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Bob Showalter
ABOVE: The future leader of Showalter Flying Service, Bob Showalter, seated on the cushion top left, next to Paul Wagner, Jr. Rollins College President Paul Wagner, center, with Howard Showalter, right, and family. Photo circa 1950.
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Neil Wittenstein Speaks at College Park Oral History Night
College Park Resident Neil Wittenstein
My name is Neil Wittenstein and I was born on Rio Grande Street right across from Lake Silver School. My parents met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and my grandfather [Peter David Wittenstein] came here around 1912 and...
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Howard Showalter
Showalter Flying Service owners Bob and Kim Showalter share the history of the aviation company and our community in this excerpt from an oral history interview at Showalter Flying Service at Orlando Executive Airport on January 14, 2015.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Richard Griffin
Longtime Ocoee resident Richard Griffin talks about growing up in Central Florida with staff at the West Oaks Library on May 27, 2015.
His family has lived in Ocoee since the 1890s.
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Walter M. Windsor, 1918 - 2008
Walter moved to Orlando as the general manager of WFTV-Channel 9. Many viewers remember him as the editorial spokesman for the station and his appearances on the show, "Filmography." He is also remembered as the Master of Ceremonies for the...
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John Sobik, Jr. - Sobik's Subs
John Sobik Jr., founder of Sobik's Subs, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19 in Albany, New York at the age of 76. He was born on June 4, 1938 in Rome, New York to John and Mary Karash Sobik.
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Lynda Hope Swenk: a College Park Oral History
My family moved down here in 1949. We lived briefly on Canton Street. We rented a house that was knocked down for I-4. And while we lived there my parents built the house at 913 Silver Drive so we would...
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Richard Weinsier Oral History Interview
ABOVE IMAGE: Richard Weinsier, enjoys playing in Lake Conway as his mother, Ruth Weinsier, seated on the dock to the right takes a rest from managing The Florida Spa, circa 1940's. His Aunt Helene visiting from Texas is pictured on...
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J. (Jordan) Asher Peter
J. (Jordan) Asher Peter - Interviewed by Jean Yothers on March 5, 1975. Mr. Peter was a local real estate businessman who, along with other civic leaders, founded Woodlawn Memorial Park. He was the president of the park for many...
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