Floyd Paxton

Paxton conceived the notion of the bread clip when he was flying in 1952; this resulted later in him founding the company Kwik Lok, in Yakima, Washington.^[4]

Paxton was known in the state of Washington for his very conservative political views. During the 1960s he was on the national board of directors of the John Birch Society.^[2] He made four unsuccessful runs for Congress. He founded a conservative newspaper, the Yakima Eagle, which did not attract a subscriber base and soon folded. Paxton and his wife, Grace, had a running battle with the Internal Revenue Service over a family trust set up to avoid taxation, resulting in years of litigation and appeals with the IRS, with the Paxtons ultimately losing. ^[5] He died of a heart attack in December 1975 at the age of 57.^[2] He left a son, Jerre Paxton, who became a leading figure in the state's horse-racing community.^[6]