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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
2
The piece urges courtesy in schools and public spaces. It stresses polite behavior during assemblies, in the lunchroom, and toward teachers, noting that good manners reveal breeding and culture and should guide all students as a daily goal.
A November 10 assembly opened with The Star Spangled Banner and pledges. Betsy Kramer led the pledge. Floy Townsend read In Flanders Field. Betsy Blanchard and others summarized the Bill of Rights as Major E Hood Wilkinson spoke on Democracy and Youth. Captain Dave Wiley commented on Armistice Day before Harold Suit led the final pledge.
Assembly noted a Friday event on November 17 where eighth graders and Miss Suzanne Sawyer staged the one act Enchanted Stowaways in honor of book week.
Mari lyn Jo introduces the scene in which two runaways spend the night in the library. Curtis Jackson and a cast including Jim Davis, Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Captain Courageous and Booth Tarkington figures perform. Mrs. Bax ter Allene Moon and Jane played by Frieda Stevenson. An opening intro by Mrs. Jones and Dr. Smith. A PTA dance announcement follows the Mount Dora Groveland game.
Grace Lee was surprised with a birthday party at Marilyn Johnson’s home on November 9. Guests included Mary Estey, Dorothy Geiger, Vernell Shipley, Gladys Irene Crane, Barbara Ann Batton, and others. Geraldine Richardson spent a day in Daytona Beach on November 12.
Social and school gathering notes record attendees Joanne French Bettie Blanchard and many others at a November 9 tribute to Helen Wells. Other mentions include Georgia Florida football fans Helen Meadows Pomona Davidson and Jimmy Allen, Montel Morris in Leesburg, and a Mount Dora Groveland PTA dance after the football game with punch and cookies.
The senior class notes life ambitions of Doris Cowart a nurse at Johns Hopkins Carowin Hall a nurse Jerald Drawdy a medical missionary to China Adelaide Key journalist Geraldine Richardson nurse Haskel Ferris athletic coach Emadene Kelly nurse A student committee led by Cowart Davidson and Widmer chose the annual senior play Foot Loose a domestic comedy by Charles Quimby Bur dette to be staged February 16 and tryouts to occur before Christmas holidays with copies ordered.
Sophomores met November 13 to choose a party, selecting a December 9 boat ride. Bernard McCabe as class president named Calvin Richardson committee chair with Ernest Minkley John Burkart Helen Wells and Martha Williamson as helpers. After the initiation the sophomores hosted a successful freshmen dance and the freshmen plan a party in return.
The freshmen held their first class party on Saturday November 11 with a hayride and hot cocoa and sandwiches at Mary Estey's home. Chaperones were Miss Evelyn Cassady and Mrs. Fred Watts as they prepare an assembly program for Friday November 24.
One act play and musical numbers highlighted a class party for seventh grade. Patricia Harris from Lynn Massachusetts joined, with refreshment committee members Donald French Lucille Harding Betty Jean Flemming and David Edgerton and entertainment committee Vernell Shipley Barbara Ann Batton Charles Javens and Odell Redd. The event occurred at Mrs Coffin's home on Saturday night.
A boisterous, unnamed gossip column highlights teen crushes, nickname lore, and school dance chatter. It mentions Arthur Conrad, Juanita Ginther, Tom Kimball, and several others among ninth graders, with playful jabs at teachers and public figures and light praise for football team efforts.
Lake County leads in Sea Island cotton production with 600 acres and strong yields. C Sanders of Leesburg harvested 18 bales from 0 acres at Okahumpka, yielding 307.7 pounds of lint per acre. L D Edge of Groveland grew 38 acres at 256.9 pounds per acre for 24 bales. County Agent R. E. Norris says the season’s output may outpace other counties and prices stay favorable at 35 cents per pound.
Rev and Mrs M J Bouterses of WDBO Orlando will preach at Montverde Community Church at 10 55 Sunday morning November 26 marking their tenth year on air. Public invited to hear these speakers. Fifty Christmas cards and envelopes imprinted with names offered for 1.00. samples available at Topic office.
Rockwell Kent, renowned Christmas Seal artist and author, travels the world as painter affiliated with the National Tuberculosis Association. Seals featuring his artwork will be sold nationwide from Thanksgiving through Christmas benefiting tuberculosis causes.
A memorial stone from Finland of red Balmara granite arrives for the flag pole base at the Tavares Court House. The stone is provided by Memorial Granite Company of Quincy Massachusetts, with Hango imports and manager Stanley Seppala. Simon Brooks, a Finnish farmer near Groveland, arranged the stone alongside 58 stones from 41 states and four foreign countries plus four Canadian provinces.
Chester C. Fosgate, a top Florida citrus operator, has acquired 45 more acres adjoining his Ferndale grove. The hillside property near Apopka along the road from the turnpike is cleared and ready for additional groves, enhancing Fosgate’s Florida citrus operations.
A compact remark praises a man for drive and influence except when he is the neighbor who plays the trombone, implying mixed feelings about proximity and musical quirks.
The Lake County Home Demonstration and 4-H Club Building in Tavares will be dedicated at 2:30 Friday Nov 24. The remodeled jail with a NYA addition features remarks by Frank E Owens and Mary E Keown with W T Nettles. Local officials, agricul tural staff, 4 H leaders, and the Eustis High School band will participate during the flower show opening in the new building. Admission is free.
Advertises engraved stationery informals cards wedding invitations and announcements. Four day service and reasonable prices. Fifty imprinted Christmas cards with your name available for one dollar. Call Topic office to view samples.
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