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Ruby Curry was born to Viola Curry Greene and Lawrence Curry in Bealsville, Florida, [3] where she grew up in a community formed by freed slaves, including Curry's great grandmother, Mary Reddick, who founded the community's school. [4] Known as Miss Ruby, she was an evangelical minister in Paterson, New Jersey, for 25 years. [5]
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Bruton was a founder of the East Hillsborough Historical Society, which maintains the Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center. [8] The Plant City Public Library was named the Quintilla Geer Bruton Memorial Library between 1989 and 1994 when the name was changed to the Bruton Memorial Library to encompass the contributions of both her and her husband. [9]
Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. It is part of the Tampa Bay area . The population was 39,764 at the 2020 census .
No Florida representative at Miss America pageant [52] 1935: Elizabeth Hull Plant City: Miss Plant City Vocal medley, "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" Top 12 1934 No national pageant was held [53] 1933: No Florida representative at Miss America pageant [54] 1932 No national pageants were held [53] 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 ...
At this point, the Woman’s Club of Plant City began to make their own plans for a library: “The club plans to develop, from a small start, a library which will eventually be the pride of Plant City.” [1] Bruton noted that “nearly forty years passed before the City…was persuaded to build a library.” [1] The Woman’s Club began operating a library in their club room in 1927 (Oberlin).