The Last Lap Ends School Year With Attitudes
The last week of school brings mixed feelings from students across grades. May 29 marks closing day as juniors face an upcoming year and seniors anticipate life beyond school. Sophomores look forward to new duties, freshmen feel blue as the baby class closes. Seventh and eighth graders worry about passing while first six grades cheer “School's out.” Thanks go to Miss Hendrie for donated library books.
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Mount Dora Baseball Ends Season With Losses
Mount Dora’s final May 5 game in Eustis adds to a tough season as Stewart Kinney and Haskins lead the scoring in early innings while four players depart next spring. Winter Park, Umatilla, Apopka, Ocoee, Montverde, Winter Garden, and Eustis appear in a season log. Chapman leads team batting at .460 with several others hitting above .200.
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Winter Park
Umatilla
Apopka
Ocoee
Montverde
Winter Garden
Eustis
Chapman
Lane
Beasley
Dooley
J. M. Green
Sleight
McCown
Stewart
Kinney
Haskins
Shipes
Senior class night at City of Dora includes boat ride and readings
The seniors plan a May 28 class night on the City of Dora with a boat ride and a program featuring a will, prophecy, and history. Flora Morley Mortimer Meown Helyne Ray Mary Agnes Iding prepare the will. Bill Stewart Buck Sadler compose the prophecy. Katherine an Coralie Cooper assist.
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Dora
Flora Morley
Mortimer Meown
Helyne Ray
Mary Agnes Iding
Billtewart
Buck Sadler
Katherine An
Coralie Cooper
Leap Year Banquet Brings Fun and Dances for All
A Leap Year banquet featured a dance where the girls asked the boys to dance. Games entertained those who preferred not to dance and reports indicate everyone enjoyed themselves. No event will be repeated until next year.
Mount Dora High teachers honored in Hall of Fame feature
Readers salute Mount Dora High School teachers nicknamed the Princess Duchess Lady Laney Craig Carpenter Vincent Roseborough and Baron for their traits in a nostalgic Hall of Fame tribute. The piece highlights their humor temper pockets of kindness and distinctive outfits and personalities.
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Mount Dora High
Cess” Meadows
Hall of Fame
Cassady
Laney
Okel-Dokel
Miss Craig
Gary
Craig
Sir” Carpenter
Carpenter
Coach Vincent
Coach
Roseborough
Unknown names shine at junior senior banquet in playful verse
Emily Battle delivers a playful verses at the junior senior banquet naming Flora Mortimer Coralie and others in a contest of popularity. The poem likens Flora to Miss America and hints at budding fame for Mortimer, Coralie and Don through sports and work ethic.
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Emily Battle
M. D
Flora
Mortimer
Clark Gable
Or class hosts picnic at Springs for P T A
The or class enjoyed a May picnic at de Springs hosted by the P T A. Attendees included Lurlene Green Phyllis Blanchard Heyne Ray Doris Grey Jean Smith Katherine Killian Agnes Harding Coralie Cooper Flora Morley Don Kimball Mortimer McCown Buster Sadler William Stewart Bobby Widmer Arthur Haskins Milton Chapman Richard Douglas and families. Milton Chapman traveled to Orlando May 11 while Lurlene Green shopped in Orlando May 12. Seniors will attend Kiwanis Club lunch May 28 with Don Kimball Katherine Killian and Heyne Ray on the program committee.
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de Springs
Lurlene Green
Phyllis Blanchard
Heyne Ray
Doris Grey
Jean Smith
Katherine Killian
Agnes Harding
Coralie Cooper
Flora Morley
Don Kimball
Mortimer McCown
Buster Sadler
William Stewart
Bobby Widmer
Arthur Haskins
Milton Chapman
Richard Douglas
D. D. Roseborough
K. L. C Ter
Junior Class Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Foy McGhee Sunday fishing at Lake Dora ends without a catch. Nina Walden returns after a week with an infected foot. Bess Bryant hosts Miss Lou Tatum and a Stetson friend for the weekend. Eudora White arrives with a sore arm and refuses to explain.
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Foy McGhee
Lake Dora
Nina Walden
Bess Bryant
Lou Tatum
Stetson University
Eudora White
Eudora
Biology Class Notes and Senior Banquet Highlights
In biology class William Turrentine jokes about a test in Mrs Laney s purse and Ivian Coping with a breakup. Sophomore girls served at the junior senior banquet including Virginia Chapman Hazel Edwards Lois Jerne Dorothy White Ossie Ginther Natalie Spilky. On May 13 the class heard a screw worm talk by Mr McGhee and Mr Murphey with photos and a jar of the forms shown.
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William Turrentine
Dedrick Green
Dorothy White
Ossie Ginther
Natalie Spilky
Mr. McGhee
Murphey
Freshman Hall Note Reveals Classmates Dynamics
A hall found letter from two freshmen describes Bobby and S- debating which partner to choose while Zera and Lillie Mae gossip about Umatilla boys. Shirley Coen watches passing boys and W. T. dreams of a girl as Mr. Carpenter handles business at the Opportunity Room.
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Julian
Zera
Lillie Mae
Dizzy
Umatilla
Shirley Coen
W. T
Mr. Carpenter
Opportunity Room
Eighth Grade Notes and School News
The eighth grade welcomes Frances Davis back to school after an absence and notes the PTA dollar wins. Mentions two ninth grade boys and two eighth grade girls who bike on moonlight nights. Names listed include Siena May 16 Betty Lots and Gordon McDonald as secretary.
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Scraaen Siena
Turday
Betty Lots
I- Ee
Gordon McDonald
Secre
Scratching Up the Dirt Ends Radio Run
In the final issue Peck and Pick greet readers over Station M D H S and hope old disputes fade with the program ending Nina Walden was seen prissing along on a motorcycle on Sunday.
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Ellen
Pick
Virginia
Frans
Nina Walden
May 3 Banter and dates at the banquet amid campus teasing
The passage recalls a lively campus scene with students like Mariel Emily Ruth and Stewart Pike sharing banter and flirtation. Teachers and peers note dates and mishaps from a May gathering, with playful captions about Helyne Flora and others, ending with farewell.
Ideal Newspaper Man Reimagined As Lightning Agent
An Exchange humorous sketch envisions an ideal newspaper man: swift as an electric fan, patient as Job, encyclopedic memory, adding-machine precision, eagle eye, bloodhound nose, tactful yet firm, able to juggle calls and proofs, and recall obscure details. Hambone and origin remarks add dialect humor about work and vengeful schemes.
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Job
Supreme Court
J W Mosley for Supt Lake County Schools
J W Mosley announces candidacy for superintendent of Lake County Schools in the June 2 1936 Democratic primary. A Nashville Peabody College graduate with 13 years as teacher or principal in NC GA FL and 7 years as superintendent in Washington GA plus 10 years in business at Tavares FL he serves on the city council and teaches at a Baptist Sunday school. He pledges efficient service and asks for support. Paid political advertisement.
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College For Teachers
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Tavares
Fla
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Longwood
Orange Belt Railway
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