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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
6
The article urges students and schools to reduce waste to support national defense. It notes scarce materials in sports equipment and paper, urges durable equipment, less doodling, careful book use, and efficiency in commercial classes to lower costs and free labor for vital work. It emphasizes collective action by students and schools nationwide.
Mr Roseborough calls assembly to order and Mr Hall warns younger students to stay off the sideline wire during games. Mr Ernest Mosteller speaks on fires and prevention noting forty five hundred million dollars in property losses and ten thousand deaths yearly. He urges care with fire and inflammables and explains basic bomb risks and the need for attic access in a bombing scenario.
The warning notes bombs could come through the roof into the attic and start a fire. It urges listeners to heed Mr. Mosteller as preventing fires is important.
October 17 report of the junior class one act The Esterbrook Nieces directed by Miss Cassady. Cast Lucille Nancy Fuller Ted Edward Klatte Sam Oliver Jones Dad illiam Barker Charlie Paul Mosteller. Boys disguise as the nieces to entertain at a party. real nieces miss due to sore throat. Class predicts big success and talent shines.
Mount Dora defeated St. James of Orlando 31 to 0 in a Friday game. The Mount Dora attack was effective both in the air and on the ground. Fans celebrated the long awaited win while the team pledged to keep working hard for upcoming tougher opponents.
In the sophomore home room the mood turns playful as they discuss plans to “give it to” the freshmen this year. The chatter reveals schoolyard rivalry and lighthearted anticipation among upperclassmen.
In a junior day feature the Esterbrook Nieces and peers reflected on dates family car home work and clothes. English II panelists Jimmy Allen Edward Klatte John Hogsette Milton Teasley and David French discussed who should drive the family car. Senior class examined Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth with a 101 question test. all students passed including Norman Tuckett Gloria Watts and William Barker.
Sara Roseborough hosted Margaret Roseborough from DeLand for the weekend. Marilyn Joy MacLelland and Gladys Irene Crane spent Sunday at Daytona Beach. John and Billy Barker attended the Villanova versus Florida game on October 11. Vernell Shipley Sara Roseborough Warren Story Laura Roseborough and Marilyn MacLelland visited Clermont on October 9. Jack and Curtis Lawrence moved to Mount Dora on October 12. Anna Margaret White was at Daytona Beach on October 5.
Vague notes of visiting soldiers in town over the weekend stir curiosity as Iris and Allene Moon seem to host them. Rumors spread of the Lawrences moving away and Peggy Daniels arriving at school upset. A young crowd frets over plans and romantic misunderstandings as Curtis Lan a and Lena Harding share a ride, while Jackie B quizzes Allene M about Clyde’s car.
Fragmentary note recalls Noel G and Florence F meeting with Marjorie H and her mother restricting outings. Reference to a noon speech in a business environment hints at a community event or station wagon gathering.
The Mount Dora High School senior class voted October 8 to set a fifty cent semester due and use remaining funds for a trophy case. They plan to request a catalog of banners to choose a design in crimson and gold and will sell refreshments at a football game and alternate with the juniors at basketball. Alma Boyd Tod and Calvin Richardson were chosen to represent the school at the Southern College Youth Conference in Lakeland on October 24 and 25.
In a junior class meeting committees for candy sales were chosen and dues set. New reporters William Barker and Dorothy Adams were named. The Esterbrook Twins cast includes Edward Klatte Oliver Jones Paul Mosteller William Barker Mary Lena Harding Nancy Fuller and Dora Adams. Under Miss Cassady they routinely rehearsed and delivered a successful Friday morning performance on October 17.
The class president called a meeting on Tuesday October 7 to decide dues of 25 cents per semester. No further business was presented before adjournment. Julia Orr visited Tampa on Friday October 10.
Louis Ross Tremain of Mount Dora will observe his 71st birthday on Wednesday October 29. He was born in 1870 at Blue Earth City.
Crag Hereo of Eustis Florida joined the Academy after moving to the state in 1898 and is a member of the Congregational church.
Hon H C Brown of Clermont born 1876 in Ontario Canada celebrates his 60th birthday on Friday October 24. Since 1922 he has shaped Lake County development and leads Brown Realtors and American Diatomite Company operations in mining and processing diatomite. He is a past president of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and the Lake County Citrus Growers and a Clermont Kiwanis Club officer.
Leonidas Lane born 1860s in Monticello, later moved to Leesburg in 1920 and to Eustis in 1930. He served as Gulf Oil distributor and president of the Lake County Fair Association, enjoyed fishing and baseball as hobbies, and favored the red rose as a favorite flower.
Mee Polish a former president of the Eustis Chamber of Commerce and of the Eustis Kiwanis Club is also a director of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce.
Harry E Barcus Sr of Barthday Week will celebrate his sixty fourth birthday on October 29. Born in 1877 in Citra Florida to David and unknown Barcus family, he moved to Marion County then Lake County in 1914 and Leesburg in 1915. He helped grow watermelons at scale and is noted for citrus and fern interests. He enjoys hunting fishing and various sports and favors steak and blackberry pie.
Carl L Ferran, president of the Eustis Chamber of Commerce and manager of the Auto Inn Com at Eustis, will observe his 50th day Thursday October 30. He was born in Eustis in 1891 where he attended Eustis Seminary and Eustis High School. He studied college work at Davidson.
A description of a young man who began by picking and selling guavas at five cents. He enjoys boating, travels for hobbies, and favors snapdragon flowers and pane broiled food. He is Presbyterian and serves as a president of the Eustis Rotary Club.
A county committee studied price control last week and voted to sue recommendations of the Office of Commerce of the United States regarding such legislation. Members of the county chamber's special committee include L. L. Polk Eustis vares Harryohnson Henry Self Umatilla O W Smith Astatula Frank W Stebbins A Lacy G Thomas Groveland G G Ware Leesburg and George J White Mount Dora.
Descriptive Lake County literature was sent this week to the Asheville Chamber of Commerce per Secretary W. Erwin for use by persons traveling to Florida from Asheville. The chamber also mailed copies of four different letters to the Atlantic Coast Road in Baltimore upon the request of their travel passenger agent.
Mount Dora in Lake County invites visitors to enjoy citrus hills lakes and warm hospitality at Villa Dora Hotel. The ad touts single and double rooms with bath steam heat and pure water, a dining room with seasonal fruit, gardens and a large porch, plus on site and nearby activities like golf tennis swimming and shuffleboard. Contact Carl Graves, proprietor, for information and rates.
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