and Africa to a duty station in India, leaving his wife at home, pregnant with their first child. He flew The Hump across the Himalayan mountains between India and Burma, delivering planes, troops and cargo in support of the effort to defeat the Japanese. After completing his military obligation, Graham returned home in 1945 to resume his law practice. During this time he also wrote and obtained the charter for the First State Bank of Junction, which was granted on November 8, 1947. In 1948, Callan ran for and won election to the House of Representatives of the Texas Legislature, representing a ten county district around Kimble County. He served two terms, and while in the legislature he became known as a "bill killer," espousing the view that less government was a good thing. During the infamous primary race for the U.S. Senate between Gov. Coke Stevenson and Lyndon Johnson, Graham was sent, along with two other young attorneys, to the Rio Grande Valley by his friend Coke Stevenson to investigate allegations of voter fraud and ballot box tampering. Graham discovered a number of irregularities; however, not enough proof was gained in the short time required to contest the primary results, and LBJ went on to win the seat in the general election. Graham always believed that Gov. Stevenson should have won the election, but he also was adamant that LBJ had no direct knowledge of any wrongdoing. Among Mr. Graham's accomplishments during his time in the legislature, perhaps the one that most affected the people of Kimble County was the passage of a bill establishing the Texas A&M University Center at Junction in March 1949 (Now the Texas Tech University Center at Junction). Another legislative action taken by Graham that directly affected the people of Kimble County was preventing the closure of the Kerrville State Hospital, a facility that has served not only this community, but many others as well. While in the legislature, Graham also drafted and sponsored an anti-abortion bill. Later, as an influential lobbyist he wrote and helped pass the first minimum wage law in Texas. On November 2, 1950, Graham and a partner were granted a permit to operate Junction's first radio station, thus KMBL Radio was born on Flat Rock Lane near the South Llano River. Following his two terms in the Texas House, Callan and Maude moved their family to San Antonio, where