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A Past President and a member of
L.A.F.F. since 1935,Dr. E. E. Puls has the distinction of having
attended the first meeting of the Association, which was held in
Jennings, LA, with Harry D. Wilson
serving as President. Dr. Puls served on the Board of Directors for
many years and has acted as Parliamentarian for board meetings and
conventions under numerous administrations.
Dr. Puls began his active career in
fairs and festivals with the Loranger Community Fair while in high
school, serving as chairman. While a teacher of vocational
agriculture in Independence, he organized the Independence Spring
Fair, which ran successfully until World War II interrupted it.
An educator, he began his teaching
career as an elementary teacher at age 19 and has served as teacher
and principal of Shady Grove School, Sweetwater and
Tickfaw. He has also been a Principal at Loranger High
School. He served as Supervisor in Tangipahoa Parish and also
served as a supervisor in the State Department of Education.
While a teacher at Independence High
School, he was honored as the "Master Teacher in Louisiana in the
Vocational Division". He moved into the college professorial ranks
as Dean of Applied Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana university in
Hammond.
Dr. Puls has served on
the board of the Southeastern Louisiana Dairy Association since its
organization in 1945. He has served as President of that
association for many years.
. He served as a Board Member of the
Tangipahoa Parish Fair since its reorganization and has also been
President of that association. He wrote a history of the Tangipahoa
Parish Fair, discovering in the process that the first fair in
Tangipahoa Parish was held in Amite nearly 100 years ago!
In 1986, the L.A.F.F. Board of
Directors dedicated the Annual Convention to Dr. Puls and, in 1988,
the Tangipahoa Parish Fair was dedicated to him in gratitude for his
work and dedication through the years.
Dr. Puls is also active with the
Southeast Louisiana Dairy Festival in Tangipahoa Parish, another
event which has benefited from his wide-range of experience and
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