Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...told him I would. I met them with T. J. present. They gave me the old song and dance about being local citizens and taxpayers and that they should have an inside track to the construction contracts. I told them that the contracts would be let to the lowest bidders wherever they came from* . . . T. J. turned to his friends and said 'I told you that he's the contrariest man in the county. Get out of here.' When they were gone, he said to me: 'You carry out your commitment to the voters...
...land more than I do." Today his income is $58 a month-just about enough to live on. But if Peters has not continued to prosper, the pineapples have. Cuttings from Peters' original plants now produce 40,000 to 60,000 tons of pineapples a year, supplying four local canning factories...
...lifelong bachelor, Peters lived plainly even in his flush days, spending the greater part of his income for charity and local improvement. He still shares his modest income with the needy, and lets poor families live rent-free in houses he owns. Last week state officials and U.S. Ambassador William O'Dwyer came to praise him. Said Peters: "My only hope is that from this school will come a future governor or President...
...interims Hogan can be found playing the grass-roots circuit, making one-day stands in small towns against local hotshots. Wherever he stops he draws a crowd. His poise on such occasions is perfect. He urges folks to edge in closer, and when everything has become intimate and relaxed he begins telling them how to play golf in one easy lesson. "There's not much to playing this game," he lies genially. After spieling off a few tips about grip and stance, he belts out a few balls. "See how easy it is?" he asks finally...
Using his Iowa broadcasts as an example, Nichols convinced other congregations that a joint national radio program would bring in converts without whittling away any congregation's local autonomy. Explains Nichols: "The primary interest of the Churches of Christ is converting people." Aim by 1962: 1,000 new congregations...