John Wallace Edgar

Cleaning out while trying to stay cool this hot hot Texas Saturday and came across these cool old photos.

This is John Wallace Edgar.

Pay Raise for Educators

This I thought was an interesting article. I'm not sure of the exact year. Even back in the day the Pay for Educators sucked!  Also, interesting that they name my great-grandfather as the State Education Commissioner. Who knew right. 

 

Article Reads: Pay Raise Conditions Are Told

AUSTIN (AP) - Texas public school teachers can get pay raises during the wage-price freeze only if they were at work before Aug. 15 or received advanced college degrees, State Education Commissioner J.W. Edgar said Monday. 

   Edgar said he had received word from Arnold R. Weber, director of the U.S. Cost of Living Council, that Texas must follow a CLC ruling issued Sept. 3. 

Bobcat - Collie Edgar

This is Collie Edgar holding a Bobcat from a hunting trip. There is not date on this article, but it was in the same pack as the previous few.
Article Reads:  Deer Blind Bobcat - Collie Edgar of Houston didn't put down his deer on a trip recently near Madisonville. But like many another deer-blind hunter. his search wasn't all in vain because this bobcat was foolish enough to show up. Edgar dropped him with one shot at 50 yards with his open-sighted 30-06. Right in the head, too.

Funeral rites Minnie Edgar

This was the newspaper announcement of the passing of Mrs. Minnie Edgar. It has the date written by Eunice herself, Oct. 4, 1964.

It reads: Funeral Rites Set For Mrs. M. Edgar

HIGH ISLAND (Spl) - Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Minnie Edgar, 74, of Dobbin.

Mrs. Edgar suffered a heart attack on Friday in her home and was taken to the Navasota hospital in Navasota, where she died on Sunday.
Services will be held on Monday at 4 p.m. in the Bedias Baptist Church in Bedias, Tex.
Survivors are two sons, Fred Edgar of High Island and Collie Edgar of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. B. C. Stratton of West Covina, Calif.; and four grandchildren.

Frederick E. Edgar Completes Course For CD Instructor

Continue reading.... haha and my question was answered... CD Instructor.... Civil Defense perhaps?

HIGH ISLAND, Jan 31 (Spl)- Frederick E. Edgar area Civil Defense director, has completed the 15-hour CD Instructors Course, for the Galveston area, conducted at Ball High School, with 49 adults enrolled, in Galveston.
   Mr. Edgar is now a qualified instructor and will teach a 12-hour adult course at the school building when he has completed the booking of film and other necessary material.
   Mr. Edgar stated the importance of this course is to promote safety and welfare of people during natural and man-made disasters with emphasis on protection from nuclear weapons. This instructors course is sponsored by Civil Defense Adult Education of the Texas Education Agency in Austin.

Stephen R. Bennett Air Force San Augustine

This man is a grandson of Minnie and J.W. Edgar my great grandparents. He must have been the son of Fred's sister, Marie perhaps.

Transcription:
LACKLAND AFB, Tex. - Airman Third Class Stephen R. Bennett of Bronson, Texas, is being reassigned to Davis - Monthan AFB, Ariz., for training and duty as an air policeman.
   Airman Bennett recently completed United States Air Force basic military training here.
   The airman, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Edgar of Bronson, is a graduate of West Sabine High School, Pineland, Tex. Prior to entering the service he attended San Jacinto College at Pasadena, Tex.

Texas Coastal Roads Remain Open So Far

This article has written "Sept 17, 1957". Not sure what is a civil defense director, but love the squally weather term. HAHA

Transcription:
   State Highway Patrol headquarters here last night said all roads along the Texas coast in this region remained open as residents along the coastal area listened to weather reports on the course of tropical storm Esther.
   Squally weather and high tides were expected by residents of the beach areas, including Sabine Pass, High Island, and Gilchrist.
   Beach area residents reported rough waters in the Gulf late Tuesday.
   Mrs. Fred Edgar, wife of the civil defense director at High Island, said last night High Island residents were remaining at their residences with no evacuations reported.

Mother's Day Card from Fred Edgar to Eunice Edgar 1942

Garner State Park Postcard 1962

This is a Garner State Park postcard from Collie Edgar to Mr. Fred Edgar & family High Island, TX

 Reads:
Howdy folk
    How are you?
Come up with the
Smith's for the weekend.
The females come Wed.
? and I came Fri PM
Having fun.

 Love Collie

Thank You Note from Wayne to Minnie

Nice little thank you note from Wayne to Minnie Edgar for a quilt.