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Column: How a Gainesville resident created the Black Book for vehicles
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Johnny Vardeman
Black Book might be considered by many in the automobile industry as the bible for used car prices. Dealers in used cars all over the United States and Canada for years have used it in determining how to price a vehicle. That mighty little book all started in Gainesville. Gene McDonald, who died earlier this month, was the co-founder, the guy who had the vision to collect used car prices from auctions all over the country and print them in a little black book that would fit in a dealer’s shirt pocket.
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Column: Remembering the biggest Gainesville and Bulldog booster
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Johnny Vardeman
Bob Hamrick, former mayor of Gainesville who served a record 46 years on the City Council, was the son of a Methodist minister. He was very much Methodist himself, loyally and heavily involved in several capacities at First United Methodist Church, which he loved as much as his City of Gainesville.
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