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Harold Ponder, Founder
of Economy Glass, Dies
Harold C. Ponder,
85, passed away on February
9. Ponder, who
founded Economy Glass
in Escondido, Calif., is
survived by his wife,
Penny; a daughter, Kate;
Harold C. two sons, John and Jim;
Ponder four grandchildren,
Garrett, Sarah, Kelly
and Lauren; two brothers, Scott and
Dick; and a sister, Nell.
Ponder was born on July 20, 1922,
in High, Texas, the eldest of seven
siblings. He attended Crosbyton
High School and Texas Tech University.
On June 10, 1942, he enlisted in
the Marine Corps and served for
four years. Upon completion of his
service, he married Penny Latham
on June 22, 1947, and the two settled
in Escondido. Ponder worked for
Valley Lumber before starting Economy
Glass in 1955.
Harlingen Glass
Founder Passes Away
On February 26 Claudio Gonzales,
the founder of Harlingen Glass Co. in
Harlingen, Texas, passed away at his
home. Gonzales also was a founding
member and past president of the
Texas Glass Association (TGA) and a
past president of the Rio Grande Valley
Glass Association.
Gonzales, who retired from Harlingen
in 2001, died of a heart attack at
the age of 76. He is survived by two
daughters, Sandra Tovar and Jerry Ingles,
and five grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Dora,
who died earlier this year.
“We owe Claudio a great deal of
thanks for his efforts to help build the
TGA,” says Ray Soliz of Harlingen
Glass Co., who also serves as a TGA
board member and has known Gonzales
since 1986. “He was very influential—he
was a mentor.”
Soliz and Gonzales founded two
companies during their time working
together, Custom Glass and Coastal
Glass, both in Texas.
National Building
Science’s Barry
Hardman Dies at Age 67
The National Building Science Corp.’s
Barry G. Hardman died on February
7 at the age of 67. Hardman died of an
aggressive lymphoma that had invaded
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