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Show Louisiana School Names Its New Livestock Coliseum For Blackham -i f I 400,000,00 livestock colis- ' In?. Southwestern Louisiana win u ' Lafayette, Louisiana, St,ff I formally named the Watford M.- Blackham Livestock wi seum, in honor of the late ftatford M. Blackham, according hv v received here this week liamSjmother' Mrs- Josian Black- hJ,he coliseum is being built to in , mid-winter livestock fairs ,n southwestern Louisiana. ine late Professor Blackham. lLthe time of his death in hi7k W?s Professor of animal 'usoandry at the Louisiana col-nmla."d col-nmla."d was instrumental in imn !ng "vestock fairs and nproving livestock in the south -em state. mti Lafayette daily in com-ending com-ending the work of Professor Blackham said, "ine " -Regents unanimously agreed to ntm " the building in his honor "n recognition of his contribution to the livestock industry in the Professor Blackham received a bachelor of science degree ; from Utah State Agricultural College, a master of science degree from Texas A.' and M. College and was Sing toward his Ph D at Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa. Professor Blackham was born and reared in Moroni and hi, mother, two brothers Ted and Moyle, and a sister, Mrs. Julia Sorensen, still live here Another An-other brother, Rupert, lives at Deweyville and a second sistei, Mrs Frances Bradley, lives at Richfield Professor Blackham s Kw still resides in Louisiana. |