On July 9, 1916 I was married to Maude Allen of Glenwood. Daughter of John and Irene Allen. We have two sons, Johnny Mack and Neubert Florence. Neubert is a Doctor of Chiropractic. We are in practice together.
I entered the Texas Chiropractic College in December 1926 and received my D.C. Degree in January 1928. I practiced on South Pine Street, San Antonio, Texas until I received my Ph.C. Degree, July 5, 1928. I started practicing at 118 1/2 North College Street, Tyler, Texas September 10, 1928. On September 10, 1936 I moved to 308 South College Street, remaining in this location since that date.
In 1932 I helped amalgamate two Associations at Brownwood, Texas at our State Convention. One was the State Chiropractic Association and the other was the Texas Chiropractic Association. We gave the new Association the name it now bears, the Texas State Chiropractic Association. (The two associations had less than forty five members at that time.)
We were successful in electing M. B. McCoy of Paris, Texas as the first president of the Texas State Chiropractic Association. We were further successful in holding the first Texas Chiropractic Convention in Tyler, Texas, “The Rose Capitol of the World”, in 1933.
I was the second to receive the Keeler Plaque, an award of Clyde M. Keeler, Dallas, Texas. Dr. Coston, [who is not practicing now] received the first one and I was awarded the second, this leaving me to be the oldest recipient.
I served three years as vice president of the Texas State Chiropractic Association, thirteen years as chairman of the Screening Committee (we then called it the Application for Membership Committee). I helped organize the Defense Department of the T.S.C.A. and succeeded Dr. Walter Fischer of Temple, Texas as Director of old District #6, serving in that capacity for twelve years. At that time I released myself as chairman of the Screening Committee and my membership as Defense Director to become a member of the Board of Texas Chiropractic Examiners, which I served for two terms. The last six years serving as chairman of the Enforcement Committee, a very unpleasant chairmanship, voluntarily retiring from the Board at the end of the second term. I served one term as District President.
In 1943 two of my colleagues and myself organized the East Texas Chiropractic Science Club, which is known throughout the state and in many parts of the United States. Now I am going to brag about the thing that is close to my heart. With help I promoted and put the wheels under our Correct Posture Program in 1956 by promoting the Program, and the only Public Relations Program that we have today, “Miss Correct Posture of Texas,” which is universally known.
In conclusion may I say that it has been a pleasure to know so many fine people in my profession, on the other hand I cannot be happy that the profession has done so much for me and I have done so little in return.
