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PAGE 4) Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday; September 16, 1990
Opinion
Interstate highway system
idea of Gen. John Pershing
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY -The idea for this
nation's great interstate highway system originated
in Texas 73 years ago.
f It was conceived by Major General John J.
Pershing, then commanding Fort Sam in San
Antonio. It was brought to fruition by a native
Texan on his staff who would also become a
general and then President of the United States. He
was Dwight D. Eisenhower, born October 14,
1890, in Denison.
Pershing had returned to Fort Sam early in
1917, frustrated because he had failed to capture
the bandit, Pancho Villa. He and his 6,000-man
punitive expedition had unsuccessfully chased
Villa through northern Mexico, their efforts
stymied by the lack of roads. He vowed to correct
that situation, at least within the United States.
World War I intervened. Pershing left San
Antonio to become commander of the American
Expeditionary Force. He did not forget his idea,
however. After the war, he returned to Washington
as General of the Armies. One of his first acts was
to contact Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower, his old
friend at Fort Sam.
To determine if existing highways were suitable
for large defense maneuvers, he sent Eisenhower
and a convoy of motor vehicles from the capital to
San Francisco. The trip took an incredible 68 days!
Eisenhowers written report became the basis for a
government study of good roads as a means of
defense and resulted eventually in the plan to
create the interstate highway system.
By the time the bill authorizing the network
finally made it through Congress in 1956, Pershing
was dead. But Eisenhower, whose report 37 years
earlier proved the need for such a system, proudly
signed the bill as President of the United States.
***
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW-That Willie
Nelson, the country singer and songwriter, gained
his first media attention as a sports figure.
In the late 1940's, Nelson starred in football,
basketball, track, baseball and softball while
attending high school in Abbott (pop 401) in Hill
County.
Nelson won a total of 18 letters while playing
on Abbott Panther teams.
HOME ON THE RANGE—Ranching and farming
are still big business in Texas.
Texas' 186,000 farms and ranches (more than in
any other state) produced S10.2 billion in sales in
1988—the last year that accurate figures are
available. Cattle sales accounted for S6.5 billion of
this.
California led Texas in agricultural sales, but
Talk of Texas
Copyright, 1990, by Jack MaGuire
the Lone Star State again was first nationally in the
sales of livestock and related products like wool
and mohair.
TRAVELING TEXAS-Judge Roy Bean, the
famed "Law West of the Pecos," is not buried in
Langtry, the town he made famous, but in nearby
Del Rio.
Bean died in that neighboring town in 1903 of
pneumonia and was buried in the local cemetery.
In 1963, the bodies of Bean and his son, Sam, were
moved to the grounds of the Whitehead Museum
and reburied near a replica of Bean's "Jersey Lilly
Saloon."
The original saloon is a popular state-owned
tourist attraction in Langtry.
FRINGE BENEFIT—If George Bush decides
to put his presidential library and museum at the
University of Houston, it won't cost the taxpayers
anything to run it.
Regents of that institution have pledged^ $35
million to maintain and operate the library. Or this
figure, only $5 million will be used to run
programs of special interest George and Barbara
Bush unless additional funds can be raised
privately.
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By Ricky B. Smith, District Attorney
106th Judicial District
Rules governing use of the Texas Flag under
different circumstances told by district attorney
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When the Texas Flag is displayed out-of-doors, it
should be either on a flagpole or a staff, and the staff
should be at least two and one-half times as long as
the Flag. The Flag is always attached at the spearhead
end of the staff and the heading must be made of
material strong enough to protect the Colors.
The Texas Flag should not be displayed outdoors
earlier than sunrise nor later than sunset. However,
when a patriotic effect is desired, the Texas Flag may
be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated
during the hours of darkness, or under the same
circumstances as the Flag of the United States may
be displayed. ««
The Texas Flag should not be displayed on days
when the weather is inclement, unless a weatherproof
flag is displayed.
When the Texas Flag is flown from a flagpole or
staff, the white stripe should always be at the top of
the Flag, except in cases of distress, and the red stripe
should be directly underneath the white. When the
Flag is flown from a window sill, balcony, or front of
a building, and flat against the wall, it should be on
a staff, and blue field should be at the observer's left.
The Texas Flag should always be flown or carried
to the left of the United States Flag. If both flags are
displayed on the same pole, the Texas Flag should be
below the United States Flag.
The Texas Flag should not be used in any form of
advertising, and, under no circumstances, may
advertisements of any kind be attached to the flagpole
or staff.
It is disrespectful to the Texas Flag to use it for
purposes of decoration, either as a covering for
automobiles or floats in a parade, or for draping
speakers' platforms or stands, or for any other similar
purpose of decoration. The Flag should not be used
as a covering for a ceiling; as any portion of a
costume or athletic uniform; nor treated
disrespectfully by having printing or lettering of any
kind placed upon it.
When the Texas Flag is in such condition of repair
that it is no longer a Suitable Emblem for displaying,
it should be totally destroyed, preferably by burning,
and that privately; or this should be done by some
other method in keeping with the spirit of respect and
reverence which all Texans owe the Emblem which
represents the Lone Star State of Texas.
The salute to the Texas Flag is:
"HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE AND
INDIVISIBLE."
Days past...
FROM THE FILES
OF THE SEMINOLE SENTINEL
FIVE YEARS AGO -1985
Following a recommendation of Blue Cross-
Blue Shield of Texas, the Seminole Hospital
District board of directors approved an eight
percent increase in hospital charges at its regular
meeting.
* * *
Toe-tappin' music by the South Plains College
blue-grass band will greet football fans as they
arrive at Indian Stadium Friday night for the first
hometown game. Tailgate Parties have been
scheduled for each at-home game during the
season, and will be sponsored by the Seminole
Sentinel, KIKZ/KSEM, IGA Foodliner, and
Thriftway in cooperation with the Seminole
Booster Club, Spanish Honor Society and FFA.
Hot dogs, soft drinks, Indian jackets, etc., and
booster club memberships will be sold at each
Tailgate Party.
* * *
TEN YEARS AGO -1980
Gaines County was among the several West
Texas counties declared as disaster areas due to
drought for the 1980 crop year.
* * *
Seminole First Presbyterian Church will
celebrate its 75th anniversary Sunday. Only 15
men have pastored the church during that period,
with the Rev. Robert B. Lewis pastoring since June
of 1975.
Teri Weaver, a senior at Seminole High School,
was one of 1500 teenagers selected from more than
400,000 national home economic students to
attend future Homemakers of America's annual
leadership meeting in St. Louis, MO.
* * *
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO -1965
Dean of Texas Tech's School of Agriculture,
Dr. Gerald Thomas, will be guest speaker for the
Soil Conservation District's annual farm tour.
* * *
New soil conservationist in Seminole is David
Springer who succeeds Duane Moss.
* * *
High School Choir officers include Richard
Barrett, president; Vaudine Browne, vice-
president; Janice Hobdy, secretary; Martha
Matthews, treasurer; Phil Rosser and Cathy Parker,
robe chairmen; David McMinn and Judy Weems,
librarians; and Kathy Thompson, reporter.
FIFTY YEARS AGO - 1940
The high school faculty consists of eleven
.members. They are Dewey Davis, superintendent;
A. B. Jinkins, principal; Coach Horace Jones; M.
W. Hayhurst, assistant coach; Each one also
teaches academic classes. Other teachers include
Louise Campbell, Frances Goodall, Arnold Carsey,
Marjorie Sue Stewart, R. H. Davis, Alfred Riley,
and Mrs. Wood.
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Publisher
David Fisher News Editor
Joyce Dow News Writer
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corrected upon being brought to the attention of the manage-
ment.
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of privacy or untasteful language without changing the desired
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seeking election or "Thank You" letters will be accepted.
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MEMBER 1990
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