OHB 0070 | Oral History

OHB 0070

Owner and operator of Adams Exterminating Company, Denton, Texas. Family background; father’s employment with Morrison Milling Company and International Exterminating Company, Denton; experiences in Navy at end of World War II; employment with father’s company, Adams Exterminating, 1950; comments on public view of pest control business, 1940s; description of Purdue University’s courses on pest control; comments on business competitors; views on “self-policing” within the pest control business; development of large sprayer dealership; contrast of old and current methods of pest control; discussion of ant problems, expansion of company; requirements for licensing pest control business; discussion of variety of pesticides; comments on government regulations; expansion of market; civic and trade association activities; duties as president of Texas Pest Control Association.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 105 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview February 11, 1982

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