Month: July 2011
Organizations
Saint James Cathedral: a Legacy of Community Building
In 1978 downtown Orlando consisted of empty storefronts and an economic recession darkened the nation. It was at this critical point in the history of Orlando that Father David Page of St. James Cathedral envisioned expanding the church at the...
People
Alyce Blau Shames
Alyce and her family moved to College Park in 1949 when her husband brought a dry cleaning business to the community. When her three daughters were old enough Alyce went back to work as a librarian, first with Seminole County...
People
Carl Langford
Orlando native and lifelong resident, former Mayor Carl Langford passed away on July 9, 2011. Read his obituary on Legacy.com
By Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel
7:19 p.m. EDT, July 14, 2011
Carl Langford, the city's longest-serving mayor, was laid to r...
People
Elie Wiesel, Helen Greenspun, and Pauline Korman
Photo of Elie Wiesel with Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun and her daughter, Pauline Korman, Executive Director of the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida at the Annual Dinner of Tribute in Orlando.
Elie Wiesel and Natha...
Places
College Park, circa 1950
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes College Park home at the corner of East Winter Park Avenue and Depauw, circa 1950.
Granddaughter Betty Wheeler recalls the beautiful camphor tree in front of her grandparents home and notes the home came with...
Organizations
Saint James Cathedral Celebrates 125 Years of Orlando History
ABOVE: Photo of the interior of Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando, May 1974.
St. James Cathedral celebrates 125 years in downtown Orlando with a reunion this weekend of priests, religious and parishioners. The church continues its service to the commu...
People
Hamburgers in Hog's Heaven
ABOVE: Photo of Father John McCormick at work in the office at Saint James Catholic Cathedral in downtown Orlando, 215 North Orange Avenue. Dublin born Fr. McCormick earned a Licentiate in Theology from Angelicum University and was ordained to the priestho...
People
Kris Woodson
Interview with Kris Woodson - Life in Orlando
June 30, 2011: Kris Woodson talks to Shane Roopnarine about growing up in Orlando, her favorite Orlando memory, and gives us a glimpse of how things have changed in the City Beautiful.
LISTEN (18:42)
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People
Charlie French, Aeronautical Engineer
ABOVE: SLAT: Supersonic Low Altitude Target. Pictured here are (left to right) Charlie French (Areodynamics), Mendel Mullinax (Model Mechanic) and Lawrence Gilbert (Aerodynamics.)
Charlie French worked 36 years for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) and se...
People
Betty Hurd Cramer
ABOVE: Betty Hurd Cramer Celebrates 90th Birthday.
Betty Jane Kepler Hurd Cramer and her family moved to central Florida in 1951. Her husband (William P. Hurd) found employment as an accountant and became Orlando General Hospital's first administrator bef...
Events
STS-135: The Final Mission of Atlantis
The final launch of the Atlantis orbiter and the final mission of the space shuttle program took place on 8 July 2011 at 11:26 a.m. Through the efforts of Congressman John Mica, our family was able to view the launch...
People
Joseph J. Cangelose, Staff Sergeant at Orlando's Army Air Base
November 3rd, 1997 Orlando Sentinel obituary article for Joseph J. Cangelose detailing his service to the Orlando community and to our country.
Cangelose served as staff sergeant at Orlando's Army Air Base at Primrose and Robinson Street, worked as an a...
