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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
2
Mount Dora high school announcements report a 3 30 Friday matinee The Quarterbone followed by a pep meeting Principal Roseborough urged students to sign up to sell tickets for the November 8 and 22 football games To boost cooperation Mr Hall and Mr Vincent spoke on team costs and school spirit as participation rose.
At noon students and many teachers rush to the new lunchroom. Elementary pupils leave early while others crowd, risking spills and crowding. Volunteers prepare and serve cafeteria style and readers are urged to be courteous by clearing plates and sharing space.
The senior class held a Sadie Hawkins event at the new gym on Saturday November 2 with dogpatch themed races and a grand jitter bug jam. Daisy Maes Jean Shipes and Lil Abner Bobby Vincent won prizes as top costumes and dancers.
A brief meeting was scheduled on Wednesday November 6. Officials prepared a short agenda for the assembly and expected participation from local leaders and residents.
Sue knows Rumford Baking Powder yields reliable results in any recipe from magazines or cookbooks. The ad states Rumford contains no alum and never leaves a bitter taste. Free recipe book offered by Rumford Baking Powder, Box A, Rumford, R. I.
Nancy Fuller hosted a Saturday supper with Grace Lee Maria Vernell Shipley David Bob- Vincent Donnie French and Russell H Rita Daniels hosted Bet tie hy of Sanford as a guest during the weekend Ardelle Blair spent Saturday in Orlando and visited her sister in Ocala Sunday June Fenn visited her grandmother in Brooksville Cal Jones hosted a Sunday weiner roast at Rock Springs Wilma De Loach hosted Bill Ford of Fort Lauderdale Trudie Williams spent a Saturday in Orlando near the airport Alma Boyd traveled Thursday to Monday in Orlando visiting a cousin Sam Fertitta spent the weekend in Eustis Jackie Blackman gave a Friday dinner for Betty Cooper Alma Cooper Teda Spaulding Felton Dean and Rita Daniels stayed October 8 12 in Lakeland as guests of Southern College Sara Roseborough spent the weekend in DeLand visiting relatives.
Under the senior class’ auspices Mount Dora High staged its third Homecoming with a Princess Theatre pep rally directed by Mr. Pickens Talley. A 7 30 p m parade led to the football field where captains Minkley and Robertson presented corsages to sponsors Betsy Kramer Russell Hogsette Helen Wells J L High Jane Breckenridge Carey Peeples Virginia Mare and Travis Messer. A Homecoming dance followed in the gym. Mount Dora though defeated called the 1940 event one of its most successful.
An assembly on Friday November 8 featured a joint program by sophomores and freshmen as part of Freshman Initiation.
Mr Roseborough and Mr Vincent oversaw a freshman initiation by sophomores with both sexes in cross outfits. Stunts included Dot Greger milking from a quart jar, Bobby Finney rocked to sleep, Gladys Cheat ham dancing, Gladey Irene Crane rumba, Jack Pease diapering a baby, and Frieda Stevenson eating raw oysters. The crowd laughed as the assembly ended.
A class meeting held November 5 discussed the Friday dance in the gym and the ticket price set at 15 and 25 cents. Officials reviewed selling cold drinks peanuts candy and hotdogs at both events. Felton Dean was chosen to oversee the cold drinks.
John Chester Lee of Leesburg born November 19 1872. He served a quarter century on the Lake County School Board and was a prominent Leesburg merchant. A lifelong resident of Lake County he is a Methodist and Knight of Pythias. his hobbies include hunting and baseball.
L Day Edge of Groveland a prominent Lake County businessman agriculturist was born November 21 1891 in Glenville Georgia He moved to Lake County in 1901 and at 21 was elected to the Florida House the youngest legislator later becoming Speaker in 1923 He served in multiple House and Senate sessions and was Groveland s first mayor He was a Methodist and a Mason.
The Florida Times-Union credits Lake County and its Board of County Commissioners with reducing the tax millage to the lowest in twenty years. The Lake County Citizen notes bond refinancings cut interest costs, saving $105,000 in the 1940 budget and $67,000 annually on debt now, with $134,000 a year after 1944. The editorial commends the board and attorney J. W. Hunter for efficiency and progress.
Florida Telephone Corp praises chamber and boosts from 60 to 75 members. New Englander Walter Mitchell adds 18.50 for three memberships. Howey in the Hills leads counties with strong quota returns. Kick-off breakfasts set for November 18 19 20 21 as canvass begins. Regular contributing sustaining memberships offered to all interested.
All Lake County citrus growers are invited to the third annual field meeting at the Citrus Experiment Station in Lake Alfred. The event starts December 4 with a 9 a.m. motorcade from the State Roads 2 and 55 junction ten miles south of Gravelland and Clermont. Dr. A F Camp and staff will showcase ore test plots and station methods for maturity and color standards in citrus. Dinner arrangements via local restaurants and Station visits are planned until about 3 p.m. Spring vegetable loan applications will be accepted at the County Agent's office per Farm Credit Administration supervisor H Deal.
The article details panbroiling frying sautering and braising with definitions and usage examples. It contrasts methods for meat and explains tenderizing through braising. It notes State Road No 3 near Trout River in Duval County under construction with detours for through traffic via Callahan and Yulee.
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