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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
8
Mount Dora honors local servicemen in a Roll of Honor listing many names across multiple ranks and units. The wartime memorial includes soldiers, lieutenants, captains, and ensigns, with several deaths noted and ties to nearby towns such as Sorrento and Zellwood.
Service notes list Ray M Blanchard Jr and Charles E Burchett transferring to new posts. Blanchard moves from Navy Pier to Norfolk awaiting ship assignment. Burchett relocates from Fort McClellan to Fort Meade with the Medical Corps. V Mail letters reveal personal greetings, weather, and war-time morale from Ralph Chapman and Felton Dean, praising coaches and family.
The Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Tyndall Field continues enlisting skilled men ages 18 to 44 for duty nearby. Recruits undergo physicals at Tyndall, then are sent to Camp Blanding for induction and clothing before returning to Tyndall. Pay ranges from 50 to 138 dollars monthly with family allowances and full soldier expenses covered. Skills sought include airplane mechanics electricians welders and more. Herbert Collins was elected a Lake County Defense Council director, replacing W F Robinson who resigned to join the Army.
Miss Twila Camp reports twenty five girls and eleven boys in the sixth grade with four new members joining, plus two grade mothers and a grade father. Pupils traveled or vacationed in several states, language books arrived, and the class opened with thirty seven boys and thirteen girls. First graders listed with twenty one pupils and fourteen boys seven girls, with names of students and visiting relatives mentioned.
The room greets twenty four pupils with enthusiasm as David Blanchard plans to join after a visit north. Lake Jem folks attend. geography is new and fun. Ambitions are high for an enjoyable year with fresh English books ready for next year.
Twenty three pupils in our grade Monday nine boys and fourteen girls welcomed four new members Ray Cooke from Tavares Clyde McKendree from Ovedio Carolynn Keller from Lake Jem and Barbara Phifer from Montgomery County Maryland. Most of us stayed in and around Mount Dora over the summer Martha Simpson and Alan Claflin spent time at Daytona Beach Ray Cooke visited Sanford for a week. Our teacher Miss Doris Camp enjoyed a two month vacation in Illinois Iowa and Nebraska Highlights included an airplane ride a visit to Boys Town and hearing Paul Whiteman and his orchestra We expect to enjoy the new language textbooks adopted last year by the state.
The 1942 43 school year opens September 14 with the second grade reporting 31 pupils, 17 boys and 14 girls, the largest enrollment in years. New movers include Patsy Conner Mary Anna Kelley L G Harper and Billy Harriet.
Administrator e ta of the estate of James J Chapman announces filing of final report and intent to seek final discharge. A hearing will be requested before County Judge A B Herlong Jr of Lake County Florida on September 30, 1942. The notice is dated August 27, 1942.
Leaders from Lake County and Montverde Defense Councils gathered Tuesday night to hear instruction on civilian protection. Speakers included Col. C. E. Lester Eustis commander of the Citizens Defense Corps W. J. Barker Mount Dora training chief Herbert McKay gas defense B instructor G A Sauer Eustis incendiary bomb handling and O M Grimstead Eustis bomb reconnaissance agent.
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