The Circle K Club on December 7 completed their main project of the year by erecting a 40-foot flagpole on the mall in front of the TC Student Center.
The three-section pole, sunk six feet into the ground, was constructed from steel pipe which was donated to the project by Ideal Plumbing Company of Texarkana. The flagpole is set in a four-foot-square base of concrete given by Smith Concrete Products, and the concrete work was done by a county crew under the direction of Matt Knight, Bowie County Commissioner.
R. M. Merritt, TC employee, did the welding. Members of the Circle K Club painted the pole silver with paint donated by Sears-Roebuck and Company.
A dragline handled by some 30 Circle K members hoisted the pole into position, where guylines held it until the concrete base hardened.
Further plans call for a plaque to be erected at the base of the pole which will bear the emblem of the Circle K. The club also has solicited Congressman Wright Patman to obtain a United States flag which has flown over the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Circle K President Bill Tate had this comment: “We feel that this service rendered by the Circle K is one that should have been rendered long before now. This school has not had a flagpole since moving to the present campus.”
Circle K is an international service organization for young men in college. It is affiliated with the Kiwanis Club. The club at TC is the college’s largest club, with 33 members.