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30 • OCTOBER 2013 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Through the years with World Fence News October 1988 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the October 1988 edition of World Fence News, 25 years ago this month. • The cover photo for October 1988 showed Doney Park near Allentown, Pennsylvania, one of the oldest amusement parks in the United States, getting a fence face lift. American Fence, Inc. of Whitehall, Penn. chose a white coated orna- Industrial • Commercial • Farm • Ranch Certified Fencing Materials Interstate Highway • Federal or State Land Projects Oil Field Sites and Open Pit Mining • Residential Certified T-Post 1.33 certified ASTM • Field Fence • T-Posts/Wood Posts • Barbed Wire • Tubular Right-of-Way Gates • Portable Fencing Systems • Corner/Anchor Posts • High Tensile CROSSLOCK Game Fence High Tensile Cross Lock Fence Right-of-Way Gate V-Mesh Fence Gives maximum protection. High carbon, steel wire construction bounces back. 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October 1993 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the October 1993 edition of World Fence News, 20 years ago this month. • The cover photo for October 1993 issue showed a scenic split rail fence with lots of flowers around it. • The editor's column looked at the growing trend in color choices in fencing. • In good economic times as well as bad, business owners and managers should take a hands-on approach to controlling business costs, before the costs control the business. • A continuing series examined why business owners want to pass on their businesses to their children and what are the pressures children feel to carry on the family business. • The city of Austin, Texas had re- October 1988 cover October 1993 cover cently found it necessary to install a six foot high chain link fence at a popular viewing area for Mexican free tail bats, which spend the summer in the central Texas area. 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October 1998 Here are some articles and items that were being covered in the October 1998 edition of World Fence News, 15 years ago this month. • The cover for October 1998 showed a chain link fence strikingly silhouetted against a setting sun. The shot was taken by Ben Kurzawski of continued on page 32