{"id":5870,"date":"2013-08-12T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creative.clemson.edu\/clemsonworld\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2013-08-12T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:23:01","slug":"john-b-mcintyre-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/john-b-mcintyre-51\/","title":{"rendered":"John B. McIntyre \u201951"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cooking with care<\/h3>\n<p>A glance at John McIntyre\u2019s class ring is just a glimpse of the 91-year-old World War II veteran\u2019s loyalty. The ring is worn almost smooth from years of hard work, and more recently, dedicated cooking.<br \/>\nHe picked up a pan for the first time at age 81 to cook for his late wife, Betty Ruth, as she battled Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s disease. He would go on to serve the Easley community by preparing meals for neighbors and members of his church, win a 2007 national contest for his essay on what inspired him to cook, and receive the 2011 Easley Chamber of Commerce Duke Citizenship and Service Award.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_5968\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clemsonworld.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mcIntyre-john.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5968\" alt=\"John McIntyre\" src=\"http:\/\/clemsonworld.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mcIntyre-john.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/mcIntyre-john.jpg 350w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/09\/mcIntyre-john-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John B. McIntyre \u201951<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMcIntyre\u2019s knack for preparing Southern dishes such as chicken boudine casserole, scalloped potatoes and fruit cobblers came out of necessity. When Betty Ruth did not enjoy the food served in the nursing home where she spent two months with an injured knee, McIntyre began preparing her meals. When he decided to bring her home and care for her full time, he also continued to take charge of the cooking.<br \/>\nHe perfected Betty Ruth\u2019s favorite dishes, such as grits pie and shrimp creole, to the point where the only thing she found wrong with his cooking was that \u201che hadn\u2019t started 50 years sooner.\u201d After her death in December 2005, McIntyre decided to continue giving back by sharing his dishes with others in the community.<br \/>\nOne of nine children and the first and only member of his family to attend college, McIntyre attended Clemson on the GI Bill and earned a degree in textile management. McIntyre married Betty Ruth in 1951, and they moved from Spartanburg to Easley in 1957, where McIntyre worked for Draper Manufacturing Co. McIntyre formed John McIntyre Textiles and Machinery in 1969 and remained with his company until his retirement at age 79.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooking with care A glance at John McIntyre\u2019s class ring is just a glimpse of the 91-year-old World War II veteran\u2019s loyalty. The ring is worn almost smooth from years of hard work, and more recently, dedicated cooking. 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