LeTourneau University offered less grant aid to undergraduates than both the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas and the average college in Texas. Similarly, fewer undergraduates took out federal student loans than the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas, but more than the average college in Texas.
E.E. Hoag used these feathers to invent the first feather duster. Using a short broom stick and splitting the feathers with a pocket knife, the duster was found to be too stiff for use. In 1874, the Hoag Duster Company was founded, which became a pioneer of feather dusters in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Man Who Created The Pink Plastic Lawn Flamingo Dies. The flamingo ornament was one of hundreds of items that Donald Featherstone made for the Union Products plastics company. The flamingo ornament was one of hundreds of items that Donald Featherstone made for the Union Products plastics company. Amy Sancetta/AP. If you've got a plastic pink flamingo on your lawn, give it a pat on the back. The man who designed the lawn art, Donald Featherstone, has died. He was 79. His wife, Nancy, tells The Associated Press that Featherstone died Monday and that he had battled Lewy body dementia. A trained sculptor with a background in classical art, Featherstone created the now-ubiquitous pink flamingo in 1957, based on a photo he saw in National Geographic.