Floyd Jenkins | Oral History

Floyd Jenkins

OHB 0014

McFATRIDGE, Mrs. Carl. Wife of Carl McFatridge and co-founder of Carl’s Tasty Sausage. His and her family backgrounds; founding of company; early production, distribution methods, problems; death of Carl McFatridge, 1967. McFATRIDGE, Billy Ed. Son of founders, president of Carl’s Tasty Sausage. Early work experience; education; church ministry; growth and changes in production methods, equipment; facilities, territory, product lines, employees; sources of supply; pricing problems; government regulations.

OH 0656

Early childhood and adolescence; early teaching experiences; student at North Texas State Normal College during 1920s; appointment as a teacher in the college Laboratory School; principal, college Laboratory School; curriculum committee, State Department of Education; dean, College of Education; curriculum planning in College of Education; the Southern Study; desegregation of North Texas State College, 1955.

OHB 0056

Business manager, Texas Woman’s University; owner and operator, Marvin Loveless Photography Studio, Denton, Texas; and owner and operator, Denton Mini Warehouses, Denton, Texas.

OHB 0026

Owner and operator of Logan’s Shoe Repair, Denton, Texas. Family background; early work experiences; work as youth in shoe repair shops; thoughts about an African-American man in white business world; employment at North Texas State University library and Morrison Milling Company; going into business for himself; experiences with financial institutions in Denton; feelings about importance of his work, quality; work for Denton State School; real estate interests.