First Grade News and Third Grade Notes
The first week saw perfect attendance in first grade with several absentees due to sore eyes. New students Joan Phillips Lake Jem Darwin Aldrich J W Lynn join. Martha Benett leaves for Ocoee. plant gifts and a visiting kitten are noted. reading begins with pre primer charts. Third grade opens with 23 pupils down to 19 as families relocate. grads Martha Simpson and Eloise Baxley contribute. grade parents listed. indoor garden planned. top spellers include S J Aldrich and William Hutcheson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Phillips
Lake Jem
Darwin Aldrich
J. W. Lynn
Martha Jane Lane
Margery Glover
Alvin Durham
Martha Ruth Bennett
J. G. Ray
Miss West
Martha Bennett
Ocoee
Harding
Bennett
Con Philip
Frank Harding
E. S. Marsell
Zellwood
Barbara Phifer
Maryland
Revel
Doris Griffin
Mobile
Ala
Ray Cooks
Charles Dean
Grady Simpson
Martha Simpson
Eloise Baxley
Birdie Mae
Helen Durham
S. J. Aldrich
William Hutcheson
Patricia Dean
Grade enrollment grows as Rance Phillips joins class
The grade now totals thirty two children with fourteen girls and eighteen boys. Mothers and fathers for the year are Mrs. Gordon Conboy Mrs. J. P. Atkins and Mr. E. E. Nutter. Students contributed science corner items including fish turtles geraniums and petunia plants. Perfect spellers of the week include Frank Hall Paul Hopkins George Lashar Ernest McRee and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rance Phillips
Gordon Conboy
J. P. Atkins
E. E. Nutter
Olive Paul
Donald Wetz
Peggy Lou Nutter
Mary Anna Kelley
Frank Hall
Paul Hopkins
George Lashar
Ernest McRee
Lee Edward McRee
Wade Simpson
Joyce Lynn
Peggy Lou’ Nutter
Jean Parker
Aline Paul
Betty Sue Scott
A. L. Stovall
Ants and PTA Meeting Mentioned in School Letter
A school note describes glass jars with ants and a queen at work while announcing a PTA meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Community Building. It lists mothers Mrs. Lewis Carroll and Mrs. Edwin Miller from Zellwood and grade father Mr. Herbert Whitehead, then notes progress in arithmetic and spelling by students including George Blunt and Clarence Hobdy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Carroll
Edwin Miller
Zellwood
Herbert Whitehead
George Blunt
Clarence Hobdy
Fifth Grade News Reports Room Turnaround
The class lists seventeen boys and thirteen girls totaling thirty. Committees were elected by popular vote including Boards Norris Williams Library Donald Ellis Decorations Mary Martha Simpson Flowers Evelyn Minkley and Clean Up George Board. Also noted are new room touches a cleaned piano neat bookcase an aquarium reading table and erased boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Williams
Donald Ellis
Mary Martha Simpson
Evelyn Minkley
George Board
Billy Bland
M. B. Allen
Chris Jacobson
Jack Simpson
Chuck Allen
Rahul Barker
Floyd Risley
Randolph Spillard
James Sills
Faye Humphrey
Zada Mae Lynn
Frances Wages
Helen Wages
Sixth Grade News Highlights School Changes
The article notes two pupils transfer out Charles Phifer to Maryland and Betty Sue Beagles to Sorrento. Enrollment stands at 23 with 10 boys and 13 girls. Miss Camp hosted Kiwanis for lunch and a long noon play period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Phifer
Maryland
Betty Sue Beagles
Sorrento
Miss Camp
Kiwanis Cs
Howard McRee
L. G
Safety Patrol
Robert Hall
Verdual Hamlin
L. G. Simpson, Jr
Hubert Snell
Dale Tucker
Patty Claflin
Emily Coffin
Geneva Deen
Willie MaeKey
Bettye Jo McDonald
Adae Norton
Theda Sills
Francesmith
School Children of America
Observers Expand Post in Mount Dora Air Watch
The Mount Dora air observation post grows to 70 observers with 24 hour duty. Regulations update on February 24 and March 16 shift reporting and relocation to Hotel Mount Dora roof. Construction costs are covered by the town and materials donated. observers receive Army Interceptor Command IDs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehbaum
Mount Dora
Grant Cowles
J. G. Ray
Brown Lumber Company
Post
U. S. Army Interceptor Command
The
Service Notes from Caledonia and Local Navy News
Notes mention a booklet describing Caledonia and the arrival of American troops. Cadet George Moye Bate completed Pre-Flight at Athens and is bound for Delas Texas for training. Ensign Frederick Winifred Sleight graduates from Navy Supply Corp School at Harvard University and will serve abroad. The column requests photos of servicemen for publication and promises to return cut images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.m
Caledonia
George Moye Bate
U. S. Navy
Ahens
Naval Reserve Air Base
Delas
Texas
Battle
W. R. Battle
University of Frida
Gainesville
Dayton Beach
Sanday
Dallas
Frederick Winifred Sleight
Navy Supply Reserve
Navy Supply Corp
Harvard University
Win C. Sleight
Mount Dora
Lake County schools cut budget by fifteen thousand dollars
Frank J. Banning, Lake County superintendent, announced a 15 000 dollar net budget cut for 1942 43, despite a ten percent teacher salary increase. Transportation and other items were reduced. the superintendent personally handles transportation and book delivery as board members fund expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Frank J. Banning
Tavares
Banning
War Time Rationing Tightens Tire and Goods Controls
Information office warns new restrictions on sale of used tires and tubes as rubber stocks run low. Salvage drives expand nationwide while salvage experts sort piles to feed steel mills. WPB sets castor oil use rules and allocates gin and spirits to war needs. OPA imposes price ceilings on oils and lumber, and boot rationing targets workers in essential war jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Johnny
WPB
War Plants Corporation
Ber
OPA
Java
ODT
73 Pounds Of Scrap Per Person In Lake County
Lake County must collect 2,044,125 pounds of scrap metal with a 73 pound per person target. Salvage chairman Mrs. Lucille Tally of Tavares announced the quota, converted to 1,022 tons, noting progress from Fruitland Park and Sumtilla area reports reaching the county defense council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Lucille Tally
Tavares
Lake County Defense Council
Ee Fruitland Park
Umatilla
Brave Soldiers and Scrap Drive Highlight East Town Notices
East Town services filled the day with Reverend W M Poe delivering a Brave Soldiers speech at St Marys Baptist Church for soldiers leaving Lake County. The Milner Rosenwald school urged scrap metal collection for war needs while neighbors donated chairs and a water cooler for the Community Building. The McDuffies mark their 9th wedding anniversary, and soldiers and locals share furlough news from Dorsey Gordon Williams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Poe
Milner-Rosenwald
St. Mary’s Baptist Church
Lake County
George Dorsey
Sylvania Gordon
Oliver Williams
Edward H. Williams
London
England
Marietta Howey
A. E. Bell
LaBreck
McDuffies
Mary McDuffie
War Bonds Drive Prompts Home Front Support
Citizens urged to buy War Bonds stating men die for the Four Freedoms and 10 percent of each paycheck should go toward bond purchases.
Mount Dora's Roll of Honor Names in Service
A Mount Dora, Florida list honors local men and women serving in the United States armed forces. The compilation includes ranks, names, and branches from a broad roll of residents, with emphasis on those from Mount Dora and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
United States
Paul Tilford
Ault
Danny Averitt
George Backus
George Moye Battle
Frederick C. Beardsley Starvey Beasley Roysley
Benwell
M. Be
Jam Badger
Lawrence William B. Lawrence, Jr
Frank P. Marion
A. D. Marshall, Jr
Leon C. Mortensen
Curtis D, Minkley
Ernest L. Minkley
Carl Henry Minkley
Thos. F. Cabe, Jr
J. Mortimer McCown, Jr
William McCown
J.D. McKenny
Daniel Kenneth McKenny
Dempsey Moore
Lloyd Morris
Nelson W. Morley, Jr
Charles Norris Arden Orr
Maurice S. Pike, Jr
Roger I. Pinkston
Charles Pohlman
Robert Pohlman
Henry Heyward Porter Robert Andrew Quixley
Gordon Kleiser Richardson
Douglas DeVault Roseborough
William R. Roth
William R. Rothe
Edward Sadler S. Gould Sadler James Scott Thomas Scott James William Shaw
Richard G. Shipes, Jr
Ralph Wilson Shaw
Donald. Slack
Tommy Shipes
Ensign Frederick Sleight
James Hicks Snell
Oscar. Stephens, Jr
Bill Stevens
William Stewart Cecil Stevenson
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Eustis
CRED
America
Observation Post
County School Board
East Town
J. J. West Realty CO
Cor
Alexander
Telephone
Donald Strickland
Roy Stockton
Woodrow Wilson
Swindle
Tommy Sumeral
Pickens
Talley Carswell Thompson
Donald Thompson
John Tisdale
Ralph Townsend
William Turrentine
Monroe Woodard
William DeLacy Woodward
Richard van Voorhis
Wilbur van Zant
W. A. Vincent Kite Tech
Cliff White Richard James Widmer
Arnold Robert Widmer
David Bryan Wiley
Bnd Wingler
Col
Will L. Wood
George M. Woods
J" Hiram Woods John Irvin Woods
Wilbur L. Woodruff
Capt. M. B. Allen
Tom Caldwell, Jr
Dale Crose Robert William ‘Marker
Bud Merker
Ernest Pierce
Thurman Pierce
Donald Verigan
Owen Verigan
Fred L. Norton
George Norton
Robert Schwind Wilbur
Gavever
Oliver V. Waodwin T. Wade Tangerine
Bayard Roberts, Jr
Mid. Stuart T. Sadler
Homer White Milan Strlinga Rufus Osborn
K. Everette
McWhorter
Kenneth Ross
Benning
Willard Goolsby
J. Wesley Fly
Edwin W. Fly
Fane C. King
India
Clyde Morton George Francis Morton
Paul V. Morton Marion
Sheddan N W. Stenstrom, Jr
Jerey Sven J. Hayes, Jr
David Lunsford
Lonnie Bryant
Edward Deters
William Peck Leonard F. Stewart, Jr
George A. Vincent Paul
Potsko
Earl Surrency
Ernest Parkhurst
Felton Ackey
Willie ‘Anderson
Louis Baile
John Lee Brown
Mathew Bush
John Wlliam Bynum Gee Dawson
John Gaines
Calvin Gamble Sylvania Gordon Lovett
D. Graham
Henry Green Dothan Jackson
Samuel Jenkins
Johnnie Kemp
George Leary
Benjamin Leakey Lewis
Ben Lewis Adam Medlock Horace McKenny Coleman Reeves James Tillman Lacy Ward
Edward Williams
Joseph Williams Oliver C. Williams
Sorrento Negroes
Arthur Lee Collier
Homer Morris
Willard Battersen
U. S. Highway 441
Piggly Wiggly
Crane Furniture Company
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