Newsletter 04-22-2015

Plant City Farm & Flea Market Newsletter for April 22, 2015

Customer Free Parking Pass & the dealer/vendor special is at the bottom of this page.

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Happy Birthday To Glenn Campbell This Wednesday

Click On The Speaker Icon To Turn Music OFF

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Some truckloads of Watermelons have begun to arrived in the past few days. The price is $3.00 to $5.00 That's a little on the high side, but it should come down in a week or two.

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Guest Photo For The Week

Anyone that would like to contribute a story about the "Good Old Days" in Plant City, or help write an article for this newsletter, you would be welcomed with open arms.

If you have a photo that you would like to share on this newsletter, send it to pcfmarket@gmail.com

Carl Hinson comes to the Flea Market almost every Wednesday to sell his "Stuff". Carl is a retired school teacher from the Plant City area. He let me scan & copy this photo of Bell's Lunch Counter when it was in downtown Plant City. The young man in the photo is C. P. Hinson, (Carl's Father). I ate there many, many times when I was young. Bell's specialty was a hamburger with mustard & fried onions, and I thought that it was the best hamburger in the world. For those of you that are too young to remember, Bell's Lunch when I knew it was located on E. Haines St. across from Eady's Barber Shop. The barber shop was owned by Linda Eady's father "S. D. Eady". My grandmothers store (Wright's Furniture & Hardware) was just around the corner and across from Hagan's Cafe, which is now Snellgrove's Restaurant.

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FOOD TRIVIA "The Popsicle"

Frank Epperson of Oakland, California, popularized ice pops after patenting the concept of "frozen ice on a stick" in 1923. He initially called it the Epsicle. A couple of years later, Epperson sold the rights to the invention and the Popsicle brand to the Joe Lowe Company in New York City.

Epperson claimed to have first created an ice pop in 1905 at the age of 11 when he accidentally left a glass of powdered soda and water with a mixing stick in it on his porch during a cold night. However, the evidence for this is scant.

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Music Trivia

Before Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder was the singer in the band "Bad Radio", a progressive funk rock band heavily influenced by the early Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In his youth, Red Hot Chili Peppers front-man Anthony Kiedis's had babysitters none other than Cher and Sonny Bono.

May 15, 1997 was declared official 'ZZ Top Day' in the band's home-state of Texas. Who passed that legislation? None other than the Texas State Governor at the time, George W Bush.

When he was discharge from the US Army in 1960, Elvis Presley weighed 170 lbs. When he died, in 1977, he weighed 260 lbs.

Andy White, was the drummer who played on the definitive version of The Beatles' Love Me Do, he never earned more than his original session fee of £7 from playing the track. In today's money that would be $73.22

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This Day In History April 22nd

The following will be about history events that happened on this Flea Market Wed.
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101 Years Ago On April 22, 1914
Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
THE NEW YORK TIMES, reported on April 23, 1914. The record books note that Babe Ruth's first professional appearance as a pitcher was in the International League with the Baltimore Orioles, in a game played April 22 at home against the Buffalo team. It was a 6-0 win for Baltimore as noted in the very brief "International League Results" found near the bottom of the sports page.

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79 Years Ago On April 22, 1936
Glen Campbell, Was Born In Delight Arkansas
During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. He has placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, and/or the Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the Top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts.

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78 Years Ago On April 22, 1937
Jack Nicholson, was born in Neptune, New Jersey
He stared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a 1975 American drama film, based on the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The film stared Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and Will Sampson, the film was the second to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, and Screenplay) following It Happened One Night in 1934, an accomplishment not repeated until 1991 by The Silence of the Lambs.

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46 Years Ago On April 22, 1969
1st human eye transplant performed
Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston performed what was billed as the first human eye transplant on John Madden, 54, owner of a photography studio. The donor eye was taken from a man who had died of a brain tumor and the donor cornea, lens and iris were given to Madden. Although the transplant failed to restore Madden's sight--it has been reported that the donor eye was not preserved enough to keep it viable--the historic procedure was considered a medical miracle.

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37 Years Ago On April 22, 1978
Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton) of
The Waltons TV show, dies at 75

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18 Years Ago On April 22, 1998
Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World
My son Steve Waller and our shop "ATFAB" built these stairs for Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. The 1st photo shows it in our shop behind the Flea Market. The second photo is loaded on the truck ready to go and install it. The other photo are after the job was finished at the Disney Hotel.
We no longer do this kind of work, it's too labor intensive & hard to make any money.

In case your wondering what ATFAB stands for, it's "Any Thing For A Buck"
(CLICK PHOTos TO ENLARGE)

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Weekly Horoscope: For March 22, 2015 by Georgia Nicols
This is for the week of April 22nd. thru March 2nd.

All Signs
On Monday, the Sun moves into Taurus to stay for four weeks. Taurus has domain over many things, and one of them is money. For example, many bankers are Taurus. So who is surprised that April is the month so many of us are thinking about money and taxes? It goes with the territory. Taurus is also connected with green parks and farms, which is why Taurus people love to hike, walk and own mortgage-free land. They are the most sensuous and tactile of all the signs. They love their creature comforts and are excellent cooks, gourmets and sommeliers. (A chef is just a cook who swears in French.) This is why, in the coming month, we will focus on money, food and wealth. Ah yes, money talks but it doesn't make sense - not when it's cheaper than fuel.

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