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Title
Sanford Collection
Description
The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole Indians. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settled in the state.
Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the United States Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to a location called "Camp Monroe," during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed "Fort Mellon," in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon.
The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat for Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.
In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1832-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, and the head of the St. Johns River, the City of Sanford earned the nickname of “The Gate City of South Florida.” Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually globally.
The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed "Celery City." In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Contributor
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/" target="_blank">Sanford Historical Society, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=108" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
<span>Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a></span><span>, 1975.</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/65" target="_blank">Churches of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/131" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc. Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/41" target="_blank">Georgetown Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/78" target="_blank">Marie J. Francis Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/101" target="_blank">Sanford Avenue Collection</a>, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/79" target="_blank">Goldsboro Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/116" target="_blank">Henry L. DeForest Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/12" target="_blank">Hotel Forrest Lake Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/14" target="_blank">Ice Houses of Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42" target="_blank">Milane Theatre Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/13" target="_blank">Naval Air Station Sanford Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/15" target="_blank">Sanford Baseball Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/61" target="_blank">Sanford Cigar Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/10" target="_blank">Sanford Riverfront Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/11" target="_blank">Sanford State Farmers' Market Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 newspaper article
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Title
It Was New Era in 1886
Alternative Title
It Was New Era in 1886
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Freezes (Meteorology)
Jacksonville (Fla.)
Oviedo (Fla.)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Lake Mary (Fla.)
Description
A newspaper article about Sanford, Florida, during the year of 1913. According to the article, the Sanford community had recovered from the Great Freeze of 1886 and was thriving economically by 1913. This page also included an article on the Ford Model A car and two stops on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) at Lake Mary.<br /><br />The present-day Sanford area was originally inhabited by the Mayaca/Joroco natives by the time that Europeans arrived. The tribe was decimated by war and disease by 1760 and was replaced by the Seminole tribe. In 1821, the United States acquired Florida from Spain and Americans began to settle in the state. Camp Monroe was established in the mid-1830s to defend the area against Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. In 1836, the U.S. Army built a road (present-day Mellonville Avenue) to Camp Monroe during the Second Seminole War. Following an attack on February 8, 1837, the camp was renamed Fort Mellon in honor of the battle's only American casualty, Captain Charles Mellon (1794-1837). The town of Mellonville was founded nearby in 1842 by Daniel Stewart. When Florida became a state three years later, Mellonville became the county seat of Orange County, which was originally a portion of Mosquito County. Citrus was the first cash crop in the area and the first fruit packing plant was constructed in 1869.<br /><br />In 1870, a lawyer from Connecticut by the name of Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891) purchased 12,548 acres of open land west of Mellonville. His vision was to make this new land a major port city, both railway and by water. Sitting on Lake Monroe, at the head of the St. Johns River, the city of Sanford earned the nickname of the Gate City of South Florida. Sanford became not only a transportation hub, but a leading citrus industry in Florida, and eventually across the globe. The Great Fire of 1887 devastated the city, which also suffered from a statewide epidemic of yellow fever the following year. The citrus industry flourished until the Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, causing planters to begin growing celery in 1896 as an alternative. Celery replaced citrus as the city's cash crop and Sanford was nicknamed Celery City. In 1913, Sanford became the county seat of Seminole County, once part of Orange County. Agriculture dominated the region until Walt Disney World opened in October of 1971, effectively shifting the Central Florida economy towards tourism and residential development.
Type
Text
Source
Print reproduction of microfilmed newspaper article: "It Was New Era in 1887." <a href="http://mysanfordherald.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a>, April 26, 1968, Semi-Centennial Edition, page 4: <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of printed microfilm newspaper article: "It Was New Era in 1887." <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a>, April 26, 1968, Semi-Centennial Edition, page 4.
Has Format
Microfilmed newspaper article: "It Was New Era in 1887." <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a>, April 26, 1968, Semi-Centennial Edition, page 4.: <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
Publisher
<a href="http://mysanfordherald.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a>
Date Created
ca. 1963-04-26
Date Issued
1963-04-26
Date Copyrighted
1963-04-26
Format
image/jpg
Extent
419 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <a href="http://mysanfordherald.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://mysanfordherald.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Sanford Herald</em></a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Hazen, Kendra
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456" target="_blank">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
<em>The Seminole Herald</em>. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52633016" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Our First 125 Years</em></a>. [Sanford, FL]: The Herald, 2002.
"<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48" target="_blank">Sanford: A Brief History</a>." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=48.
Brochure, <a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=21" target="_blank"><em>Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway</em></a>. Sanford, Florida: City of Sanford, 2005.
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
ACL
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Belle Fontaine
Bent
Bent's Station
Brantley
Brown
Bruce, A. D.
Burrell
Caldwell, Andrew C.
Cameron
Clud, Aaron
Clyde Steamship Line
Cocke
Crippen, A. H.
Deane
Dickenson
Doyle, M. J.
Duval
Evans, William H.
Finegan
Ford
Foster, E. K.
Foster, Frank
freezes
Goodrich
Great Freeze of 1886
Hall
Harris
Hayden
Holland
Humphrey, William
Ingraham
Jacksonville
Lake Jesup
Lake Mary
Lake Monroe
Levy Grant
Lovell, William
Marks, M. R.
Marks, R. H.
McCall
Mellonville
Model A
Model A Ford Truck
Munday
Nichols
Noble
Oviedo
Palmetto Avenue
Parramore, McDonald
Randolph
Robinson
Sanford
Sanford, Henry Shelton
Scott
Seminole County
Silver Lake
Sjoblom, A. E.
Speer
Spencer
Sundell, J. F.
Swedes
Telford
The Sanford Herald
Tucker, J. W.
Ward, W. A., Sr.
Webster
Whitner, B. F.
Whitner, J. N.
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Title
Celery Soup: Florida's Folk Life Play Collection
Alternative Title
Celery Soup Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Community theater--United States
Theater--United States
Description
The <em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection encompasses photographs, artifacts, and oral histories related to the production of Creative Sanford, Inc.'s and Celery Soup's play <em>Remade - Not Bought</em>, performed at the Princess Theater in 2013. Many of the items in this collection were collected by Dr. Scot French's Tools in Digital History Seminar Graduate Class during the Fall 2013 semester at the University of Central Florida.
Contributor
Dingle, Cathy Lee
Delgado, Natalie
Fedorka, Drew M.
Ford, Nancy Harris
French, Scot A.
Kelley, Katie
Lee, Luticia Gormley
Maliczowski, Linda Lee
Maples, Marilyn
Miller, Mark
Reisz, Autumn
Thompson, Trish
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/44" target="_blank">Seminole County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play, Sanford, Florida
Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</a>
<span>Dr. </span><a href="http://history.scotfrench.com/" target="_blank">Scot A. French</a><span>'s Tools in Digital History Seminar Graduate Class, Fall 2013 at the </span><a href="http://www.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com//about" target="_blank">WHO IS CREATIVE SANFORD, INC?</a>" Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com//about.
"<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/about/" target="_blank">About: History and Purpose</a>." Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/about/.
"<a href="http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org/sanford-florida" target="_blank">Sanford, Florida: How do you make Celery Soup? Add stories, then stir</a>." Community Performance International. http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org/sanford-florida.
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
French, Scot
Interviewee
Lee, Latisha
Mallaskaski, Linda
Bingle, Cathy
Location
Sanford, Florida
Original Format
1 audio/video recording
Duration
32 minutes and 17 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency
912kbps
Dublin Core
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Title
Oral History of Luticia "Tish" Lee, Linda Maliczowski, and Catherine "Cathy" Dingle
Alternative Title
Oral History, Lee, Maliczowski, and Dingle
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Oral history--United States
Rolling pins
Baking--United States
World War II--United States
Secretaries--Biography
American Legion
Heirlooms--United States
Description
Oral history of Luticia "Tish" Lee and her two daughters, Linda <span>Maliczowski</span> and Cathy Dingle. The interview was conducted by University of Central Florida Professor of History Dr. Scot French on October 20, 2013.<br /><br />Lee was born in Sanford, Florida in 1923 and lived in her family house, which was constructed in 1926, while growing up. Her father was a member of the American Legion and worked as a superintendent for the Crown Paper Company, and also as a carpenter. Following her high school graduation, Lee worked as a secretary for the local ice plant, which no longer stands. Other topics in the oral history include Sanford during World War II, the cannon at the American Legion Hall, the Lee family rolling pin and other family heirlooms, baking various foods, Lee's father, the grocery store run by Lee's mother and aunt, Lee's involvement with Creative Sanford, Inc. productions, a family fireless cooker, and the French house.
Table Of Contents
0:00:00 Introduction<br />0:00:30 Lee's biographical information<br />0:01:59 Cedar chest and rolling pin<br />0:03:23 Reflections on life<br />0:04:26 Sanford during World War II<br />0:06:25 Scrap metal drive and the American Legion cannon<br />0:08:46 History of family rolling pin<br />0:10:56 Lee's father<br />0:12:40 History of the American Legion cannon<br />0:13:39 Memories of the home front and the end of WWII<br />0:15:37 Sailors and the Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford<br />0:16:58 How Sanford change after the war<br />0:18:12 Family heirlooms<br />0:18:33 Lee's grandfather and his hospital<br />0:18:58 Uncle James' grocery store<br />0:21:02 How Lee got involved with Creative Sanford<br />0:23:19 Lee's daughters, Linda <span>Maliczowski</span> and Cathy Dingle<br />0:25:10 Cooking and its connection to family memories<br />0:26:11 Closing remarks<br />0:26:55 RECORDING CUTS OFF<br />0:26:55 History of the fireless cooker<br />0:30:30 The French house
Abstract
Oral history interview of Luticia Lee, Linda <span>Maliczowski</span>, and Cathy Dingle. Interview conducted by Scot French at the Lee home in Sanford, Florida.
An oral history interview conducted by Dr. Scot French. The interviewees were Luticia “Tish” Lee and her two daughters, Linda Maliczowski and Cathy Dingle. We discuss the Second World War, life in Sanford during this time, the rolling pin and its origins and significance, and several other important topics.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Lee, Luticia, Linda <span>Maliczowski</span>, and Cathy Dingle. Interviewed by Scot French. October 30, 2013. Audio/video record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Requires
Multimedia software, such as <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"> Adobe Flash Player</a>.
Application software, such as <a href="http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp" target="_blank"> Java</a>.
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/82" target="_blank"><em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> Collection</a>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Has Format
Digital transcript of original 32-minute and 17-second oral history: Lee, Luticia, Linda Maliczowski, and Cathy Dingle. Interviewed by Scot French. October 30, 2013. Audio/video record available. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida.
Coverage
Creative Sanford, lnc., Sanford, Florida
Celery Soup, Sanford, Florida
American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53, Sanford, Florida
Naval Air Station (NAS), Sanford, Florida
Lee Grocery Store, Sanford, Florida
French House, Sanford, Florida
Creator
French, Scot
Lee, Luticia
Maliczowski, Linda
Dingle, Cathy
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Contributor
Orleman, Andrew
Snow, Paul
Date Created
2013-10-30
Date Modified
2014-01-06
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Extent
211 MB
222 KB
Medium
32-minute and 17-second audio/video recording
23-page digital transcript
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Scot French, Luticia Lee, Linda Maliczowski, and Cathy Dingle, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>
<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Celery Soup</a>
Dr. <a href="http://history.scotfrench.com/" target="_blank">Scot French</a>'s "Tools in Digital History Seminar," Fall 2013 at the <a href="http://www.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">University of Central Florida</a>
Curator
Snow, Paul
Orleman, Andrew
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.americanlegionpost53florida.com/" target="_blank">American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53</a>." American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53. http://www.americanlegionpost53florida.com/.
"<a href="http://www.legion.org/history" target="_blank">History</a>." The American Legion. http://www.legion.org/history.
American Legion. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9009612" target="_blank"><em>The American Legion</em></a>. Indianapolis, Ind: American Legion, 1981.
"<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com//about" target="_blank">WHO IS CREATIVE SANFORD, INC?</a>" Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com//about.
"<a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/about/" target="_blank">About: History and Purpose</a>." Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/about/.
"<a href="http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org/sanford-florida" target="_blank">Sanford, Florida: How do you make Celery Soup? Add stories, then stir</a>." Community Performance International. http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org/sanford-florida.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="http://youtu.be/TqOAVymoNAk" target="_blank">Oral History of Luticia "Tish" Lee, Linda Maliczowski, and Catherine "Cathy" Dingle</a>
Date Copyrighted
2013-10-30
Source Repository
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
Transcript
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So to—to—what we usually do with the beginning of the interviews is introduce ourselves and I’m Scot [French]. This is October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2013. And, um, we are interviewing, uh, Luticia Lee. Do you go by “Tish?” “Tisch?”</p>
<p><strong>Lee</strong> <br />Tish.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Tish?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Tish.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>How do you spell that? “T-I-C-H” or “S-H”?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>S-H.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>T-I-S-H.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>You know, on some of the things we had from Creative Sanford[, Inc]. It had “C,” and so I’m glad we asked.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Yes[?].</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Um, and so the first—let[sic] me do is to ask you: would you intro—you mind introducing yourself to us?</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Well…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Just tell ‘em your name.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /> </strong>Tell ‘em your name.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>My name is Luticia Lee, and I was born in Sanford in, um, 1923. And my house was built in 1926. And at—growing up, I could walk everywhere. I could walk to school. And um, at that time, there were just three houses on the block. And then in, um—I’m not sure when—but the Spencer house that was on the corner, it burned. It was the old house and it burned. So, until ’46, there was just this house and the one my aunt and uncle built. And then in ‘46, Braley[?] Oaklem[?] built more houses. And um, so things really did change you know. You—you didn’t have that many people here [<em>laughs</em>]. And, uh, you knew everybody. And now, I go to town and I don’t know anybody.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>It’s changed so, but, um—and, I do have friends that I went to school with. And we try to go out once a week for dinner and we graduated together in ‘42 [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p>And that’s when, um, my dad—Mom and Daddy gave me my cedar chest. And that’s when, um, Mama crocheted me a bedspread, which I still have. And Daddy wanted to make something, and that’s when—it was the beginning of the [World] War [II]. And they asked for scrap metal and that’s when they took—were taking out—down their cannon. And Daddy had—was in the military and he helped take it down. And he got the, um, spoke from the wheel, and made my rolling pin, which is the only rolling pin I have used all these years. And I’m giving it to Cathy [Dingle],<a title="">[1]</a> ‘cause she cooks, and she bakes cookies, and she rolls ‘em.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>She<a title="">[2]</a> cooks as well, but I bake [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>I get the, um…</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Fireless…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Fireless cooker.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>I’m gonna do the crock pot thing.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Oh great. Great.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>So she gets the—and um…</p>
<p>But I’ve had a wonderful life. I really have. Been right here. Still have friends that I’ve had all my life. I’ve lost a lot, but when you reach 90, you, um—you—it happens, you know? So—and if I get sad, I just sit down and count my blessings, ‘cause I’ve got a lot of them.</p>
<p>I have three children, I have four grandchildren, I have four great-grandchildren, and I have wonderful in-laws. Everybody is good to me. And my husband took care of me. He’s been gone 10 years, but I have somebody do the yard, I have a landscaper, I have, um, a cleaning service to do the house. So I just sit around and watch people work.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I don’t work anymore [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Well we’re—we’re putting you to work today, because you are our resident historian.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>And we’re—we’d love to hear a little bit more about Sanford during World War II. Uh, you graduated from high school in ’42?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>And what are your memories of that period—of being in Sanford during the war?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Well, now, I was working during the war. Um, I was a secretary at the ice plant. And um, and we, um—we iced the cars. That, you know—I didn’t do it.</p>
<p><strong>Unidentified<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>The people did. And, um, I kept the records. And, uh, they took all the stuff to troops and everything.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>These are railroad cars or— or shipping cars? What kind of cars were they?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>They were railroad cars. Railroad cars. It was the—on the tracks out on [Florida State Road] 46. And I think they still—they don’t—I don’t know if the ice plant’s still there.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>No.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>It was for years, but, uh, I don’t think it is anymore.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And, um…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And you were a secretary at the…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Ice plant?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>For a few years. It didn’t really take.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I just did what I was told. And I—but, um, and it—it’s Sanford during the war. We—we had the base<a title="">[3]</a> out here. And, uh, sometimes we dated the pilots, which was a lot of fun.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>But, um, I don’t know.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Did you, um—were—were there local rallies or efforts to sort of rally the town’s people? Uh, you mentioned that they decided to melt the cannon, because of the scrap metal drive. Do you remember much about the scrap metal drives, and other things?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Honey, I got—I—I researched that, and there’s the papers over there.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And it—yeah. I wanted to know.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And so are these, uh—okay. So these are some of the materials that you—you did all the research on this, you…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes. I did.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>You went down to the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And um…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And see? It says, “County League [inaudible] scrap collection on per capita basis.” And, um, I—it was very interesting. It really was. And, and, uh “Legion pole?” Oh, I can’t read…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>“Legion post will give up cannon in scrap drive.” This is perfect. This is exactly what we were hoping…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>To find. You’ve done the work for us. [<em>laughs</em>]</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Well…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I wanted to know what was, you know—and this was the Legion Hut.<a title="">[4]</a></p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>And she had pictures made, and—and a frame made, and took the picture out to the Legion.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And see…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Oh, wonderful.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>So they would know.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And that’s what…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Is this also from the museum?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Hm?</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Is this from the museum? Or is this a….</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Well, um…</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>This photograph…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Uh, they took a picture. You see, they didn’t have a picture out at the new Legion Hut. And, um, I thought they should have one. So I went and—and got a picture. And—of the canon, and, um, now—but I couldn’t ever find out who that man was.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>I guess the ones that were there then were all gone. So I don’t know who he was. But anyway, I had that, um, copied and I framed it and I took it out and I gave it to them, so they’d have a picture of the old Legion Hut.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>That is wonderful.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And they put it up.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>That is wonderful.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>So, anyway…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>This is great. And this—you—these pictures are from the museum? Is that where you found these?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes. I found them…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Great.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>From the paper.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Great. Wow. And this is, uh, a handwritten note?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I had that and I can’t read it now [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Do you rem—what of the—you wrote this for yourself? Or…</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>Yes. For me.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>And what was the—what was the event that led you to write that?</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>Well, uh, I think there was something in, um—in the paper about, um…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Do you want me to read it?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Want me to go look, Mama?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>You can read it maybe. It’s about when Daddy decided to make, um…</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Oh, oh this is when, um—deciding which precious keepsake you wanted…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>To write about from your cedar chest.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>And, um, how Granddaddy wanted you to have something that was from him. And how he went about getting the—the spoke and…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Making the…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Making my…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Your rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Your rolling pin to go in your hope chest. That’s why you wrote that up.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And this was from the paper?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I wrote it up to put in the cedar chest.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Oh, to put in the cedar chest. So did you write this?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>So that people would know what, you know—so that we would know where it came from. We would—we would have a history of why she had it and where it came from.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Because, um, I wanted them to know. See, Mama crocheted the bedspread and Daddy wanted to put something in it.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>So I wrote it…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>Wrote it down for us.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>So, this is the rolling pin. Do you mind if I…</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>Sure.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Go ahead.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>I just wrap it up. I haven’t used it for a while. But she’s going to use it to make Christmas cookies.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Yes. I will.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>You can tell it’s been used.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Lots of biscuits.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>A lot. Yeah. Biscuit—biscuit [inaudible] and pies.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Biscuits and pies are mainly what it did.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Mmhmm…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Mainly it was Daddy’s biscuits.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>That’s right.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So when I read the story about this, we got to talking and—and, uh, thought about <em>Well, what made him think to make a rolling pin out of a spoke? </em>Because he worked at a paper factory, correct?</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>So he would have been familiar with all the equipment that you could do this with, uh, milling? It’s called “milling?”</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah, but he was superintendent of the Crown Paper Company. That’s when they—they printed they, uh, wrappers. That’s when they wrapped fruit. It was individually wrapped for a long time. They don’t do that anymore. They just pack it in boxes and ship it off. But, um, Daddy was there so—and he was in the [American] Legion, and when they went to send the cannon back, he went to help them dismantle it, and that’s when he got the spoke, and, um, that’s what he could do. He could make me a rolling pin, and that was in ‘42.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Because everybody needed a rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>He was also a carpenter, so he had worked with wood in building this house. And if—if you look on the floor, you’ll see there’s designs in the wood. And…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And there’s my—my, uh, [inaudible]…</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Back in the corner. So he was…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>That Daddy had built for me, when I was—yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Oh.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>When I was four or five.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>So he was always thinking of things to do with wood and something else to make and something to do, so I think that just came naturally to…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>To do that.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>To do the rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Something for her.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>It would go in a cedar chest.</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>It would fit.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>It would fit.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So, do you know the story of the cannon? What was the history of this cannon? Was this someth—it was brought back from World War I?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Well, yeah. When they built the Legion Hut. Um, I don’t know where they got the cannon. But, um, they wanted a cannon from the First World War. So, I don’t know where they got it. Now they got a cannon out at the other—the other Legion Hut. And I don’t know where they got it. I think they just feel that, you know, it’s history. They had cannons.</p>
<p><strong>Unidentified<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>It’s an old one. It’s got wooden spokes I think. I haven’t gotten out of the car to examine it, but I’ve driven by.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Uh, so, um, what other—do you have other memories of the home front during the war or the end of the war? There’s[sic] certain moments of that period…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh, I remember end of the war. Oh, there was a parade down on First Street, and I remember being [<em>laughs</em>] in the car. And we was[sic] driving, and my cousins were with me, and everybody was screaming and hollering. And Mama remembered the end of the First World War. And how, um, things were downtown then.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Now during this time, didn’t Grandma and Aunt Marty still—didn’t they run the grocery store at that time, during the war? Were they running it? [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>They came in 1910.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>No, but did they still have the store in the ‘40s?</p>
<p><strong>Lee </strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Okay. Well, tell them about them having the store and one of the reasons—like, during the war they didn’t have this much[sic] problem with food, because they had a grocery store?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah, but they also had rationing, you know.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>They rationed, uh, meat. They rationed sugar, and, um—and I do remember that.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>They rationed shoes. And tell them what happened with you. She has very tiny feet.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh, yeah. Shoes were rationed. Isn’t that funny? They rationed shoes [<em>laughs</em>]. Oh dear.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>But she had such a hard time finding shoes that everybody—whenever she would find it they would give her their shoe coup—what were they, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Shoe coupon.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Shoe coupon, so that she could buy the shoes, because she would—she loved shoes.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>It was hard for her to find them in her size so if they found a pair that would fit her they…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>They would have to use somebody else’s coupon to buy her a pair of shoes.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>That’s great. That’s great. Did you know soldiers who had—from Sanford—young men of your age?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes.Yeah. I remember one of the boys in my class, who was killed. He was Fred Dyson[sp]. I remember that. I don’t remember. I don’t remember a lot of them going to war.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And the base being nearby—what was—you mentioned the pilots, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Was there—was[sic] there other kinds of connections to the base, besides the kind of social connections?</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>Well, um, several of my friends worked out there. And, um, I know Margie married, er, one of the pilots. And, um, a lot of them, you know—I met some of them through friends that worked there. But, um, we didn’t—I mean, they weren’t there that long, you know. You just see ‘em and I know one time we went to New Smyrna [Beach] with a group, uh, a whole—I mean, it was usually in a group. So…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>You mentioned that after the war, how much Sanford changed. You mentioned I think one of—all the building…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh, yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Construction in this area.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Construction started. Houses were built.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And so this little town you grew up in became—started to grow and grow [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah. And it’s still growing.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Sanford was lucky, because it was both on the river and it had the railroad.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>So that’s one of the reasons it was able to flourish like it did. And, um, there’s a big hotel downtown—well, now it’s not the hotel anymore, it’s, um, is the New Tribe’s Mission headquarters—world headquarters. It used to be the Mayfair Hotel. And people would come and stay for the winter, and that sort of thing. So it—ya know, it drew a lot of people and brought them here to spend their money in Sanford while they were getting away from the cold.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So, um, you stayed. People have come and people have gone. And you’ve been here, uh, and—why did you stay?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>This is my home and I want to stay right here.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Uh, you’re surrounded by, uh, a lot of the artifacts of your life. All the great, um…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Pieces of furniture and art and…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah. Uh huh. And Aunt Marty’s pitcher and bowl when she came in 1910. My grandfather was a doctor in Mount Olive, North Carolina. And when he died, um—he had made a—he bought a small hotel, and he made into a—that’s where he could take patients, and it was like a small hospital. And Aunt Marty worked for him.</p>
<p>But then he died and, um, uh, Uncle [James] came down and he was—he’s the one that started the grocery store, and his friend from here was up there. and he told my Uncle James he would sell him half of the grocery store, and give his son the other half, and—if he would come down. So they all decided to come in 1910.</p>
<p>Now Mama, and Aunt Ruth, and Grandma stayed up there ‘til they got the house built on Laurel Avenue. It burned down later. And, um, that’s when they came and Mama went to grammar school to the high school. And then they built the new—what was—we went to junior high. And it was the high school, and that’s where Mama graduated in 1913. And so Uncle James had started the grocery store—I mean, he was half-owner. But then his son didn’t like it, and he sold his half [<em>laughs</em>]. So it was [inaudible] and it was all during the war.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And do you have memories of the store?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Huh?</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Do you have memories or picture of the store? Do you have any photographs of the store?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Ya know, it—it’s down—the building is still there, and it’s where <em>The</em> [<em>Sanford</em>] <em>Herald</em> is, right on the corner of Palmetto [Avenue] and First Street. And back then, the city didn’t decorate like they do[sic] now. And every, um, owner of the store would. And I remember Daddy putting— tying the Christmas tree to the lamp post [<em>laughs</em>] and—and decorating it for Aunt Marty. So, because Uncle James died recently, Aunt Marty ran the grocery store, so…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Well, some of these stories—well, the one story that—that the Creative San—well, first I wanted to ask you a little bit about how you, um, came to be interviewed for the Creative Sanford play? Do you know the…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Well, I have a friend who was involved in Creative Sanford during both of the productions they’ve made so far, and I went to school with her sister, and so she knew me, and she knew Mama, and she knew that she must have some kind of story that she can tell. And so she said, “We need to interview Luticia.”</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>They came and interviewed me.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>And yeah. So they came and started talking to her and that was the…</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>[inaudible]</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Particular story that they decided to go with.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So they didn’t know when they came about the rolling pin. They just…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>No. They just knew that she had things.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>And stories and that she had been here her whole life. That she—that she was born here and grew up here. And that’s why they wanted to know her view of—I mean, they asked her lots of questions about lots of things, and this was one of the things they felt that they could incorporate into the play.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Were you surprised that they chose to tell that story?</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes. I was. [<em>laughs</em>] And it was just real neat. And they did it really good[sic].</p>
<p><strong>Unidentified<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And—and they—they told ‘em how Daddy did the rolling pin, you know. So we were given front row seats.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>Yeah. In the original, uh—the first play<a title="">[5]</a> one of mom’s best friends had a story in it. So they—they got so many stories that they couldn’t put them all in the first play. So they put ‘em in—they made a second play.<a title="">[6]</a> And they’re going to have a third one,<a title="">[7]</a> I think.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>They said they were doing—still doing interviews for…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>I think they’re doing something now.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Yeah. They—they’re getting ready to.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And, um, so the other—I had a third [inaudible] just one other [inaudible] that I forgot in my notes here. Um, um, well, let me ask my—my colleagues here. Other questions that you would like to ask?</p>
<p>No? So we, uh, are also interested in this as a family story. So I’ll just step off the couch here for a minute and just have—if I could ask the two of you to join your mom. And we’ll just talk about it as a—this is a family. Oh, wow.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Just if you wanted to see some…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Fantastic.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Here, Cath. you sit in the middle and you get to hold the rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>It’s my rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So if you wouldn’t mind introducing yourselves.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>I’m Linda Maliczowski. I’m the middle child [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>I’m Cathy Dingle. I’m the oldest. Our brother’s not here. He’s the baby.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And so you, um, were you part of the—the original interview. I know if you were, because you had the connection to your friend.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Right. And I live here.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>And you live here.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>In Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And so, um, for you, um, this is a—a family heirloom. And, um, as you told the story, it—you—your memory of this is not just in a hope chest, but, as, uh something your mom used and…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Oh yeah. Yeah. I mean we grew up with her doing that and eventually she told us all about it. But I mean, when someone would say, “Go get the rolling pin,” you knew what to get [<em>laughs</em>] and that was it. We had one rolling pin.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>And I really remember mostly biscuits. And pies.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Biscuits and pies, because I learned how to do pies.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Yes. And I learned to make a lot of biscuits with it so…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So for you, the memories attached to it are family memories? Not, not World War II, American Legion, home front, sacrifice.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>No. It’s Mama baking with it. Using it.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>She also made donuts.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>Donuts. That’s right.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>We had to roll them out and cut them with the little donut thing.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Cut them and fry them. Yes.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Well, one of the things that that makes me think about is that people cooked like that all the time, and now it’s more rare[sic]. And you have a choice, whether you want to do that. It’s not part of our everyday lives to have a rolling pin but you still, uh—I’m sorry, but who’s getting the rolling pin?</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>Cathy.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>You still cook and you…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Oh, yes.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So does that make you feel connected in some way through the, you know—through the [inaudible]?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Yes, because, you know, I remember Mama using it and I remember it, you know, in this house. And I remember it in our other house, and my granddaughters will help me use it. So, in fact, one asked me last week, she says, “Are we going to get to make Christmas cookies and use a rolling pin?” I said, “Yes. We are.”</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>So they’re—they’re used to that.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And, um, do you—do you also have things like recipes and cookbooks, and things like that, that are…</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Oh, yes.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>We have a student in our class who’s studying cookbooks. It’s actually a historical subject and an interesting one.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Oh [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>There’s so many.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Oh, so many. Yes.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So, uh, one of the things we’ve been thinking about in our class is the connection between personal stories and personal history. And then there’s the community history— Sanford. And then there’s national and world history. And I think that’s what’s unique about this object is that it connects all of them, you know?</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Yeah. Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>So we really thank you so much for sharing that story with us, and sharing your time with us. The only—the other thing is if, if it would be okay with you for us to take still photographs of some of these objects, uh, for inclusion in the exhibit.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski <br /></strong>Sure.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>That would be wonderful. Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>No problem.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Do you—do you want anything else that we should talk about on the—the…</p>
<p><strong>Orleman<br /></strong>No. the recording—I think we’re…</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>We’re good?</p>
<p><strong>Orleman<br /></strong>Yeah.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Okay. Very good. Thank you so…</p>
<p>One quick question, because we were talking about this before was the, um…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Fireless cooker.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Fireless cooker.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Fireless cooker, which is over there. But could you just tell us the story of the fireless…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>My—my son, um—he, um, went online [<em>clears throat</em>] to find out more about it [<em>clears throat</em>]. And he said that in one of the—years ago, presidents had one in his[sic] house, but I don’t remember.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>But they—tell him where this one came from.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>This one came from, um, Miss Bessie.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>Yup</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And it—well, I already told you.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Yeah, but they want to video it. They want to…</p>
<p><strong>All <br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>[<em>laughs</em>] I’m at it again. [<em>clears </em>throat] Well, in 1910, when my aunt came down, when she roomed in Miss Bessy’ house[?]. Her mother—[<em>clears throat</em>] excuse me. Her mother had a boarding house, and she did not cook on a Sunday, so she had the fireless cooker—that one. And, um, she would put the—the—it’s all there. Every piece. And the stones that had the thing to hook and put them in her fire. She had a wood stove. When they got hot, she’d put them in the fireless cooker. And then she would get her food hot on—in the pans, put them in, and close it up, and it would cook all night. And when she came home from church on Sunday, she’d open it up and she could serve it, but she didn’t have to cook. So that’s what—and my husband was fascinated with it. I said, “What do we do with it?” He says[sic], “I don’t care what we do with it. It’s a chest.” So it’s been in the living room in the old house. I told you we were in the French house years ago.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>And that’s where we raised the kids. And Mama was—was still here and my aunts. And, um, [<em>clears </em>throat] so, um—where was I?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>You had it in the old house and then you brought it here.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yeah. I had it in the living room over there, and then I brought it here. So the fireless cooker’s always been in the living room. It’s been a piece to show people.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>But we never used it.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>No. never used it.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>I plan on using it someday. Tell them about, um, how they used to use them during the war.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Oh, well, yeah. When Jimmy [Lee] researched it, he said they were used during the First World War—fireless cookers—mainly in tanks, so they could put the food in the cooker, and then they could go where they were going. And they would have the food.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Mmhmm.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>So, uh…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>We don’t know where they got this one, but we’re glad they did.</p>
<p><strong>All<br /></strong>[<em>laugh</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>So…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>So, but that’s—and they had—had—in fact, I used to get the [inaudible] magazine. And somebody had put theirs in, only it was just a one, but they made one, and they made two, and ours is a three.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Great.</p>
<p><strong>Lee <br /></strong>Three—whatever.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Three pans [<em>laughs</em>].</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Three pots.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>Three pots.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Yes.Three pots</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>And you mentioned the French house. Where—what was the address of the French house?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>113 West Fifteenth Street.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Is it still there?</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>It is. If you go up Oak Avenue—if you’re going up Oak, then you have to go around…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski</strong> <br />You would run into the house.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle<br /></strong>You would run into the house if you went straight up, but—yeah.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>My husband and I bought the house from Mom and Dad. And we lived there for quite a few years. We sold it when my son was about 13.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>And, it…</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>Just a minute.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Yeah. Do you have the thing from when we sold it?</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>So this is one of the—the—the same French as French Ave[nue] and…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Yeah. French Avenue was his brother.</p>
<p><strong>French <br /></strong>Oh, okay.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>There was an A. J., um, Seth and A.J. French. And, um, the man who owned our house was the mayor. I think he was the second mayor.</p>
<p><strong>Dingle <br /></strong>I think so.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Mom might remember, but he was one of the first mayors of Sanford.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Oh, okay. Great. But this was the house that was built by…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Right. And my grandmother was living here.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>I see.</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>And then when Mom and Dad—when they first got married, we lived over in Orlando and we moved over here when were seven and eight years old. And they found—that house was available so they bought that house. And we were there—the whole family—from when they bought it and then when I sold it, we were there for over 50 years.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Great. Wow. So, uh, this is great. I think, Andrew [Orleman], we can, uh—we’ll wrap up the…</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski<br /></strong>Oh, she’s got the, um—yeah. This isn’t what I was thinking but this is—it was on the Sanford our of home so…</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Oh, okay. I went two years ago. I didn’t—okay.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>That’s what it looks like now.</p>
<p><strong>French<br /></strong>Okay.</p>
<p><strong>Lee<br /></strong>But it looked like that [inaudible].</p>
<p><strong>Maliczowski</strong><br />Well Mom and Dad, when we were growing up it was [inaudible]…</p>
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<p><a title="">[1]</a> Lee’s daughter.</p>
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<p><a title="">[2]</a> Linda Maliczowski, Lee’s daughter and Dingle’s sister.</p>
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<p><a title="">[3]</a> Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford.</p>
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<p><a title="">[4]</a> American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53.</p>
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<p><a title="">[5]</a> <em>Touch and Go</em>.</p>
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<p><a title="">[6]</a> <em>Made – Not Bought</em>.</p>
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<p><a title="">[7]</a> <em>Remade – Not Bought</em>.</p>
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10th Street
1st Street
American Legion
American Legion Campbell-Lossing Post 53
American Legion Hall
baking
cannon
cedar chest
Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play
County League Hudderson Scrap
Creative Sanford, Inc.
Crown Paper Company
Dingle, Cathy
fireless cooker
First Street
Florida State Road 46
French Avenue
French, A. J.
French, Scot
heirloom
hope chest
ice plant
Laurel Avenue
Lee, Cathy
Lee, Jimmy
Lee, Linda
Lee, Lutisha "Tish"
Legion Hut
Maliczowski, Linda
Mayfair Hotel
New Smyrna Beach
NTM
Oak Avenue
Oaklem, Braley
Ogleman, Andrew
oral history
orlando
Palmetto Avenue
paper factory
rationing
rolling pin
Sanford
scrap metal
secretary
Seminole Boulevard
Seth. A. J.
Snow, Paul
Spencer
SR 46
Tenth Street
The Sanford Herald
World War II
WWII
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Title
Sanford Collection
Alternative Title
Sanford Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Select images, correspondence, and other records from the Chase Collection (MS 14) at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. According to the biographical sketch in the collection's finding aid:
"The story of the Chases in Florida began in 1878 when Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941), having read about orange groves in Scribner's Magazine, came to Florida from Philadelphia. His brother, Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948), joined him in 1884 and together they formed Chase and Company that year. The Chase brothers came to Florida at the right time for Florida citrus and at the right time for them as investment entrepreneurs. Strong family ties in the North provided them with financial backing for their ventures. Joshua left Florida in 1895 to work in the California citrus industry. He returned to Florida in 1904 and rejoined his brother. Another brother, Randall, remained in Philadelphia and augmented his brothers' finances when convenient. Sydney and Joshua were also important civic leaders who took part in community development, most notably in the City of Sanford. Both were elected to the Sanford city commission. They also supported the development of Rollins College, worked with the Florida Historical Society, and were the benefactors of numerous charities.
Chase and Company began as an insurance company and branched out to storage facilities and fertilizer sales. The latter was the beginning of the company's lucrative agricultural supply division which remained in operation throughout the existence of the company. Although citrus was the primary interest, the company also invested in other agricultural pursuits including celery in central Florida, tung oil production in Jefferson County, and winter vegetables and sugar cane in the Lake Okeechobee muck lands. The company was also involved in the peach business in Georgia and North Carolina. The company was incorporated in 1914, with the Chase brothers owning 75 percent of the stock, and reincorporated in 1948. A second generation of Chases began its involvement in the family operations when Sydney O. Chase, Jr. ( b. 1890) became a citrus buyer in 1922. He was later joined by his brother Randall who served as president of Chase and Company from 1948-1965. Outside the Chase Family, Alfred Foster, W. R. Harney, and William "Billy" Leffler figured prominently as company executives and investors. The company dissolved in 1979 when its principal assets were sold to Sunniland for $5.5 million.
The Chases' interest in citrus began when Sydney came to Florida and became associated with General Henry S. Sanford. The Chases would eventually own General Sanford's experimental farm, Belair, and the Chase family home in Sanford was located there. Over the years, the Chases invested in a number of citrus groves and owned others outright. In 1912, they organized the Chase Investment Company as a holding company for their farms. Initially, the company operated the Isleworth, Nocatee, Belair, and Kelly citrus groves as well as celery farms in Sanford. The company was renamed Chase Groves, Inc. in 1951. From time to time, Chase Investment was involved in real estate in Florida and North Carolina. The latter included Fort Caswell, a former military property that was held for a time and then sold. Unquestionably, the jewel in the Chase crown was the Isleworth grove at Windermere. Isleworth's four hundred lake-tempered acres carried the Chases through many difficult times. It proved to be the principal asset at the company's demise when it was sold to golf legend Arnold Palmer in 1984. Chase Groves dissolved that same year, 100 years after the founding of Chase and Company."
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">A Guide to the Chase Collection</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Sanford, Florida
Sanford Country Club and Golf Course, Sanford, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Has Part
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/94" target="_blank">Holy Cross Episcopal Church Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/87" target="_blank">Sanford Country Club and Golf Course Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
<span>The displayed collection is housed at </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. </span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a><span> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.</span>
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typewritten letter
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Title
Letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Landis, Fish & Hull (March 9, 1915)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (March 9, 1915)
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Roads--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence between Sydney Octavius Chase and Landis, Fish & Hull. Topics discussed in the letter include the County Commissioners' meeting on March 8th, George A. DeCottes' legal advice, and disagreements about how to fund the completion of brick roads.
Chase & Company was established in 1884 by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Landis, Fish & Hull, March 9, 1915: box 173, folder 2.51, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection (MS 14)</a>, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 173, folder 2.51, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Landis, Fish & Hull, March 9, 1915.
Coverage
DeLand, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Creator
Chase, Sydney Octavius
Date Created
1915-03-09
Format
image/jpg
Extent
158 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53015288" target="_blank"><em>Sanford</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11338196" target="_blank"><em>A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth</em></a>, 1975.
Transcript
March 9, 1915
Messrs. Landis, Fish & Hull,
Deland, Fla.
Gentlemen;
Last evening I had a visit from Mr. Brumley, Mr. BEn Fish and Mr. T. I. Hawkins. It seems that nothing was accomplished at yesterday's meeting of the County Commissioners regarding the completion of the brick road work. Mr. DeCottes evidently gave different legal advice yesterday from what he did the day Mr. Fish attended the County Commissioners' meeting at Sanford. What were considered legal for the Commissioners a week ago, yesterday were supposed to illegal.
The writer failed to get the detail, but it seems to be practically as follows; Spencer and one or two others claim they will get out an injunction if the Commissioners attempt to borrow money to complete this system of brick roads supposed to be covered by the $200,000.00 bond issue; others will get out an injunction if they attempt to use for the completion of these roads any of the General Road fund, while there is another bunch of citizens who threaten them with an injunction if they attempt to borrow in excess of their income.
The Bond Trustees are also objecting to the completion of the roads according to specifications as voted on.
Our friend Rossetter got up in open meeting and stated that we would find out before we were through with it that the will of the people would prevail, and not the decision of the Supreme Court.
I told Mr. Brumley that it looked as if the only thing to do was to ask you to have the decree signed up. but before taking any action please wait and hear from Mr. Brumley or myself again.
I told Mr. Brumley to be very careful as a County Commissioner not to agree to any compromise measure in connection with the completion of the roads, as I felt that as soon as he did so he would be in the same fix that the old Board are now. I do not think he or any of the property owners or voters of this district had the right to vote the completion of the road construction on any other basis than that voted upon.
There is apparently more feeling in the matter now than there was a week ago, which we regret.
Yours truly,
SCC C
bond
Bond Trustees
brick road
Brumley
Chase and Company
Chase, Sydney Octavius
construction
county commission
county commissioner
DeCottes, George A.
Fish, Ben
General Road Fund
Hawkins, T. I.
Hull
injunction
Landis
Landis, Fish & Hull
Rossetter
Spencer
Supreme Court
voting