Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978 Page: 9
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OLD MEMORIES OF EAST TEXAS LIFE TAKEN FROM THE COLUMN OF JOE COMBS
(Ed. Note: Mr. Joe Combs has given permission for us to use ex-
cerpts from his column carried daily in the Beaumont Enterprise
entitled "Farm Corner." Selected at random from many of the
clippings in my files, I have tried to give the young reader a
picture of life as it was then, and the older of you, some happy
memories.)
Joe Combs was born to Frank Combs and Mary Beck Combs in
Shelby County more than 80 years ago. He was orphaned at a very
early age and raised by his mother's father, J. B. Beck, a Con-
federate veteran who lived in Center. He is the brother of Jesse
Martin Combs, who served as Hardin County County and District
Judge and later as Civil Appeals Judge and U. S. Congressman.
Joe taught school from 1911-1917 when he was employed by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture in a program designed to in-
crease food production. While in Conroe he discovered that cattle
in Montgomery County were dying of black leg fever and hogs of
cholera. Using medicine provided by the USDA he soon helped to
bring the diseases under control.
After the war, he was transferred to the State Agricultural
Extension Service and remained with this agency until he retired
in 1955. He and his wife, Addie and their five children moved to
Beaumont in 1927. Mrs. Combs died last year.
After retiring from the extension service, Joe became the
farm editor for the Beaumont Enterprise and his column"Farm Corner"
became a daily feature. Though he retired as editor after three
years, the column is still featured.
Mr. Combs also has several books to his credit including
"Growing Pastures in the South", published in 1936 and reprinted9.
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978, periodical, January 1978; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255383/m1/17/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.