First wife MARY A. CLARK died 1925. They had 5 children. Second wife Lillian Blamey. Third wife Sarah Marsh.
OBITUARY - Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, May 10, 1955
Dr. Charles R. Short Dies; Banker, Inventor, Engineer
CLERMONT - Mr. Charles R. Short, 83; bank president, inventor and retired research engineer, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, after a short illness.
Mr. Short was president of the Citizens Bank of Clermont for 25 years. He was chief mechanical research engineer at General Motors Corp. at Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., where he had been employed for 35 years and credited for perfecting the V-belt.
His latest invention, of 388 he had patented, was the Short Process Decorticator, a machine to process ramie, a fiberlike plant used in making cloth. He had spent
several years in research on ramie to produce this machine.
WATER CONTROL A prominent citizen of Clermont, Mr. Short also led in water control and experimental crop work. Since coming to Florida 27 years ago, he had done extensive work in soil sterilization, water hyacinth control and citrus experiments.
In 1945 he set up the Short Experimental Grove west of Clermont as a citrus laboratory. The 20-acre grove was later bought by the Soil Science Foundation of Florida for experiments with sprays and fertilizers.
Mr. Short came to Florida from Dayton to retire but was not to remain in retirement long. He first settled in Mascotte and later moved to Clermont where he bought a home. When the old State Bank of Clermont and the then-newly-organized national bank merged, Mr. Short came out of retirement to become president of the merged bank which later became the Citizens Bank.
WITH GENERAL MOTORS As a young man he moved to Detroit and applied for a job with General Motors. He agreed to work for practically nothing for a chance to learn.
He started as a common laborer and raised himself to one of the most esteemed positions in the company.
MASON LODGE Mr. Short was a member of Clermont Masonic Lodge 226, Antioch Shrine Temple, Dayton, and the Society of Automotive Engineers of America.
OBITUARY - Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, May 10, 1955
Dr. Charles R. Short Dies; Banker, Inventor, Engineer
CLERMONT - Mr. Charles R. Short, 83; bank president, inventor and retired research engineer, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, after a short illness.
Mr. Short was president of the Citizens Bank of Clermont for 25 years. He was chief mechanical research engineer at General Motors Corp. at Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., where he had been employed for 35 years and credited for perfecting the V-belt.
His latest invention, of 388 he had patented, was the Short Process Decorticator, a machine to process ramie, a fiberlike plant used in making cloth. He had spent
several years in research on ramie to produce this machine.
WATER CONTROL A prominent citizen of Clermont, Mr. Short also led in water control and experimental crop work. Since coming to Florida 27 years ago, he had done extensive work in soil sterilization, water hyacinth control and citrus experiments.
In 1945 he set up the Short Experimental Grove west of Clermont as a citrus laboratory. The 20-acre grove was later bought by the Soil Science Foundation of Florida for experiments with sprays and fertilizers.
Mr. Short came to Florida from Dayton to retire but was not to remain in retirement long. He first settled in Mascotte and later moved to Clermont where he bought a home. When the old State Bank of Clermont and the then-newly-organized national bank merged, Mr. Short came out of retirement to become president of the merged bank which later became the Citizens Bank.
WITH GENERAL MOTORS As a young man he moved to Detroit and applied for a job with General Motors. He agreed to work for practically nothing for a chance to learn.
He started as a common laborer and raised himself to one of the most esteemed positions in the company.
MASON LODGE Mr. Short was a member of Clermont Masonic Lodge 226, Antioch Shrine Temple, Dayton, and the Society of Automotive Engineers of America.
First wife MARY A. CLARK died 1925. They had 5 children. Second wife Lillian Blamey. Third wife Sarah Marsh.
OBITUARY - Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, May 10, 1955
Dr. Charles R. Short Dies; Banker, Inventor, Engineer
CLERMONT - Mr. Charles R. Short, 83; bank president, inventor and retired research engineer, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, after a short illness.
Mr. Short was president of the Citizens Bank of Clermont for 25 years. He was chief mechanical research engineer at General Motors Corp. at Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., where he had been employed for 35 years and credited for perfecting the V-belt.
His latest invention, of 388 he had patented, was the Short Process Decorticator, a machine to process ramie, a fiberlike plant used in making cloth. He had spent
several years in research on ramie to produce this machine.
WATER CONTROL A prominent citizen of Clermont, Mr. Short also led in water control and experimental crop work. Since coming to Florida 27 years ago, he had done extensive work in soil sterilization, water hyacinth control and citrus experiments.
In 1945 he set up the Short Experimental Grove west of Clermont as a citrus laboratory. The 20-acre grove was later bought by the Soil Science Foundation of Florida for experiments with sprays and fertilizers.
Mr. Short came to Florida from Dayton to retire but was not to remain in retirement long. He first settled in Mascotte and later moved to Clermont where he bought a home. When the old State Bank of Clermont and the then-newly-organized national bank merged, Mr. Short came out of retirement to become president of the merged bank which later became the Citizens Bank.
WITH GENERAL MOTORS As a young man he moved to Detroit and applied for a job with General Motors. He agreed to work for practically nothing for a chance to learn.
He started as a common laborer and raised himself to one of the most esteemed positions in the company.
MASON LODGE Mr. Short was a member of Clermont Masonic Lodge 226, Antioch Shrine Temple, Dayton, and the Society of Automotive Engineers of America.
OBITUARY - Orlando Sentinel, Tuesday, May 10, 1955
Dr. Charles R. Short Dies; Banker, Inventor, Engineer
CLERMONT - Mr. Charles R. Short, 83; bank president, inventor and retired research engineer, died Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital, Jacksonville, after a short illness.
Mr. Short was president of the Citizens Bank of Clermont for 25 years. He was chief mechanical research engineer at General Motors Corp. at Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., where he had been employed for 35 years and credited for perfecting the V-belt.
His latest invention, of 388 he had patented, was the Short Process Decorticator, a machine to process ramie, a fiberlike plant used in making cloth. He had spent
several years in research on ramie to produce this machine.
WATER CONTROL A prominent citizen of Clermont, Mr. Short also led in water control and experimental crop work. Since coming to Florida 27 years ago, he had done extensive work in soil sterilization, water hyacinth control and citrus experiments.
In 1945 he set up the Short Experimental Grove west of Clermont as a citrus laboratory. The 20-acre grove was later bought by the Soil Science Foundation of Florida for experiments with sprays and fertilizers.
Mr. Short came to Florida from Dayton to retire but was not to remain in retirement long. He first settled in Mascotte and later moved to Clermont where he bought a home. When the old State Bank of Clermont and the then-newly-organized national bank merged, Mr. Short came out of retirement to become president of the merged bank which later became the Citizens Bank.
WITH GENERAL MOTORS As a young man he moved to Detroit and applied for a job with General Motors. He agreed to work for practically nothing for a chance to learn.
He started as a common laborer and raised himself to one of the most esteemed positions in the company.
MASON LODGE Mr. Short was a member of Clermont Masonic Lodge 226, Antioch Shrine Temple, Dayton, and the Society of Automotive Engineers of America.
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