The Texas Standard, Volume 22, Number 2, March-April 1948 Page: 14
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TEXAS STANDARD
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT L. PINKARD, SR.
by MISS IEWEL LEE RICHARD
There is little necessity to talk at length
of this great and good man and of his
important position he held in the county.
Many can say true but none can say new
things of Mr. Pinkard. His personal traits
and public acts are better known to the
people of our county and community than
those of any other man of his age. Though
high in position, the humblest could ap-
proach and feel at home in his presence.
Though deep, he was transparent. Though
strong, he was gentle, kind, and sincere.
Though decided and pronounced in his
convictions, he was tolerant toward those
who differed with him and patient under
all reproaches.
Even those who know him only through
his public utterances obtained a precise
idea of his character and personality. The
image of Mr. Pinkard was reflected in his
magic with words and those who read
them knew him.
Nature pays no tribute to aristocracy,
subscribes to no creed of caste. Genius
is no snob. It does not run after titles
or seek by preference the high circles
of society. It effects humble as well as
great company and here is proof. An
East Texas community was the home of
one of the great sons of men—a man of
singular, vital and delightful genius who
presently emerged upon the great stage of
Wood County's history. This man, who
passed his ungainly youth in dire poverty
of the poorest of frontier folk and whose
rise was by weary and painful labor,
lived to lead his people through a burning
flame of a struggle to a loftier life.
After nine years of iron effort and of
failure that came more often than victory,
he rose to the leadership merited as Su-
perintendent of Fouke Junior High School
at the moment when leadership had be-
come a stupendous task of the time. Suc-
cess came to him but never happiness
save that which springs from doing well
a vital but painful task.
As years went by, he was found ever
doing his duty; ever facing the future
with a fearless front, high of spirit and
dauntless of soul. Unbroken by hatred,
unshaken by scorn, he worked and suf-
ROBERT L. PINKARD. SR.
fered for the people. Triumph was his
at last but barely had he tasted it before
death found him—patient, kindly, fearless
eyes were closed forever.
Had Mr. Pinkard reached that good old
age of which his vigorous constitution and
his temperate habits gave promise; had
he been permitted to see final result of
his great work, we would not have been
smitten with such heavy grief. He was
dear to us as well as an inspiration, and
his memory is a torch which will always
be reverent to the Fouke-Wood County
Community.
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Significance of Wildlife
Restoration Week
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tion and Passage of Bills Looking to
the Conservation of Our National Re-
sources.
Wise Land Use Plays a Major Role in
the Economic Situation of This Country.
A United States Department of Con-
servation Should Be Created, Presided
over by a Secretary with Portfolio,
Member of the President's Cabinet.
Sources of Teaching Materials:
Castle Film Company of Chicago, Illi-
nois has a very good film, "Trees of To-
morrow" that may be procured at the
small expense of return postage.
A letter to the Texas State Wildlife
Federation will bring free instructional
aids.
If your local school system has a film
library, ''The River" by Erpi Film Com-
pany is excellent for developing a sense
of cooperation with the Wildlife Conserva-
tion program.
Wildlife Restoration stamps are sent
out in dollar sheets by the National Wild-
life Federation in Washington, D. C. Chil-
dren further interested may order stamp
albums. One-cent cards bearing beauti-
ful wildlife scenes are also available here
and may be used to publicize the conserva-
tion program. Each science teacher should
send for a sheet of the stamps and sell
them for use on letters.
School Projects:
Special assembly programs during Na-
tional Wildlife Restoration Week.
Poster contests on subjects pertinent
,to this work.
Bird house contests, class discussion on
subjects as: Damage Done by Carelessly
Picking Wild Flowers, Shooting Animals
for Fun, Destroying Natural Habitats by
Polluting Water in Streams and Ponds and
Carelessly Starting Forest Fires While on
Camping and Fishing Trips, Needlessly
Cutting Down Trees Without Replacing
Them, Torpedoing and Seining Fish, The
Value of Establishing Bird Reserves, Re-
forestation as a Means of Preventing Soil
Erosion and as a Method of Flood Con-
trol.
A project sponsored by the Fort
Worth Botanic Garden Center is the Birds'
Christmas Tree. School children engage in
a carol service during which they hang ap-
ples, pop corn balls and pieces of suet on
the tree for hungry birds. This may be
done during snows when birds have diffi-
culty in finding food.
There are numerous ways by which
we can reclaim and preserve our natural
resources, and it is hoped that they will
be guarded and protected the year round
and not just during Wildlife Restoration
Week, March 19 to 25.
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