Statue is tribute
Hallock’s passion
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Hoope Hallock, 5, stopped looking through her book "Read to Tiger" Thursdayto tell her mother, Cynthia something, at the statue dedication for her grandfather, David Hallock at the Bartow Public Library.
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Linda Chancey, left, talks with Polk County School Board Chairwoman Hazel Sellers Thursday at the reception at the statue dedication for David Hallock.
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Harrieet Hallock, David's widow, said she was overwhelmed by the ceremony Thursday held at the Bartow Public Library in his honor. With her at hte ceremony, from left, is Cynthia Hallock, Claire Hallock, high school freshman, Hope Hallock, 5, in the white shirt, David's son David Jr. and another of David Hallock's grandchildren, Jacob Weiss, 17.
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Fighting to keep back her tears, Linda Chancy, said she learned so much from David Hallock when she got to know him as he formed the Friends of the Library in the 1990s.
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Pat Huff, who was David Hallock's brother, said there are many things he remebers about his friend, but his dedication to the children topped the list.
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The statue for David Hallock is in the front of the lobby of the Bartow Public Library.
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Roxanne Tovera thanks Bo Raulerson for his family's help in getting the statue to the public library that is in memory of David Hallock.
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Steve Githens, who helped head up putting together the statue for the Bartow Rotary Club, remembers what he learned from David Hallock when he got to know him when they were in the club.
David Hallock
David Hallock lived in a lot of places in the world — born in the Panama Canal zone, went to high school in France and had a career at Hughes Aircraft in California — but in 1972 he moved his family to Bartow and it became his hometown.
“He didn’t have a hometown until he moved to Bartow,” his brother-in-law Pat Huff said during a memorial dedication Thursday at the Bartow Public Library. With his wife, Harriet, wanting to move back near her home in Bartow, the family moved into Bartow and he made his mark here. The electrical engineer was the owner of Badcock Furniture for 27 years but he is remembered for so many other things.
