Elementary School News Bulletin Highlights Attendance and Activities
The November report shows 98 percent attendance for the second month ending November 8 and a 100 percent perfect spelling list for week eight. Students celebrate Visitation Day with a PTA funded reading table, and plans for a Christmas play at the December 3 meeting are announced. The program year includes The American School of the Air sessions 9:15 to 9:45 daily, with topics varying by weekday. Students traveled to Leesburg and Montverde on November 11, with Miss Camp attending a Bushnell rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Etchells
Lila Rhodes
Montverde
Miss Camp
Bushnell
Fla
Sue Bond
Betty Cooley
Dorothy Eckheldt
Maryann Hadlock
Doris Harding
Lucille Minkley
Julia Orr
Laura Roseborough
Evelyn Liles
Albert Liles
Fifth Grade Class Grows to Thirty Five Pupils
The fifth grade, now thirty five students, is the largest class in the elementary school. New members include George and Frances Dwelly and Mildred Metcalf of Ohio. Kathryn Etchells returns from Maine. Davis Moorhead spoke about a trip to St. Augustine. Ernest Hobdy tended a wounded rabbit. Howard Nutter celebrated a birthday on November fifteenth. Phyllis Turner enjoyed a boat ride on Lake Dora last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Frances Dwelly
Mildred Metcalf
Ohio
Kathryn Etchells
Maine
Davis Moorhead
St. Augustine
Junior McRee
Astatula
Ernest Hobdy
Howard Nutter
Phyllis Turner
Lake Dora
Kemeys Goethe
Donald
Amanda Day Makes Perfect Bakes With Rumford Powder
An advertisement featuring Amanda Day praising Rumford Baking Powder for easy use in new recipes. It notes Rumford contains no alum and leaves no bitter taste and invites readers to request a free recipe book from Rumford Baking Powder, Box A, Rumford Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda
Rumford
Box A
Rhode Island
Fourth graders journey to Baffin Island in winter lesson
The class travels to the icy north in snow suits and Eskimo gear to learn about the North Magnetic Pole and the Poles. They discuss a 1941 calendar and upcoming Christmas as they begin their Antarctic voyage of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baffin Island
North Magnetic Pole
South Poles
Ray Glass
Robert Hall
Clyde Mosteller
Bob Price
L. G. Simpson
Patricia Claflin
Emily Coffin
Willie MaeKey
Nancy Moorhead
Adrianne
Barbara Shipes
Frances Smith
Visitation Day Treat Helps Grade Students
Seventeen parents and friends visited the classroom on Visitation Day. Mr O M Simpson provided ice cream as a surprise. Students wrote thank you letters the next day. Miss Camp attended a district teachers meeting in Orlando November 7, with Danny Patton also in Orlando that day. Attendance for the second month averaged 97 percent. Evelyn Minkley and George Detten brought bouquets in the past two weeks. Raoul Barker Hollis Townsend and Danny Patton joined the Armistice Day celebration in Leesburg. Perfect spellers for week 8 were Floyd Risley and Mary Martha Simpson. week 9 selections included Joe Fertitta Grover Hollon David Lanier Floyd Risley Randolph Spilliards Evelyn Minkley and Mary Martha Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Simpson
Miss Camp
Orlando
Danny Patton
Evelyn Minkley
George Detten
Second grade seeks PTA funds for new library books
The second grade children hope to win the PTA dollar at the next meeting to buy new library books. They urge all mothers to attend the December meeting and bring friends. Students discuss Armistice sights seen at various trips to Leesburg Eustis and Orlando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Oliver
David Blanchard
Marilyn Spaulding
Billy
Darby
Leesburg
George Blount
Eustis
C. W. Rogers
Orlando
Mabel Liles
Bettye Ann Ray
Helen Whitehead
Billie Carrol
Mabel
First Grade Friends and Activity Report
The entry notes Susanne Sihler visiting from Hillsdale Michigan and Deloris Sweat traveling to Georgia. Attendance reaches 97 percent as the class grows with more girls and boys. Students plant nasturtiums and beans in a sand table, with healthy growth. Two goldfish remain after the others died. On November 9 Bobbie Sue Teasley celebrated her seventh birthday with a party and a song on WDBO, missing a planned piece. Armistice Day activities include Billy Wise, Billy Bartlett, Martha Simpson and Charles Moorhead attending the Leesburg exercises. Visitation Day on November 5 brings many guests including Mrs O F Sihler and numerous Simpsons, Moorsheads, Pikes, Laytons, Oliver families, and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susanne Sihler
Hillsle
Michigan
Deloris Sweat
Georgia
Bobbie Sue Teasley
WDBO
America
Billy Wise
Billy Bartlett
Martha Simpson
Charles Moorhead
Leesburg
O. F. Sihler
L. G. Simpson
Curtis Wise
E. S. Marsell
John
Maurice Pike
A. Layton
C. E. Moorhead
T. L. Slayden
G. W. Oliver, Jr
G. W. Oliver
T. Heygood
Jessie Pike
M. B. Claflin
L. J. Drawdy
J. E. Dixon
Lake County Birthday Party Highlights Lucy Woodruff
Mrs. Lucy Woodruff operates a tourist camp between Clermont and Minneola and runs a pecan and fruit delicacy company at Clermont. Born November 22, 1897 in Columbus, Georgia, she studied in Atlanta and LaGrange College. She came to Lake County in September 1929 and enjoys bridge swimming reading and Lakeside Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Woodruff
Clermont
Minneola
Columbus
Atlanta
LaGrange College
LaGrange
Lake County
E Hood Wilkerson From Lake County Aide and Fox Hunter
E Hood Wilkerson of Eustis attorney captain of Company D of the Lake County Guard and secretary of the Florida Fox Hunters Association was born November 26 1893 in Cuthbert Georgia. He moved to Florida December 3 1927. He served in the Mexican Expedition and spent two years at the front in France during World War I and is a commissioned officer in the Army Reserve Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Hood Wilkerson
Eustis
Lake County Guard
Florida Fox Hunters Association
Cuthbert
Athens
University of Georgia
Donaldsonville
Wilkie
Florida
Lake County
Sea Island
Mexico
France
Army Reserve Corps
W J Rogers A Lake County Banker and Civic Leader
W J Rogers born November 27 1863 in Keyser NC attends Mercer University. He moved to Florida in 1906 and Lake County in 1911 and has served the Bank of Tavares since 1918. A Baptist Kiwanian and Mason he is noted for civic leadership in Lake County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Rogers
Bank of Tavares
Keyser
North Carolina
Georgia
Mercer University
Florida
Lake County
Billy” Rogers
Lake County Ranks Third in Road Debt Funds
Treasurer Knott reports Florida counties hold 9.28 million for debt service with Lake County third in available road debt funds at 488 436.84 behind Duval and Orange. Polk near fourth. Transfers of about 2 million to the road department followed legal rulings. Leesburg Commercial notes widespread fund movements and urban transfers, including millions from Dade County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Duval
Orange
Lake
Polk
Knott
Florida
Ad Valorem
Board of Administration
Road Department
Gibbs
Jackson
Liberty
Wakulla
Washington
Dade County
Leesburg Commercial
Lake County agriculture thrives amid citrus and fruit
Lake County shows broad agricultural activity with citrus dominance and diverse crops. Soil tests from 154 groves inform growers, a December Citrus Experiment Station trip is planned, and local producers report strong berry, grape, fern, and beef industries supported by the Lake County Agricultural Association and county agent R. E. Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Iron Office
Gainesville
Soil Conservation Office
Lake County praised for grapes and crops by Miami Herald
The Miami Herald featured Lake County with seven photographs including a grape vineyard and Sea Island cotton field. The piece notes Lake County leads Florida in grape production, ranks in citrus, and has grown Sea Island cotton from 30 to 2,000 acres, with wineries in Clermont producing fruit wines.
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Lake County
Florida
Goves
United States
Pro
Miami Herald
W. F. Thorkildson
Sea Island
Montverde
Helen Davis
Toledo
Ohio
America
Lake
Nile
Marion
Charles Short
Clermont
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Tampa
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Umatilla
Lake County Agricultural Association
Simon-Pure
C. R. Short
Florida Experiment Station
R. E. Norris
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Tavares
Lady Lake
Wey
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