West Orange history: 7-27-17

Find out what was happening in West Orange County in years past.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 3:35 p.m. July 28, 2017

In July 1991, Ara Norris Taylor works the Davis Pharmacy soda fountain on Plant Street in Winter Garden; Ara began her duties at the shop in 1954. That year, the fountain made its reappearance after almost two decades.

West Orange Times & Observer
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OLD TIMES

75 years ago

The Handley Sunburst Co. of Gotha has received one of the largest bamboo orders ever received by any individual company. Placed by the Olson Rug Co. of Chicago, the order consists of 62,200 rug poles with a value of $6,842.

65 years ago

Philip Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cross, underwent a tonsillectomy at West Orange Memorial Hospital.

45 years ago

Dr. Wayne Godbold, a member of the Lakeview High School Class of 1952, has been appointed chief of staff of West Orange Memorial Hospital.

The West Beltline-Western By-Pass Report, which was prepared for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, indicates that the West By-Pass will produce more toll revenue than the Beltline route (near Hiawassee Road).

Win and Gladys Pendleton were wearing their latest dress-alikes — custom-made matching white tuxedos — when the Windermere and Buena Vista Rotary clubs held a joint installation banquet at the Hilton Inn South.

35 years ago

“The Official 1983 Price Guide to Antiques and Other Collectibles” features a full-color photo of the interior of Shirley’s Antiques. Located at the southwest corner of Highway 50 and Beulah Road, Shirley’s Antiques is a well-known West Orange landmark.

30 years ago

Substantial completion of the first phase of Dr. Phillips High School has been reached. It will be ready for students in about 60 days.

20 years ago

Local airplane owners and brothers Scott Burch and Billy Burch had their warbirds featured in the film “Wild America,” a true story about three brothers who filmed wild animals.

THROWBACK THURSDAY

Winter Garden Times

June 18, 1954

Woodlawn Memorial Park, in Gotha, made an announcement regarding the first phase of its new mausoleum in 1954. It offered protection “against the unfriendly conditions of earth burial.” The completed structure was proposed to contain 536 crypts and seven family rooms. If families did not want to utilize the mausoleum, they could bury their loved ones in the Garden of The Last Supper.

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