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The Clifton Record
Wednesday, June 13,2007
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Rises To Rock Stardom ------A---------
The Clifton Record
By Marc Johnson
“ T a t e r
Wagon Rollin’!”
That's what ol’
folks usta say
when it was
.thunderin’.
- Well,’bout 0330
on the Thurs-
" day morn of
;; May 31, “tater wagon was
* r ollin’” and I ain't shore if that’s
1 what woke me up, or simply a
;; ‘ call to nature." But, something
; did git my attention. I fust
- tended to the call to nature,
I then, went in the kitchen;
* nuked me up a cup of coffee;
- grabbed my cigs and went out
.* on the patio. Mother nature was
havin’ a good time. Mucho thun-
der, and a lightning show lak ya
* wouldn’t believe. AH this amid
a purty good rain. Lightin’ was
so bright at times that the
street lights done thought the
; sun come up; and went off.
Well, ‘bout 0400, Bet come out
to check on me and the
weather. Mother Nature was
- puttin' on one heck of a show.
The thunder rolls; lightning
flash; and the rain come down
in sheets. Few minutes later.
. Bet went back to bed. I stayed
, out to enjoy some more of the
show. Well, ‘bout 0430; the show
shut down I started back in the
. house; but. the door was locked.
What! Our slidin’ glass door to
the patio will sometimes come
bout four inches open if'n ya
. don’t shut it just right; or latch
it. Bet got the habit of latchin’
it. I had to go ring the doorbell;
„ wake Bet up; to unlatch the
- door. Door bell did git her atten-
* tion. Then, she realized what
she’d done and 1 seen her
“ laughin' as she come back to
- the door. She, bein’ the nice gal
- she is, did let me back in. By the
' way, it rained some over an
* inch. Another good ‘un. God,
- and mother nature is awesome.
* Mother Nature not only sent
‘ us more rain, thunder, and
- lightning. She sent us a heck of
•• a mess of skeeters. Big ‘uns;
I andjillionsof'em. Whew! Them
purple martins supposed to eat
these suckers. I think they
might nigh be over whelmed. If
i ya go outside, especially early
■* morn, or late afternoon; ya can
■ figger purty quick that they
* missed a big bunch of 'em. We
■ liable to need to hep 'em with
some kinda poison.
I be sorta hard of hearin’; but,
I some of these is big, and noisy,
* enough that even I can hear
- some of 'em.
Cowboys gittin’ ready to have
I some ofihem mini-camps. Ain’t
; nothing happened yet what’s
; got Bet very excited. She was
I glad that the Super Bowl gonna
Z be cornin’ to the new stadium
* up in Arlington. Now, she got to
- figger out how to come up with
I tickets to this extravaganza. It
; orta be a heck of a deal.
; Gap Community Chamber of
- Commerce gonna have their
I next meetin' down to the com-
; munity center. Feed, put on by
* the Goar Valley Extension Club
I gonna start at 6 p.m., on Thurs-
Z day, the 14th.
; Y’all all invited. Come on
* down and enjoy an evening of
Z good food, fun, and fellowship.
; Pick up a neighbor and bring
» 'em along. Ya don’t got to own a
» bidness to belong to the Gap
Z Chamber. All ya got to do is
; “give a hoot” about the Gap.
- We’d lak to have ya.
Z Well. I made my annual trip
Z over to the Bosque County Ap-
* praisal office to let 'em know I
Z wasn’t overjoyed ‘bout my new
Z appraisal. Bidness over there
* on the last day was brisk. Any-
•; how, I got the same results I
£ seem to git every year. Live
■ with it! But, chances are really
- good I’ll be back next year; if’n
I I ain’t in the pen fer not being
; able to pay my taxes. Did any
j! y’all happen to appear? Differ-
ent results?
* Our Texas Legislature done
* brought another session to a
* close. Mixed reviews seem to
I; be the norm as to whether they
i done anything good, or not. Ses-
*! sion sorta reminds me of a
- story Jeff Foxworth told about
Z titles he found on the cover of
j some Women’s magazines,
•j “How to find a good man", “how
‘ to make a good man out of a bad
Z man.” I don’t know what the
»; relevance of this is; I just
•; thought it was funny. They did
: let a “cash cow” git away by not
; considering whether or not to
* let the citizens vote on Casino
l Gambling.
Z- Opponents feared folks
j would become “addicted.” So,
- do they think a little thing lak a
J “State Line” gonna keep any-
Z body what wants to gamble
j! from doin’ it? So, some clown
» takes his money to a neighbor-
I' ing state; gits addicted; but the
; neighboring state keeps their
* money. Texas might have to
l help treat them. Reckon?
Z Reckon any of the money
; they used to give Gov. Good hair
* a thirty-five thousand dollar a
The Number 1 single on the
pop-music chart for the week
ending Jun. 11,1961 was “Run-
ning Scared” by the West
Texas balladeer Elvis Presley
once called “the greatest
singer in the world."
The year was 1936 and the
place was Vernon just this side
of the Red River. Orbie Lee
and Nadine Orbison welcomed
the newest addition to their
working-class family, a boy
they named Roy Kelton.
The defense plants drew the
breadwinner to Fort Worth
during World War II, but he
pulled up stakes again after
butter became more impor-
tant than guns. The Orbisons
moved out west to Wink, a tiny
oil patch community not far
from where the New Mexico
and Texas state lines come to
a point.
Music was as much a part
of Roy’s childhood as
cornbread and molasses. He
learned to play the guitar from
his father at six and seven
years later formed his first
band “The Wink Westerners.”
It was not long before the teen-
aged musicians were out of the
garage and on the radio in
nearby Kermit.
Roy received his diploma
from Wink High in 1954 and at-
tended North Texas State for
a couple of semesters. But
Denton was too far from home,
and he transferred to a junior
college in Odessa the next
year.
The revived Westerners
caught fire with weekly half-
hour shows on two television
stations. A guest performer, 23
year old Johnny Cash, liked
what he heard and referred
the group to his producer, Sam
Phillips of Sun Records.
At first the rockabilly pio-
neer wanted nothing to do with
Orbison and his playmates but
changed his mind after listen-
ing to “Ooby Dooby," a catchy
tune the Wink wonders re-
corded in a New Mexico stu-
dio. The star-maker invited
The Westerners to Memphis,
where he signed them up and
changed their name to “The
Teen Kings.”
Orbison pictured himself
following in the footsteps of
Phillips proteges like Elvis
Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry
Lee Lewis and his benefactor
Cash. But after making a mod-
est splash with the re-release
of “Ooby Dooby,” the Teen
Kings fell out of favor.
His friends returned to
West Texas, but Orbison
stayed in Memphis and
joined the ranks of the music
capital's struggling
songwriters. He wrote
“Claudette," named after his
new wife, for the Everly
Brothers, who put it on the
flip side of their huge hit “All
I Have To Do Is Dream.”
year raise came from any them
folks what opposed gambling?
Aw, what the heck; it’s done fer
now.
Things ain’t all sugar & spice
up to Washington either. They
make a big deal about bi-
partianship when considering
legislation. Horse hockey! Hard
to find this happening; ain’t it?
How many folks we got
what’s gonna run fer President
of this great United States? We
got a heck of a choice to make
here and we gonna put up with
a jillion political ads from now
to election time. Whew!
Don’t seem to be no organi-
zation in the country what ain’t
got some kinda problem. Many
of them involve money. Sur-
prise? Look at some of 'em
down to Waco. Wouldn’t it be
nice if everybody done right?
Make fer a bunch of boring
news; but, that’d be ok fer a
change.
Boy, Bet got hot other morn-
ing. She was notified that one
of her favorite ex-Cowboys and
some of his family had paid a
visit down to the Horny Toad,
and nobody called her. I
gawrantee you she’d a been
there. They have been in-
structed not to let it happen
again.
Our President, and the lead-
ers of all nations need us all to
keep them in our thoughts and
prayers. Also, all our troops
and the families they had to
leave behind. We are losing
more troops daily and these
families, especially, need our
prayers.
See ya next week,
More at the Gap
This Week
In Texas
History ,
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“A thoughtful mind, when it
sees a nation’s flag, sees not the
flag only, but the nation itself...”
— Henry Ward Beecher,
The National Flag, 1861
On June 14,1777, in order to
establish an official flag for a
new nation, the Continental
Congress passed the Flag Act
stating: “Resolved that the flag
of the United States be made of
thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be
thirteen stars, white in a blue
field, representing a new Con-
stellation.” Flag Day, on June
14, the anniversary of that Flag
Resolution of 1777, was offi-
cially established by the Proc-
lamation of President Woodrow
Wilson on May 30,1916. And on
Aug. 3,1949, President Truman
signed an Act of Congress des-
ignating June 14 of each year
as National Flag Day.
In my view, it is appropriate
that the House of Representa-
tives amend the Constitution of
the United States to prohibit
In 1957 Orbison teamed up
with Midland native Joe
Melson, and the talented Tex-
ans invented a new musical
genre - the rock ballad. The
prolific pair penned a passel
of Top 20 songs for the small-
time label, Monument
Records.
Owner Fred Foster re-
warded Orbison with a second
shot as a singer, and he re-
sponded in March 1960 with
the unforgettable “Only The
Lonely.” The haunting ballad
soared to No. 2 in the United
States and to the top of the
charts in Great Britain, where
rock ’n roll was the rage.
Roy Orbison at 24 was on his
way to international stardom.
In three remarkable years, he
sold millions of 45’s with
smash hits such as “Blue An-
gel," “Running Scared,” “Cry-
ing” and “Blue Bayou” - all
Orbison-Melson collabora-
tions.
Overcoming his fear of live
performances, the shy vocalist
with the amazing four-octave
range played sold-out concerts
at home and abroad. He
toured Europe in 1963 with an
unknown British quartet, and
it was Orbison who encour-
aged the Beatles to come to
the former colonies.
One of the few American re-
cording artists to survive the
subsequent “British Invasion,”
“The Big O” actually thrived.
"Oh, Pretty Woman,” No. 1 in
1964, set a record for the most
copies sold in the first ten days
and ultimately totaled seven
million.
Orbison’s unusually pale
complexion and ever-present
sunglasses spawned rumors
which persist to this day. He
was neither, as some believed,
an albino nor was he blind.
Times change and so do
tastes in music, as Orbison
found out in the late 1960’s.
However, for every American
fan he lost there were at least
two foreigners to take his
place. From the Netherlands,
site of the biggest Roy Orbison
fan club on the planet, to Aus-
tralia, where he was a perma-
nent fixture on the charts, he
maintained a large and loyal
worldwide following.
The slump in his U.S.
popularity coincided with ter-
rible tragedies only two years
apart. Claudette Orbison
was killed in a motorcycle
accident in the summer of
1966, and two of their three
sons burned to death in a fire
at the family residence in
September 1968.
Grief kept Orbison out of the
limelight and the studio for a
long time. He remarried, had
two more boys by his second
wife and gradually picked up
the pieces of his shattered per-
sonal life.
Open-heart surgery in 1978
bought the ailing performer ten
more years. He lived long
enough to experience a gratify-
ing resurgence in popularity
and the appreciation of his
peers.
“His voice could jar a corpse,
always leave you muttering to
yourself something like, ‘Man!
I don’t believe it!” marveled Bob
Dylan. But to Barry Gibb of the
Bee Gees, Roy Orbison was
simply “the voice of God.”
Bartee Haile welcomes
your comments, questions
and suggestions at
haile@pdq.net or P.O. Box 152,
Friendswood, TX 77549. And
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By Congressman
Chet Edwards
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the desecration of the Ameri-
can flag. In this session of Con-
gress, I am proud to have
co-sponsored legislation,
House Joint Resolution 12,
which would achieve this goal.
A constitutional amendment
must be passed by two thirds of
both Houses of Co
A Little Bit
of Nothin’
from Ol’ Norm
My Barber
My barber is Lloyd Fossett.
He’s related to the Chevron
Fossetts. I mention this be-
cause from haircut to haircut
for some reason I can’t remem-
ber his name. Is it age? Or just
poor memory?
Going for my haircut last
week I asked my wife, “What is
his name?” And she said,
“Who?” I said, “My barber. I
can’t remember.” And she re-
sponded, “Lloyd.” Gosh, I don’t
know why I can’t remember his
name. He gives me a great hair-
cut. And his name is even on his
front shop window. My wife
gave me a new clue to help my
memory. Her name and Lloyd’s
name begin with the same let-
ter.
The whole time I’m in his
chair I am working hard to find
a place to break in to the con-
versation. It is a contest. Who
talks the most, Loyd or me? (No
comment) It’s so much fun to
sit there and wait for my oppor-
tunity to break in. This last time
I was the only one in the shop
so I had no problem with my
part.
They say laughter is good for
the soul. So after being with
Lloyd for a bit my soul must be
in good shape.
Cheers,
Ol’Norm
Corrections,
Clarifications
Relay For Life Correction
CLIFTON — In last
Wednesday’s issue of the Clif-
ton Record, an error was made
in the article “Relay ‘Rocked
The Night Away’ To The Tune
Of $53,000 For Cure.”
It has been brought to the
newspaper’s attention that the
information included about the
final lap at 7 a.m. was inaccu-
rate. Storms and lightning
drove participants out of Cub
Stadium about 1 a.m.
Event Chairman Kay Kidd
said that although the storms
ended the event earlier than
planned, it was still considered
an extremely successful relay.
The Record apologies for any
confusion or harm this error
ongress and
then be ratified by three quar-
ters of the states.
My reverence for the First
Amendment to the Constitution
and the freedom of speech that
it guarantees is second to none
and I believe very strongly in a
citizen’s right to express his or
her beliefs and opinions, no
matter how unpopular. This
right sets America apart from
most other countries on earth.
However, I do not believe that
burning or otherwise desecrat-
ing our national symbol is a le-
gitimate expression of free
I speech. I think individuals must
consider the adverse impact of
their actions on their feUow citi-
zens and society as a whole.
I have the honor and respon-
sibility to represent tens of
By Our Staff And Our Readers
thousands of veterans, service
men and women and their fami-
lies who have devoted them-
selves to serving our nation
during peacetime and wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, Vietnam,
Korea, and World War II. When
America’s liberty, national se-
curity or national interests
have been threatened, I have
seen these brave men and
women leave their homes and
families to fight in foreign
lands. And, I have seen them
come home, some in coffins
draped with our flag. Having
seen this, I cannot condone any
behavior that shows disrespect
to our flag and all it represents.
The U.S. Supreme Court may
equate flag desecration with
free speech. I respectfully dis-
erican flag is a
symbol of what we are ana who
agree. The Amer
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