Oral history with Mr. Harry A. Martin

              Oral history with Mr. Harry A. Martin
F341.5 . M57 vol. 746, pt. 1
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Biography
Mr. Harry A. Martin was born in Clarke County, Mississippi, on July 20, 1925, one of eight children. His family farmed their own land, and his mother was a schoolteacher. He and his seven siblings attended local schools, and all eight of them were graduated from high school. Mr. Martin became active in Four- H Club and in Future Farmers of America during his elementary and high school years.
After high school graduation, Mr. Martin got a job at the Experimental Farm at Mississippi State University. Then, in 1943, Mr. Martin voluntarily entered the Air Force to take his part in World War II. At the close of World War II, he returned to school at Mississippi State. In 1947, Mr. Martin's dean sent him to Tupelo to study and report on the newly- formed Community Development Foundation. After his college graduation, he and his wife moved to Tupelo in October of 1948, and he worked initially for the Extension Service in Tupelo. For the past forty- four years, Mr. Martin has been the president of the Community Development Foundation.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. The Depression
III. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
IV. Future Farmers of America
V. Mississippi State University
VI. World War II Air Force
VII. Community Development Foundation
VIII. Mr. True D. Morse and the Tupelo Plan
IX. Mr. George McLean
X. Support for agriculture
XI. Balance Agriculture with Industry Program
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