The Record Newspapers - Hometown News For Orange County, Texas

Dave Rogers

Orange Lions Club members John Backer, left, and Ralph Thon pose after planting the 180th and final pecan tree of their 2020 effort. Thon, who headed up the project with Backer, other Lions and members of the Master Gardeners, dedicated the final tree in front of the Masonic Lodge to the memory of departed friend Bob Clary, a Mason who founded Orange Shipbuilding in 1974.