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and Columnists"Let
every fellow tell his tale about."
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 | Bob
Bowman Weekly. Syndicated in 109 newspapers
"Bob
Bowman's East Texas" columns >
• A
“tough ol’ bird” 2-8-10
By Gertie Lacey’s own description,
she is a “tough ol’ bird” who grew up in a family of 15 kids, endured the rough
days of the East Texas oil boom, picked cotton, endured crop failures during the
Great Depression... |
 | Mike
Cox Weekly. Syndicated
in 11 newspapers
"Texas
Tales" columns >
• Wolf
Girl 2-5-10
When the boy returned home that day he told his parents a
story as horrifying as it was unbelievable. He had gone to San Felipe Springs,
north of what is now Del Rio, to tend to his family’s goat herd. He said he arrived
in time to find a pack of wolves attacking the terrified stock. Among the wolves,
he continued, was a strange creature... |
 | C.
F. Eckhardt Monthly.
"Charley Eckhardt's Texas
" columns >
• A
Very Personal Ghost 10-26-09
I’ve come to the conclusion, over the years,
that when it comes to ghosts there are two sorts of people—those who realize ghosts
exist and those who don’t want to realize it. One of the sure ways to become one
of the first variety is to see a ghost. |
 | Clay
Coppedge Twice
a month
"Letters from
Central Texas" columns >
• Jean
Laffite 1-1-10
Before Texas was known as a haven for Old West outlaws it
was a haven for pirates... Laffite was the best known and casts the longest shadow
across Texas history... |
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Delbert Trew Weekly.
Amarillo Globe-Sun
"It's
All Trew" columns >
• In
terms of description, 'cowboy' has been varied 2-6-10
The wild ox of prehistory
seemed to have been here first, and man domesticated the beast for food. This
decision was not well thought out, as man later found he would have to tend the
beast's needs until eternity... The job of tending the beasts fell to their sons,
usually young boys, hence the first notation of cowboys... |
 | Murray
Montgomery Monthly.
Syndicated in 5 newspapers
"Lone
Star Diary" columns >
• All
were welcome at Fink's Hotel in Hallettsville 2-6-10
It has been said that
Mr. and Mrs. A. Finkelstein always had a room in their hotel and a home-cooked
meal for any who appeared at the door. From the richest dignitary to poorest hobo,
the Finkelsteins made room for all – even those with no money to pay... |
 | Byron
Browne Monthly
"Notes From Over Here"
columns >
• Letter 2-8-10
The following is a letter that I wrote a year ago after visiting some of my wife’s
relatives in Florida. Because the weather has forced many of us inside and into
the proximity of our own families and because of a recent personal event, I thought
this would be a nice article to share. |
 | Maggie
Van Ostrand National
Syndicated Columnist
"A
Balloon in Cactus" columns >
• Red
China Turns U.S.A. Pink 2-8-10
How come everything that comes out of my
washing machine is pink? I hate pink. . Sure, sure, I know how important pink
is. It’s the color of the elephants we see when tipsy. We can be tickled pink
and feel in the pink. That isn’t what I’m talking about.. |
 | Peary
Perry Weekly. Syndicated in 80 newspapers
"Letters
from North America" columns >
• Shoes
1-27-10
This week I’d like to discuss another subject which I believe proves
up one of the fundamental differences between men and women. Shoes... |
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"They
shoe horses, don't they?"
She'll
Be Comin' By Greyhound by Robert G. Cowser 1-16-10
Probably all of us recall
foolish acts that we regret moments or even years after the incident. When my
younger brother, our cousin John, and I were teenagers, we once privately ridiculed
the behavior of some of our relatives at a family reunion. |
Endangered StoriesMiss
Bell by Harold Bell 9-1-09
Nobody in the world, dead or alive, knew how
long Miss Bell taught the fourth grade in and around Decatur, Texas... |
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