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PAGE 4, Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday, November 17,1991
Opinion
Ace Reid
by M. Gene Dow. Publisher
FROM THE SCRIPTURES-"For he was wiser
than all men...and his fame was in all the surrounding
nations." I Kings 4:31
* * *
I don’t claim to be on "howdy" terms with many
celebrities, but one I’m proud of is Ace Reid. I first
met Ace Reid, because I didn’t know Ace Reid. It
happened back in 1963, when I was in charge of the
West Texas Press Association
convention held in Abilene. Ace
attended that convention and ^ pr
when he was introduced to me,
he recognized that I didn’t know /
who in tarnation he was. That t /
was back in the days when he z.
was just getting started with his
cowboy cartoons and was
campaigning to save the horned
toads. As a result, later in the
convention, he made a large drawing of his now well-
known "Cowpokes" character, "Jake," and presented
me with the personally autographed original. I got to
know him much better after that. That drawing still
hangs in my den.
♦ * *
THE OLD INDIAN CHIEF SAYS-"A fad is
something that goes in one era and out the other."
* * *
So I was, indeed, saddened by the news that Ace
Reid died last Sunday, at age 65, after a long battle
with leukemia and diabetes.
Reid’s inspirational, fun outlook on life made him
a popular speaker across the country. His self-
syndicated cartoons have appeared in more than 400
newspapers across Texas, and have appeared for
years in the Sentinel.
His cartoons have been published in a book,
on calendars, gift items, etc. In addition, he raised
cattle, was an oil driller, and founder of a pre-sweated
hat business. Playboy magazine called him "the man
who invented sweat." He also arranged many trail
drives along the Old Chisolm Trail and organized the
Old Crippled Cowboys of America.
He bore a striking resemblance to the late movie
actor Slim Pickens. Pickens, also an acquaintance of
Ace Reid, once wrote, "The only creatures in the
world that are more unpredictable, less reliable and
sorrier-Iooking than Ace Reid arc the cowboys,
horses and cows that he draws."
Yes, I am proud to have known Ace Reid.
• * *
DID YOU KNOW—Ace Reid was born at Lelia
Lake in the Panhandle, grew up near Electro, and
lived most of his life in Kerrville.
Days Past
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THAT MAS ENOUGH FOR ALL /V\V
beer-prinkin; tabacco-chewin'
GUN-TOTIN' HUNTIN' BUDDIES--
AN' GETS 40 Mtues GA£-L.Ow
From The
D. A.'s Desk
By Ricky B. Smith, District Attorney
106th Judicial District
Persons who deliberately falsify drug tests now
subject to fine or imprisonment upon conviction
Effective Sept. 1 of this year, a person commits
a crime in Texas if that person knowingly or
intentionally uses or possesses with intent to use
any substance or device designed to falsify drug
test results.
Under this new law, a "drug test" is defined as a
lawfully administered test designed to detect the
presence of a controlled substance or marijuana. A
person convicted of this crime may be fined up to
$1,500 and/or be confined in jail for up to six
months.
A separate provision of this law provides that a
person commits a Class A misdemeanor if he or
she knowingly or intentionally delivers, possesses
with intent to deliver, or manufactures with intent
to deliver a substance or device designed to falsify
drug test results.
A person convicted of this offense may be fined
up to $3,000 and/or be confined in jail for up to
one year.
.From the Files of Seminole Sentinel
FIVE YEARS AGO-1986
The major portion of the Concerned Citizens
meeting Tuesday night was taken up with
discussion of possibly adding the group as a
committee of the chamber of commerce, in effect
replacing the retail merchants committee.
It was brought out that the retail committee of
the chamber has not been active for some time and
the concerned citizens are an active group around
the community.
Differences between the retail committee and
the Concerned Citizens were also brought out with
retail committee membership limited to retail
merchants and the membership in Concerned
Citizens was open to anyone.
***
tEN YEARS A GO-1981
On a supposedly unlucky Friday the 13th, the
Seminole Indians put away a stubborn Coahoma
Bulldog team 21-12 and in the process claimed
their first out-right district football championship
in 20-years.
Coach David Bomstein also broke a three-year
string of ties for the district title with the win that
puts his 5-5 Indians into the state playoffs against
the Kermit Yellow Jackets.
The district title gives Seminole it’s first
_undisputed title in 20-years-
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO-1966
Gaines County’s 1966 4-H Gold Star boy and
girl are Phyllis Hedrick and James Satterwhile.
They were saluted Saturday night at the annual
county 4-H banquet.
***
Shurfinc coffee...........65 cents a pound
Borden’s Ice Cream........89 cents a half-gallon
Coke in the family size...4 for a dollar
5-lb. bag of flour........39 cents
T-bone steak..............98 cents a pound
FIFTY YEARS AGO-1941
The score was tied at 13 to 13 when the whistle
blew Wednesday night in Seagraves ending the last
game of the season for the two Gaines county class
A high school teams. The spectators were well
entertained.
At the end of the game the officials indicated
that Seagraves made 16 first downs to the local
team’s 13 and that the Eagles also had more
penetrations.
***
It seems that the traditional Thanksday of old
will be the one most popular among local citizens,
with the exception of football fans which had a
choice of games to witness on the first
Thanksgiving Day, yesterday.
According to information compiled by the
Chamber of Commerce on a means of pleasing all
concerned, difficulty was invited from followers of
both days and even some who liked the idea of
having two holidays.
AT ISSUE
Mandatory Retirement for State Judges?
Alan M. Slobodin is presi-
dent and general counsel of
the Ix-gal Studies Division of
the Washington lx*gal Foun-
dation. He previously served
as minority counsel for the
House Judiciary Subcom-
mittee on Civil and Constitu-
tional Rights.
¥
YES
Should there be a mandatory retirement age
for state judges?
Yes. There are several reasons supporiing
mandatory retirement age provisions for state
judges. First, these provisions are justified in
drawing a line at an age when there is often a
lessening in rpental and physical abilities because
society has an interest in a judicial system of the
highest caliber. Second, setting a mandatory re-
tirement age avoids the difficult and unpleasant
decisions of determining which judges after a
certain age are physically and mentally qualified
and which are not. Third, mandatory retirement
increases the opportunities for qualified younger
perstms with f resh ideas and techniques to enter
the judiciary. Fourth, it assures predictability and
ease in establishing and administering judges
pension plans. Fifth, it depolitici/.es judicial se-
lection and retention by lessening incentives for
judges to time their retirements with anticipated
political changes and by avoiding the unseemly
prospect of judges trading retirement for other
considerations, such as increased retirement pay
and benefits.
How should the Age and Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA) apply to judges?
The ADEA does not pre-empt slate law gov-
erning selection, retention or tenure for state court
judges. In addition, the ADEA exempts persons
“elected to public office" and "appointees on the
policymaking level." State judges are exempt since
they, in some cases, stand for election as well as
make policy in deciding cases and supervising ju-
dicial systems. Finally, the IOth Amendment pro-
hibits application of the ADEA to state court
judges.
What about the equal protection clause of
the 14th Amendment?
There is not a single case where a state manda-
tory retirement provision has been invalidated
under the 14th Amendment. In addition, the rea-
sons f or mandatory retirement of state judges show
that the mandatory retirement provision is a ra-
tional method by which states may serve their le-
gitimate goals of maintaining a highly qualified
and vigorous state judiciary.
t 1991 PM Editorial Services
l>ouis P. IVck, a Vermont
Supreme Court Justice, suc-
cessfully fought the Vermont
state law on mandatory
retirement for judges last
year. Having tested the law
and emerged victorious. Jus-
tice Pteck has since retired
voluntarily.
Should there be a mandatory retirement age
for state judges?
No. The argument that there could be judges
who become so advanced in years that they can-
not properly perform their duties is. at best, an
alarmist point of view not justified by experience.
The "problem"' is. in fact, relatively rare. The fed-
eral system of life tenure, as well as the clear
competency of most retired judges, both tend to
corroborate this claim. Most state judges are ap-
pointed by the governor or elected by popular vote
for limited terms. Retention for successive terms
is subject to popular vote in some states, and leg-
islative approval in some others. If a particular
the aging process, it is unlikely he will be retained.
In short, the only test is the ability to perform the
duties of the position. I may become senile, but I
shouldn’t be made so overnight as a matter of law.
How should the Age and Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA) apply to judges?
This question embraces the very issue presently
pending before the United States Supreme Court
in a ease originating in the state of Missouri. If
the Supreme Court affirms the circuit decision that
Missouri's mandatory retirement for state judges
does not violate the ADEA. I would hope that
Congress might be persuaded to amend the act to.
extend protection to judges. Regardless of the
outcome of the pending litigation. 1 believe state
judges and justices are already within the defini-
tion of employees protected by the act.
What about the equal protection clause of
the 14th Amendment?
Given expanding life expectancy and the re-
sulting increase in the number of older people, the
time has come for courts to reevaluate current in-
terpretations of the equal protection clause as a
matter of constitutional law. Forcing a large and
growing population of a physically healthy and
mentally astute segment of society to retire is no
more valid than discrimination based on sex. race,
religion or national origin. Physical and mental
competency to perform is the only legitimate test
in age cases. All the others are discriminatory and
should be relegated to the museums of historical
curios like witchcraft and slavery. M
Talk of Texas
Copyright. 1990. by Jack MaGuire
Gail Borden, inventor
experimented with
inedible subatances
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY—Gail Borden, the
adopted Texan who invented condensed milk, liked
to code. His friends, however, were reluctant to come
to dinner.
' They had good reasons. Borden consistently
experimented with transmitting inedible substances
into food, then inviting guests to share the results. In
his book, "Gail Borden, Dairyman to a Nation," Dr.
Joe Frantz recounts the story of one such "banquet”
which the inventor hosted at his Galveston home.
With his brother, Thomas, Borden had completed
a new invention, called the "terraqueous machine,"
because it operated on both land and water. To
announce its unveiling, he prepared a dinner to be
served at midnight.
. Each menu item was something Borden had
condensed, extracted or processed. Always the
considerate host, he made a speech warning his guests
about what to expect.
"There are articles on this table from which, if you
knew what they were (originally), you would turn
with loathing and horror. I have passed them,
however, through certain processes by virtue of which
they are delicious.”
The guests were not impressed. Dr. Frantz reports
that the butter was made from hog lard churned with
milk. The bread was baked with meal ground from
animal bones. The bronze jelly was made from the
hooves and horns of oxen. There were two desserts-
-animal hides soaked in acid, then cooked in syrup,
and custard from dried blood, fried to a crisp and then
pulverized.
Borden *s cxper imcntal meals turned stomachs, but
they led to his finding a way to condense and preserve
milk. This was the beginning of the modern dairy
business and the founding of the company that still
bears his name.
«**
YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW—That the only
poisonous snake that lays eggs is the Texas Coral,
found in the southeastern part of the state.
***
SPORTS NOTE—It was 72 years ago this month
that one of the most controversial football games in
Texas collegiate history gave Rice a 1 -0 win over
Howard Payne.
The game, played November 21,1919, in Houston
saw Rice take an early 7-0 lead. In the fourth quarter,
however, a Howard Payne forward pass bounced from
the hands of one receiver into the arms of another. The
second player scored.
—- The umpire,however, ruled that the ballhad been
also touched by a Rice player, and thus was an
incomplete forward pass. The Howard Payne coach
objected. After ten minutes of arguing with the
officials, the Brownwood coach took his team off the
field.
The game was declared a forfeit with Rice the
winner by a point. ***
THE CHANGING TIMES—A half century ago,
there were 506,000 farms in Texas. By 1990, there
were 186,000.
It may be that the number is increasing, however.
According to the Texas Agricultural Statistical Service,
there were only 185,000 farms in 1978—the lowest
figure since the state started keeping such records in
1867. ***
AUTO GRAPHICS—Houston officials are
considering a plan to detour local traffic off clogged
expressways onto city streets.
The project being studied would convert almost
500 miles of Houston area streets and roads into six-
lane divided thoroughfares. It would cost an estimated
$3 billion to build these super streets, but with Houston’s
population expected to reach 4.1 million in eight years,
action is needed to relieve traffic congestion.
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David Fisher ..............................................................News Editor
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