Charles Osborne
Gerald Hurlburt
Mount Dora Hosts Umatilla in 3:00 P M Game
Baseball roundup notes Mount Dora vs Umatilla today at 3 00 P M followed by Leesburg doubleheader on the weekend with Leesburg hosting games Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Umatilla
Leesburg
Mount Dora Eyes Pennant Run After Two Hard Losses
Mount Dora hopes for a rebound after a 2 win 4 loss stretch and a pennant push. Fans are urged to stay loyal and support the team through the critical moment. Last two games featured Home runs by Witi Sweate three base hits by C Tremain and two base hits by Tremain Morrison with umpires Starr and Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Witi
Sweate
C. Tremain
Morrison
Starr
Drake
Hale
Eckholdt
D. Simpson
H. Simpson
M. Cooley
R. Tremain
G. Tremain
Sosee Mosteller
Atevenson
P Cooley
Sosaceqeossr
Clermont
Ab Johnson
Esgere ‘Morrison
Kindreds‘s
Will
Sebeslevee Starr
F Black
Dowteres Sweate
Gliese Moore
Seeaneusly
Ee Sowasenuad
Eee
Baseball game lineup notes with key hitters listed
Home runs by Anderson and M. Cooley noted along with three base hits from Williamson Hawthorne Isenhower and M. Cooley. Two base hits credited to Williamson Anderson McCormack and M. Cooley. Umpire Sherpe named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Williamson
Hawthorne
Isenhower
M. Cooley
McCormack
Sherpe
Mount Dora
B Hawthorne
P Hall
Pfoo Cs. Thompson
C F . Isenhower
R F
Mount Dora Hosts 1937 Florida Secretaries Convention Bid
Mount Dora will bid to host the 1937 Florida State Commercial Secretaries Association convention. The 1936 gathering will be at Clearwater May 24 to 26. Miss Shirley Schonenberger and Karl Lehmann will promote the Mount Dora bid with a trunk trip to Clearwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida State Commercial Secretaries Association
Clearwater
Shirley Shonenberger
Karl Lehmann
Lake County
Spring cleanup of Mount Dora street trees underway
Mount Dora moves to restore shade trees by removing Spanish moss and treating water oaks along homes and municipal buildings. Tree surgeons supervise work while residents are urged to maintain trees on their own property to protect town funds and extend tree life.
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Mount Dora
Ida H. Bishop
Donnelly
Citizens Employment Commission
Marionette Tour to Benefit Local Welfare Groups
The Federal Theatre Project and WPA present a Florida marionette tour in Lake County to aid welfare work. Proceeds from modest admissions go to participating groups. Events run May 21 in Astatula, May 22 in Eustis, May 23 in Umatilla, May 25 in Groveland, May 26 in Okahumpka, and May 27 in Tavares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Theatre Project
Florida
Lake County
Delinquent Poll Taxes Threaten Primary Voting
County tax collector Boyce A. Williams processed about 500 poll taxes daily on May 15 and 16 but over 2,000 registered voters still owe poll tax and will be ineligible to vote in June's primary. The office stayed open until ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce A. Williams
Seven Florida gubernatorial candidates reply pledging conservation
Florida Conservation Council reports seven of fourteen candidates for governor have promised to protect the state’s natural beauty and resources. Lead organizer avid Newell says the others offered no reply, while a stray garment metaphor notes the seam as key to fit and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Florida Conservation Council
W. Hodges
Jerry Carter
Stafford Gilda
B. F. Paty
Raleigh Petteway
R. B. Gautier
Grady Burton
Cording
Avid Newell
Leesburg
Duggan Baits and Helps Nab Two Confidence Men
W F Duggan of Sylvan Shores aided federal agents in tracking a gang of extortionists. A December tax arrest led to a Daytona Beach meeting and the seizure of marked money in a Jacksonville hotel. Police photographed and fingerprinted the two suspects and sent them to Washington for ID. Duggan fears kidnap attempts against his 11 year old son by the same gang.
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W. F. Duggan
Sylvan Shores
Duggan
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Department
Former Mount Dora Woman Killed in Auto Wreck
Anita Wingate Conrad 40 of Dania Florida died when her car plunged into a ditch and rolled over on a highway north of Miami. Merta McIntyre of Hollywood injured with a fractured arm and remained in fair condition in a Miami hospital. Conrad’s body was found about 30 feet from the wreck. Funeral services and cremation to be held in Jacksonville after the body was sent there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Wingate Conrad
Dania
Fla
Mount Dora
Miami
Merta McIntyre
Hollywood
Florida
Conrad
Former Eustis Seminary Pupils Attend Reunion Picnic
Mr and Mrs L R Tremain hosted the annual picnic and reunion for former Eustis Seminary pupils at Marsh Memorial Park last Saturday. About twenty five attendees, letters and telegrams from others in several states arrived, and guests shared photographs and memories of Dr Marsh who taught both studies and character to the fifty pupils the Seminary could accommodate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. ‘R. Tremain
Eustis Seminary
Marsh Memorial Park
Dr. Marsh
Mount Dora Class of 1936 Commencement Exercises
Mount Dora High School plans graduation Friday May 29 at 8 p.m. in the Community Building. James J. Banks of Orlando will deliver the commencement address. Student speakers include Don Kimball Mary Agnes Harding Helyne Ray Mortimer McCown and Flora Morley. Diplomas will be presented and awards given. Baccalaureate is May 24 at 8 p.m. with Dr A M Brodie speaking. Classes Night features a private boat ride aboard the City of Dora and a program by faculty and graduates. Primary and elementary events run May 28 29 with separ ate exhibitions and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora High School
James J. Banks
Orlando
Orange County
Florida
Don Kimball
Mary Agnes Harding
Helyne Ray
Mortimer McCown
Flora Morley
D.d.roseborough
A. A. Stanley
Stanley
American Legion
C. Rollin Javens
Mount Dora Post
American Legion Auxiliary
J. M. Turner
Mount Dora
Katherine As
Kathleen’ Galloday
Florene Lotz
A. M. Brodie
Perry B. James
J. S. Wilson
Glee Club
Vivia Craig
C. M. Brown
Dora
Flora’ Morley
Mortimer - Mc-Cown
Will
Bill Stewart
Buck
William Causby Stewart
Robert Widmer
Roent
Community Church Announces May 24 Service Plans
Dr. Brodie will preach A Wise Teacher and a Safe Guide at the morning service on May 24. Miss Maxine Saltsman will sing I Heard the Voice of Jesus and Hanscom will provide organ prelude Cavalleria Rusticana. Congregation invited to Memorial Day service Sunday May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodie
Maxine . Saltsman
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