College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread Country Club, September 24, 2012, at Infusion Tea on Edgewater Drive.
Part I
Joanie Dann, granddaughter of the founder of Dubsdread Country Club, highlights the initial business terms of investing in a second golf course for growing Orlando, the success of Dubsdread Country Club, and the vision of her father, Carl Dann, Jr. to expand the course.
Listen (11:14).
Part II
Sandy Dann, grandson of the founder of Dubsdread Country Club, recalls his school days at Princeton Elementary, a Sunday visit to the Beacham Theater interrupted by the President announcing war, and the great hospitality of Dubsdread to military personnel. Listen (10:01).
Part III
Joan and Sandy Dann, grandchildren of Carl Dann, founder of Dubsdread Country Club, answer questions from the audience at the College Park Historical Committee Oral History Night. Listen (14:50).
This first in a series College Park Oral History Nights is the brainchild of Deborah Cook, Chair of the College Park Historical Committee. The committee is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of one of Orlando’s great neighborhoods.
Learn more about the history of College Park and the College Park Historical Committee by visiting the College Park Neighborhood Association website.
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Carl Dann, Jr.
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Joanie Dann
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread Country Club, September 24, 2012, at Infusion Tea.
Joanie Dann, granddaughter of the founder of Dubsdread Country Club, highlights the initial business terms of investing in a second golf course for growing Orlando, the success of Dubsdread Country Club, and the vision of her father, Carl Dann, Jr. to expand the course in this audio excerpt,
Sandy Dann
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread Country Club, September 24, 2012 at infusion Tea.
Sandy Dann, grandson of the founder of Dubsdread Country Club, recalls his school days at Princeton Elementary, a Sunday visit to the Beacham Theater interrupted by the President announcing our nation is at war, and the great hospitality of Dubsdread to military personnel in this audio excerpt.
Joan and Sandy Dann
College Park Oral History Night with the Dann Family sharing the life and story of Dubsdread Country Club, September 24, 2012, at Infusion Tea.
Joan and Sandy Dann, grandchildren of Carl Dann, founder of Dubsdread Country Club, answer questions from the audience at the College Park Historical Committee Oral History Night in this audio excerpt.
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Barbara Dann LeMay, Part I
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Barbara Dann LeMay, Part III
Daughters of the American Revolution
So my cousin BJ McKee wanted me to join Sorosis which is a very old organization here in town... and her mother was a Dann. So I joined and then she says, "Oh let's join the Daughters of the American Revolution." I said okay... and you have to prove your lines so my line wasn't proven so I had to prove it. So I did and I joined in 96. And I was the Good Citizenship Chairman for many years, eight years and that was for high school students that you would give them a little pin and a certificate for being a good citizen [and a savings bond.]
And then one day I got a call that they wanted me to be regent and I had never been anything other than the Good Citizenship Chairman... So what I did is I ordered everything I could from national headquarters and read and Anna Benson and Joyce Parker they were the past regents at that time, they helped. And I became regent in 2000, 2002 and I became the first honorary regent of our chapter. And I also joined the Heritage Club in Washington, DC. I was the first member of our chapter for the Heritage Club in Washington, DC....Then 2003-2005, Jean Mann who was running for state regent for Daughters of the American Revolution asked me, "Have you ever thought about running for State Librarian?" ...so I became the State Librarian for DAR... and then after the State Librarian was over I did the President General's Project Washington, DC...
Colonial Dames of the 17th Century
Then a lot of our members in the DAR belong to the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century. They usually invite you to these lunches. So I went and was interested so that meant I would have to go past my revolutionary ancestor because their requirements comes in between 1601 and 1701. And I knew that our ancestors had come in Stanford, CT in 1684. But you have to have proof of the extra lines. Well, I'm eight generations straight so therefore I already have most of the generations I just have to get the proof on the other generations. So I did and I became a member. And then I was chaplain, and then I became president. Now I'm on my second term. And all my programs are between 1601 and 1701 so it makes you go back and read your history of one took place.
Elizabeth Clawson
One of my programs was on Elizabeth Clawson which was the eight generation, great grandmother, you know, great, great, great who was tried as a witch in Stanford. I have the talk on it and I have the outcome on it. She got off. But the trial in which she went through, how they tied them up, right hand to the left leg and left hand to the right leg and threw them in the water when she floated she was considered a witch. But anyway I have the papers showing how everybody in the community vouched for her. She was able, they let her go; one of the other ladies was hung.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
And then I also joined United Daughters of the Confederacy... and I've been president of that twice also. I've been registrar, treasurer, chaplain, corresponding secretary.... Also I have helped plan many memorial services for Greenwood Cemetery.
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Barbara Dann LeMay, Part IV
Serving the Veterans
The Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames of the 17th Century we go out at the end of the month at the Veteran's Healthcare Center at Baldwin Park. We sing and they bring in the veterans and they have a domiciliary group that comes in those are your homeless veterans, Claire Hessler's is head of that. She's a they call VS VA she's the chairman of it.. You're appointed by national. I'm a deputy and so is Joyce Parker and she arranges the music and we get everybody to sing... We do memorial services out at Woodlawn. If a veteran passes away and they want our seniors to come we do that. We're on the Orlando Veteran's Mayor Advisory Board for Veterans. I was the first regent to be involved in the Veteran's Day Parade after 17 years. They hadn't had one. So I participated in that and thereafter everybody participates every year in the Veteran's Day Parade which is really nice.... And we try to do as much as we possibly can at Christmastime, Easter or Valentine's. They get goodie bags, Easter they get goodie bags, Christmas they get like socks, underwear, T-shirts, anything, soaps, electric toothbrushes, anything they need. Anything that they need that we can provide for them we do, that's what we do for our veterans.
The Daughters of the American Revolution, the state regent, Sue Bratton raised over $150,000 for the Haley House over in Tampa... Now Lake Nona is going to have a McDonald House and a lot of the veterans volunteers we're going to be shifting to Lake Nona....
Living in Orlando
Yes, I've lived here all my life. I don't want to live any where else. I went from College Park area to the Pine Castle area because my husband built a house near his mother who is a widow and his father was a veteran, a WWII veteran, and he worked for the Martin Company [Lockheed Martin]. My husband's father he was an engineer out there. He helped implement, this isn't a secret anymore, all the infrared on the jets in Iran when the Shah was in power and that was interesting listening to him on that...