OHB 0065 | Oral History

OHB 0065

One of the founders of Bomber Bait Company, Gainesville, Texas. Family background; farming during Depression in Olton, Texas; employment as a gasoline retailer in Olton and tire repair operator in Gainesville; interest in designing fish baits; development of Bomber Bait Company with Clarence Turbeville; problems obtaining supplies at end of World War II; designing hard baits; expansion of market; sale of company; views on success of Bomber Bait and failures of other bait companies.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 63 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview September 16, 1981

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