St. James Cathedral School Golden Anniversary Benefit Dinner Dance
Commemorative booklet for the St. James Cathedral School Golden Anniversary Benefit Dinner Dance, Saturday, December 2, 1978 at Rio Pinar Country Club. Includes: An October 27th, 1978 letter from...
View ArticleFirst Fridays with Hot Chocolate & Donuts
For many who grew up in Orlando, the memory of walking down Robinson Street for First Friday Mass at Saint James Cathedral is a special school memory. After church theRelated: 2 Audio, 4 Images, 2 Web...
View ArticleArmory and Hyer's Mule Lot
The Armory (Shine Guards) was location in the block with boundaries Central Avenue to the north, Mail Street (Magnolia) to the east, Pine to the south and Court to the
View ArticleE. P. Hyer Bookstore 1886
East side of Orange Avenue from Church looking north. Right to Left: C. A. Boone Hardware, J. N. McElroy Drugs, E. P. Hyer Bookstore.
View ArticleEdward Pringle Hyer Jr. WWI Service Record
Name: Hyer - Edward Pringle Service Number: 174-03-25Enrolled at Recruiting Station Atlanta, Ga. Date: 3-20-18 U.S.N.R.F.Age at Entrance: 21 Years 4 Month Rate: Seaman 2nd ClassHome Address:...
View ArticleHarry Hyer WWI Service Record
World War I enlistment record of Harry Hyer, son of Joseph Michael Hyer. Name: Hyer HarryService Number: 174-03-26Enlisted at USS Castine - New Orleans, LA Date: 11-7-16Age at Entrance: 33
View ArticleOrlando Pioneers 1870-1880
Sitting–E. P. Hyer, George E. Macy, Mahlon Gore. Standing–S. A. Robinson, C. A. Boone, J. C. Anno 1872 – C. A. Boone – Teacher, Hotel Manager, Merchant, Dairyman, Nurseryman, Mayor,
View ArticleBurned Out Of Home 1956
Published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel on 11 April 1956, pg. B4 BURNED OUT OF HOME Left homeless by a fire that swept through a converted army barracks on the
View ArticlePurim Comes in the Springtime
"We're fortunate enough to celebrate both the secular and the religious Jewish holidays," says Orlando Hebrew teacher, Myrtle Skop Rutberg. She describes the Jewish high holidays, historical holidays,...
View ArticleThe Retail Outlook with Myrtle Skop Rutberg
Myrtle Skop Rutberg remembers when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt changed Thanksgiving Day to allow an extra week of shopping before Christmas. She also recalls diagonal parking along Orange...
View ArticleMyrtle Skop Rutberg
We would meet on Orange Avenue with our swimsuits and go to Palm Beach where the shops closed at 5:30. "I really felt like I was on vacation even though
View ArticleW. R. "Doug" Harris - Obituary 1956
The obituary of W. R. Doug Harris was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel on 11 April 1956, p. B4.
View ArticleRoss Delk Obituary 1956
The obituary for Ross Delk was published in the Orlando Morning Sentinel on 11 April 1956, p. B4.
View ArticleGroovy!
Sure DO remember the Infinite Mushroom! Went once when I was in junior high school in the early '70s. Don't know what in the world my conservative mother was shopping
View ArticleHerndon
I love Herndon, and not just because of its convenient proximity to Chick-fil-A.
View ArticleLake Buena Vista Shopping Village
I remember attending "The Glory and Pageantry of Christmas" several times during the period that it was offered. I agree that it was a very beautiful and well-done presentation that marked
View ArticleBirthday Cake Castle
I remember visiting the Magic Kingdom and Cinderella's Castle had been transformed into a large pink birthday cake. I was a teenager visiting with my family for my own birthday.
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