The Grave of T.G.LEE King Of Milk | Florida History

Описание: Businessman and founder of T G Lee Dairy. He first started the company to produce higher-quality dairy products for Central Florida. Today, there are T.G. Lee factories across the state with various dairy products sold in supermarkets and convenience stores, and the milk is the official brand served in Florida public schools. At the age of 16 Mr. Lee took a two year business course at Rollins College then studied agriculture for two more years at the University of Florida. He suffered through WW1 with pneumonia and then went to Texas and spent 3 years working in the oil fields. He returned to Orlando and on June 3, 1925 T.G. Lee Dairy first opened its doors for business. Thomas Gilbert Lee and his wife started the business after his father, Charles, gave him 20 acres of land and a family cow and co-signed and bank note so Mr. Lee could buy another cow and calf. In the beginning, the company produced only milk and Mr.Lee did all the work. Today, the company has expanded considerably and the head quarters are still located on the corner of Bumby and Robinson in Orlando, Florida. By the mid 1960's TG Lee Dairys was the largest in Florida. My Lee used his initials so the name would fit on the bottles. Thomas G Lee was honored in April 1975, at the Contemporary Hotel at Walt Disney World for 50 years in dairying . Over 900 people attended the ceremony. At the celebration a proclamation form Governor Rubin Askew was presented to Mr Lee by State Representative Fred Hagen. Mayor Carl T Langford declared 1975 T G Lee year in Orlando and a telegram recognizing the milestone was read from John K Tabor, acting US Secretary of Commerce on behalf of President Gerald Ford. Son Richard Lee now runs the company which includes LeeVista Inc. properties south of Orlando by the international airport.
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