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Margaret Ekdahl - "Miss America 1930"
Margaret Ekdahl - Florida's first "Miss America"
While there has been much controversy surrounding her title, there was no doubt about the beauty of Margaret Ekdahl. Born in Sweden in 1912, Margaret and her family arrived in Orlando in 1926. Known as "M ... Read
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Betty Wheeler, St. James Cathedral Parishioner
ABOVE: Orlando native Betty Wheeler at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando March 18th, 2011.
Elizabeth Cangelose was born just down the street from St. James at Orlando General Hospital on Orange Avenue. It was wartime and her mother, Corrie Rhodes ... Read
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