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McLane Group does not own McLane Company. McLane Company (founded by Drayton McLane Sr.) was well run by Drayton McLane Jr.. There is another Wikipedia article that describes all of this. Drayton McLane sold the company to WalMart and it is now owned by Berkshire Hathaway. McLane Group is the company that Drayton McLane company started after selling McLane company was the parent company over the Houston Atsros and now sells several specialty foods. But McLane Group is not McLane Company's primary stakeholder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.96.146 (talk) 05:53, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hospitals[edit]

Should we start a section on health care, considering S&W is nationally recognized, A&M has a school of medicine and the VA? I'm sure there could be enough to fill it out. Joe I 04:30, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe mention that there is no "Scott White nursing home"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.228.200.149 (talk) 11:46, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that sounds like a good idea. — C M B J 21:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Electric rail[edit]

There needs to be a detailed explanation of the (now defunct) electric rail system in downtown Temple. — C M B J 21:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was an electric rail? lol, the library is still open, I will check on it, the have a good archive. Kashmirxincx (talk) 20:01, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in fact, some of the defunct tracks may still be seen embedded in the asphalt of east downtown streets. — C M B J 05:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

King of the Hill[edit]

As a long time fan of King of the Hill, I really don't see any clear evidence that Arlen is actually based on Temple. Yes, on maps, it occasionally appears to be close to the location of Temple, but there is a lot of evidence that also points to Arlen not being an actual location. The Hills' mail shows zip codes in Austin and Beeville, the distance to major cities sometimes varies from episode to episode, the population seems to be quite a bit smaller than Temple's actual population. In short, I think that it's very hard to present evidence that Temple is actually the basis for Arlen and as such, I don't think this info should be included in the Temple, TX wikipedia entry.

Except the for the episode where Bobby gets his first "Belton Beating". Any one who lives in the area, and in central Texas in general, would know that Temple, and Belton, Have always been rivals, long before KOTH. There is a Spot that over looks a water tower from the top of a play grounds giant rocket ship. Though I would have to say arlen is a composite. Mostly poking fun at a majority of towns in or around central Texas, with "arlen", or "rlen", in they're name, or at least sound that way. Kashmirxincx (talk) 19:57, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Engvall[edit]

Bill Engvall is from Georgetown, I am about 99% sure. But I am not confident enough in this fact to delete him from the famous people list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.178.72.160 (talk) 03:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Bill Engvall was born in Galveston, TX. JW in TX 20:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Sorry, I thought Engvall was from Temple. His father was an anesthesiologist at Scott & White. Maybe Temple doesn't want to claim him if Temple provided the inspiration for so many "Here's your sign" jokes. (Honey? Honey?!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.31.249 (talk) 22:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notables[edit]

The URL source for "Bryan Burroughs" does not list his hometown. This needs to be fixed or removed. Jaime Alan Canava and Priscilla Garza do not appear to be "notable" people. They will be removed if nobody can source this. JW in TX 02:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done JW in TX 20:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is "Dimples from down in Temple" one of the Exes who live in Texas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.168.179 (talk) 04:49, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive images[edit]

I removed a number of images from this article, not because they weren't pretty but because they crowded the text and didn't add value. If the article becomes longer, and sections are expanded to adequately cover the subjects of the images, it would be appropriate to return them. It's still visually a mess but I wanted to be judicious in my removals.--~T P W 15:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]