Year: 2015
Events
College Park Oral History Night with Kathy Anderson and Neil Wittenstein
College Park Oral History Night with special guest speakers Kathy Anderson and Neil Wittenstein.
The College Park Historical Committee hosted their sixth College Park Oral History Night on September 28, 2015. The event was held at the College Park Community...
Places
Azalea Park - An Illustrated History
The Azalea Park neighborhood in Orlando was created from the remains of a private air field and was considered at the time to be the crowning achievement for developer Wellborn C. Phillips, Sr.
Residents of the neighborhood researched and collected historical...
Events
Bee Jay Recording Studios Day
Above photo: Bee Jay Recording Studios founder Eric T. Schabacker and former Bee Jay staff members. From Left to Right: Eric T. Schabacker, founder; George Atwell - Staff Producer (now Minister of Music and Arts at Orlando Presbyterian Church); James...
Organizations
Leesburg Chrysler Plymouth circa 1970-1974
Neil J. Fischer, Sr., a Savannah native, moved his family to Leesburg, Florida, in the summer of 1970. Neil's first job in the automotive business was at Ray Clanton Motors in Savannah in the Parts Department. Neil had an engaging...
Events
FreedomWorks 9/12 Grassroots Summit
FreedomWorks 9/12 Grassroots Summit from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Kissimmee, Florida at the Silver Spurs Arena featured members of the Congressional Freedom Caucus: Florida Rep. Ted Yoho, North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, Florida R...
Places
Flea World - America's Largest Flea Market
The July 4, 2015 article published in the Orlando Sentinel online edition 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 the sprawling...
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...
