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Gano Chance a Centralia legend of civic work and wit
Centralia's leading citizen F Gano Chance is celebrated for decades of civic service at the A B Chance company and in local organizations. The profile covers his engineering feats humor bold charity, weather forecasting hobby, and a controversial 1960s Birch Society chapter stigma, ending with his retirement to Scottsdale and enduring bond with Centralia.
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Gano Chance
Centralia
Iumbia Missourian
Mark Allen
the Missourian
F. Ganoance
A.B. Chance 6
Chance
Chance Gardens
City Park and
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
John Birch Society
Birchers
National Council of the Society
University College of Engineering
Football Frank
Los Angeles Times
Indianapolis News
The
Times
Columbia
Gano
Frank
Missouri
New York
San Francisco
Chance Company
United States
Emerson Electric Co
John
Schmitz
American Party
Anna
Scottsdale, Ariz
Post-Dispatch