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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
16
Mount Dora markets itself as a paradise for boat lovers and lists a regular winter boat schedule on Lake Dora and nearby lakes. The article promotes Mount Dora as the ideal Florida winter vacation destination with emphasis on boating pleasure.
A short local note describes a land offer promising a mild climate with temperatures around 60 degrees and rare freezes. It notes the region seldom freezes and seldom reaches summer extremes, suggesting a temperate but unsettled seasonal pattern.
The piece notes Florida’s seven cent gasoline tax and argues it lowers burden on real estate by reducing county and city millage while keeping consumer fuel costs similar to the national level. It highlights Mount Dora’s solid finances and promotes the area as a homeseekers paradise amid lake rich, high elevation scenery.
Miss Lois Hazel of Tangerine is chosen as chairman of the committees for the Odd Demonstration, an original dramatic production during Thanksgiving Week at Florida State College for Women. The play was written by Miss Lucy Fulghum of Tampa, editor of the Distaff campus magazine.
100 sheets paper and 100 envelopes printed for 1.00. Signs include No Trespassing For Rent For Sale Rooms For Rent Apartment For Rent. 10 cents each. Topic Office.
In a Mount Dora High School publication from September 28, 1934, editors defend football against criticism. Readers note accidents are part of all sports and mothers of players often approve the game, urging support and fair play while contrasting football with baseball and bicycling.
Mount Dora High announces practice starts November 1 with a 19 candidate pool for guards jump centers run centers and forwards.Coach Craig notes the team rebuild follows graduation losses and cites selection fromCoralie Cooper Roberta Widmer Mary Norton Emily Battle Endora White Virginia ChapmanDorothy Gray Doris Gray Barbara Hopcraft Ethel Lent Mary Louise Rehbaum Nona Mortenson Jean Smith Sarah Margaret Bruner Martha Fenn Flora Morley Lida Rech Willie Kate Grantham Mary Elizabeth Simpson.
Senator Wilcox praised national business gains based on conversations with diverse Americans and credited the Administration for the upturn. Senator Sears urged communities to promote Florida as a whole, planning cross state trips to showcase all regions. Local chambers and secretaries' groups announced tours and future meetings in Sanford and Winter Park, with a four day Florida tour planned after Ocala's April gathering.
A fragmentary campus column lists students and teachers with playful song title puns like Dont Let It Bother You and How About Love in Bloom. It hints at reactions to sports teams and upcoming performances, mentioning Ruth Harvey, Mrs Laney, Roger, and L J Drawdy among others.
The sale of athletic season tickets started last week with many students joining. Enrollment by class: Senior 18 with 11 joined, Junior 20 with 9 joined, Sophomore 23 with 11 joined, Freshman 29 with 10 joined, Eighth 26 with 12 joined, Seventh 37 with 12 joined. Total student membership now 62 versus 56 last year. Adult tickets sold reach 38 this year, up from 27 last year.
A retrospective imagining a chaotic school day where study hall teachers vanish and punctuality fades. Notable quirks include Roy Christopher and F A McNair flunking, chewing gum allowed, everyone passing exams, and odd omissions from honor rolls and letters.
The class president Ed Brooks broke a leg in the first football game of the season. Mrs. Laney the senior class adviser left for Michigan due to her father's illness and Miss Newhall will substitute. Martha Ferin and Barbara Blanchard were absent two days last week because of illness.
A junior class meeting last week chose a one act comedy Sail Right In for the assembly program. Cast members include Mortimer McCown Donald Warren Don Kimball Gregory Warren Katherine Killian Marian Warren Phylis Blanchard Sylvia Milton Chapman Bob. Miss Cassady the adviser oversees practice.
The freshman initiation will be held October 12 at 8 in the high school library. Grades 9 to 12 are invited. Elected to plan the initiation are Lida Rech Lee French and Wayne Moone. The sophomores meet this week to decide the play for assembly.
Lois Jerue is absent due to illness and several students face minor disciplinary or behavioral notes. Ae Shoemaker lost his musical voice while Winslow Wasser had a lockjar and Na talie Spilky missed Latin. Ruth Beerbower spoke out of turn and Richard Shipes acted innocent. Dedrick Green was noisy, Theo Green slept in, and the Freshman class wasn’t green.
The eighth grade conducted a field trip to find seven kinds of worms for experiments and plan a Hallowe'en party, reflecting classroom science projects and student activities.
The seventh grade held its first class meeting last Monday and decided to meet every week on Mondays continuing thereafter.
Correction notes Mrs Merrick in charge of the school lunch room prefers visitors arrive around 12 30 to 12 45 rather than at 12 00. From 12 00 to 12 30 she is busy serving about forty pupils and can serve visitors more efficiently after the children finish.
An educational exhibit on Florida tropical fruits and handcrafts will greet American Legion visitors arriving in Miami for the national convention October 23 to 26. The event showcases regional products as part of the gathering.
Registration books open at City Hall until 5:00 p m Saturday December. Town Clerk J Johnson announces and notes a proposed ordinance regulating dairies and milk in Mount Dora Florida. The measure sets penalties up to 100 dollars fine or 60 days in jail. Public inspection of the ordinance is available. final consideration set for November 6 1934 at 7 30 p m with objections heard.
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