This Day in History: 1943-06-24

Undaunted by wartime shortages Township Road Superintendent Jack Glasgow devised his own road patching machine. At the cost of about $75 he combined an 80 gallon kitchen hot water boiler, mounted on the base of an old concrete mixer, an air compressor, a fuel oil burner, and a garden hose and nozzle to heat and spread the tar binder. With this he was able to fill up the pot holes in the Township roads damaged during the previous winter. (Bristow)