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Zebco patents

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Father was talking to Bob a couple of weeks ago. He was trying to track down a gentleman for Mr. Freeman. Bob used to work for R.D. Hull as a modelmaker. He's the guy who made the 333 (that turned out to be the prototype for the 909). Since Bob worked in R&D all the ideas he had were patented in the company's name. What surprised me was the name of the company...Brunswick! (not Zebco).

Whenever Bob got one of them he was given a bonus and a plaque. Father commented that Bob has 29 of those plaques.

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Clinton
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