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Passing of Floyd McDonald
Long time member Floyd McDonald passed away on May 27, 2009 at age 87. Floyd served as an Air Force officer in WWII and Korea, and was also an industrial engineer for the Air Force administering government contracts. He was predeceased by his wife Emma Belle and is survived by sons Larry of San Francisco and Philip of Reno.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to: City of Hope, 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017; Disabled American Veterans, P O Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250; Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat Street, Americus, GA 31709; or Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Inc., 6005 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
Memorial graveside services are tentatively planned for July 31, 2009 at Riverside National Cemetery.
Ongoing and Upcoming Events
18 July 2009 - Citrus Label Society meeting, Sunkist Headquarters, Sherman Oaks, CA
summer 2009 - Citrus Roots Exhibit, Cal Poly Pomona Library Gallery (start date to be announced)
Young Ladies of Anaheim Series
At the May meeting in the city of Orange, member Gordon McClelland brought in a set of five orange box labels from Anaheim Orange & Lemon Assn. They were the Anaheim Gloriana, Delicia, Doria, Favorita, and Meritoria brands that feature the portraits of attractive young ladies. Sonia is a sixth member of the set that was designed by artist Duncan Gleason. Two other labels in the series are Bohemia and Oriental that were not by Gleason. Bohemia is from a stock label design by Western Litho.
To date is not known for sure if any single collection has a full set of the orange and lemon labels in this series although the Pomona Public Library has the most complete collection known. When viewing individual labels from different collections it becomes clear that there are also variations of the different labels. An interesting variation is the Delicia lemon label, shown below, that uses completely different art than the orange label.
Article about Dog Images on Labels
Article about California Citrus Labels
Go to Good Fruit Grower Magazine online.
Vintage Sunkist Packinghouse Photos
Rocky Hanrahan from Wilmington, Mass. recently sent in these images taken in Redlands on Feb. 18, 1943.
