Mount Dora Tourist Club Expands with Ambitious Indoor Series
The Mount Dora Tourist Club reports rapid membership growth from 413 to 804 and targets 900 next year. A winter program lineup runs Tuesdays at the Community Auditorium with $1 memberships for locals and visitors, featuring acts from Southern College to Rollins College and Tony Lang Marionettes, plus a closing concert and Special guest appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Florida
Southern College
Lakeland
Lucile Elmore Co
Bethune-Cookman Negro College of
Daytona Beach
Hanscom Players
Chicago
Imperial Singers
Rollins College Glee Clubs
Charles Ross Taggert
Vermont
Tony Lang
Modern Magic
Little Theatre
Stetson College
Dover Road
The
Adairs
Wise Orchestra
Chamber of Commerce
The Necessity of An Education
An education is defined as the acquisition of knowledge skill or character development. It blends schooling and experience, and the modern world requires at least a high school education for better jobs. Education enhances life, reading newspapers, enjoying entertainment, and understanding sports, and it supports democratic government by producing informed citizens.
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Webet
Teachers hobbies reveal varied pastimes in town notes
Miss Pemberton enjoys boats and guns and sailing. Mr. Carpenter prefers fishing as a sport. Miss Cassady visits Orlando every Saturday morning. Mr. Vincent plays golf and hunts. Prof. Roseborough uncovers stamps and coins in hobbies. Mrs. Laney and Miss Meadows have no hobby. observers joke Mrs. Laney grades themes.
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Miss Pemberton
Mr. Carpenter
Miss Cassady
Orlando
Vincent
Mount Dora Team's Fair Season With Wins and Losses
The Mount Dora squad went 4 wins and 5 losses this season. Golden Hurricanes defeated Ocoee 45-0 and 25-6, Dade City 12-0, Apopka 7-6, and lost to Eustis 19-0, Winter Park 19-0, Uma tilla 20-6, Groveland 12-0, and Tavare s 24-0. Junior boys under Mr Cater lost twice to Eustis 26-0 each.
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Mount Dora
Golden Hurricanes
Ocoee
Dade City
Apopka
Eustis
Winter Park
Umatilla
Groveland
Tavares
Mr. Cater
Marionette Show Delights Students at Local Assembly
In an all school assembly on November 17, the Wray Federal Co. presented a forty five minute marionette show for high school and grade students. Admission was ten cents. Featured acts included The Three Little Pigs Terrible Turk The Dance of the Ghosts and The Lady in Pink with baby marionette announcer Tommy and an accordion solo by Miss Beula Bourtse.
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Wray Federal Co
Beula Bouterse
Tommy
Stetson Home-Coming Attendees Share Weekend
Attendees from Mount Dora at Stetson Home-Coming on Saturday November 14 include Mr Carpenter, Miss Thompson, Carowin Hall, and Mary Louise Rehbaum. Mary Louise hosted by Miss Kay Martin of Apopka. Pemberton visited Clermont. Boy Scouts hosted Girl Scouts in a scavenger hunt with winner Betty Lu Battle and others named.
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Stetson
Mount Dora
Mr. Carpenter
Miss Thompson
Carowin Hall
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Mary Louise
Kay Martin
Apopka
Miss Pemberton
Clermont
Boy Scouts
Betty Lu
Battle
Anna Margaret
White
Joy Tanner
Marilyn Tanner
Peggy Bryant
Alma Boyd
Maxine Clery
Miss Meadows
Orlando
Mount Dora Football Night Prompts Schoolroom Romance Rumors
A lively note recounts dating mixups on November 9 J M and Helyne contenders clash in study hall as Bob asserts a date with Helyne Emily Skeeter and others are teased about dances about a Mount Dora football game and possible romances The piece mentions Eustis Lewis Shirley Ruth Jerry Stewart and Viola Perry and hints at a recent engagement ring on Violas third finger amid school gossip notes
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J. M
Helyne
Bob
Peck
Emily Battle
Skeeter
Mount Dora
Eustis
Lewis
Shirley
Ruth
Jerry
Stewart
J. W. Shaw
Anna Mathews
J. W
Viola Perry
Albert
Scratching Up the Dirt From Pick and Peck
A fragmentary note by Pick and Peck references a Mount Dora versus Umatilla game and a promissory rink date. It mentions a sophomore girl with photos facing pressure from J A Pick and Peck to accelerate romance amid homecoming chatter.
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Peck
L. C
Pill
Sylvia
Mount Dora
Senior class raises funds at Tavares Mount Dora game
At the November 13 football game the senior class sold candy peanuts and cold drinks. Six dollars forty five cents was cleared and four teen dollars total sales pleased the seniors. They thank Otis Hale and list helpers Anna White Sheila Spilky David Durden Milton Teasley. The class plans a February 19 1937 play and notes various class activities and student comments.
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Tavares
Sheila Spilky
David Durden
Milton Teasley
Mary Louise Rehbaum
Emily Battle
L.C. Green
Frederick
Sleight Committee Forms to Select a Play
A Sleight committee has been formed to assist in choosing a play. Members will assess scripts, audition plans, and select a production that fits the season and audience.
Community play rehearsal notes and student antics
The article records the first rehearsal on November 18 for a January 15, 1937, community building performance. It notes absent students including Natalie, Dorothy, Ruth, Stewart, Jerry, and Shirley Coen, with Jerry and Stewart at football practice, plus several quirky local observations about friendships and idle habits among Bayard Albert Dedrick Curtis Virginia and William.
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Mac Murray Chin
Natalie
Dorothy
Ruth
Stewart
Jerry
Shirley Coen
Bayard
Albert
Viola
Dedrick
Apopka
Curtis
Eustis
Virginia
William
Student Reflections and Weekend Visits Highlight School Notes
Fragmentary school diary items note favorite and disliked aspects among 5th graders. Entries mention Kramer disliking cosmetics, Backus and Shipes with social behavior concerns, Boxell work duties, and Hoisington observations. Dick Hoisington hosted cousin Miss Jeanne Eckie from Ft. Lauderdale for a weekend visit.
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George Backus
Jean Shipes
Charles Boxell
Tommy
Jackie Lott
Hoisington
St. John
Dick Hoisington
Jeanne Eckie
Ft. Lauderdale
Class meeting elects new officers and notes returns
The meeting was called by Martha Williamson and minutes read by Bernard Mc Cabe. John Burkart was elected president and Bess Davis secretary. Arvil Cooper returned from Bushnell last week and Ethel Noel be (text ends).
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Dent
Martha Williamson
Bernard McCabe
John Burkart
Bess Davis
Arvil Cooper
Bushnell
Ethel Noel
New Seventh Grade Student Arrives at School
A new seventh grade student joined the school last week, adding to the class roster as teachers planned orientation.
Library Gift Acknowledged By School
Thanks are given to Mr. Ji.G. Ray of the Times Union and Mr. and Mrs. George Keler Se Sean for their contributions used in the school library.
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Ji.g. Ray
Times Union
George Keler Se Sean
New Groves Planned in Montverde Section
W R McQuaig of Montverde starts planting five more acres, expanding the Montverde fruit district. The new groves add to existing orchards and reflect continued local agricultural growth.
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Montverde
W. R. McQuaig
Pasture Land Cleared Near Montverde and Howey
R. C. Griffith of Orlando clears acreage adjacent to his grove between Montverde and Howey to convert into pasture for horses and cattle.
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R. C. Griffith
Orlando
Montverde
Howey
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Dorothy Loveless
Frederick Sleight
Tom C
Evelyn F
Loyd Shoemaker
Harold Lane
Shirley I
Minneola Sunere
Willard
Shirley C
Thomas M
Bobby W
Carpen
Dumbell
Carowin
Fath
Kramer
Cosmet
Grand View Hotel
Mount Dora, Florida
Lake Dora
Hotel
Grand View
J. M. Bryant
Lakeside Inn
Richard Eagerton
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