Oral History Interview with C. B. Owens and Jerry Owens, January 25, 1978

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Interview with C. B. Owens, founder and chairman of the board of Owens County Sausage, and Jerry Owens, son of C. B. Owens and president of Owens County Sausage. The interview discusses their family background; life on the farm; education; C. B. Owens recalls starting part-time home delivery sausage business from the home farm; his early production methods; his first wholescale account with Wyatt Stores in 1933; his first processing "plant" with full-time business retail store and butcher shop; expansion of the territory, facilities, products, employees, and other business interests; Jerry Owens discusses his time working in the sausage plant; … continued below

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113 p. ; 28 cm.

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Jenkins, Floyd; Owens, C. B. & Owens, Jerry January 25, 1978.

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Interview with C. B. Owens, founder and chairman of the board of Owens County Sausage, and Jerry Owens, son of C. B. Owens and president of Owens County Sausage. The interview discusses their family background; life on the farm; education; C. B. Owens recalls starting part-time home delivery sausage business from the home farm; his early production methods; his first wholescale account with Wyatt Stores in 1933; his first processing "plant" with full-time business retail store and butcher shop; expansion of the territory, facilities, products, employees, and other business interests; Jerry Owens discusses his time working in the sausage plant; his philosophy of ownership; his thoughts on expansion, financing, employee, customer, community relations, product quality, and pricing in the hog market; and his views on business stability and fluxuations, competition, free enterprise, government regulations, and family-owned businesses.

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113 p. ; 28 cm.

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Interview conducted in 1978 for the Business Archives Project, North Texas State University Oral History Collection. Interviewer: Dr. Floyd Jenkins of the College of Business, North Texas State University.

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Jenkins, Floyd; Owens, C. B. & Owens, Jerry. Oral History Interview with C. B. Owens and Jerry Owens, January 25, 1978, book, January 25, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2420310/: accessed September 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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