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Guin also served with the U.S. Army during the [[Korean War]]. He remained thereafter in the [[United States Army]] Reserve for three decades. On his return to Shreveport, he became affiliated with E. M. Freeman and Associates and United Gas before he formed the former B. J. Guin Engineering Company.<ref name=zoominfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#!search/profile/person?personId=12658840&targetid=profile|​

Guin also served with the U.S. Army during the [[Korean War]]. He remained thereafter in the [[United States Army]] Reserve for three decades. On his return to Shreveport, he became affiliated with E. M. Freeman and Associates and United Gas before he formed the former B. J. Guin Engineering Company.<ref name=zoominfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/s/#!search/profile/person?personId=12658840&targetid=profile|​title=Billy James Guin, Sr.|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

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==Political life==​

==Political life==​

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

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Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[JohnJ. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

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===School board===​

===School board===​

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In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 1964, Guin and two other Republicans running for the Caddo Parish School Board, the late Joel B. Brown and Edward Leo "Ed" McGuire, Jr. (1914-1983), were swept to victory on the coattails of the successful presidential nominee in Louisiana, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> McGuire was a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], who  married the former Mary E. Bell (1916-2011), the daughter of Judge Thornton F. Bell of Shreveport, whom he had met while serving as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-e-mcguire&pid=147615740|title=Mary E. McGuire obituary|date=January 6, 2011|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 1964, Guin and two other Republicans running for the Caddo Parish School Board, the late Joel B. Brown and Edward Leo "Ed" McGuire, Jr. (1914-1983), were swept to victory on the coattails of the successful presidential nominee in Louisiana, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> McGuire was a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], who  married the former Mary E. Bell (1916-2011), the daughter of Judge Thornton F. Bell of Shreveport, whom he had met while serving as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-e-mcguire&pid=147615740|title=Mary E. McGuire obituary|date=January 6, 2011|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

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Once on the board, Guin argued against reducing the number of members, a position advocated by board president and later state legislator Don W. Williamson] Guin contended that smaller boards augment the power of [[interest group]]s. While the larger membership can be cumbersome and cause longer meetings, Guin said that more members insure that the overall well-being of the community is served, rather than organized vocal minorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty;", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Winter 2008, p. 35.</ref>​

Once on the board, Guin argued against reducing the number of members, a position advocated by board president and later state legislator Don W. Williamson] Guin contended that smaller boards augment the power of [[interest group]]s. While the larger membership can be cumbersome and cause longer meetings, Guin said that more members insure that the overall well-being of the community is served, rather than organized vocal minorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty;", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Winter 2008, p. 35.</ref>​

Guin is a [[deacon]], choir member, and [[clarinet]] player at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbcshreveport.org/uploads/september-18-25.pdf|title=Active Deacons for 2014 and 2015|publisher=fbcshreveport.org|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> He is also a member of Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotary6190.org/view/97|title=District Installation Banquet (2007-2008)|publisher=rotary6190.org|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Guin is a [[deacon]], choir member, and [[clarinet]] player at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbcshreveport.org/uploads/september-18-25.pdf|title=Active Deacons for 2014 and 2015|publisher=fbcshreveport.org|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> He is also a member of Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotary6190.org/view/97|title=District Installation Banquet (2007-2008)|publisher=rotary6190.org|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>​

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Billy and Nancy Guin have a son, Billy Guin, Jr. (born 1951), a [[lawyer]] since 1978. With the Shreveport firm of Rountree and Guin, his specialities are civil practice, mediation, criminal defense, and insurance defense litigation. They also have four daughters: Nancy Guin Austin (born 1952) of [[Baton Rouge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Nancy&qmi=G&qn=Austin&qcs=Baton+Rouge%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Nancy G. Austin|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Alice Reeves Guin Lind (born 1955) of [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Alexandria]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alice&qmi=G&qn=Lind&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alice G. Lind|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Elizabeth Anne "Lisa" Leonard (born 1957) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Elizabeth&qmi=G&qn=Leonard&qcs=Metairie&focusfirst=1|title=Elizabeth Guin Leonard|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> and Mary Virginia "Ginny" Reynolds (born 1962) of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mary&qmi=G&qn=Reynolds&qcs=Shreveport%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Mary V. Guin Reynolds|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Billy and Nancy Guin have a son, Billy Guin, Jr. (born 1951), a [[lawyer]] since 1978. With the Shreveport firm of Rountree and Guin, his specialities are civil practice, mediation, criminal defense, and insurance defense litigation. They also have four daughters: Nancy Guin Austin (born 1952) of [[Baton Rouge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Nancy&qmi=G&qn=Austin&qcs=Baton+Rouge%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Nancy G. Austin|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Alice Reeves Guin Lind (born 1955) of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alice&qmi=G&qn=Lind&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alice G. Lind|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> Elizabeth Anne "Lisa" Leonard (born 1957) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Elizabeth&qmi=G&qn=Leonard&qcs=Metairie&focusfirst=1|title=Elizabeth Guin Leonard|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> and Mary Virginia "Ginny" Reynolds (born 1962) of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mary&qmi=G&qn=Reynolds&qcs=Shreveport%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Mary V. Guin Reynolds|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>​

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==References==​

==References==​