Mount Dora Hi Points Play Ends With Lively Library Tale
The Mount Dora assembly featured Mari lyn Jo introducing the scene in a library with Dorothy Geiger and Grace Lee as librarians. Gladys Irene Crane and Jack Pease played two running away children spending the night in the library. Actors portrayed characters from Kidnaped, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and other classics under Curtis Jackson and others, with Mrs. Jones and Dr. Smith of the Lake County Medical Department introduced. A post game dance was announced by Carowin Hall and the event closed after songs led by cheerleaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Jo
Dorothy Geiger
Grace Lee
Gladys Irene Crane
Jack Pease
Dorothy Adams
Curtis Jackson
John Masefield
Jim Davis
James Davis
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Robert Pohlman
Robert Goodman
High Benton
Bob Finney
Curtis J . Robertman
James Devis
Heidi
Margery Daniels
Clinton Hiley
Booth Tarkington
Fred Beardsley
Willy Baxter
Allene Moon
P.T.A
Mount Dora-Groveland
Carowin Hall
Courtesy and politeness in school and daily life
The piece urges constant courtesy in school settings and beyond. It stresses respectful attention to speakers, orderly lunchroom behavior, patience in lines, and polite treatment of teachers as signs of breeding and culture.
Assembly Observes Armistice Day with Democracy Theme
On Friday November 10 the assembly opened with The Star Spangled Banner and the pledge led by Betsy Kramer. Major E Hood Wilkinson spoke on Democracy and Youth warning that personal liberty is in danger and isolationistrengths are misunderstood. Captain Dave Wiley followed with remarks on Armistice Day before the pledge closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Assembly
Betsy Kramer
Floy Townsend
Flanders Field
Bettie Blanchard
Juanita Ginther
Frankie Lou Morris
Doris Cowart
James Crawdy
Mr.Roseborough
Major E. Hood Wilkinson
United States
Major Wilkinson
Roseborough
Dave Wiley
Harold Suit
Assembly
Miss Suzanne Sawyer Leads One Act Play for Book Week
On Friday November 17 Miss Suzanne Sawyer with the eighth grade presented the one act play Enchaated Stowaways in honor of book week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Sawyer
Surprise birthday party honored Grace Lee at Marilyn Johnson home
A November 9 lawn party featured Super, games, boating, and many friends including Mary Estey, Dorothy Geiger, Vernell Shipley, Gladys, Irene Crane, Barbara Ann Batton, Bobby Vincent, David French, Ray Blanchard, Robert Hecker, Bobby Goodman, Jack Pease, and Bobby Finney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Johnson
Grace Lee
Super
Mary Estey
Dorothy Geiger
Vernell Shipley
Gladys
Irene Crane
Barbara Ann Batton
Bobby Vincent
David French
Ray Blanchard
Robert Hecker
Bobby Goodman
Jack Pease
Bobby Finney
Geraldine Richardson
Daytona Beach
Carowin Hall
Virginia Baker
Orlando
Emadene Kelly
Eustis
Mount Dora
Martha Williamson
Carl Tucker
Walter Tucker
Libby Drawdy
Alice Andrews
Mary Smith
Bettye Lotz
Jackye Lott
Leesburg
Doris Cowart
St. Augustine
Aleene Cowart
Tavares
Jeffie Cobb
Mariam Blackman
Gertrude Moore
Doris Chamberlain
June Fenn
Evelyn Turrentine
Helen Wells
Maxine Clery
Nina
Nell Woods
Mary Allen
Rita Daniels
Georgia Florida football game social crowd noted
The report lists attendees at social events including Joanne French and many others at a Georgia Florida game gathering and notes a Mount Dora Groveland football game afterparty hosted by the Parent Teachers Association with punch and refreshments enjoyed by many high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne French
Bettie Blan
Bobby Vincent
Ray Blanchard
David French
Helen Welle
Florence Lee
June Fenn
Martha Williamson
Helen Meadows
Pomona Davidson
Jimmy Allen
Montel Morris
Leesburg
Parent Teachers Association
Mount Dora
Senior Class Notes Map Ambitions And Plans
Senior notes list Doris Cowart and Pomona Davidson among organizers and Richard Widmer as a committee member. Ambitions include nursing at Johns Hopkins by Carowin Hall and nursing by Geraldine Richa, journalism by Adelaide Key, medical missionary Jerald Drawdy, athletic coach Haskel Ferris, and Emadene Kelly among nurses. The class selected Foot-Loose by Charles Quimby Bur dette as the senior play for February 16 with tryouts planned before Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Cowart
Carowin Hall
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jerald Drawdy
China
Adelaide Key
Geraldine Richa
Haskel Ferris
Emadene Kelly
Pomona Davidson
Richard Widmer
Charles Quimby Burdette
Sophomore Class Plans Boat Ride and Dance
Sophomores met on November 13 to choose a party, decide a boat ride for December 9, and appoint Bernard McCabe as class president to head the planning committee with Calvin Richardson as chair. Ernest Minkley, John Burkart, Helen Wells, and Martha Williamson assist. After the initiation, sophomores hosted a successful freshmen dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard McCabe
Calvin Richardson
Ernest Minkley
John Burkart
Helen Wells
Martha Williamson
Freshman Class Notes Party Enjoyed by Members
Freshmen held their first class party of the year on Saturday November 11 enjoying a hayride and later hot cocoa and sandwiches at the home of Mary Estey. Chaperones were Miss Evelyn Cassady and Mrs Fred Watts. The class is preparing an assembly program for Friday November 24.
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Mary Estey
Evelyn Cassady
Fred Watts
Seventh Grade Class Party Notes New Student Patricia Harris
The seventh grade welcomed Patricia Harris from Lynn Massachusetts this week. A class party was planned for last week with refreshments on Donald French Lucille Harding Betty Jean Flemming and David Edgerton and entertainment on Vernell Shipley Barbara Ann Batton Charles Javens and Odell Redd. The party took place at Mrs Coffin's home Saturday night.
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Patricia Harris
Lynn
Mass
Donald French
Lucille Harding
Betty Jean Flemming
David Edgerton
Vernell, Shipley
Barbara Ann Batton
Charles Javens
Odell Redd
Mrs. Coffin
Scandal Snoopings and Schoolyard Crushes Feature Local Gossip
A rambunctious campus gossip column chronicles flirtations, nicknames, and social scenes among ninth graders and peers. Arthur Conrad, Juanita Gibson, and others appear in playful rumors. Local athletes and dance nights receive lighthearted mentions amid playful intrigue.
Shifting Times See Shoplifting Rise Recalled
The remark notes a past era when shoplifting was less common and hints at nostalgia for better times. It frames theft as a growing problem in the present. If accurate, it suggests economic or social pressures influencing crime trends.
Sea Island Cotton Proves Good Crop in Lake County
Lake County yields Sea Island cotton with J. C. Sanders at Okahumpka 25 acres producing 307.7 pounds of lint per acre for 18 bales and L. D. Edge at Groveland 38 acres averaging 256.9 pounds per acre for 24 bales. County average about one third bale per acre. price about 35 cents per pound. County Agent R. E. Norris says results may surpass other counties in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Edge
Groveland
Radio evangelists at Montverde preach 10th anniversary on air
Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Bouterse of WDBO Orlando will speak at Montverde Community Church at 10 55 Sunday morning November 26. It marks their fourth year at Montverde and their tenth year on the air. The public is invited to attend. Fifty Christmas cards with imprinted names are offered for $1 at the Topic office samples available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Bouterse
WDBO
Orlando
Montverde Community Church
Bouterses
Rockwell Kent Designs 1939 Christmas Seal
Christmas Seal artist Rockwell Kent, noted world traveler and author, created the 1939 seal for the National Tuberculosis Association and its affiliates. Seals will be sold nationwide from Thanksgiving through Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell Kent
National Tuberculosis Association
Finland Sends Memorial Stone for Flagpole Base
Finland contributes a red Balmara granite stone from Memorial Granite Company of Quincy Massachusetts for the flag pole base at the Court House in Tavares. Simon Brooks, a Finnish-born Groveland area farmer, arranged the shipment. the display already includes 58 stones from 41 states in four foreign countries and four Canadian provinces.
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Finland
Court House
Tavares
Memorial Granite Company, Inc
Quincy
Mass
Hango
Stanley Seppala
Simon Brooks
Groveland
Fosgate Expands Citrus Holdings Near Ferndale
Chester C. Fosgate, a leading Florida citrus operator, purchases 45 more acres adjoining his Lake County grove near Ferndale. The land, on a high hill overlooking Lake Apopka along the Howey to Montverde road, is cleared in preparation for new groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester C. Fosgate
Florida
Lake County
Ferndale
Roperty
Lake Apopka
Howey
Montverde
Portrait of a Pushing Man Not Next Door
A cryptic remark extols a man with push and pull as long as he is not a neighbor who plays trombone. The line implies mixed admiration contingent on proximity and musical hobby.
Lake County To Dedicate New Home Demonstration Building
The old county jail in Tavares is renovated into a Home Demonstration and 4-H Club Building to be dedicated Friday at 2:30. County and state officials including Frank E. Owens and Mary E. Keown will attend, with 4-H leaders and the Eustis High Band providing music for the NAS Autumn Flower Show opening in the new facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavares
Lake County
NYA
Arthur Williams
Frank E. Owens
Eustis
Mary E. Keown
Tallahassee
State College For Women
W. T. Nettles
Gainesville
Lucie BK. Miller
R. E. Norris
C. T. Huggins
NAS
Eustis High School
Harry L. Parker
Engraved stationery and cards offered with four day service
Local Topic office advertises engraved stationery normals cards and wedding invitations with samples to view. Fifty Christmas cards imprinted with your name priced at $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topic Office
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Country Home Farm Journal
Farmer
Collier’s Weekly
Woman's Home Companion
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Country Home
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Farmer's Wife
Progressive Farmer
Sey OO
Boyd’s Furniture
W. Main Street
Golden Key
W. Church Street
Pick and Peck
Arthur Conrad
Tom Kimball
Skeet
Bob Burkart
J. L. High
Tennessee
Mery
Bobby
Nancy
David
DeVault
Hermit
Golden Hurricanes
Bernard “Killer
Diller” McCabe
Breakdown
Hall
Sea Island
Tangerines
Alfred Maben
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