Cabell served two years in WWII with the 570th Signal Company of the 70th Infantry Division. This picture was taken France in January of 1945.This presentation of the Spring Step Cushion design helped to propel Stuart McGuire's success through door-to-door sales.This is an example of the semi-annual Stuart McGuire catalogue published for 26 years.This cover of the Stuart McGuire annual report shows the transition to mail-order marketing. Stuart McGuire constructed a 250,000 square-foot distribution center that was the home of the Marketechs Division that distributed products for 40 other mail-order companies.Treasury Secretary William Miller June of 1980 at the Kennedy Canter presented Cabell with the Vista Award for the business man who had done the most to help the nation's poor. In 1998, Cabell informed President Clinton at the White House of the need to extend the community service block grants to support community action agencies nationwide.Cabell discussed with Sargent Shriver the progress of community action agencies in Virginia on the White House lawn in 1980.Cabell presented a display of TAP and Virginia Cares in 1984 at the International Conference on Human Rights in New Delhi, India. Head Start children enjoyed a friendly conversation with Cabell in Roanoke, Virginia in 1966. Cabell presided at the 1967 opening of the Head Start Center in Salem, Virginia. Norfolk Southern Railway donated the building that is still in operation today. Cabell provided insights to Shepherd Program Students about community action agencies in 2007 in Roanoke, Virginia. During a White House conference in 1998, Vice President Al Gore compared notes with Cabell about administration environmental policies. The Heinz Center Board of Directors met in 2006 to develop strategies for protecting marine ecology. Hans Wack, left, received a briefing and demonstration in 2007from Dave and Ed Crawford about Cabell's rainwater harvesting system. A Virginia Military Institute cadet approaches the arch emblazoned with a quotation from the 1961 valedictory address by Jonathan Daniels. This image of Jonathan Daniels appears in the Martyrs Chapel of the Canterbury Cathedral, London, England. Officers of the Promaji Club at VMI presented Cabell with the first Jonathan Daniels Humanitarian Award in 1992. VMI Superintendent Major General Josiah Bunting with cadet representatives of the Promaji Club unveiled the monument honoring Jonathan Daniels at Hayneville, Alabama, August 23, 1997. After the dedication of the memorial, visitors marched to Cash's store, where Jonathan Daniels was murdered. Oliver Hill, seated left, visited with Shirley, Jonathan Stubbs, and Cabell after an Oliver Hill Foundation meeting in 2004. Former President Carter welcomed delegates from many different religious groups and organizations to discuss the role of religion and world peace in 1999 at the Carter Center Peace Conference in Atlanta. Roanoke College Student Activities at the Cabell Brand Center for International Poverty and Resource Studies, which opened in 1987.
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