Winter Park Area
Mourns P.T. Flood
The death of Paul Thatcher Flood,
throughout Ohio,
83, of 1349 Essex Road, Winter Park
He was a member of the choirs of
this week marked the end of a
several
of
the
best-known city
colorful career.
churches and was head singing
Mr. Flood was born in Cleveland,
teacher at the Tucker School of
Ohio, and during his early school
Dramatic — Art.
He
later became
he was a
in
years
lamplighter
associate teacher of the great Oscar
addition
to having a newspaper
Saenger.
Mr.
Flood
toured the
route,
country with Donald Brian in “The
HIS FIRST full time job was with
Merry Widow” and also with “Rio
Rita” and other operetta companies.
the old Society for Savings Bank in
he
About 1940, he turned to speech
Cleveland where
eventually
became head of the Joan depart-
teaching which led to his meeting
ment.
Winifred Hanchett MacCardell, who
In World War I the Army rejected
was also a speech teacher. They
him because of being underweight,
soon became associate teachers, and
in 1948 were. married in the Rollins
but he joined the YMCA and went
overseas as a purchasing agent. His
Chapel by Dean A. D. Enyart, then
beautiful baritone voice soon put him
dean of men who had been dean of
in the entertainment world, and he
the college when Winifred Hanchett
became one of a quartet to sing for
attended Rollins from 1915-1918,
the troops in France — at Chateau
Mr. Flood and his wife had a
studio of speech and drama in New
Theirry, and on the Hindenburg Line,
as well as many other places,
York City for 15 years before moving
After the Armistice, he sang all
to Florida to live and teach. They
over Europe,
both solo and
in
became well known to Winter Park
quartets. When he returned to the
and Orlando audiences as readers of
United States, although his job at the
poetry and drama. Mr, Flood ap-
bank was waiting for him, Mr. Flood
peared in Wilbur Dorsett’s memora-
chose to make singing his profession.
ble play, “Song for Rollins,” as the
He joined the Cleveland Opera
first president of the college, Dr. Ed-
Company and also gave concerts
ward Hooker.