In the Goodwood collection, we have a number of Christmas cards saved by Margaret Hodges Hood. She usually saved only the front of the card, presumably for crafts. This particular card, from around 1962, is no exception. Only the first three paragraphs of the letter remain.
Merry Xmas!
Knowing that you are a student of history and of politics, I wonder what your opinion of the world situation is today?
I believe that President Kennedy will do some much needed work toward regaining American leadership if those right-wing Republicans will give him a chance. Eisenhower left office without doing anything to strengthen us here at home, or abroad.
Do you like our present governor? Frankly I am disappointed in him. I did not vote for him in the first primary--but I did in the second. In this area we are all burned up with him over the turnpike matter and his complete ignoring of the Ridge section of the state....
And there it stops! President Kennedy served from 1961 to 1963. Cecil Farris Bryant became governor in 1961, succeeding Leroy Collins. The Florida Turnpike was advanced during his administration. The Ridge section includes Polk and Highland counties, which the turnpike misses entirely.
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| From Florida Memory Project: Gov. Bryant (center) breaking ground for the Florida Turnpike |
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