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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
4
Mount Dora Florida weekly publication details are listed with editor Eugene L Downs and Edith Edeburn Kelley. Subscription 2.00 advertising 35 cents per inch, minimum 25 cents. Contains a pledge to the flag text and standard patriotic observance.
August brought a record mail push from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce with 4246 letters and 12 414 pieces of printed matter about the county and its communities sent to prospective citizens who had engaged with the organization. The chamber also received 968 information requests in the same month from people seeking details about the county.
The Bean family expresses gratitude for sympathy kindness and flowers after the death of husband father and brother Myra Bean David L Bean Jr John E Bean Mrs Frank Harding and Annie Bean also noting Bingo tonight at Sylvan Shores Hotel Cocktail Lounge
The class notes perfect attendance for students who entered school on September 9. Names include Louis Bedell Bobby Bowie Davey Cox Bert Ferran Butch Gardner Jim Malone Billy McCullough Mickey McRee Bo Moorhead Ronnie Parker Sylvia Adams Jewel Barbee Barbara Ann Cheat ham Carolyn Cox Mary Lou Danson Alice Johnson Alma Jean Jones Darlene Kerrick Ca Land Barbara Jean Larsen Lee Lane Corrine Mahon and Alice Jean Music. Mrs Whites First and Second Grade report ten first graders and twenty second graders. Seventeen students accompanied Mrs White last year but now in second grade face harder work. New to town are Arthur Schelle from New Jersey and Patricia Rose from Missouri.
The grade reports elected room mothers Mrs. R. M. Hall Mrs. T. A. Brotherton and Mr. Presley Atkins. Eddie Guy was absent several days last week due to illness. New pupils in our section include Mary Ann Brotherson Martha Pickner Stephen Gibb and Hardy Meincke.
The third grade now has 39 pupils with four new students: Don Joel Atkinson from near DeFuniak Springs Aurelia Foley from Los Angeles Joyce Gibb from Tampa and Margaret Sadler from Phillip i West Virginia. Grade parents are Mrs. Alice Gibb Mrs. Glendy Sadler and Mr. Robert Bardwell. A pet turtle Turpie reads and works arithmetic with the class.
A short note records Patty Claxon going north with her mother and expresses hope for her prompt return. The entry also mentions an unexpected treat when Joyce Gibb provided chewing gum for the class and teacher, enjoyed by all during recess.
The fourth grade welcomes new students Richard Bennett of Pittsburgh Pa Glencenburg Fla. The two grade mothers are Mrs. Henry Land and Mrs. Stuart Bennett with Mr. Harold Larsen as grade father. An around the world trip starts along the Amazon River in South America.
At Mount Dora School the new term begins with thirty pupils in a class of five big month. Four students Blanche Hardin Jacqueline Shannon Earl Evans and Stanley May join from outside. Grade Six hosts a welcome assembly and biweekly gatherings are planned. Fifth grade drafts a fire drill play and posters on fire safety. Teachers Miss Davenport and Mr. Hawkins engage students in art and music. Perfect spelling achievers include George Cox Charles Rollins Daisy Eaton Betty Eckholdt Josephine Gibb Blanche Hardin Martha Jones Mary Anna Kelly and Jacqueline Shannon.
The class has sixteen sixth grade students and seven fifth graders totaling 23. Three new sixth graders join Linda Woodham, Robert Campbell, and Donald Weinmann.
Mrs Kurras calls room to order on September 13 1946 as George Lashar is elected president and John Marsell vice president. New committees named and sixth grade pupils welcomed with music and art notes plus perfect weeks by the girls.
A school safety committee lists rules to prevent accidents on campus. Rules include not standing on playground equipment, not sliding in halls, avoiding matches, banning weapons, and not playing with sticks. The grade team manages a half bulletin board with weekly pictures.
Lake County will bring together all 170 white teachers for a follow-up meeting on Friday October 4 at 9 00 am in the High School to study reading problems. Consultants include Dr Broward Culpepper and Dr Hugh Watson from Florida State College for Women and officials from the State Department of Education. Reading specialists Miss Carnell and Miss Russell from publishers will demonstrate methods using current materials.
Miss Kell and Miss Russell will work with elementary teachers in the morning. In the afternoon, high school teachers hold departmental meetings to evaluate the day and discuss how to use materials to improve instruction in each classroom.
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