My wife, who suffered much from migraine headaches, went to Dr. Carver, who with one Chiropractic adjustment cured her headaches. A few days later my six year old son had a severe attack of indigestion and Dr Parker’s adjustments brought him relief that seemed marvelous to me. For years I had suffered from chronic bronchitis when I went to Parker College and met Dr. Willard Carver, who had graduated from the Parker School. Dr. Parker adjusted my spine and to my amazement, I was entirely free of Lumbar pain or discomfort in one week.
Because of these experiences, I became greatly interested in Chiropractic and decided that I would like to enter the profession. I had become well acquainted with Dr. Carver, who informed me that he anticipated opening a Chiropractic College in Oklahoma City.
I went to Oklahoma City determined to wait there until Dr. Carver came to establish his school. Dr. Denny preceded Dr. Carver to Oklahoma City and made the necessary arrangements for quarters for the school. Dr. Carver arrived in October, 1906 and the Carver-Denny Chiropractic College was founded and I was the first student to matriculate there. I graduated from Carver-Denny College in May, 1907 in a class of five. For the next six months I worked for Drs. Carver and Denny in their clinic.
During the early years of our profession many Chiropractors were so filled with zeal and enthusiasm that they wished to spread Chiropractic by opening more schools. I was one of those and in October, 1907, in association with Dr. Lumm and Dr. Gregory, we launched the Oklahoma Chiropractic University at Oklahoma City. At the time of its founding we had retained Dr. D. D. Palmer to teach Chiropractic Philosophy. The school later became the Palmer-Gregory Chiropractic College.
I went to Chicago in 1908 where I founded the Kent College of Chiropractic in October, 1909. This college was in operation until the beginning of World War I in 1913. I remained in private practice in Chicago until 1918. In 1920 I established a practice in Denver, Colorado. While there I met a young doctor just entering practice. This doctor was Dr. Leo Spears with whom I formed and maintained a warm friendship.
December, 1921 found me in Houston, Texas under the sponsorship of Dr. Bridges and Dr. Walker who had offices in Houston. We established practices in Humble, Smithville and Livingston. While at Livingston I had the experience, common to many of the Texas Chiropractors, of being arrested for the “practice of Medicine without a license.” I was prosecuted by Percy Foreman, who was then a young attorney and County Attorney in Polk County.
During 1922 I established my own office in Houston, where I have practiced until the present time. In 1929 a District Organization was founded in Houston and I was its first President. Later from 1943 to 1949 I served for more than six years as State Director of TSCA from the Houston District.
In 1949 it was my honor to receive the Keeler Plaque. I completed 50 years in chiropractic in 1957 at which time my Chiropractic friends honored me with a dinner commemorating my half century in Chiropractic. To the best of my knowledge the 55 years I have spent in our profession exceeds that of any other Chiropractor in Texas, and may nearly equal that of any one now living.
