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Features and Fillers : Texas Journalists On Texas Folklore Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; No. 56
author
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Harris, Jim; Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler.
publisher
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University of North Texas Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1574410741
print isbn13
:
9781574410747
ebook isbn13
:
9780585270043
language
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English
subject
Folklore--Texas, Folklore--Texas--Press coverage, American newpapers--Texas.
publication date
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1999
lcc
:
GR1.T4 1999eb
ddc
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398/.09764
subject
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Folklore--Texas, Folklore--Texas--Press coverage, American newpapers--Texas.
Page i
Features and Fillers
Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LVI
Jim Harris, Editor Carolyn Satterwhite, Assistant Editor
Francis Edward Abernethy, General Series Editor
Page ii
1999 Texas Folklore Society
Printed in the United States of America
Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to:
Permissions University of North Texas Press PO Box 311336 Denton TX 76203-1336 940-565-2142
The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48.1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Features and fillers : Texas journalists on Texas folklore / Jim Harris, editor. p. cm. (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 56) Includes index. ISBN 1-57441-074-1 (alk. Paper) 1. FolkloreTexas. 2. FolkloreTexasPress coverage. 3. American newpapersTexas. I. Harris, Jim, 1942 II. Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 56. GR1.T4 no. 56 [GR110.T4] 398".09764dc21 99-16387 CIP
Design by Angela Schmitt
Page iii
Contents
Dedication
Paul Patterson
vii
Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore
Jim Harris
1
A Legend Runs through It: The Dallas Morning News
Bryan Woolley
17
The Weeping Woman: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
John O. West
30
Bois D'Arc Recollections: The Commerce Journal
Ernestine and Charles Linck
37
Prescriptions for Ailments Did Not Always Find a Cure and Dyin' Easy and Several Other Ways of Crossing over and Departing This Life: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Joyce Gibson Roach
44
Musing on Distant, Faded Glories of the Days of Radio: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Robert J. Duncan
51
Unknowingly, Security Guard Takes on KKK: McKinney Courier Gazette
Robert J. Duncan
55
Four Musings on Bad Roosters: The Victoria Advocate
Henry Wolff, Jr.
58
The Ol' Red Rooster Learns a Hard Lesson: Uvalde Leader-News
Lora B. Garrison
66
Hallie Stillwell Will Live on in Memories: The Dallas Morning News
Kent Biffle
70
Ex-Sheriff's Tale Is One for History Books: The Dallas Morning News
Kent Biffle
75
Page iv
Tales of a Rural School Teacher : The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Lou Rodenberger
80
The New Year Hasn't Always Started January 1; Valentine's Day: How It All Began; and Columbus Day Roots Are in This Century: The Daily Sentinel
Archie McDonald
85
Texas' Oddest Animal:|The Mexia Daily News
Jerry Turner
93
What Mrs. Rives Found in Gilmer:The Gilmer Mirror
Sarah Greene
96
He 'Woodn't' Trade Hobby for Anything: The Texarkana Gazette
John Fooks
102
The Ghosts of Bill Longley; Bill Longley on the Gallows; and Haunted by Bill Longley: The Dallas Morning News
A. C. Greene
106
Weather Lore Isn't All Wet: The Dallas Morning News
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