Harold Warp

(1903-1994) born near Minden, Kearney County. Plastics industry pioneer, inventor of Flex-O-Glass in 1924, first to manufacture Polyethylene food wrap and plastic garbage bags, held 50 patents; was a promoter of tourism, and founder of Pioneer Village in Minden in 1953, which houses over 50,000 historical items, many displayed in their chronological order of development throughout history; recipient of 1979 Horatio Alger Award and 30 other awards from various state and national organizations. Consult Nebraska on the March, May 1954, pp. 1, 3 and September 1961, pp. 10, 12 and Sunday/Omaha/World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, July 27, 1986, pp. 12-14 and Kearney Hub, July 23, 1990, p. A-3 and obituary of April 9-10, 1994, pp. A-1, A-3.

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