Chairman of board, president, and CEO of Gearhart Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas.

Owner and operator, Fultz’s News Agency, Denton, Texas.

Journalist. His early career as a reporter; impressions of Martin Dies; Shivers gubernatorial campaign of 1950; his experiences as appointments secretary to Governor Allan Shivers; observations of Stevenson-Johnson senatorial race of 1948.

Owner and operator, C. R. Fowler Hardware, and mayor, Krum, Texas.

Rancher-farmer, Denton, Texas.

Owner and president, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Homes, Inc., Denton, Texas.

Founder of Fischer’s Meat Market, Muenster, Texas. [Note: Name changed to Fisher. Original family name, Fischer, maintained only to identify business.] Family background; farming and public education in Muenster; establishment of meat market, 1927; business expansion to include groceries, 1933; effects of Depression in Muenster; production and marketing of Fischer’s Sausage; opening of retail store in Denton; description of deer processing; business volume; sale of business, 1975; views on government regulations; civic activities in Muenster; dominance in area food markets.

General and regional manager, Haverty’s Furniture Company, Houston, Texas.

Supervisor and buyer for stores, Duke & Ayres Company.

Interviews with Lotta Evers Callahan (b.1910), Jessie Evers King, Bob Evers Tripp, Felix Callahan (b. 1907), Wilford Pierce (b. 1909), Verna Solomon, and Walter Laney (b. 1918). CALLAHAN, Lotta Evers. Daughter of Will Evers. Family background; Robert and Adolph Evers’s purchase of hardware store, Denton, Texas, 1885; store ownership passed to sons Will and Dolph Evers, Jr.; description of Denton, early 1900s; sale of buggies and tractors; Will Evers’ civic activities; typical work day at hardware store; comments on personnel of store; experiences during Depression.