2022 Winner: Hooked Up Towing 2019 Winner: First Weber Real Estate Award biography: W.C. “Tex” Reynolds  1900-1972  William Charles Reynolds, better known as “Tex” was an editorial writer and columnist for two Racine newspapers for 45 years. Reynolds came to Racine in 1922 to work for the Racine Times-Call as a linotype operator. Within two years he moved from the pressroom to writing a column called “Reynolds Says” which later became “Racine Reflector”.  In 1932 the Racine Times-Call merged with the Racine Journal-News to form the Racine Journal-Times. Reynolds soon found himself writing a column called “Sidewalks of Racine”. In 1937 the column became known as “Between the Lines”, which he wrote until his retirement in 1969. It was in the spring of 1937 that newly elected mayor Roy A. Spencer formed the Goodwill Committee in an effort to neutralize the bitterness that prevailed between labor and management. Reynolds was a co-founder of this committee which promoted goodwill though a community centered Fourth of July celebration.  In 1950 the Goodwill Committee, with its 125 members, became a corporation with Reynolds serving as its first president. In 1951 he was honored by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for helping to bring about a better understanding of the American way of life.  The Goodwill Committee, later to become known as Racine Fourth Fest, Inc., along with the entire greater Racine area, owe much to Reynolds for his many contributions through the years. Beginning in 1978, the W. C. “Tex” Reynolds trophy has been awarded to one of the top three floats entered in the Non-Industrial Division.