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When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory. The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=clistaac>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnla.org/give-strategically/giving-stories/clista-andrews-calhoun-center|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun Center|publisher=cfnla.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014; information no longer on the website}}</ref>  

When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory. The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=clistaac>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnla.org/give-strategically/giving-stories/clista-andrews-calhoun-center|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun Center|publisher=cfnla.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014; information no longer on the website}}</ref>  

In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.me-equip.com/history.php|title=Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History|publisher=me-equip.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.me-equip.com/history.php|title=Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History|publisher=me-equip.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref>

In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Whitehurst and known as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel F. Beard, who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>

In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Whitehurst and known as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel F. Beard, who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>