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In
1937, Wesley
and Florence Crain were married. Florence Mary Crain was born June 2, 1902, in
Oklahoma. In 1906 the Crain family, Including Florence's 3 brothers and
2 sisters, moved to
Twin Falls,
Idaho. In 1918 they moved to
San Diego
where they managed the Tourist Hotel on
National Avenue
in
National City. In 1920
Florence
married
Jack
Emberly. They had one daughter,
Rose. In 1925 she married
Charles
Sangster. Their son,
Robert, is now a well-known building contractor in this area.
Mr.
Sangster
died in 1929 and
Florence
cared for the 80 acre homestead on Mussey Grade, working at a restaurant
in
Ramona
at the same time. By February 1937, she owned a cafe on Woodside, and
that same year she married Weslev. For several years she cooked at Cecil's Lakeside Inn on
Maine Avenue.
During World
War II she worked in the experimental
building at Consolidated. When the war was over, she became involved as
a reporter and column writer for the
Lakeside
newspaper. She then moved from this role to the role of Historian, and
on to work for the preservation of historic landmarks.
The
Cork
Elms along Woodside became her focal point, and from 1946 on, she made a
supreme effort to save the trees. Sadly it failed. Again in 1965 she
gained recognition when she led a citizen's group in preserving the Boathouse. She was honored as
Lakeside's Woman of the Year. The Beadle place on Ashwood was the setting for
Flossie's Museum. One of the buildings was formerly the La Mesa Depot, which
has now been returned to
La Mesa
and restored. Wesley
died at the home in which he was born.
Florence
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Florence Beadle
"Flossie Sends Back Silk To Japanese" in 1943
Flossie opposed removal of the
cork elms with a shotgun. Taken 1965.
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