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Denton Record-Chronicle
LOCAL/STATE
Sunday, June 23, 2013
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Angela K. Brown/AP
Masao “Charlie” Watanabe, president and chief executive of
Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan, stands beneath a portrait of
“Colonel” Harland Sanders at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Wa-
tanabe purchased the company founder’s trademark white
suit jacket and black string tie at Saturday’s auction.
Iconic suit, historic
shackles auctioned
By Angela K. Brown
Associated Press
DALLAS — The president
and chief executive of Kentucky
Fried Chicken Japan purchased
the trademark white suit worn
by company founder “Colonel”
Harland Sanders at auction Sat-
urday for $21,510 — then
promptly tried it on.
Masao “Charlie” Watanabe
grinned while putting on the
suit jacket and black string tie at
the Heritage Auctions event,
standing beneath a photograph
of Sanders.
He had already planned to
attend a company marketing
meeting in Dallas, but arrived
early after he found out about
the auction, he said.
Watanabe was one of hun-
dreds of in-person, telephone
and online bidders vying for
various items, including a gun
belt owned by legendary outlaw
Jesse James and leg irons that
restrained abolitionist John
Brown.
Watanabe also bought a
mini-collection of Sanders’
memorabilia — including his
1973 Kentucky driver’s license
- for $1,912.
Sanders is a popular figure in
Japan, and most KFC restau-
rants there have statues of him
in front, Watanabe said. He
plans to display the suit at a res-
taurant in Tokyo.
“Every child in Japan knows
Colonel Sanders’ face and his
uniform,” Watanabe told The
Associated Press through a
translator.
Sanders was named a “Ken-
tucky colonel” by the state’s gov-
ernor in 1935, five years after he
began cooking meals for travel-
ers who stopped at his gas sta-
tion, according to his biography
on the KFC website.
Earlier Saturday, the leg
irons used on Brown after his
failed 1859 raid on a federal ar-
senal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va.,
sold for $13,145. The winning
bidder declined to be identified.
Many scholars believe
Brown and his raid hastened
the start of the Civil War as he
tried to end slavery. The Con-
necticut native and some fol-
lowers seized the arsenal, hop-
ingto provide 100,000weapons
to slaves who never joined them.
Brown later was hanged for
treason, murder and inciting a
rebellion.
James’ gun belt, one of two
that he owned at the time of his
death, sold for $16,730. The
buyer was not immediately
known.
Lynn Sheffield
Simmons
THE PLACE IS ARGYLE
Pickleball started in 1965
when Washington state Con-
gressman Joel Pritchard and
Bill Bell returned home from a
summer golf game and found
their families wanting some-
thing to do.
The Pritchards’ property had
an old badminton court, and af-
ter not finding badminton
equipment, the men created
four wooden paddles. They hap-
pened upon a perforated plastic
ball and learned the ball
bounced well on asphalt.
The men lowered the net to
36 inches and created a set of
rules fashioned after badmin-
ton. Once they began playing
the game, whenever the ball
went past Pickles, the Pritch-
ards’ cocker spaniel, the dog
grabbed it and ran off. The ball
belonged to Pickles, giving the
game’s name, pickleball.
For the past three years, Rob-
son Ranch resident Ellen M.
Gilgore, an ambassador for the
USA Pickleball Association, and
other volunteers have taught
pickleball to students at Argyle
Intermediate School. After they
organized an after-school club,
Gilgore planned to rent the
school’s gym for the summer but
found the cost of liability insur-
ance prohibitive.
She then asked her church
for space to play pickleball, and
the Argyle United Methodist
Church painted a 20-by-44-foot
court in the church parking lot.
The game is designed for all
ages. Robson Ranch has almost
200 members who play on four
lighted outdoor courts, and Gil-
gore hopes Argyle residents will
get involved in playing the
game.
For more information, visit
www.usapa.org and watch avid-
Courtesy photo/Stephanie Crider
Lena Fay Robinson, Stella McDaniel, and Donna Lumpkins attend the Argyle Senior Center
Luau recently. Senior Center president Stella McDaniel played host to the luau at her home,
where 29 attendees enjoyed hula dancing, colorful decorations and good food.
eo, or contact Ellen Gilgore at
kenandellen@grandecom.net.
Graham-Argyle Cemetery
board elects officers
The Graham-Argyle Ceme-
tery Association Board of Direc-
tors met recently at the ceme-
tery on Country Club Road to
elect new officers: Scott Norton,
president; Maureen Meyer, vice
president; and Marlene Tackett,
secretary/treasurer. Other
board members include Dan
Owens, Martha Beavers, Bobby
Channel and Temple Cottle.
Norton announced that the
new postal address for the asso-
ciation is P.O. Box 573, Argyle,
TX 76226.
He also asked members for
assistance when visiting the
cemetery to help keep it picked
up by bringing a plastic bag to
remove flowers that are no lon-
ger serviceable from their loved
ones’ gravesites and to dispose of
them at home since the recepta-
cles at the cemetery are quickly
filled.
For more information, call
940-464-7256 or 940-206-
4802.
Coming up
The Argyle Town Council
will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at
Club spreads word about pickleball
^^■he Argyle Community
| Pickleball Club will meet
I at 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Argyle United Methodist
Church, 9033 Fort Worth
Drive.
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940-222-6648
2203 W. University Dr.
Town Hall, 308 Denton St. For
more information, call 940-
464-7273.
The Argyle Senior Center of-
fers activities each Wednesday
and Friday at the Argyle Town
Hall Community Room. An ex-
ercise class starts at 10 a.m., fol-
lowed by card games at 11 a.m.
LYNN SHEFFIELD SIM-
MONS is founder and past
president of the North Texas
Book Festival Inc. She is the
author of nine children’s hooks
and two history hooks on Ar-
gyle. She can be reached at
lynmheffieldsimmonstfgnmil.
com or 940-464-3368.
The Red River Peach Orchard
provides an old-fashioned peach
picking experience where fam-
ily and friends pick sweet juicy
peaches right from the tree!
Call ahead to get
ripening information.
From Gainesville, take 82 East,
FM 371 North, then left on
County Road 134
Open Thurs, Fri, and Sat
8:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Mid-June through mid-August
Peach ice cream, peach jams,
peach butters, and
cobbler mixes available.
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940.612.2600 • www.redriverpeachorchard.com
Denton Coin muni tv Theatre
presents
Encore 6!
RMON
(aston Williams Joe Sears Ed Howard
A SIDE-SPLITTING FUNDRAISER
INTRODUCING DENTON COMMUNITY
THEATRE’S 44TH SEASON!
Directed by Donna Trammell
Assisted by C lay White
JUNE 21, 22, 28 & 29 AT 8:00 PM
JUNE 23 & 30 AT 2:00 PM
Campus Theatre
214 W. Hickory • Denton, Texas
For Tickets: 940.382.1915
www. campustheatre. com
Tickets for performance are $20 per person
Thank you, tsx ouh AponAoM,!
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