LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 5, Number 21, November 1, 1951 Page: 3
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God Needs
Road Scrapers
(This article appeared in the August
26 issue of PARADE, The Sunday
Picture Magazine. The magazine is
distributed as a part of the Sunday
issue of many of the leading news-
papers in the country. Believing that
the readers of NOW would appreciate
having it reprinted in NOW your edi-
tor hereby offers it for your approval.
It is printed in place of the article
R. G. LeTourneau Talks About.)
you know how maddening a ma-
chine can be. Your car breaks
down, for example, and suddenly
you're frantic.
Well, that's how a young fellow
named Bob LeTourneau felt a few
years ago. It wasn't his car that gave
the trouble. Instead, he was steering
an awkward, gangly road scraper
(you've seen them on country lanes).
One hot day, it got too much for
Bob.
"Why not on~something about this
thing?" he ask himself. "It doesn't
have to be so slow-or so clumsy."
As foundry worker, garage mechan-
ic, Navy machinist and land-leveling
expert, Bob had learned a lot about
heavy machinery. He tackled the pro-
blem: how to build a road scraper that
would both move and load dirt, would
be inexpensive, fast, and foolproof.
Months later, he had the answer-
almost.
Machines . . or the Gospel?
Then at Church he heard a young
missionary tell about his work in
Africa. Suddenly, the really vital thing
seemed people-and their faith in
God. Should he become a missionary?
He talked with his pastor, and for
days he examined his conscience.
Finally his pastor said: "Bob, I
think I've got the answer. God needs
giant scrapers as well as missionaries
Stick to your work."
.. Bob went back to his shop and
finished his designs. They were good,
and today as head of a giant corpora-
tion he builds 65,000-pound earth-
moving monsters. He's also one of the
nation's outstanding lay preachers.
"My life," LeTourneau says, "has
three planks - speed, the welding
K torch, and the Bible."Entertain New Students
Following a tradition which began
when the LeTourneau Technical
Institute was established, Mom and
Pop LeTourneau invited all the new
students over to the LeTourneau home
for a feed and general get-to-gether
the other night. The feed consisted of
chicken, potatoe salad, baked beans,
pickles, hot rolls, and cold soda pop.
Mom is literally raking the platter
clean in the picture at right above.
Pop spoke to the students after the
feed. He urged them to make the most
of the opportunities they had, and
cautioned them to be ever mindful of
spiritual things. "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God and his righteous-
ness."
Mom told the boys to always re-
member that she was there to help
them. She reminded them that there
was always a room and bed at her
house if they didn't feel well. "And
this means being homesick also," she
said.
After everyone had a chance to
meet everybody else, the group ad-
journed to the living room of the Le-
Tourneau home and saw a religious
movie.
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LeTourneau Technical Institute. LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 5, Number 21, November 1, 1951, periodical, November 1, 1951; Longview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526673/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.