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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1945
Page
4
A government entry records a second class matter filed April 7 1916 at the Mount Dora Florida Post Office under the act of March 3 1879. The notice indicates official mailing and filing procedures for the described matter.
A Silver Springs conference on October 5 addressed Florida’s half a billion dollar tourist trade. States officials, chambers, hoteliers, and transport executives urged community organization to ensure no visitor is turned away this winter and to improve 24 hour accommodation and rail car provisions.
Mount Dora High School initiations featured quirky stunts by sophomores. Johnny Gargano carried a gallon of water in a thimbleless jar, Betty Watts drank RC Cola with castor oil, and others nose-pegged peanuts on stage while a duet was sung. Verdual Hamlin and Barbara Shipes performed Daisy Daisy with a back-and-forth chorus.
Editorial notes seniors face difficulties in securing 100 remaining subscriptions to fund the annual for M. D. H. S. 1945 46. urges students to buy now and support the project. Thanks extended to Mrs. H. S. Bradley of Sylvan Shores for gifting a microscope to science and copies of National Geographic to the library.
At a November 14 meeting the annual staff was chosen. Jackie Ober becomes editor-in-chief, Doris Harding junior editor, Ruth Shipes art editor with Faye Shipes as assistant, Lois Rhodes class editor, Lucille Minkley activity editor, Bob Allen athletic editor, Jack Burr feature editor, Opal Hutcheson business manager, and Joyce Duggan advertising chief. The staff has begun work and aims for a superlative yearbook.
In the high school auditorium on Wednesday November 7 Mr Roseborough led the pledge and the students sang America with the band. The assembly honored 2nd and 11th grades for attendance. Ralph Arey spoke on buying bonds and stamps, Lt. Gamble shared Navy nurse wartime experiences aboard the Samaritan, and Roy Cookinham, a four year prisoner of war, urged victory bonds.
The Mount Dora Grove land game on Friday November 9 saw Mount Dora trail 14 to 6 after three quarters. Kelly near the goal fumbled in the first, but a second quarter touchdown and a Watts reception kept them close before Groveland added a late touchdown and extra point to seal a 14 to 6 victory.
Mount Dora Golden Hurricanes lost 26 to 7 at home to F M A on November 16. Treadwell returned an interception for a touchdown in the third quarter as Mos teller added the extra point. Mount Dora, missing Kelly, showed a capable running attack despite strong line play from Griggs Keller Burr and Watts.
The M D H S column shares playful notes about students teachers and romances. Items mention Ruth Tommy Darrell Joyce Faye James and others with hints of crushes dates and new pairings while hinting at a recent departure and school happenings.
Kit asks who Nell Marie spent time with after play practice on Thursday night. The exchange implies curiosity about social interactions during school hours.
The eighth graders enjoyed a current events quiz with Raoul Barker winning a $1 prize. New pupil Richard Brochman joined the eighth grade on November 12. Ninth graders describe initiation rites for freshmen on Friday November 9. Sophomores and juniors joined in a playful initiation. Dorothy Peterson Earl Cunningham Jimmy Vincent and Zelmer Clemens are new sophomores.
First Methodist Church on Fifth Avenue led by George Gibson with Mrs. C M E Brown as pianist and choir director. Service times include 9:45 Bible School 7:30 Evening Worship and midweek 7:45 PM. Also listing Second Baptist and Community Church with pastors, officers, and Sunday services.
The junior class outlines its December 14 play with Miss Cassady directing. Cast includes Carrie Doris Harding Anne Laura Roseborough Maril Maryann Hadlock Alberta Evelyn Brock Jenny Lucille Minkley Bobby Turner Judy Dorothy Koldt Bradley Jimmy Vincent Uncle Omar Darrell Pendleton Dorthula Kit Garner Ferl Cornick Carroll Griggs Gerty Betty Cooley Hon Jackson Sue Bond Sweetie Jackson C. B. White.
The IBST Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis Florida lists services at Grove St and Ave Sunday School 9:30 A M Sunday Service 11:00 A M topic Soul and Body Wednesday 8 P M testimonies and remarks. A free reading room in the Fountain Inn building 115 North Eustis Street open daily 3 to 5. Public invited to attend and use the reading room.
Bible study at 10:00 A.M. followed by preaching and communion at 11:00 A.M. A 5:00 P.M. evening service is held on Sundays. Thursday prayers meet at 8:15 P.M. under A. L. Butler’s guidance.
Lacy G. Thomas of Groveland was re elected president G B Hipson of Umatilla vice president M L Roberts of Groveland secretary and J H Pegram the treasurer at the Lake County Farm Bureau meeting November 7 The bureau joined the Lake County Soil Conservation District and cattlemen in asking the State to send a pasture expert to the Leesburg experiment station It also planned to present awards at next year s graduation to county high school seniors outstanding in 4 H and FFA work State President Douglas Igon of Eustis invited the bureau to meet in December at his camp on Lake Joanna
The Church of God on nae Street led by Rev. Z Bennett prints their weekly schedule. Sunday worship at 10:00 a.m. morning service at 12 00 p.m. Evening Worship at 720 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 30 p.m. Friday Y P B at 7 30 p.m.
The notice lists St Thomas Episcopal Church at Corner Lemon and Mary Streets in Florida with rector Dr A L Burgreen. It shows Holy Communion at 9:30 and 11:00 A M, Church School and adult Bible class, Morning Prayer and Sermon, and Holy Days at 10:00 A M.
Mail routes listed with times for regular and air service. Star routes to Leesburg Eustis Ta vares Orlando and lines to Sanford Orlando and Orlando area noted with morning and afternoon departures.
Jerald Drawdy a VFW State service officer at Bay Pines is urged to be notified when comrades are sent to Bay Pines to allow contact with patients in hospital. He received praise at a World War II veterans convention in Chicago and a substantial salary increase from the committee. The note also offers tips on grape vine pruning, feeding horses, and pest control for ferns.
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