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                                                                        PASSION



             Teddy went on the 2013 Texas South Plains                  YOU COULD WIN
             Honor Flight with his son Laddie as his
             guardian.  He particularly liked Arlington                 PRIZE MONEY
             Cemetery and the changing of the guard.


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         days. His unit was on its way to Hiroshima, Japan when         AWESOME HOBBY, WE WANT TO SEE IT.
         the atomic bomb was dropped.  “We stayed in combat
         until August of 1945; then we were sent to Tinsing,
         China to fight.”                                               Pick a Category, Any Category:
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         After the war ended, the young soldier returned to San
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         Diego, where he was discharged from the Marines in
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         August 1946.  He was able to visit one of his brothers
                                                                          Culinary
         in Los Angeles before a long bus ride to Amarillo and
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         then Snyder.  His parents came to pick him up, and

         as he recalled, “We were sure glad to see each other             Fine Arts
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         – Mom cried a lot.”  He picked up where he left off
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         with his music career and was in a group called the
         Ted Jay Combo.  They played all over West Texas, even          Entry is Free (and Unbelievably Fun!)
         though “some of the places were pretty rough.”  Later
         on, he played with the Caldwell band in Lubbock.  He           Enter your project on the following dates and times:

         “worked at Snyder Laundry for over 25 years and got              Tuesday, September 18th from 9 am - 6 pm

         to know everyone in Snyder.  In those days, you would            Wednesday, September 19th from 9 am - Noon
         deliver their clothes right to their house.”  He met and       Entering Under Culinary or
         married Virginia Taylor in                                     Youth Department (Baked Goods):

         1947. They had three boys and                                    Your entry time is Thursday
         one girl.  Later in life, he met                                  September 20th from 9 am - Noon
         a girl named Shirley Snyder at
         the local Dairy Queen. They
         married in May 1982.                                                 FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
          The WWII hero is modest                                       SOUTHPLAINSFAIR.COM
         about his military exploits, and
         humble about being called a
         hero. “I had my good points
         and my bad points, but I always
         tried to be a good man.”





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