Vintage Plastic Pedernales Electric Coop Thermometer Texas Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vintage Plastic Pedernales Electric Coop-PEC Advertising Thermometer Texas. Seems to be accurate. I tested with a thermopen digital thermometer and it was spot on. Comes from a smoke free home.
1937
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) runs for Congress, his first public office, promising the citizens of his district that he would “see that they got electric lights.”
The REA drafts the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, creating a nationwide model for the formation and operation of nonprofit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives.
1938
LBJ and representatives from Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays and Llano counties meet to sign an official document incorporating a “Pedernales Electric Cooperative.” LBJ, now a 28-year-old congressman, lobbies the Roosevelt administration to bring electricity to the region. E. Babe Smith, a local rancher, canvasses the Hill Country to sign up farmers and ranchers for electric service.