Sixth Grade Aims for Globe Prize After Attendance Win
The sixth grade won a $100 attendance prize from the PTA at the first meeting of the year and plans to save for a large globe. Officers elected for scrap drive include Lt. L. G. Simpson Jr, Lts Verdual Hamlin and Horace Adams, Sgt Clyde Mosteller, and corporals Barbara Shipes Patty Claflin. Students study Columbus ships and the fourth voyage with radio dramatizations on Columbus Day, plus weekly science music geography stories and current events. Top spellers named include L. G. Simpson Jr Dale Tucker Patty Claflin Emily Coffin Willie Mackey Bettye Jo McDonald Frances Smith Sally Strite Frances Teasley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Simpson
Verdual Hamlin
Horace Adams
Clyde Mosteller
Barbara Shipes
Patty Claflin
Columbus
Pupil Visit To Museum Highlights Indian Artifacts
A second grade class visited the local museum showcasing Indian articles from birch bark canoes to tiny moccasins and a Navajo rug. Teachers note the enrichment from encyclopedias and ongoing salvage work while students welcome Florida sunshine for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Raoul
George
Billy Bland
Orlando
Evelina ‘Wofford
Florida
Elwood McHaffie
Floyd Risley
James Sills
Frances Wages
Fourth Grade Week Endeavors Highlight Classroom Efforts
Fourth graders describe a week of efforts and activities in class focusing on daily routines, cooperative projects, and skill practice. Students mention reading, math drills, science experiments, and group work aimed at building teamwork and confidence.
Third grade students join Red Cross and plan gift boxes
The third grade has eighteen pupils after Bartlett moved to Georgia. They joined the Junior Red Cross and are packing a gift box to be sent abroad. Some readers are starting Through the Green Gate and reuniting with Friendly Village friends. others travel abroad with My and Mrs Sanders. Named spellers include S J Aldrich Patricia Dean Martha Simpson Bobbie Teasley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Bartlett
Georgia
Red Cross
Green Gate
Sanders
S.J. Aldrich
Patricia ‘Dean
Martha ‘Simpson
Bobbie Sue Teasley
Second graders explore Indian life display and writing
Tuesday afternoon the second grade visited the fifth grade and saw an Indian life display. The class plans to collect Indian articles, write stories, and draw pictures to expand their exhibit. Bean seeds planted by LC Durden sprout as weekly writing papers earn top marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durden
Boyd’ Atkins
L. C. Durden
Billy Harriet
Paul Hopkins
Jack Hitchinson
Group changes as Bartlett leaves for Georgia
The group notes Rosa Lind Bartlett departed recently for Georgia. They welcome Meredith Folger arriving from Nantucket to join the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Bartlett
Georgia
Meredith Folger
Nantucket
War labor and manpower shifts redefine draft and rationing
President Roosevelt outlined manpower plans to build a 7.5 million man army by 1943 if draft age is lowered to 18, prioritizing single and childless married men. Ground units aid Marines at Guadalcanal, with air and naval forces extending to New Zealand and other Solomons areas amid ongoing raids. Agriculture targets increased hog production and crop efficiency while the OPA tightens tire and sugar controls and sets wage regulation rules under the War Labor Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stimson
Selective Service
Hershey
Army
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New Zealand
New Caledonia
New Herbrides
Figi Islands
Navy
Commonique
U.S
Aleutians
U. S
Andreanos
Kiska
Roosevelt
Wickard
WPB
Office of Price + Administration
Henderson
Defense Supplies Corporation
Railway Express Agency
OPA
Byrnes
Office of Economic Stabilization
War Labor Board
Treasury Department
WLB
Navy Jobs Now Include 49 Rates
This chart helps you determine your fit among 49 Navy trades including Boilermaker Electrician and Radioman. If experienced in any listed trade visit a nearby Navy recruiting station for full details at Tampa St Petersburg Jacksonville Orlando Gainesville Tallahassee Daytona Beach and Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam’s Navy
Navy
Staton
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
Orlando
Gainesville
Tallaannes
Daytona Beach
Lake
Voters Removed From Lake County Registration Lists
Notice lists names erased from Registration Books for death removal or district changes in Lake County Election Districts 20 Mount Dora and 5 Sorrento. It also notes errors may be corrected by the Supervisor of Registration with Board of County Commissioners approval and provides the official by Geo J. Dykes, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Board of County Commissioners
Mount
Mount Dora Baker, Sarah.g. Butterfield
Grace Brantley
Clovis A. Cory
Walter M. Cory
Ardelle Be, Cheek
Leon B. Jr. Carroll
Lewis Dooley
Jesse Denson
R.T. Denson
Margaret. Li
Elsesser
John Evans
Elizabeth Kinsel
Mildred L. Foster
Jewel W. Griffith
Mrs. Mae Graham
Mary L. Ganin
Gilbert Glass
Shelly Green
Lucrene
John W. Taylor
W. J.taylor
W. J, Vey
W.C
Sorrento Adams
Geo
W. Buttle
Adetlie Boyd
Johnnie Cooper
M. A. Blixson
Hlixson
Harrelson
J. J. Jones
L. Jones
Sixteen pupils join nature study groups this year
Mass teachers report twenty two pupils seven girls and fifteen boys with graders Mrs. Ted Lane and Mrs. Harding. After noon sessions began October 12 for the groups Squirrels and Rabbits. The club fills its study table with plants and cuttings from Alice Hall Darwin Aldrich and Betty Lou Newman and Margery Ruth Glover bring beans. They visit Fred Roseborough for dirt to grow coleus geranium fern Christmas cactus and other plants and plant beans in cigar boxes. Mrs Wetz Lane and Harding visited recently. Miss West taught by Mrs Aig on Friday. They read from Pre Primer Rides and Slides and children made stories from pictures. Dunn Stovall has a new baby sister Patricia Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Lane
Harding
Alice Hall
Darwin
Aldrich
Betty Lou Newman
Margery Ruth Glover
Fred Roseborough
Wetz
Lane
Aig
Miss West
Fuiay
Dunn Stovall
Patricia Ann
Milner Rosenwald Academy Expands Training Programs
East Town school integrates economics home economics and industrial art into junior high. Students build cabinets furniture and repair old items while teachers complete an instructors course in first aid. The M B A school paper begins its third year with Dudley Goodman Thomas Russell as staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Milner-Rosenwald
East Town
Kenning
Barker
W. J. Dudley
Ethel Lee Goodman
Lucille Thomas
James Lewis
F. Brooks Russell
Wallace and Cliffin
M.R.A
Mount Dora Roll of Honor Seeks Local War Members
Mount Dora and vicinity publish their Roll of Honor listing young men serving the United States forces. The notice requests readers to submit names to include soldiers, sailors, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Dora
Met
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Cat Sores
Coast Guard
Paul Tilford
Ault
Danny Averitt
George Backus
Harry Thomas Barber
Corp
George
Freerick
Beardsley Harvey Beasle Edward Frank Benwell
Rev
Ray Blanchard, Jr
Louie Melton Branch
Walter Rants
Charles Event Brooks I Orville RE. Brow Joe Clarence Brown Doe
Clarence Brown, Jr
Donald Myron Burt Floyd Cordell Bumalough
Charles Emmett Burchett
Alfred B. Carter
Milton Chapman
Ralph Eb, Chapman Vey Christopher
Leon B. Cheek, Jr
David Coffin
Andrew Bradley Cole
Orville C. Cooper
Woodrow W. Coleman
George Collins
Lemuel Colson, Jr
Leroy Nelson Cookinham
Maj
Thomas H. Cooley
Davis Percy Davis Felton Dean Ray Detten
Robert W. Dickson, Jr
James
Drawdy
Jerald Drawdy
Julian Drawdy
Lemuel C. Downs Cliff
Dumas Arnold
Durham
A. Lee French, Jr
C. Gravlee, Jr
Dedruck
Bernard Greene
J. M. Greene
L. C. Green
Toby Green
Cleabourn
KK. Grinstead
Milton Grinstead
Otis Lowe Hale
R. Halliday
Clayton Harrington
Carl Harris Russell Harris
Bennett
B. Harvey Elmer
Ernest Haskins
Lyle Hecker
Milo
Edwin Hein Tert B
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Schneiders
Eustis
Bettye Ann Ray
Billy Carroll
Clarence Hobdy
Wallace Lanier
Alvis Williams
Mabel Lyles
Helen Whitehead
Joanne Summerlin
Ettort
Lorida
Ida
Ines
Aerographer's Mate Aviation Machinist's Mate Aviation Metalsmith
Aviation Ordnanceman
Cook
Pharmacist
Shipfitter
Ship’s Cook
Yeoman
Pan
East Town School
U. S. War Bonds
J. J. West Realty CO
Telephone
S. Gould Sadler James Scott Thomas Scott Cadet
William Shaw
Richard G. Shipes, Jr
Ralph Wilson
Shaw Donald Slack
Tommy
Ensign Frederick Sleight
James Hicks Snell
Oscar Stephens, Jr
Bill Stevens
William Stewart
Cecil Stevenson
Donald Strickland
Roy Stockton
Woodrow Wilson
Swindie
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
Robert Wells Howart Wetz Alton Lee White
Tech
Cliff White Richard James Widmer
Arnold Robert Widmer
David Bryan Wiley
Bnd Wingler
Col
Will L. Wood
George M. Woods “I
Hiram Woods
John Irvin
Woods
Wilbur L. Woodroft
Capt
M. B. Allen
Tom Caldwell, Jr
Dale Cross
Robert
William Marker
Bud Merker
Ernest
Pierce ‘Thurman Pierce
Donald Verigan
Owen Verigan
Sorrento
Clayton Bagwell Thomas Edwin Battle James Pink Branton LaMar Conant Haskel
Ferris Noel Ee, Guiledge
Fred L. Norton
George Norton
Robert Schwind Wilbur David Poiver
Oliver ‘ Wade Edwin T . Wade
Tangerine Bayard Roberts, Jr
Mid, Stuart. T. Sadler
Zellwood
Ilomer White Milan
Svrlinga
Rufus Osborn l. Everette “McWhorter
Kenneth Ross
Benning
Willard Goolsby
Wesley Fly
Edwin W. Fly
Fane Coking
India
Clyde Morton George Francis Morton, Jr
Taul
V. Morton Marion
Sheddan Tepatram
Joerry Syrlinga
J. B. Hayes
David Limnsford
Lonnie Bryant
Edward Peters
William Peck Leonard
F. Stewart, Jr
A. Vincent Paul Potsko
Earl Surreney
Parkhurst
Negroes
Felton Ackey
Willie Anderson
Louis Bailey
John Lee Brown
Mathew Bush John William Bynum
George . Dawson William Dorsey J. 10. Fuller
Kenry Gaines
John Gaines
Calvin Gamble Sylvania Gordon Lovett
D. Graham
Henry Green Willie D. Hicks Slaynes Holliman Dothan Jackson
Timothy Jackson
Samuel Jenkins
Johnnie Kemp
George Leary
Benjamin Lesley Lewis
Ben Lewis
Adam Medlock
Horace McKenny Coleman Reeves James Tillman Lacy Ward
Edward. Williams
Joseph Williams Oliver C. Williams
Arthur L. Woodbury
Homer Morris
Texaco
U. S&s. Highway 441
Piggly Wiggly
Crane Furniture Company
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