First Grade Attendance and New Pupils at Local School
The report notes first grade attendance on Monday and Tuesday last week with a vacation Wednesday while teachers handle registration. New pupils include Joan Grantham from Sorrento Martha Sladen from Orlando and a second grade girl. Enrollment totals reach thirty six teen girls and fourteen boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Grantham
Sorrento
Martha Sladen
Orlando
Curtis Wise
Charles Dean
Grady Simpson
Wise
Nasworth
Prof
Roseborough
Second Grade Welcomes Joan White To School
The second grade welcomes new member Joan White who began at the school on September 20. Attendance for the first month was strong and the class hopes sickness will not lower it this month. Mr Horace Blunt, George's father, was in the hospital but is now home and recovering. Bettye Ann Ray and William Hutcheson were absent due to illness. they are expected back soon. C W Rogers visited his Winter Park parents on Monday night October 14. Students with perfect spelling papers last week were Billy Darby George Lynn Sills and Helen Itehead. Those scoring 100 this week include Geo Blunt George Lynn Mabel Liles Elizabeth Oliver Marilyn Spaulding and Helen Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan White
Horace Blunt
George
Bettye Ann Ray
William Hutcheson
C. W. Rogers
Winter Park
Billy Darby
George Lynn
Sills
Helen Itehead
Geo Blunt
Mabel Liles
Elizabeth Oliver
Marilyn Spaulding
Helen Whitehead
Attendance Drive Aims To Raise Four Week Average
Four week attendance averaged 97 percent with hope for improvement. Students note daily presence boosts learning and list activities from plantings to a Columbus Day art project. Friends Lowell Barker Raoul Barker Floyd Risley lead spelling lists while Mrs. Hobdy visited.
Fourth Grade Covered Wagon Adventure Inspires Class
The class recounts a cross plains wagon trip with a young pioneer companion. Two miniature wagons now sit in the room one horse drawn and one ox drawn, crafted after the adventure. Cylde Mosteller built the horse drawn wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Cylde Mosteller
Fifth Grade Spelling Honors Reach New Heights
Virginia Perry’s father heads to Tallahassee and students like Kemeys Goethe, Roy Key, Hubert Snell, Buddy White, Gordon Folger, Julia Ann Pike, and other peers are named among top spellers. This week 100 percent performers include Kemeys Goethe, Roy Key, Howard Nutter, Hubert Snell, Jimmy Vincent, Buddy White, Gordon Folger, Josephine Fertitti, Evabeta Griffin, Julia Ann Pike, Jean Ann Spaulding, and Ronald Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Perry
Tallahassee
Junior McRee
Ronald Caldwell
Tavares
Dorothy Thompson
Coronado Beach
Miss Turner
Tampa
Kemys Goethe
Roy Key
Junior Mc Ree
Hubert Snell
George Treadwell
Buddy White
Gordon Folger
Mary Durham
Josephine Fertitti
Julia Ann Pike
Jean Spaulding
May Teasley
Kemeys Goethe
Howard Nutter
Jimmy Vincent
Evabeta Griffin
Jean Ann Spaulding
Grade records 99 percent attendance for first month
The class reports a 99 percent average attendance in the first 20 days of school and aims to maintain the mark throughout the year. Virgil Lynn visited Silver Springs and Juniper Springs Sunday while Betty Cooley attended a Gainesville football game. Miss Twila Camp attended UF homecoming and saw the Gators vs Maryland Terrapins. In art class the group created a border of laughing Halloween pumpkins. Perfect spellers listed include Betty Cooley and Virgil Lynn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Lynn
Silver Springs
Juniper Springs
Betty Cooley
Gainesville
Miss Twila Camp
University of Florida
Florida Gators
Maryland Terrapins
Dorothy Eckholdt
Maryann Hadlock
Doris Harding
Eveline Liles
Lucille Minkley
Lila Rhodes
Laura Roseborough
Billy Birt
Dorans Nosed Out By Apopka Squad
Mount Dora and Apopka clash with early scoring as Fertitti blocks a punt for a Dorans TD and J Walters adds a dropkick. Apopka answers, Stew art runs to tie, then Mount Dora forces a punt and drives into Apopka territory with the score 6 to 7 at the end of the first quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorans
Apopka
Doc” Richardson
Fertitti
McCabe
Stewart
J. Walters
Mount Dora
Mount Dora Fights Hard but Falls to Apopka 26 12
Mount Dora leads 12 0 midway through the first half but Apopka answers with two scores and a 26 12 final. Key plays include Van Zants 30 yard interception return, Lee 20 yard ground gain, and Odums 1 yard TD plunge. Next Mount Dora hosts Umatilla in Umatilla tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Zant
Apopka
French
McCabe
Fertitti
Lee
Gools
Walters
Dorans
Thompson
Odum
Waters
Mount Dora
Minkley
Fertitta
Stewart
Mount Doran
Umatilla
NINE MORE DIRECTORS NOMINATED FOR LAKE COUNTY CHAMBER
Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Tavares received nine additional director nominations for the 1941 year, bringing total nominees to twenty for the anniversary meeting at the dedication of the new fair building in Eustis on Thursday November 14. Nominations must reach the chamber in Tavares by November 1. Read list includes Altoona H Lightfoot Eustis E G Skiff Kiwanis David Denslow Rotary Groveland L D Edge Milton Lundquist J J Nuttall Mount Dora Elmer B Sherbourns Spanish War Veterans Sylvan Shores Henry Stein Seneca Mrs Eugene Kraemer Town of Seneca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Altoona
H. Lightfoot
Chamber of Commerce
Eustis
Dr. E. G. Skiff
Kiwanis Club
David Denslow
Rotary Club
Groveland
L. D. Edge
Milton Lundquist
PTA
J. J. Nuttall
Recreation Department
Mount Dora
Elmer B. Sherbourns
Sylvan Shores
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores, Inc
Seneca
Eugene Kraemer
Town of
Orange Blossom Festival aims for bigger next year
General Manager Almon R. Shaffer arrived in Winter Haven to set the stage for a bigger and better show next year. Dates for the event are January 27 to February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon R. Shaffer
Winter Haven
Man in the Street touted as nation's core in Congress remarks
In a Dallas printed piece by Frank lin M. Sawyer, Florida figures as Good Will Ambassador to the World's Fair. A constituent letter extols the so called propaganda for the forgotten man as a myth and presents the American man of today as the real citizen from sea to sea. The page also lists Civil Service exam announcements with multiple positions and pay scales and calls readers to inquire at local post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Franklin M. Sawyer
Florida
Cocoa
Joe Hendricks
House of Representatives
Hendricks
Congressman Hendricks
Hue
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian
Mexico
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions
Civitans
Elks
Legion
Pront
Liberty Bonds
Washington
Capitol
White House
Leaky hot water faucets waste money in housing
The United States Housing Authority urged managers of low rent housing to fix leaks in hot water faucets. One drop per second from a single faucet across 600 dwellings could raise heating costs for 18 dwellings, heat water for 40, or equal a dwelling’s rent during the leak period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Housing Authority
Housing Agency
Lake County Families Get ADC Grants in 54 Cases
Florida counties near saturation for Aid to Dependent Children payments. Lake County reported 54 families with 146 children receiving 1,438 dollars for the period, averaging 26.63 per family and 9.85 per child. Total annual ADC spending cited at 947,893.72 dollars with state and federal match, pending applications 7,850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
State Welfare Board
Lake County
C. C. Codrington
Time to Start Flowering Annuals Says Florida Expert
John W. Watkins of the University of Florida advises gardeners that now is the time for annual flowering plants. He recommends buying good seed, using sturdy old varieties, and trying a few novelties. He describes seed sowing in moist flats with coarse material, watering with a fine spray, shading with muslin, and transplanting four true leaves 12 to 18 inches apart once established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Watkins
University of Florida College of Agriculture
Watkins
Transplanting annuals with careful sowing and damp-off control
The guide advises sowing annuals in shallow drills, covering lightly, and using damp-off control. Cover with wet burlap strips. add grits or corn meal where ants are abundant. After germination remove burlap and reapply damp-off control, then thin to 12 to 18 inches apart once established.
Lake County 4 H Council Holds Inaugural Meeting
Lake County Boy s 4 H Council met October 15 at 8 00 p m in the 4 H Club building Tavares with two delegates from each of seven large schools. The advisory board for the 4 H Club agent set yearly goals and member qualifications. Officers not yet elected. a drive for quality membership noted. A trip to Short Course offered to reporters. Clubs seek more loans to members for projects and two 4 H Club buttons per member for fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Tavares
Local Leaders Named in Lake County 4-H Council Motion
A group of town leaders including Doctor Charles Demko Altoona Herbert Babb Umatilla Memory Martin Eustis David Littleton Leesburg Fred Be Lady Lake Whitney La ler Mas cotte and Mrs. C C Ho Bay Lake were identified as leaders. The 4 H Club Council approved a resolution to unite its members work with club leaders and the county agent to further develop 4 H prospects in Lake County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Demko
Altoona
Herbert Babb
Umatilla
Memory Martin
Eustis
David Littleton
Leesburg
Fred Be
Lady Lake
Whitney la Ler
Mascotte
C. C. Ho
Bay Lake
Lake County
Veteran newspaperman George Clements Turns 81
George Clements a longtime newspaperman and publicity director of Florida State Exhibit celebrated his eighty first birthday last week. He has given over sixty years of his life to active newspaper work and continues his twelve hour daily at his desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clements
Florida
Clements
Correction on J. Tom Watson's Florida arrival date
The state cabinet member J. Tom Watson, attorney general elect, did not arrive in Florida in the mid 1920s as claimed. He came to Florida in 1906 and lived there four years before attending law school at Washington and Lee University, graduating LL.B. in 1911. He returned in 1911 and has practiced law in Tampa since. He served as municipal judge of Tampa and represented Hillsborough in the Legislature in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Holland
J. Tom Watson
Florida
Watson
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Virginia
Tampa
Hillsborough County
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U.S
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4-H Council
McCall’s Magazine
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