Loder
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William Beebee
William Beebee was the father-in-law of Howard Loder. He moved to Longwood to be near his daughter and grandkids between 1928 and 1933. He was a woodworker, so he decided to honor his new town with a series of cypress-carved signs. These were delivered to several organizations like the Baptist Church, Fire Department, and Longwood Civic League. The Longwood Civic League sign is now owned by the Longwood Historic Society; it is mounted in a storage closet. Beebee presented it to the Civic League in November 1929. This is the only known surviving sign.
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Loder House
This house was built in 1925 (completed in 1926) for Howard W Loder, then the Longwood Chamber of Commerce secretary. They moved to Longwood from Montclair, New Jersey. The Loders lived here during the 1920s and 1930s. Howard opened an electric shop called Service Electric Shop in 1926 and wired many of the buildings during that period. He graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute with BS and EE degrees. He was also secretary of the Longwood Chamber of Commerce and vice president of the Seminole County Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. ___ Beebee Loder was the chairwoman of the Red Cross…