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Genealogical Society to meet
The Cass County Genealogical Society Memebership Meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. At our February meeting our Guest Speaker will be Rosalyn Spradley will be making a special presentation for “Black History Month”. You don’t want to miss this interesting and informative program. The meeting will start at 12:00 noon, lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. and the program will start at 1:00 p.m., and we hope that as many of you as possible will join us for this program, and please feel free to bring a friend.
Atlanta Ag students earn top honors
Atlanta High School Ag Mechanics students earned impressive results while competing at the Fort Worth Ag Mechanics Show, showcasing their technical skills, craftsmanship and real-world problem-solving abilities.
At least the view was great
Atlanta’s downtown building with its bay window on East Hiram holds a pleasant memory. It once was a locally famous dentist’s office.
CASS COUNTY PIONEER PROFILE Clyde Fant
This week’s Cass County Pioneer is from the political realm. Clyde Edward Fant, Sr. was born in Linden October 18, 1905. He graduated from Marshall College (now East Texas Baptist University) in 1925. After a brief stint in teaching, he worked for a lumber company and later joined Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. His career in the utility sector led him to Shreveport, where he became an executive with Interstate Electric Company. Fant’s political career began when he was appointed Shreveport’s Public Utilities Commissioner in 1944. In 1946, he was elected mayor, serving until 1954. After a four-year hiatus, during which he managed an insurance agency, he was re-elected in 1958 and served until 1970. His twenty-year tenure remains the longest in Shreveport’s history.