The Sanford Herald, March 02, 1937
Dublin Core
Title
The Sanford Herald, March 02, 1937
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
The Sanford Herald issue published on March 02, 1937. One of the oldest newspapers in Florida, The Sanford Herald printed their first issue on August 22, 1908.
Source
Original 8-page newspaper issue: The Sanford Herald, March 02, 1937; Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida
Publisher
Contributor
Transcribed by Kim Marie Fischer Peters.
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
**********************************************************
CAPT. AMUNDSEN NOTED EXPLORER SANFORD VISITOR
Norwegian Who Sailed Norge
To Pole Last Summer Will
Speak In Orlando Friday
Night At City Auditorium
Capt. Roald Amundsen, distin- guished Norwegian explorer,
whose flight over the North Pole
in the dirigible Norge was one of the most outstanding exploration feats of modern history, stopped in Sanford for a brief visit this evening while enroute to Daytona Beach where he will spend the day.
Capt. Amundsen, accompanied by J. C. Bru__ster, one of the pub – lishers of the Orlando Reporter- Star, visited the offices of the Herald and confirmed announce- ments that he is to speak in Orlando next Friday night. His address, he stated, will deal with the Norge expedition, that was made successful through the aid of an American, Lincoln Ellsworth, who accompanied Capt. Amund- sen on the famous flight.
The address is to be made Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock in the city auditorium at Orlando and a large number of central Florida citizens are expected to hear it. Pictures depicting the flight of the Norge over the pole will be shown and the lecture will be illustrated throughout.
The explorer was brought to Orlando under the auspices of the Reporter-Star, the afternoon daily of that city.
*******************************************************
CAPT. AMUNDSEN NOTED EXPLORER SANFORD VISITOR
Norwegian Who Sailed Norge
To Pole Last Summer Will
Speak In Orlando Friday
Night At City Auditorium
Capt. Roald Amundsen, distin- guished Norwegian explorer,
whose flight over the North Pole
in the dirigible Norge was one of the most outstanding exploration feats of modern history, stopped in Sanford for a brief visit this evening while enroute to Daytona Beach where he will spend the day.
Capt. Amundsen, accompanied by J. C. Bru__ster, one of the pub – lishers of the Orlando Reporter- Star, visited the offices of the Herald and confirmed announce- ments that he is to speak in Orlando next Friday night. His address, he stated, will deal with the Norge expedition, that was made successful through the aid of an American, Lincoln Ellsworth, who accompanied Capt. Amund- sen on the famous flight.
The address is to be made Friday evening at 8:15 o’clock in the city auditorium at Orlando and a large number of central Florida citizens are expected to hear it. Pictures depicting the flight of the Norge over the pole will be shown and the lecture will be illustrated throughout.
The explorer was brought to Orlando under the auspices of the Reporter-Star, the afternoon daily of that city.
*******************************************************
Collection
Citation
“The Sanford Herald, March 02, 1937.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed July 20, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/sanford_herald/items/show/6177.