Old Times 02.12.15

75 years ago

“Three Little Maids” will be presented by the junior and senior classes at Lakeview High School, with A.C. Valdes directing. The cast includes Peggy Smith, Billie Ruth Denmark and Ellen Wallace, who play the parts of the three little maids.

45 years ago

Among the cooks working at the annual Winter Garden Rotary Club pancake supper were the chief sausage makers for the past 10 years: Charlie Root, Leroy Hoequist, the Rev. Basil Hicks and Franklin Cappleman. Dr. Bob Foster and Bill Arrington kept the pancakes coming.

Winners of the Dillard Street Elementary School smile contest were Ricky Maloy and Lynn Walker.

35 years ago

Guest of honor at a coffee at the Windermere home of Gladys and Win Pendleton was Denny Zavett, popular entertainer at the Empress Lilly’s Baton Rouge Lounge. The Bay Hill resident does it all — sings, plays the guitar and does hilarious comedy routines that he writes himself.

Royal Canadian Development Corp. has begun construction of a neighborhood shopping center on State Road 50 just east of Maguire Road. The initial phase, to be called The Village Marketplace of Ocoee, will feature Fairway Market.

30 years ago

Windermere resident remembers Iwo Jima: On Feb. 19, 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima, a craggy island in the Pacific where they encountered very stiff resistance from the Japanese defenders — one of the bloodiest battles in history. Maurice Marshall, of Windermere, was a 19-year-old sergeant in the 4th Marine Division when they fought to capture Iwo Jima. He is fortunate to have been one of only 2% of the entire division who survived to the end of World War II. A memorial service is taking place in Iwo Jima this week with both American and Japanese survivors participating. (Maurice Marshall died Jan. 16 and has been buried in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.)

25 years ago

County Judge Charles Prather, formerly of Windermere, received a call from Gov. Bob Martinez telling him that he had been appointed to the Circuit Court. He had served as Windermere town attorney.

Woody Woodbury, comedian and nightclub entertainer, was at the Ocoee Community Center to perform at Winnie Griffin’s 70th birthday party. Woodbury is Ben Griffin’s old buddy and fellow Marine Corps pilot.