Wheeler, Mae King Reign Over Festivities: Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial
Dublin Core
Title
Wheeler, Mae King Reign Over Festivities: Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial
Alternative Title
Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial
Subject
Oviedo (Fla.)
Centennials
Stone, Richard, 1928-
Description
A newspaper article detailing Oviedo centennial celebrations at Oviedo High School on March 9, 1979. Senator Richard Bernard Stone was in attendance for the fesitivities and helped to crown Mae King and B. F. Wheeler Jr., manager of the Wheeler Fertilizer Plant, as Queen and King of the Centennial. The article was published in The Oviedo Outlook on March 15, 1979.
Creator
Milligan, Meg
Source
Original newspaper article: "Wheeler, Mae King Reign Over Festivities: Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial." The Oviedo Outlook, March 15, 1979: Private Collection of Sue Blackwood.
Publisher
The Oviedo Outlook
Date Created
ca. 1979-03-15
Date Copyrighted
1979-03-15
Date Issued
1979-03-15
Contributor
Blackwood, Sue
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "Wheeler, Mae King Reign Over Festivities: Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial." The Oviedo Outlook, March 15, 1979.
Is Part Of
Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
457 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Meg Milligan and published by The Oviedo Outlook.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by The Oviedo Outlook and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Dr. Connie L. Lester's Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015
Curator
Dossie, Porsha
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Sue Blackwood
External Reference
Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. Oviedo, Biography of a Town. S.l: s.n.], 1979.
Robison, Jim. Around Oviedo. 2012.
"History." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68.
"RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3.
Transcript
Thursday, March 15, 1979
$6/Yr.-Price: 15 Cents
Wheeler, Mae King reign over festivities
Thousands celebrate during Oveido's Centennial week
By MEG MILLIGAN
Oviedo's Centennial weekend was a fun-filled march through history that will be remembered for years to come.
The birthday celebration opened Friday night, March 9, with the "Oviedo Gala Centennial Boogie" at the high school, where Senator Richard Stone made a surprise visit.
Stone participated in the dance festivities before flying off to Washington where he appeared on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. True to his promise, Stone mentioned Oviedo's Centennial on nationwide television.
The culmination of the dance came when Stone crowned B.F. Wheeler, Jr. and Mae King as Oviedo's Centennial King and Queen.
Mae King, sponsored by Orangewood Feed & Tack, is considered to be a second mother to almost an entire generation of Oviedo residents through her devoted babysitting in the community.
The Queen's selection was based on the number of votes she got in the form of a penny a vote. The money earned from the votes helped cover the cost of the dance.
[Cont. on pg. 6]
Mae King accepts a bouquet of roses from Sen. Richard Stone after her crowning as Queen of the Centennial. The announcement came at Friday night's dance, where B.F. Wheeler, Jr., was named King. For more photos of the Centennial Festivities, see pages 6, 7, and 8.
$6/Yr.-Price: 15 Cents
Wheeler, Mae King reign over festivities
Thousands celebrate during Oveido's Centennial week
By MEG MILLIGAN
Oviedo's Centennial weekend was a fun-filled march through history that will be remembered for years to come.
The birthday celebration opened Friday night, March 9, with the "Oviedo Gala Centennial Boogie" at the high school, where Senator Richard Stone made a surprise visit.
Stone participated in the dance festivities before flying off to Washington where he appeared on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. True to his promise, Stone mentioned Oviedo's Centennial on nationwide television.
The culmination of the dance came when Stone crowned B.F. Wheeler, Jr. and Mae King as Oviedo's Centennial King and Queen.
Mae King, sponsored by Orangewood Feed & Tack, is considered to be a second mother to almost an entire generation of Oviedo residents through her devoted babysitting in the community.
The Queen's selection was based on the number of votes she got in the form of a penny a vote. The money earned from the votes helped cover the cost of the dance.
[Cont. on pg. 6]
Mae King accepts a bouquet of roses from Sen. Richard Stone after her crowning as Queen of the Centennial. The announcement came at Friday night's dance, where B.F. Wheeler, Jr., was named King. For more photos of the Centennial Festivities, see pages 6, 7, and 8.
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1 newspaper article
Collection
Citation
Milligan, Meg, “Wheeler, Mae King Reign Over Festivities: Thousands Celebrate Oviedo Centennial,” RICHES, accessed April 26, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5207.