Whiskey Helped Citrus Workers Save the Day

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

Peter McClure

Peter McClure recalls his father telling how whiskey kept citrus workers going so they could save groves in Florida’s 1962 freeze. McClure told the story during the April “A Celebration of Florida Citrus Through the Years” at Florida Southern College in Lakeland.


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