Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 Page: 3
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HOOKED ON TEXAS
by Clarence Jay Faulkner
[The postcards used as illustrations for this article, as well as those
used for "filler pages" and division pages between chapters
throughout this book, were collected by Clarence Faulkner and,
as he states in his article, donated to the Texas Folklore Society for
its archives. We greatly appreciate this contribution, as the post-
cards display a unique perspective of collectible Texana over the
last century.-- Untiedt]
Being a proud native Texan born in 1949 not far from the con-
fluence of the Brazos and Bosque Rivers, (and raised in east Waco),
a survivor of the devastating tornado of May 11, 1953, and a lover
of Dr. Pepper and Moon Pie, I remain hooked on Texas even
though I am currently far away in the Pacific Northwest.
In recent years, the hook has taken a stronger bite as I've
embarked on a serious study of all things Texas. I scan everything
for tidbits on Texas and my memberships/subscriptions include
the Texas Folldore Society, Sul Ross State's Center for Big Bend
Studies, Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, and Marfa's Big Bend Sen-
tinel weekly newspaper. I've even found Texana in the New Yorker
and Los Angeles magazines. One of my neatest and most unpre-
dictable sources of information is from my collecting of old Texas-
themed postcards. Let me tell you how that all came about.
About six years ago I was invited to attend a weekly Toastmas-
ters meeting where twenty-five to thirty men gather to practice
public speaking and, more so, to shoot the breeze. I decided to
attack my lifelong fear of public speaking and took on the chal-
lenge of becoming a Competent Toastmaster, with the first-level
project of ten speeches to develop basic speaking skills. I began
with the introductory "ice breaker" short speech, giving some bio-
graphical and personal background, and then moved on to the
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Texas Folklore Society. Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009, book, December 15, 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271470/m1/16/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.