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34 YEARSMAJOR L. J. FOXMajor Fox EndsRecers11Teaching CareerAt Tech TodayJubexpfroibooadccywhiHeveiBY DALLAS ROPERLeader Editor ; .A teaching career that encompassed 34-years at Louisiana Tech drew to a.close Wed. .with the*end of the 1959 spring. emester at the Ruston college. Major L; J. Fox: retires with -----7—*:—: the close of Ihe'sessiorh'the qu ixmlIsia1-;dSister of RustonWoman Dies Thur.re.o-*'stoirLofie-leditsMrs. Walter L. Fryer. 34, sisfcrof Mrs. John J. McDow of Ruston,died Thursday in Covington, Tenn., following a lengthy illness.Funeral services were held Friday in Covinglon.Major Fox, svhp earnedr the rank with 26 years and 11 months military service, has served as a fresh-man and varsity coach at Tech and since 1935 has been a sociology professor.tesastSurvivors include her husband;, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Glass, Sr.; a brother, A. G. Glass; Jr.* three sisters, Mrs. Bob Bringle, Mrs. Belt ye • Whitehorn and Mrs. McDow. All the survivors except Mrs. McDow arc of Covington.Major Fox has accepted ft position t\s Executive Secretary for lUe Louisiana Optometrists Association, lie said that the job is a ’Teal challenge.111 He will travel, about, and correspond, .with optometrists a round the stale in.an efforl lo build the association to a large membership. • ....... vFQCnolcaelltmpi?prprthonhepi)N TRIPSND WEEDS0. LeVasseui mty AgentI]COLUMNIST-hat of Hie progress (hoi has been made•i vc rve k's. dayoatthethees-in Louisiana in the milk business. At the end of World War 11. many sections of the Slide were still buying raw milk in fruit jars and syrup buckels. Not only can you obtain pnslurjzed, or ’ * .omogemzod mill; that is safe fur your family from disease free herds, but some sections can buy specialized milk such as Golden Gurnscy or all Jersey milk. Plans are being made to havo all Jersey mik availableBesides his teaching and military duties, Major Fox has also been a columnist for the Leader for the past nine years. His sports column,. Diamond Dope, appear! dally in the Lender. The Major remarked recently that the columnhas not missed*a day’s publication in eight years. . •Major Fox, received his Master a! Arts degree at Louisiana State University in 1925. He was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1917. lie lettered in football, basketball and baseball during his undergraduate days.He was student “Y” director and freshman varsity coach at Clemson College from 1919 to 1922. He then went to LSU in that capacity and while on the faculty, earned hisidlc(LmMaster's degree.From there he came to Tech and there he has been ever since, except for his military service.
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Ruston Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Thu, Jun 04, 1959
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