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Retired Corry native in Tennessee carves Nixon busts
In Cookeville Tennessee Glenn E Myrick 76 carved a Nixon bust from a newspaper photo after about 35 hours work using cedar bolts 30 by 12 inches His other carvings include a hound dog Hereford calf thunderbird rainbow trout running rabbit Indian girls shillelagh and landscapes He began whittling due to time spent on courthouse shavings and has other hobbies such as gardening and worm farming He started as a pattern maker in 1913 and rose to positions at Erie Sterilizer later retiring in Putnam County in 1954 and pursuing wood carving and more.
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Corry
Tennessee
President Nixon
Department of Agriculture
Glenn E. Myrick
Cookeville, Tenn
Nixon
American Sterilizer Co
Myrick
St. Louie Lou
Sioux City Sie
Fairview School
Grace Mannegan
Minnesota
Wilbur
Buck) Craker
Camillus
Hayes Manufacturing Co
Erie
Zurn Industries