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OHB 0045

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeIRICK, Clifton (b. 1919)
ProfessionsOwner and operator, Clifton Irick Real Estate

About this oral history

Interview ID #OHB 0045
Date(s) of interview -
DescriptionRealtor, owner and operator, Clifton Irick Real Estate, Pilot Point, Texas. Family background; description of Pilot Point, 1930s; work in dry goods store and as insurance salesman; purchase of White Auto Store franchise; purchase of Pilot Point National Bank, 1983; race relations in Pilot Point; experiences in retailing business; history of Pilot Point banking; comments on bank directors; expansion of bank; views on government regulations of banking; comments on bank personnel; sale of bank and entry into full-time real estate work, 1975; advantages of Pilot Point’s location; development of homeowner property and horse farm property; comments on land prices in Pilot Point area; cotton ginning in Pilot Point; views on financing loans; advertising sources; civic activities; vignettes of Pilot Point history.
Interviewer(s)Floyd Jenkins
Physical Description146 pp.
Terms of UseOpen