Sunland Tribune

Volume 3 Article 8

1977

Meet the Authors

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DR. JAMES M. INGRAM EVANELL K. POWELL James Mayhew Ingram is a native of Tampa and Native born Tampan, Evanell K. Powell operates the was graduate from Hillsborough High School in Old Bookshop at 420 W. Platt St. After her three sons 1937. He. attended the and were grown and off to college, she began writing her Duke University. He was graduate from Duke book, Tampa That Was, 1973. This was followed by University Medical Center in 1943 and interned Bibliographical Check List and Price Guide of the at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1944. He served in Federal Writers’ Publications, based on her own the Army, had a private practice, served on the extensive, and largest anywhere, collection of WPA faculty at the , 1962-70, and Writers’ materials. Her next book: Things You Never since has been professor and chairman of the Thought to Ask About Florida, And Didn’t Know Deportment of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Whom to Ask Anyway. College of Medicine, University of South Florida. His hobby is medical history and he is a frequent contributor to the Journal of the Florida Medical Association.

Dr. James W. Covington is Dona Professor of History at the University of Tampa, author of four books and 50 articles. He is former president of the Florida Anthropological Society and of the Tampa Historical Society, and former member of the Barrio Latino, Commission and of the Hillsborough County Historical Commission.

HAMPTON DUNN Native Floridian Hampton Dunn is a former managing editor of the Tampa Daily Times and TONY PIZZO commentator on Miami Television Station WCKT, Tony PIZZO is a native of , graduate - of and presently is vice president of the Penninsular Stetson University, holds executive positions in The Motor Club (AAA). He is author of a dozen books on House of Midulla Enterprises; charter president Ybor Florida History, including Yesterday’s Tampa and City Rotary Club; author of Tampa Town; The writes a historical column weekly in The Tampa Cracker Village With a Latin Accent. Honors Tribune - Tampa Times. He was a charter Trustee include Tampa’s Outstanding Citizen Award, 1956; of both the Historic Pensacola and Tallahassee Tampa’s by the governments of Italy and Cuba; Preservation Boards. He is post president of the Tampa’s Outstanding Latin-American Citizen Tampa Historical Society. His writings have won Award, and the National Award of Merit from the numerous awards, including -a top award from the American Association for History. Teaches “Tampa’s Florida Historical Society. The University of Tampa Latin Roots at the University of South Florida. bestowed upon him the Distinguished Public Service All Aboard, Train Buffs!

One pleasant Sunday in October, 1976, members of the Tampa Historical Society and their friends enjoyed an outing in Pasco County. They had lunch at the historic Edwinola Hotel in Dade City and then went for a ride on the locomotive pulled train of the Trilby-San Antonio & Cypress Railroad-the Orange Belt Route. More than 100 adventuresome passengers filled the train to ca- pacity. Shown posing for a publicity picture pro- moting the event are Hampton Dunn, Bettie Nel- son and Phil J. Lee. It was Mr. Lee, retired vice president of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, who served as Conductor of this THS Special.

-TAMPA TRIBUNE Photo by Dan Fager

A Nostalgia Night At The Movies

The Tampa Historical Society put on a night of nostalgic movies in Old Hyde Park, featuring old news reels, W. C. Fields' comedies, and other delightful flicks. There to share in the fun of reminiscing were Patti and Gabe Ayala, right. Greeting them was Tampa historian Hampton Dunn, who also was the projectionist.

-TAMPA TIMES Photo