Interviewed on May 7, 1975, by Hatabel Hyer for her Pioneer Party Line, Annie Self Langford grew up in Winter Park. Professionally trained as a nurse she married local banker Thomas Albert Langford and was the mother of Orlando Mayor Carl T. Langford.
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PART 1 – Parents homesteaded on Lake Howell in 1892, moved into Winter Park for better schools; Freezes of December, 1894-January, 1895 killed father’s 30 acre orange grove; father elected marshal of Winter Park; oil street lamps were replaced in 1904 with electric lights; automobiles and motorbikes; post office; passenger trains; the popular F. W. Shepherd general store; William E. Schultz general store (The Pioneer Store); Dr. Miller A. Henkel; W.C.T.U. Reading Room (Woman’s Christian Temperance Union); public library; Miss Evalin Lamson (Mrs. C. L. Smith); Rollins College; Commencement Week activities; Dr. Jery Allen Trovillian); schools; Miss Gertrude Ford; Miss Maude Chapman; C. P. Dickenson; Leo Rebinder (sp?); Miss Florida Howard; Miss Ada Bumby (Mrs. Wll Yothers); Jean Yothers; Eleanor Fisher; mother’s fortitude; reading her fictional essay, “In Retrospect”; nursing; Grand Avenue School; Miss Annie B. Lord; “Ode to a School Teacher”
LISTEN Part 1 (30:25)
PART 2 – Visiting Harry P Leu; Leu Gardens; receiving the Exchange Club’s Golden Deeds Award; teaching in Geneva, Florida; wedding; honeymoon at Chuluota Inn; revisit to Chuluota Inn; Mickler’s bookstore in Chuluota; Mosquito County; Indians (Seminoles); Reverend Dean Spencer, Indian Commissioner for State of Florida.
LISTEN Part 2 (27:13)
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Back to topInterviewed on May 7, 1975, by Hatabel Hyer.
Part 1 - Parents homesteaded on Lake Howell in 1892, moved into Winter Park for better schools; Freezes of December, 1894-January, 1895 killed father's 30 acre orange grove; father elected marshal of Winter Park; oil street lamps were replaced in 1904 with electric lights; automobiles and motorbikes; post office; passenger trains; the popular F. W. Shepherd general store; William E. Schultz general store (The Pioneer Store); Dr. Miller A. Henkel; W.C.T.U. Reading Room (Woman's Christian Temperance Union); public library; Miss Evalin Lamson (Mrs. C. L. Smith); Rollins College; Commencement Week activities; Dr. Jery Allen Trovillian); schools; Miss Gertrude Ford; Miss Maude Chapman; C. P. Dickenson; Leo Rebinder (sp?); Miss Florida Howard; Miss Ada Bumby (Mrs. Wll Yothers); Jean Yothers; Eleanor Fisher; mother's fortitude; reading her fictional essay, "In Retrospect"; nursing; Grand Avenue School; Miss Annie B. Lord; "Ode to a School Teacher"
Interview with Annie Self Langford, Part 2
Interviewed on May 7, 1975, by Hatabel Hyer.
Part 2 - Visiting Harry P Leu; Leu Gardens; receiving the Exchange Club's Golden Deeds Award; teaching in Geneva, Florida; wedding; honeymoon at Chuluota Inn; revisit to Chuluota Inn; Mickler's bookstore in Chuluota; Mosquito County; Indians (Seminoles); Reverend Dean Spencer, Indian Commissioner for State of Florida.
