The Oviedo Outlook, Volume 4, Number 40, May 26, 1977
Oviedo (Fla.)
Volume 4, number 40 of <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, published on May 26, 1977. <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> was published every Thursday at 173 West Broadway Street in Oviedo, Florida. The newspaper was operated by the NPN Corporation, president and general manager Lawrence E. Neely, vice president and managing editor James "Randy" R. Noles, and secretary-treasurer and business manager Marilyn Neely. Topics discussed in various articles in this issue include a meeting between Oviedo City Council members and Seminole County Commissioners, a fish fry held in honor of former Chief of Police George Kelsey, Oviedo's new city plan, the history of the First Baptist Church of Chuluota, Oviedo High School's (OHS) Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) chapter, Circuit Judge Robert McGregor's ruling on a rape case, athlete awards at OHS, poetry wards for students of Jackson Heights Middle School (JHMS), a burglary at T.W. Lawton Elementary School, the death of Lillian Della Lee Lawton, graduation at Florida Technological University (present-day University of Central Florida), Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) elections at JHMS, and results of the Oviedo Little League. This issue also includes a classified section and numerous advertisements through the issue. This issue is missing pages 5 through 8.
Original 8-page newspaper edition: <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>
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Oviedo City Hall, Memorial Building, Downtown Oviedo, Florida
First Baptist Church of Chuluota, Chuluota, Florida
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, Sanford, Florida
Florida Technological University, Orlando, Florida
Sanford Civic Center, Sanford, Florida
Jackson Heights Middle School, Oviedo, Florida
Langford Resort Hotel, Winter Park, Florida
T. W. Lawton Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida
Home of Lillian Della Lee Lawton, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Lifelong Resident, Mrs. Lawton Dies
Oviedo (Fla.)
A newspaper article published by <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em> on May 26, 1977. The article announces the death of Lillian Della Lee Lawton (ca. 1883-1977). Lawton was the daughter of former Orange County Commissioner James Hiram Lee, Sr. (1844-1920) and Laura Agusta Barnett Lee (1851-1940). She married Winborn Joseph Lawton, Sr. (1881-1971), who served as a trustee of the First Baptist Church of Oviedo, a secretary and treasurer for the church's Sunday school, an insurance agent, and a citrus grower. Together, the couple had four children: Elizabeth Lawton Laney, Kathryn Lawton, John. K. Lawton, and Winborn Joseph Lawton, Jr. Lawton was a charter member and the former present of the Oviedo Woman's Club (OWC), the former president of the Woman's Missionary Society, and a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo.
Original newspaper article: "Lifelong Resident, Mrs. Lawton Dies." <em>The Oviedo Outlook</em>, Vol. 4, No. 40, May 26, 1977, page 3: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
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Home of Lillian Della Lee Lawton, Oviedo, Florida
First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Oviedo, Florida
Joseph Lawton, October 18, 1753 - March 1815
Walterboro (S.C.)
A history of Joseph Lawton (1753-1815), who was the son of William Lawton of England and Mary Sams. Lawton was born on his father's Plantation, Steamboat Creek, on Edisto Island, South Carolina on October 18, 1753. By 1774, Lawton moved his family to Black Swamp, where he established a plantation called Mulberry Grove Plantation. Lawton married Sarah Robert (d. 1839) on March 18, 1773, and together they had seven children. In 1831, Sarah began the tradition of holding an Lawton family reunion. This booklet also includes a history of Black Swamp around the time of the American Revolutionary War, as well as a family tree.
Lawton, Thomas Oregon, Jr.
Original 17-page booklet: Lawton, Thomas Oregon, Jr. <em>Joseph Lawton, October 18, 1753 - March 1815</em>. Lawton and Allied Families Association, 1975: Private Collection of Betty Jean Aulin Reagan.
Lawton, Boyce M. III
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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Steamboat Creek, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Mulberry Grove Plantation, Walterboro, South Carolina
Black Swamp, Robertville, South Carolina
Oviedo, Florida
The Oviedian, Vol. VII
Oviedo (Fla.)
Schools
High schools--Florida
Education--Florida
World War II, 1939-1945
<em>The Oviedian</em>, a yearbook for the 1943-1944 school year at Oviedo High School. Oviedo High School is a Seminole County Public School located in Oviedo, Florida. Originally called the Oviedo School, the institution was first established in 1932 as a K-12 school. In 1948, the secondary grades separated from the elementary school. The upper grade levels formed Oviedo High School and moved to the campus at 601 King Street. Oviedo High School is notable for The Lion's Tale, the award-winning school newspaper recognized by various national and state scholastic press associations; its high ratings from the Governor's A+ Plan for Education; and its successful athletics programs.
<em>The Oviedian</em>
Original yearbook: <em>The Oviedian</em>, Vol. VII (Oviedo, FL: <a href="http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Oviedo High School</a>, 1944): Private Collection of Kathryn Aulin Bunch.
<a href="http://www.oviedo.scps.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Oviedo High School</a>
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Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Lawton Family History
Oviedo (Fla.)
The family history the Lawtons of the Summer Oaks plantation in Thomas County, Georgia. This family history centers around Alexander Benjamin Lawton (1809-1861) and his wife, Narcissa Melissa Lawton (1817-1883). Together, the couple had seven children: Alexander Cater Lawton (1841-1921), Winborn Theodore Lawton (1843-1892), Clara J. Lawton (b. 1845), Robert W. Lawton (b. 1847), Benjamin F. Lawton (ca. 1848-ca. 1853), Thomas J. Lawton (b. 1851), and Emma Lenora Lawton (1853-1907). Lawton also had three children from his previous marriage to Elizabeth Brisbane Lawton (1808-1839): Mary Jane Lawton (b. 1832), Martha S. Lawton (b. 1834), and Eusebia Lawton (ca. 1836-ca. 1850).<br /><br />Part I on the book focuses on the Lawton family background, highlighting William Lawton, Joseph Lawton, Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton, and Winborn Asa Lawton. Part II details the immediate family of Alexander Benjamin Lawton and his family while living in South Carolina, while Part III discusses the family's migration to the Summer Oaks plantation in Georgia. Part IV describes the location of Summer Oaks and Part V discusses theories about the location of Alexander Benjamin Lawton's resting place. Part VI details the descendants of the Lawtons of Summer Oaks. This family history was compiled by the great-great-great granddaughter of Alexander Benjamin Lawton and Narcissa Melissa Lawton, Stacey Allene Church and her father, Gerald Marshall Church. Many of the descendants of the Lawtons migrated to Oviedo, Florida.
Church, Stacey Allene
Church, Gerald Marshall
Original book by Stacey Allene Church and Gerald Marshall Church: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.
Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin
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Edisto Island, South Carolina
Mulberry Grove Plantation, Walterboro, South Carolina
Black Swamp, Robertville, South Carolina
Lawtonville, South Carolina
Bluffton, South Carolina
Summer Oaks Plantation, Thomas County, Georgia
Oviedo, Florida
Monticello, Florida
Caddo Parish, Louisiana