Mount Dora High Opens 1942 43 With Revised Schedule
Mount Dora High School opened September 14 1942 for a year marked by teacher shortages and a new timetable Three forty five minute morning periods replace the former hour long class and thirty minute study hall in the forenoon An afternoon one hour physical education period is added Glee club and band become required activity as the school adapts to war time
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Mount Dora High School
Mount Dora -High
Sedano
Roseborough
Floyd Montgomery
The
Baptist Church
Floyd, Cooper
Methodist Church
Army
Air Corps
Cecil Bowie
Lions Club
Bowie
Richard Eddy
Mount Dora
American Legion
George Coffin
Py. T. A
W. L. Story
America
Lena Harding
Bobby Vincent
Mary Estey
Marjorie High
Dorothy Adams
David French
Jimmy Allen
Manuel Sedano
Glee Club
Sara Roseborough
Gloria Watts
William Barker
Bob Willard
Mount Dora Glee Club
Mount’ Dora
Band Orders New Pieces For Upcoming Uniform Show
Mr. Sedano has ordered new music for the band and they will practice selections including Under The Double Eagle Margie Maria Elena Alexander's Ragtime Band The Marines Hymn S I B A and The Thunder as part of the uniform program.
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Sedano
Margie
Maria Elena
Alexander
Summer Vacation Keepers of the Southeast
The record lists individuals and places across Alabama Florida Georgia and nearby states detailing two week to month long visits and vacations. Names include Mary Estey Dorothy Adams Anna White Florence Fenton Betty Cooper Marjorie High and others with stops in St Augustine Leesburg Jacksonville Silver Glen Springs Dade City Santando Springs and Lake Norris Health Farm and travels to New Hampshire Vermont Michigan and other northern states.
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N Hffingeworth
Alabama
Harding
Tampa
Mary Estey
DeLand
Dorothy Adams
Georgia
St. Augustine
Anna Margaret White
Dorothy White
Leesburg
Florence Fenton
Santando Springs
Betty Cooper
Jacksonville
Marjorie High
Silver Glen Springs
Dorothy
Frances Hutson
Dade Ity
Lonnie Malone
Bobby Vincent
Bobby Goodman
New Hampshire
Bob Willard
Edward Klatte
Lake Norris
Gloria Watts
Vermont
Michigan
Gossip in the School Yard Highlights Local Romances
The column teases the new school year with gossip about Dot and Johnny’s circles, Dot dating Steve Harvey and others, soldiers on campus, a new junior class member linked to Norman Tuckett, and casual notes on Bobby Vincent, Marilyn, Billy Wells, Bert Hollingsworth, George Malone, and Vernell. Two weeks hence for more gossip.
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Dot
Johnny
Steve Harvey
Jack Dillard
Norman Tuckett
Donnie French
Bobby Vincent
Sylvan Shores
Marilyn
Lena
Fort Bragg
Senior Class Notes Elections and Meet Planned for Sept 25
The September 16 senior meeting elected Bob Willard as president and listed officers including David French as VP, Dorothy Adams as secretary, Paul Mosteller as treasurer, and Mrs. Laney as class adviser. Funds set for dues and an assembly program on September 25 were planned, with new classmates welcomed. Junior notes show five new students and small class size, plus officers for the 1942-43 tenth grade.
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Glee Club
Sedano
Army
Air. Corps
Bob Willard
Dan Layne
Polichinello
the Clown
Dan
Nancy Hollingsworth
Chicago
Hall
Bobby Vincent
New Hampshire
Bobby
Assembly
Charles Avens
Sete Vermis Fargie
Floy Townsend
David French
Dorothy Adams
Paul. Mosteller
Laney
Sarah Roseborough
Lena Harding
Mary Estey
Norman Tuckett
Klatte
Tuckett
White
Wylania Williams
Nancy , Hollingsworth
Ninth Grade Class Announces New Members and Officers
The ninth grade with twenty four students adds Dorothy Hutson and Thelma Hayes as new members. Elections at the first meeting name Ruth Shipes as President, Dwight Mosteller as Vice President, Faye Shi as Secretary Treasurer, reporters Eulene Jones and Boby Allen, with Mr. Hall as class adviser and Mrs. Duggan and Mrs. Gente as mothers.
Eighth and Seventh Grade Class Notes From Local School
Eighth grade opened with 33 students listing new members Mary Land Eddy Cannon Lucille Driggers Mary Francis Watson Earle Bronson Carol Griggs James Keller Otis Boyd Don Lane Edna Mae Chandoin Ruth Harding Marie Swearingen Edith Bagwell Kenneth Gresham and Jeweldean Rawls. Officers include President Doris Harding Vice President Billy Goodman Secretary Earle Wilder Treasurer Laura Roseborough Reporters Mary Land Lucille Minkley Grade Mothers Mrs Conner and Mrs Watts Grade Father Mr Conner Class Adviser Mr Roseborough. Seventh grade has 36 pupils with 16 new. New students include Betty High Hilda Conant Eula Bagwell Margaret Van Herbu lis Juanita Marion Van Deroef Edsel Jones Delcie Mae New mans Dairy Allen Frank Keller Nancy Watson Thomas Bronson L C Horne Gertie Mae Harratt J O Mills Dorothy Layne from Indiana. First business meeting elected President Virginia Perry Vice President Nell Conner Secretary Treasurer George Treadwell and another meeting planned.
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Allene Moon
Dorothy Geiger
Gladys. Crane
Grace Lee
Jean . Keller
Robert Jackson
Miss Cassady
Christie
Banks
Crane
Earl Griggs
Ellis Williams
Jean Keller
Lake Jem
Mary Land
Eddy Cannon
Lucille Driggers
Mary Francis Watson
Earle Bronson
Carol Griggs
James Keller
Otis Boyd
Don Lane
Edna Mae Chandoin
Ruth Harding
Marie Swearingen
Edith Bagwell
Kenneth Gresham
Jeweldean Rawls
Doris Harding
Billy Goodman
Earle Wilder
Laura Roseborough
Lucille Minkley
Conner
Watts
Roseborough
Sorrento
Betty High
Hilda Conant
Eula Bagwell
Margaret van Herbulis
Juanita
Marion van Deroef
Edsel Jones
Delcie Mae Newmans
Tavares
Dairy Allen
Zellwood
Frank Keller
Nancy Watson
Apopka
Thomas Bronson
Vineland
L. C. Horne
Ocala
Gertie
District Blood Bank Campaign Begins in Lake County
Lake County starts fundraising for the District Blood Bank with a total share of 700 dollars funded by local donations and 350 dollars from the Chamber of Commerce. Col C E Lester and George J White lead the drive with quotas set per town and initial contributions already arriving.
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Lake County
Congressional District
Blood Bank Committee
Lake County Defense Council
Defense Council
Lester
H. G. Holland
Leesburg
Most Bonds Bought Near End of Month
Lake County Chamber of Commerce reports war savings bonds sales in the first half of September total only 12033.75 across eleven communities while August sales reached 42628.50. Officials note people wait until month end to buy. they still expect the September quota of 72100 to be met.
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Lake County
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora Roll of Honor Names From World War I Era
Long list of Mount Dora residents and associates commemorates service in World War I. Names include officers, enlisted men, and local affiliates across multiple units and ranks, with many initials and families represented. The roster mentions several towns such as Sorrento and Tangerine and references a Mount Dora Negroes section.
Notes About Our Men In Service In Mount Dora
Monthly update from Mount Dora lists service members and relatives, detailing travels, trainings, and readings of letters. It notes Richard Widmer saluting from Apopka to Mount Dora, Bert Hollingsworth and Dick Widmer visiting Texas, Julian Drawdy’s heart condition, and Cecil Stevenson’s Staff Sergeant promotion at Camp Carson. The piece mentions Lieut. W. A. Navy physic education training completion and serving in Athens, Ga. plus Marines recruit Gravlee Jr. at Paris Island.
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Richard Widmer
Apopka
Mount Dora
Texas
Julian Drawdy
Julian
Ward C. S. Navy Hospital
Brooklyn
New York
Bert Hollingsworth
Dick Widmer
Bert
Sylvan Shores
Cecil C. Stevenson
Elbert Stevenson
Rhodes Street
49Th Engineer Regiment
Camp Carson
Colo
Cecil
Mount Dora High School
Letter from Roger requests news and photos of "our boys"
Roger writes from an island base asking about trucking, remaining drivers, and old acquaintances Donnie, Herman, and Ralph Chapman. He asks for Nadine’s greeting, news from home, and says photos of their boys are needed for publication with return and no edits.
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Joe
Donnie
Herman
Ralph Chapman
Nadine
Roger
Community Center thanks donors and observes events
The Community Center expresses gratitude to Mrs. Bertha Lydy and Miss Miller of Lake Jem for gifts including plates and utensils, to Mr. P. C. Milner for magazines, and to Mrs. Sol Spilky for vases. Mentions first aid classes and a September Saturday event involving Jam and Cliffen, with a wedding notice by Rev. Poe and a wartime slogan.
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Bertha Lydy
Miss Miller
Lake Jem
P. C. Milner
Sol Spilky
Bill Barker
Elsie William
Jam
Cliffen
Poe
St. Marys Ba
Mary McDuffie
Glorious Services At Greater Mt Olive A M E Church
Sunday events at Greater Mt Olive A M E Church East Town led by Rev N R Mc Nair included Sunday School under Supt J B Holley, a baptism sermon by Rev James, the baptism of Cloud Torrence, A C E League meeting with Sister Mary Donalson, and club organization by Rev J H Harries. Reports were given by Progressive Boards and Clubs. Viola Vicks, reporter, notes Fannie Allen Goodson of Ansonia Conn visited and remarried.
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Greater Mt. Olive
East Town
N. R. McNair
J. B. Holley Pereiding
James
Cloud Torrence
A. C. E. League
Mary Donalson
C. Lott
J. H. Harries
Sunshine Club
David McDuffie
Fannie Allen Goodson
Ansonia, Conn
Potatoes and Wax Finish Tips Mentioned in Text
The fragment mentions potatoes and wax for home care. It highlights rubbing wax on window sills and vene tian blinds, then applying wax to work surfaces and cabinets to protect finishes and ease cleaning. The note reads as a brief domestic tip.
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Coast Artillery
Eustis
Editorial
Manuel J. Sedano
Paul ,Mosteller
Maryanne Hadlock
Barbara
Shipes
Sally
Strite
Frances Smith
Clyde
Mosteller
Martha Simpson
Mary Robertson
Lakeside
Lucille Harding
Donald French
Barbara Batton
John Coffin
Johnie Mae DeLoach
Miss Vandiver
Horsley
George Hattie Oye
C. Beardsley
Edward Frank Benwell
R. Bevill
Ray Blanchard, Jr
Louie Melton
Branch Walter Bra Leer
Charles Iward Brooks
Orville
R. Brown
Joe Clarence Brown
Joe Clarence Brown, Jr
Donald Myron
Burt Floyd Cordell
Charles Emmett Burchett
Alfred B. Carteree
Cha Siena
Ralph BE
Christopher
Leon B. Cheek, Jr
David Coffin
Andrew Bradley
Orville C. Coo
Woodrow W. Jeniais
George Collins Lemuel Colson, Jr
Leroy Nelson Cookinham
Thomas H. Cooley
Davis Percy Davis Felton Dean Ray Detten
Robert W. Dickson
James Draway
Jerald Drawdy
Lemuelle
Downscliff
Dumas
Arnold Durham
William Watson Flavel
A. Lee French, Jr
Dedrick Bernard Greene
Jd. M. Greene
C. Green
Toby. Green
Harry J. Hopcraft
Thomas DD
Hurlburt
Alvin E, Hutchinson
James Jones
Glessner
Lee Jones
Don Kimball
John F, Knight Howard Blair Kramer
Harold Lane
William Badger Lawrence
William B. Lawrence, Jr
Frank P. Marion , D. Marshall, Jr
Leon C. Martensen
Curtis D. Minkley Oe L. Minkley
Carl Kenry
Minkley
Thos
FR. McCabe, Jr
J. Mortimer McCown, Jr
William McCown
McKenny
Daniel Kenneth McKenny
Dempsey Moore
Lloyd Morris Liewt
Nelson W. Morley
Charles Norris Arden Orr
Maurice
Pike, Jr
Roger J
Pinkston
Charles Pohlman
Robert Pohlman
Henry Heyward Porter
Robert Andrew Quixley
Gordon Kleiser Richardson Douglis _DeVanit
Wiliam BR. Reth Earl Nicholas
Capt
M. B. Allen
Tom Caldwell, Jr
Dale Cross
Bud. Merker
Ernest Pierce Thurman
Pierce Donald Verigan
Owen Verigan
Clayton Bagwell
Thomas
Edwin Battle
James ‘Pink
Branten LaMar
Ferris Noel E, Gulledge
Fred L. “Norton
George Norton
Robert
Secwind Wilbur
David Spivey
Oliver V. Wade
Edwin T. Wade
Tangerine Bayard
Mid
Stuart T. Sadler
Ernest Parkhurst
Homer White
Milan Svrlinga
Rufus Osborn
K. “Everette
McWhoerter
Kenneth Ross
Fr. Benning
Willard Goolsby
J. Wesley Fly
Edwin W
Fly
Fane Co
King
India
Clyde Morton
Paul V. Morten
Leon W. Stenstrom, Jr
Jerry Svrlinga
Hayes, Jr
Dayia Lunsford
Lonnie Bryant
Tdward Peters
William Peck
Leonard F. Stewart, Jr
George A. Vincent Paul
Potsko Farl
Ernest Parkburet
Felten Ackey
Willie Anderson
Louis Bailey John Kane Brown
Mathew Bush
Wiliam Bynum
Pore Dawson Willam
Doreey
Gaines
Carlisle
Portsmouth
Jerald
W. A
Navy
Athens
This
Clarence Cooks Gravlee, Jr
C. C. Gravlee
Eleventh Avenue
U. S. Fighting Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
State Department of Education
Camp McClellan
J. W. Shaw
Harold
Lewis Carroll
R. .I. Pinkston
Pacific
Lewis and All
Calvin Gamble Sylvania Gordon Lovett, D
Graham Henry ‘Green Dothan Jackson
Samuel Jenkins
Johnnie Kemp
Georgery Benjamin
Lesley Lewis
Ben Lewis Adam
Medlock Horace McKenny Coleman
Reeves James Tillman Lacy Ward
Edward Williams
Joseph Williams Oliver C. Williams
Arthur Lee Collier
J. J. West Realty CO
Telephone
Homer Morris
Texaco
Willard Batteriee
U. S. Highway 441
MT. Olive A. M. E
Viola Vicks
Crane Furniture Company
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