Month: August 2015
Places
Flea World - America's Largest Flea Market
The July 5, 2015 article published in the Orlando Sentinel (read below under DOCUMENTS) announced the closing of Flea World on August 30, 2015, instead of the originally announced date in January 2016. The article features interviews with patrons of...
People
Oral History Interview with Central Florida Developer James Brown
My name is James B. Brown. I am originally from Texas. I was born in Wichita, Texas December 14, 1933. Week before I was five years old my parents moved us back to their home place which was in Freestone...
Organizations
The Third Friday Book Club
A Condensed History of the Third Friday Book Club from 1954 to 2010, written by Mrs. James C. Robinson the former Elizabeth "Betty" Thornton, a member since 1977, provides a glimpse of the club's activities and books reviewed from June...
People
Michael Kramer - The Johnny Appleseed of Jazz
Michael Kramer is a performer and teacher beyond compare but he came to this in a round about way.
Mr. Kramer attended Rutgers University and was an accountant in New York City for 18 years. He was a self-taught pianist but...
Organizations
Lake Mary Dance Academy
Lake Mary Dance Academy was founded by Karen Capoun in 1987. Karen is a Nebraska native who majored in dance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a principal dancer with the Lincoln City Ballet Company, taught for 9 years...
People
How I Met Rex David Thomas
In November 1976, I joined the team at Wendy's International in Jacksonville, Florida. This was shortly after the home office in Columbus, Ohio bought back the stores which had been owned and operated by a franchisee.
This was at a time...
Organizations
Citrus Council Girl Scouts
The Citrus Council of Girl Scouts here in Central Florida was formed in the 1950s.
In the 1970s, a group of Junior Girl Scouts met at a little white concrete block church located at 1901 West Oak Ridge Road called West...
Topics
Backstreet Boys - Howie Dorough
In the old days (around 1999) the Backstreet Boys would record at Parc Records' recording studios owned by Pat Armstrong in Altamonte Springs when there were at home here in Orlando.
Ashley Peters and Ashleigh Teicher just happened to be in...
Events
Every Day is Veterans Day
One Senior Place and VITAS Healthcare presented their annual tribute to veterans, "Every Day Is Veterans Day," on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the Altamonte Springs location. Peruse the event program.
Veterans of all ages, but especially seniors, were honored...
Topics
EPCOT Space Celebration October 1997
In October 1997 EPCOT hosted meet and greets with a number of Astronauts from Mercury to Space Shuttle and I met most of them!
It was great fun growing up in the 1960s as the country - through NASA - raced...
Organizations
Showalter Corporation
Above: Buck Rogers, Arlyne Wilson, Sandy and Howard Showalter, and Bob Schutz hanging out at Showalter Airpark, circa 1950.
Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this excerpt from...
Organizations
Grand Avenue School
Grand Avenue School 1926 Part I - Handwritten notes from the first Grand Avenue Parent Teacher Association Meeting on October 22, 1926 to the end of the school year May 4, 1927.
Grand Avenue School 1926 Part II - PTA meeting...
