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Mount Dora Topic

Location

Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1930

Page

3

Mount Dora High Points bi weekly school paper notes staff

The Mount Dora High Points appears as a bi weekly student paper published by Mount Dora High School. It lists the staff including Abby Jo Simpson as business manager Frances Siegel as delivery agent Marguerite Sidel Wilmer Stokley as publishers and names Jess Dooley Ray Brantley among contributors.

Mount Dora Mount Dorame High School Beitr. Co Abby Jo Simpson Frances Siegel Marguerite Sidel Wilmer

Mount Dora High Points plan sales and contests

The Mount Dora High Points outlines by Wednesday print, new equipment, and a subscriber drive. About seventy subscribers, aided by an installment plan, joined after a contest. The top class rewards with a school period off if 100 percent participation is reached.

Genor Eanear Mount Dora Lolt

Mount Dora Falls 51 0 in First Football Game

Mount Dora High opened its season with a 51 to 0 loss at Winter Garden on Friday afternoon. Dooley the captain played bravely despite a foot injury as Swift Edwards McMurray Pray Carter and James Cooper stood out. Cooper earned the Lakeview Pharmacy most outstanding player award. The team gains experience and plans to spread the formation in upcoming game against Sanford.

Mount Dora Mount Dora High Winter Garden Dora Garden City Dooley Laney Dooely Swift Edwards McMurray Pray Carter James Cooper Lakeview Pharmacy Sanford

Farewell Dance Honors Carl Nimnicht at Community Building

Friday night September 19 a farewell dance filled the Community Building basement with about fifty guests including Eustis High students. Hugh Merry and Marie Slack prepared the punch. the exact ingredients remain a mystery as the drink vanished quickly. Carl Nimnicht leaves for Haines City to spend nine months at FMA, and the group wishes him success this year.

Carl Nimnicht Eustis High Be Merry Hugh Merry Marie Slack Carl Haines City F. M.A

High School Vaudeville Benefit Tonight at Community Building

The high school presents a vaudeville for the Athletic Association Friday October seventeenth at eight. Tickets cost twenty five and fifty cents. Frances Elder is business manager Ruth Loveless handles publicity. Two one act plays and a mock trial plus stunts staged by senior and junior classes feature acts "The Burglar" and "The Ghost Story" with student casts.

Athletic Association Frances Elder Ruth Loveless Marguerite

Cheer Leaders Chosen for School Games

Assembly notes announce Jo Simpson as new Athletic Association president and cheer leader from the girls side. M J Bouterse and Billy Sadler are elected from the boys and May Harvey is named theater for all football basketball and baseball games with J F Brantley as assistant.

Jo Simpson Whea M. J. Bouterse Frances Billy Sadler Robaberoudh May Harvey J. F. Brantley

Personal notes from Mount Dora weekend visitors and residents

Robert Thomas visited Mount Dora over the weekend. The Easter Egg belonging to Brantley and Merry turned over September 20 but broke down September 22 and refuses to run. Ray Brantley visited Tavares Tuesday night. Charles Norris is now a student at Eustis High. Sam Simpson attends the University of Florida. Simpson and Frances Sadler spent the weekend with Myrtle Jepson. Ethel Reynolds visited the beach September 21. Marie Slack Yvonne Malusky and Eleanor Wells attended the show. Simpson won five dollars for best dancers at a street gathering. Slack and Pete White won a three pound box of candy for best waltzers.

Robert Thomas Mount Dora Messrs Brantley Merry Ray Brantley Tavares Charles Norris Eustis High School Sam Simpson U. of F Rollins Mat Ray Wee Ances Siegel Simpson Frances Sadler Myrtle Jepson Ethel Reynolds Marie Slack Yvonne Malusky Eleanor Wells Slack Pete” White

Heard in History Miss C

A playful exchange about history, college purpose, speed feats, reading, love, and school debates. The dialogue includes references to Yale Harvard Freckles telegraph words and a caller claiming family affiliations and height.

Miss C Bill S Yale Harvard

Senior Notes Honors From Knights of Pythias

The senior class is honored by a Knights of Pythias offer for the top scholastic student to receive lodge membership once he is eighteen. If not yet eighteen at award time, the spot is held. The class aims for full football team attendance, athletic association leadership by girls, a consistently good paper, and overall class good standing.

Knights of Pythias Wingler K. of P. Lodge Athletic Association

Juniors Debate Comedy or Mystery Play Choice

The junior class considers two play types, a broad comedy and a deep mystery, at Miss Hubbell’s house. They discuss reading several options to decide which production to stage, expressing enthusiasm and debate about the eventual choice.

Rehearsals Begin as Juniors Face Heavy Academic Load

The piece notes students, led by two Georges, face a tough year with Geometry Chemistry and French as potential floorers. Rehearsals start Monday amid football, music and other activities, leaving little time for study and predicting heavy workload ahead.

Robert McMurray Georges

Local School Notes and Oddities From Orlando Visit

A student mentions a trip to Orlando with jokes and laughter while Joseph Swift is set to sing Casey Jones. Mr Rosebo enjoys the performance and Clovis Brantley plans to return to school after October first. A lab explosion alarms the general science class as Siegel escapes injury from a heated chemical reaction.

Joseph Swift Casey Jones Mr. Rosebo Mr. R Clovis Brantley Ee Siegel

Sophomore class votes mock trial for vaudeville benefit

The Sophomore class selects a mock trial for the A A benefit on October 17. Production starts soon as classmates note a farewell dance for Carl Nimnicht who leaves for Florida Military Institute. John Thompson joins the group from DeLand and Gordon King, currently an invalid, is expected to return.

A .A Carl Nimnicht Haines City Florida Military Institute John Thompson DeLand Gordon King

Freshmen elect adviser and report class event

The freshman class held a meeting on September 17 and unanimously elected Mrs. Thayer as medical adviser. They earned the Mount Dora High Points subscription credit with full participation. New classmate Albert Payne has joined the school. Roy Collins misunderstood Miss Hubbell and took the afternoon off.

Thayer Mount Dora Roy Collins Hubbell Albert Payne

Eighth Grade Elects Officers and Welcomes New Students

The eighth grade elected officers for class and current event club with Edna Mac Neil as president and Frank Pooser as president of the event club. New pupils include Harold Vrana Lana Tubbs La Mar Conant Mabel Shoemaker Ruth Dykes. Ruth Dykes missed school due to illness. A Friday party September 19 featured games refreshments Miss Taylor and Miss Cassady. The group attended the Benson Murder Case at Princess theatre then returned home.

Edna Mac_ Neil Roy Christopher Alfred Rehbaum Jean Smith Miss Cassady Frank Pooser Virginia May Jepson Irene Green Harold Vrana Lana Tubbs la Mar Conant Mabel Shoemaker Ruth Dykes Robert Tuttle Kentucky Miss Taylor Cassady Princess Theatre Benson

Seventh Grade Officers and New Pupil in Class Notes

Seventh grade elects Lurlene Green and Cecelia Palmervice as presidents, Mortimer McCown as secretary, Sam Sadler as treasurer, Mary Agnes Harding as class reporter. A new pupil Doris Gray moved from Eustis, sister Mrs. Robert Stockton. The student parade work in chapel Monday afternoon. key characters include Mortimer McCown Elizabeth Simpson and Cecelia Palmer as princess.

Lurlene Green Cecelia Palmer Mortimer McCown Sam Sadler Mary Agnes Harding Doris Gray Eustis Robert Stockton Arade King Mortimer’ McCown Qu Elizabeth Simpson

Highway 53 Project Near Santa Rosa County

The Tallahassee State Highway Department announces completion plans for Highway No. 53 in Santa Rosa County, with work to finish the route and improve regional connectivity.

Tallahassee State Highway Department Santa Rosa County

Tangerine residents prepare for fire prevention week

Sam Simpson and Frances Bloodgood prepare for Gainesville Rollins admissions while Tangerine officials campaign for a October fire prevention week. Local social events include a Duncan home dance and an Al ice Graham bridge gathering as Estey and Bloodgood families visit Orlando. The county chamber promotes a community beautification drive with landscaping, palms for halls, and a growing inter community contest.

County Chamber of Commerce Improvement Society William F. Bloodgood

Bus Driver Welcomes Noah with Ark Joke Exchange

Comic exchange on a city bus features Smart Alec asking if the ark is full and the driver replying that only one jackass has boarded, inviting him aboard.

Smart Alec Noah

Rexall Orderlies Offer Quick Relief From Constipation

A Battle Creek physician says constipation causes much misery, but Rexall Orderlies provide relief by drawing water into the colon to soften waste. Chew a tablet at night for a brighter next day. 24 for 25 cents at Rexall Drug Stores and Mount Dora Pharmacy.

Battle Creek Rexall Orderlies Rexall Rexall Drug Store Mount Dora Pharmacy

Sheriff Sale Notice in Lake County Florida 1930

I B A Cassady as Sheriff lists a Lake County Florida writ of execution from September 3 1929 and will auction the defendants assets on November 3 1930 at the north door of the Tavares Court House. The described property includes multiple Leesburg blocks and parcels in Citrus Park Sligh and Teague additions and Lady Lake with details from the Lake County Clerk plats. The sale proceeds to satisfy the execution and costs.

I. B. A. Cassady Lake County Florida Circuit Court of Leesburg State Bank & Trust Company Association Court House Tavares City of Leesburg City of Leesburg Citrus Park Sligh Business Men’s Real Estate Association A. D

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