Pioneering mother fights for crippled children in Texas
Jessie Harvey Krueger recalls her fight to secure care and education for CP and handicapped children in Texas. She lobbied governors and legislators, helped establish a state school in Galveston, faced public opposition, and started a Meridian camp and foundation.
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C.P
Doris
House
Senate
Washington
W.R
Bob) Poage
Sam Rayburn
North Camp Hood Hospital
Gatesville
Galveston
Meridian
W.L. Moody
Earl R. Carlson
New York
Ft. Worth
New Mexico
California
Michigan
Honduras
Helen Keller
Krueger Foundation
Captain Mattiza’s Unit Wins Air Force Award
Captain Mattiza, son of retired officers, wears a service ribbon as his unit with the 380th Bomb Wing at Plattsburgh AFB N Y receives the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for meritorious service July 1 1974 to June 30 1975. He is a 1967 Gatesville High School graduate and 1971 Air Force Academy graduate.
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Burresons
Daniel
Kenneth
Sandra
Mike
Arizona
Texas
Meridian Lake
James F. Harris
Mayflower
Ark
Harrises
Mosheim
Daniel Webb
Webbs
Lewis Webb
Robert
Phillip
Waco
Webb
Emma Jane Henkelmann
Andy Crawford
Clifton
Morris Allen
Iredell
Xan Crawford
Denver
Colo
Brink- Koehler
Waco Robinson Drive United Methodist Church
Karen
Allens
Henke Ilmann
Crawford
Eldon Zimmerman
O. R. Jenson
Fort Worth
606Th Ordnance Battalion
Fifth Army
Dann J. Matta
Air Force Technical
Set
Ira D. Mattiza
Route J. Valley Mills
LS Air Force
Matuiza
Plattsburgh Afb
N.Y
380Th
Gatesville High School
U.S. Air Force Academy
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