The streets of Historic Downtown were filled with an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people on Saturday celebrating all things Germany at Plant City Main Street’s inaugural Oktoberfest.
Ninety-one-year-old retired U.S. Marine sergeant and Plant City resident Joe DeMello got a surprise when, seventy years after the Korean War’s Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, he received a box of Tootsie Rolls in the mail, with the label “Tootsie Rolls salutes The Chosin Few. We are proud to have been with you.”
Attendees were present at the AmVets Post 44 in Plant City, to pay homage to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, due to terrorist attacks on the country.
Plant City High School celebrated its 50 year anniversary. Local resident Etta Wetherington also reached a milestone not easily obtained: she celebrated her 100th birthday.
Dr. David Ferry, a dentist who’d been helping his patients maintain and develop beautiful smiles for 46 years, retired from his practice in Plant City.
In football news, Durant High School’s bleachers were packed at its homecoming game against Lennard which it would go on to win 21-7.