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Round of A-Paws Alera Waite, 15, raises $60K for adoption center clinic

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LETTER

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upport local.

You may remember I started our very first edition of this magazine with that phrase. Three hundred and six-

ty-five days later, entering our second year of publication, it felt right to use it again. We can never support local enough. Support can be shown in a myriad of ways. When people use the phrase ‘support local,’ I think everyone’s mind jumps right to spend your money locally with small- to medium-sized businesses. Obviously, this is a tremendous way to ‘support local,’ but there are other ways.

Supporting local can mean finding a cause that is close to your heart, and giving of your talent and time. Our cover story will introduce you to Alera Waite, a young lady who is making a major impact locally for animals and humans alike with her support of the animal shelter.

Knowing and sharing the history of Harrison County is another way of supporting local. Did you know that Lady Bird Johnson is a graduate of Marshall? Harrison County has birthed many impactful people and sent them into the world to do big things.

Learn more by reading our ‘Hour Glass’ pages. We pack more history into this edition by telling the story of Sabine Farms, which is an area located along the Harrison-Panola County line.

Learn how this historically-Black community is preserving its history and promoting community spirit.

We share the images and stories of three different local Harrison County businesses in this issue. Tucked away in the Mar-

Publisher Alexander Gould

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Editor Meredith Shamburger

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Advertising Sales Johnnie Fancher

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Sara Madden

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Marquisia Wright

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contributing Writers Jessica Harker Bridget Or tigo Robin Y. Richardson Stella Wieser

contributing Photographers Michael Cavazos Les Hassell

Graphic Designer Katie Case

shall Business Park, we find and share the story of Mann Lake

Special thank you to

Bee and Agriculture Supply. Additionally we head over to Was-

Micah’s Jewelers

kom and check out the local flea market. Every issue needs a

on the cover

little bling, so for this issue’s photo spread we headed over to meet with store manager Dina Wear of Micah’s Jewelers.

Last but not least, we have to eat locally. We have many homebased businesses that are culinary delights in the county. We feature one of them, Delores Lee, in this edition.

Support local. Understand its past, cheer its present and support its future.

Alera Waite, 15, is the Friends of Marshall Animals’ youngest volunteer. Alera almost single handedly created the campaign to fully fund the shelter’s new medical clinic in less than a year.

Photo by Les Hassell

published by Alexander Gould

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COVER STORY

Round of A-Paws

Alera Waite, 15, is the Friends of Marshall Animals’ youngest volunteer. Alera almost single handedly created the campaign to fully fund the shelter’s new medical clinic in less than a year.

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Sabine Farms Educational Society keeps history alive

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CULINARY DELIGHTS

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HARRISON COUNTY BAKER PUTS HEART AND SOUL INTO HER WORK HOUR GLASS

Lady Bird Johnson recalls growing up in Harrison County

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Waskom Flea Market offers treasures, camaraderie & more story by Robin Y. Richardson| photos by Les Hassell

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n any given weekend, it’s easy to stumble upon a myriad of treasures by shopping at the Waskom Flea Market, which offers everything from antiques to collectibles and homemade goodies.

“We’re really trying to have mostly vintage and antiques, but we also have new home décor,” said owner and operator Mary Wyatt. “We have everything from vintage clothes to new clothes; we have some kids clothes, too.”

The flea market, located at 200 N. Lake St., is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., every Thursday through Sunday, year-round. It has become home to dozens of vendors, who offer a steal-of-adeal for unique finds and more.

“We have about 30 vendors in the building. Between 30 vendors, we get a wide array of product,” said Wyatt.

The establishment initially opened five years ago at 245 Cyclone as a popular landmark known as Market at the Mural. After the establishment was destroyed by the severe February 2021 winter storm, the market moved to its current location and reopened as the Waskom Flea Market.

“We take the good with the bad,” said Wyatt, reflecting on

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how they were able to recover from the winter storm. “We actually started the market in that building five years ago, but in February of the 2021 snow storm, our roof collapsed, so we moved to the Quonset building at 200 N. Lake St.” “We moved in March (2021) and opened April 1 last year in the new building,” she said.

They are excited about recently marking their one-year anniversary at the new site.

“It is one year in the new building,” said Wyatt.

The market’s participating vendors hail from the surrounding areas including Jefferson, Haughton, Shreveport, Bossier City and Blanchard, Louisiana.

The market attracts shoppers from as close as Longview, Shreveport and Bossier City to as far away as Tyler, Daingerfield and Plain Dealings, Louisiana. Wyatt noted how loyal the shoppers are as they enjoy coming to the location in hunt of a great bargain.

“For a really good flea market, people will drive an hour to two hours to get to a good flea market on a beautiful weekend,” said Wyatt.

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1. Movies 2. Mary Wyatt helps Trish Thompson of Timpson as she spends her morning shopping at the Waskom Flea Market 3. Mary Wyatt of the Waskom Flea Market 4. Dolls 5.Vintage Coca-Cola tray 6. Trophies “We have some sign-ins from California to Oregon, and Springfield, Missouri,” she added.

Community Gem Wyatt said she’s pleased to be able to offer a flea market in the community. A vintage and antique connoisseur, she fell in love with such valuables as a child shopping with her mother.

“My mother dragged me to every antique store in the world when I was a child,” she chuckled.

As an adult, Wyatt began participating as a vendor at area antique stores. After retiring from her career, she decided to open up her own flea market to share her passion for treasures.

“My personal thing is vintage and antiques. Right before I retired, I opened a booth as a vendor at an antique store in Shreveport. I knew I was about to retire and I needed something to do,” she shared. “That’s when I started to be a vendor. That’s been about 12 years ago. God leads you in mysterious paths.

“It was a very obvious plan, and here I am.”

Wyatt lives in Blanchard but loves the Waskom community.

“I’m all about the community; I’m all about the small towns.

I love them,” she said.

She’s glad to contribute to the community as a business owner and meet new friends at the Waskom Flea Market as it is not only a place to shop, but a place that provides a sense of camaraderie.

“The women play dominos at the market; they play on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m.,” said Wyatt. “Sometimes there’s two of them, sometimes there’s five or six of them.

“It’s just local women that probably want to get out of the house and get away from their retired husbands,” she teased.

Wyatt is thrilled that the flea market continues to thrive as a gem in the community. She’s excited that the establishment is now also offering food for sale for the first time.

“This is the first year selling food,” she said. “We carry Waskom local honey, jams, jellies, pickled items — you name it — when it comes to the homemade stuff. We (also) have homemade candies.”

Not only do they offer great bargains for shoppers, but the flea market has great deals for participating vendors as well.

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“We have permanent vendors inside and weekend guys outside,” said Wyatt. “Our outdoor vendor space is only $10 for the whole weekend.”

Wyatt encourages other potential vendors to consider the Waskom Flea Market.

“It’s fun; they’re always smiling,” she said of vendors.

She said all nonprofit groups, including churches and school organizations, are always welcome to use the space for fundraising activities.

“I would like the community, as a whole, to know that any local church, school, organization of any kind, fundraising for homeless people, veterans or whatever (purpose), they are free,” she said of the rental space fee. “They can come and sell baked goods, whatever it is, as long as it’s legal.”

Wyatt invites the public to not only come and check out the treasure trove of goods, but enjoy a cup of coffee during their visit.

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A-Paws Marshall teen uses love of animals to volunteer, raise $60,000 for Pet Adoption Center’s medical clinic story by Jessica Harker | photos by Les Hassell

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pending five years of your life as a dedicated volunteer with the Friends of Marshall Animals and the Marshall Pet Adoption Center is no small commitment for anyone, but starting that journey when you’re just 10 years old is something different altogether.

That is the story of Alera Waite, who at age 15 is the youngest volunteer for the Friends group. Alera almost single handedly created the campaign to fully fund the new shelter’s new medical clinic in less than a year.

Today, Waite is one of the shelter’s most experienced volunteers, and no community member walking into the new facility will be able to leave without knowing her name, since it is now etched on the door for the shelter’s clinic.

Waite said that her volunteer experience began when she was 10 years old and out at a local event with her parents, where she saw a booth asking for volunteers for the Friends of Marshall Animals foster program.

She began to foster pets, with her parents’ assistance, but said that she was struck by the horrible condition of the city’s old shelter every time they went.

“I couldn’t bring any of my friends there to work with me while I volunteered,” Waite remembered, “It was not in good condition.”

That didn’t deter Waite, but rather it encouraged her further to push for a difference in Marshall.

At just 11, Waite decided that her next step would be to address the Marshall City Council to encourage the city to make a change when it comes to the way Marshall cares for its animals.

“It was her idea, and she did it all on her own,” Waite’s mother remembered, “She asked me if she could go speak to the council, and I said yes of course.”

Then the Marshall City Council made a decision to build a new shelter, the city’s new Animal Adoption Center.

As soon as the new shelter was built, Waite said that she was one of the first people back there to volunteer — now not only fostering animals but also dedicating her time in the shelter to care for animals as they come in.

However, even with all of the new facilities and expanded space that the shelter offered, Waite said she was very worried that it wouldn’t be enough to help Marshall and Harrison County overcome their stray animal problem and lower the shelter’s kill rate.

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For this reason, in March 2021, Waite started work on a $60,000 campaign to raise all of the funds needed to completely fund the shelter’s medical clinic.

“She connected with shelter directors in Longview and worked to come up with a specific, itemized list of what supplies we would need for the new clinic and how much it would cost us,” said Mandy Smith with FOMA. Then Waite began to campaign, working with friends and her family to be sure to continually provide content for the GoFundMe campaign, to keep community interest in the project as it started to gain traction.

Smith said that Waite worked for months, balancing her responsibilities as a foster, as a volunteer and organizing the funding campaign.

“She does all of it on her own, I don’t help her, and her brother doesn’t help her,” Waite’s mother said, “All of the care for the animals, she always does it on her own.”

It was in December that all of Waite’s hard work finally came to fruition, when shelter volunteers unveiled the brand new medical center, stocked with all of the equipment Waite had spent months raising money to buy.

Additionally, Waite was surprised by the unveiling of the door at the new clinic, which reads “Alera Waite spay and neuter clinic.”

“I was just so happy that we were able to get all of the money raised and get all of the equipment the animals need, because without this we wouldn’t be able to offer basic medical care to the animals here at the shelter,” Waite said, “But the door, that was a huge surprise, I did not expect that.”

It’s no surprise that when asked what she wants to be when she graduates from school, Waite was quite confident that she wanted to be a veterinarian.

In fact, thanks to the great care that she already shows her animals, which includes at the moment three dogs, two cats, chickens and horses, she gets calls from friends and neighbors seeking advice or help with their animals already.

“I have bottle fed kittens, I have fostered rabbits,” Waite said, “I have had at least one rescue of every type of animal I’ve had.”

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Photographer Russell Lee documented the Sabine Farms project for the Farm Security Administration, and his photograp 1938. 2: An unnamed wife is pictured sewing in front of fireplace in her home at Sabine Farms. 3: Dr. Lee’s traveling clinic Sabine Farms in 1939. 5. A wife reads to her son on the swing on their front porch. 6. Negro FSA (Farm Security Administ

Sabine Farms Educational Society keeps history alive story by Stella Wieser

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abine Farms is an important part of Harrison County history, and the Sabine Farms Educational Society is working to keep that history alive.

Sabine Farms was started in 1936 along the banks of the Sabine River in Harrison and Panola counties, and it was one of several experimental farming communities begun during the Great Depression. It was one of three such communities in Texas and one of 13 across the nation for Black Americans, wrote Dr. Melvin J. Banks, former dean of Bishop College and director of the Adult Education Program at the Sabine Farms Center from 1937-61 in a 1979 article, “The Sabine Farms Agricultural Project Experience in Adult Education.”

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out a meager subsistence or lived with relatives,” Banks wrote. “... East Texas was selected as one of the areas for experimentation by the Agricultural Resettlement Administration.”

Sabine Farms was formed and consisted of 75 Black farm families who were settled on family-sized farms with a well developed rural community center in the middle, which supervised multiple economic and social activities for the families, Banks wrote. Alongside the community center were buildings, equipment and machinery with modern facilities for electric lights, running water and modern sanitation. The buildings were constructed as a Civilian Conservation Corps project during the early Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration.

“These facilities were present also in the farm houses and farming areas and presented a gigantic step forward in rural liv-

ographs are housed at the Library of Congress. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 1. A farmhouse at Sabine Farms is pictured in linic serves families at Sabine Farms. Lee was employed on a cooperative basis. 4. An unnamed man clears land at inistration) clients listen to a farm supervisor. 7. FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients with team in front of barn.. ing,” Banks wrote. “... The buildings were located on a beautiful 20 acre wooded campus fronting the Marshall-Carthage Highway. They included an auditorium with a seating capacity of 400, a home economics building, a farm shop, a health center, a trading post and cannery, a combination dining hall and dormitory, a deep well, a combination office building and water tower, a slaughter house, a barbecue pit and a storage house. A well laid out playing and recreating activities field was developed.”

When the federal project ended in 1944, the government put the community center up for sale, and it was bought by the Sabine Farms Educational Society and Bishop College as a joint partnership.

Helen Gross Murray, current president of the Sabine Farms Educational Society, remembers when it was still thriving.

“During my younger years, I remember activities at that community center, and it was the place to go for Black people in those days, and I guess it was thriving until Bishop College moved to Dallas, because they had a joint project with Sabine Farms, and they offered education classes and sponsored other activities on the site,” she said. “But after there was no longer that kind of offering, activities kind of dwindled, and most of our buildings were lost. In fact we have no complete building.”

What remains of two of the original buildings was saved by the addition of metal roofs.

The Sabine Farms Educational Society has worked to keep the center alive with Juneteenth celebrations beginning in 2010. They’ve had to take a break from the celebrations because of COVID-19, Gross Murray said, but they hope to resume either this year or the next.

“It’s a way of keeping alive the memories and the opportunities that we’ve had in our area, even though they are not at the same level as they were back when Black people were first able to buy and own property and be able to farm it,” Gross Murray said. “They were given houses that the government had built to specifications; they were given land; they were given animals to farm with and to raise additional food with the animals. So it was important for the wellbeing of the community.”

A historical marker at the site was dedicated June 19, 2010, and anybody can drive up to the site, located at 459 Ponderosa Road in Marshall.

“We endeavor to try to remember and celebrate, and that’s why we continue to do the Juneteenth celebrations because that was one of the main things that they did when they were thriving,” Gross Murray said.

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Getting Down to Bees-ness Mann Lake offers one-stop shop for bee and agricultural supplies in Marshall story by Jessica Harker | photos by Les Hassell

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he Marshall Business Park is well known for its hidden business gems that have come to make their home in Harrison County, and Mann Lake Bee and Agriculture Supply is one of the shiniest.

Chad Hudson, director of warehouse and logistics for Mann Lake, said that the business is a one-stop shop for anyone involved with, or interested in getting into, beekeeping or agricultural work.

The supply store offers everything a person could need to begin their journey into beekeeping, including live bees, hives, suits and gear, honey extractors, smokers and much more.

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you need something for your bees, we have it here. We are the largest supplier of beekeeping equipment in the country.”

Along with the wide range of their beekeeping supplies, Hudson said that the business has a wide range of supplies for goats and poultry, a recent expansion for the company.

Pest control and medical treatments for animals are also available through Mann Lake.

“The hobby farm has to be the fastest growing industry in agriculture right now, and (we) have everything right here for a project like that,” Hudson said.

The Harrison County Mann Lake warehouse also manufactures both bee feed and syrup that they package and distribute across the country.

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The company even has supplies for sale for other hobbies, including candle, wine and soap making.

“We have a ton here, basically anything related in some way to bees or agriculture, and we have it or can get it for you,” Hudson said.

Hudson said that the business decided to expand into Marshall and Harrison County back in 2016, since he described East Texas as the perfect location for someone in the bee industry.

“The bee business is cyclical, people come out here with

their bees from California in the winter, plus there are a good amount of hobby farms and hobby beekeepers in this area as well,” Hudson said.

He explained that not only is Mann Lake happy here in Marshall, but they are hoping to expand their local business in the upcoming months.

“I love it here, and we certainly have plans to keep growing here in Harrison County,” Hudson said.

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CULINARY DELIGHTS

Let Them Eat Cake Harrison County baker puts heart and soul into her work story by Bridget Ortigo | photos by Les Hassell

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Harrison County baker who has been baking and decorating for decades puts a little piece of herself into every creation she makes as she shares her passion with her customers.

“Each cake is a one-of-a-kind creation that is made to order,” Delores Lee of Karnack said. “I’ve actually been making cakes for over 30 years and used to have my own store.”

Lee is the baker and artist behind the cakes of “D’Ray Cakes Cookies & More,” which she runs now out of her Karnack home.

“I’ve been running my business out of my home for the past eight years now,” Lee said. “I had been running my store front business while also working two jobs and being a single mother of five children — it just got overwhelming.”

A car accident and medical diagnosis would soon add to Lee’s burden, making her fearful that she wouldn’t ever be able to return to her love of baking and sharing her treats with her customers.

“I had a car accident and was later diagnosed with fibromyalgia,” Lee said. “For a while, I really thought I wouldn’t be able to bake or decorate again, but I was able to find natural remedies and finally was able to get back in the kitchen.”

Lee is now operating her business out of her home, making cakes, cookies, chocolate-dipped strawberries, cake pops and more.

“I give God the glory,” Lee said. “I really and truly love what I do — this is a passion of mine. I first started baking when I was younger, and my godmother really encouraged me to start my own business. Her and her husband took me to California, where their daughter had been baking and decorating cakes for 20 years.”

Lee had a six-week crash course, but other than that informal training, she is a self-taught baker and decorator who has honed her craft after years of practice and not being afraid to tackle new and Continues page 27 Delores Lee at her home near Karnack.

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“The most rewarding part is when the client sees the cake and they can’t believe it’s edible. To see that smile on their face when they see and when they taste it, it makes it all worthwhile.” difficult projects.

“I just took cake pans and started practicing,” Lee said.

“I started getting orders from friends and family, and it just grew from there until I was able to eventually (be) able to step out in faith and open a storefront. Now I get most of business from social media, my Facebook page and word of mouth and a lot of repeat customers.”

Lee has been making custom cakes for so many years that she now is serving generations of customers from the same families.

“I have clients that I’ve had for years and years,” she said.

“I’ve done their birthday cakes, their graduation cakes, their wedding cakes, retirement cakes, baby shower cakes and anniversary cakes.”

Lee spends hours of dedication on each cake order, and for that reason she has to have orders months or weeks in advance.

“Just about everything on my cakes is edible,” Lee said.

“That’s one of the things I’m known for, and not only is everything edible, it tastes good. I stay booked and I have to have at least three to four weeks advance notice for a cake order, longer, about four to six months for a wedding cake, because those take so much time and usually have to be transported.

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“I always ask people to send me a picture of what they’re envisioning, but I’m always careful to emphasize that I don’t copy another person’s work,” Lee said. “I also have my own signature icing that I use for my cakes, and it tastes delicious.

The biggest thing I take pride in is the taste of our cakes. A cake can look pretty but if it doesn’t taste good, what is it for?

A cake is to eat, and so the taste is the most important part of my cakes.”

Lee once spent 20 hours making a cake that was the exact replica of an 18-wheeler.

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L

ady Bird Johnson is perhaps Harrison County’s most famous native. The former First Lady grew up in Karnack, graduated from Marshall High School and carried a love of nature throughout her life.

Lady Bird was no stranger to the News Messenger, her hometown paper. Early in her life, the paper recorded her visits to other places and at least one party she hosted. It carried her wedding announcement to future President Lyndon B. Johnson.

But after Johnson had assumed the presidency, the paper made a special four-day trip to Washington, D.C. to interview Lady Bird. News Messenger reporter Mary Jane Maddox, along with Mrs. William M. Woody, the publisher’s wife, were hosted in the private residence of the White House, given tea and then a 90-minute interview with Lady Bird. The resulting story, republished below, was printed on Oct. 11, 1964.

In describing the interview, the News Messenger reported thusly: “Mrs. Johnson told the News Messenger that it is the only newspaper in the United States ever permitted an interview with the First Lady in the private living quarters.”

FIRST LADY BIRD – FROM HARRISON COUNTY TO THE WHITE HOUSE The First Lady of the land who lives in the White House in Washington, D.C., was designated a lady in the Brick House in Karnack of Harrison County long before destiny thrust her into her role as First Lady.

Claudia Alta Taylor became known as Lady Bird in the Marshall area at a very tender age. She became “Little Miss Lady” to her father, T.J. (Mr. Boss) Taylor of Karnack. All her friends thought of her as Lady Bird.

Now, as the wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Harrison County’s Lady Bird is the First Lady Bird of the entire nation.

She belonged first to Harrison County.

Many of her roots – in the form of “firsts” – are intertwined in the area in and around Harrison County.

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The Brick House, birthplace of Claudia Alta Taylor.

She took her first airplane ride when she was about 13 – from an area on the Shreveport Highway and over the Harrison County courthouse.

FIRST DATE She went on her first date in Jefferson on Feb. 13, 1925, to a Valentine party.

She drove and owned her first car – at the age of 13 – while a student at Marshall High where she graduated in 1928.

While still a child in The Brick House – and before her mother’s death when Lady Bird was five years old – the First Lady had her first introduction to good books and good music.

It was some years later that Lady Bird, while a student in Jefferson, went through a phase of teenage now being experienced by her daughter, Luci. During that time Lady Bird began spelling her name as Lady Byrd with a “y.” (Old memory books bear witness to this phase.) The Johnson’s daughter is in that same phase now – Lucy Baines Johnson has become Luci.

As Mrs. Johnson looks back to her days in this area, she remarks “There was nothing farther from life at Karnack than the Whtie House.”

LOOKS BACK She says of those days, “Of course I was interested in my expanding world. However, I was quite interested and serious about my studies.”

The First Lady looked at her childhood pictures published in the Marshall News Messenger on her birthday, Dec. 22, 1963.

“It’s pretty frightening to look back at oneself,” she remarked. “It is good we get better as time goes on.”

During her days in Jefferson, schoolmates Nellie Ford Jackson and Winnie Ford (Mrs. A.B.) Hall remembered her favorite food as fried chicken. “Oh, I remember them,” said the First Lady, “they lived at Bluebonnet Farm.

“I still list fried chicken among my favorite foods, but I don’t eat it as often as I used to – simply because I don’t eat fried foods as much anymore.”

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Houseparties at Caddo Lake form a happy memory for Mrs. Johnson. “Dorris (Mrs. Hugh) Powell used to chaperone some of them,” remembered the First Lady.

“We had swimming, fishing on Broad Lake,” she recalled.

She rambled on, “I love the Cypress – especially at the first faint green of spring. I used to think about alligators – I can’t say I really saw one, but I used to imagine there were alligators in the lake.”

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When Lady Bird was 13, she transferred to Marshall High School. “Daddy would send me into school by any sort of ride – whoever was going in to town.” (She lived at The Brick House at Karnack, 15 miles from Marshall.)

CAR AT 13 “After a while I said I just had to have a car,” recalls Mrs. Johnson. “I was just 13, but I got the car.” She continues, “Then I enjoyed picking up some of the girls and going out for something to drink or a candy bar.

“The most exciting thing I remember about Marshall High were the football games,” said Lady Bird as she sipped her Sanka. “I was in the pep squad – we had red and white uniforms.

It seems those football games were just the height of school life.

“Of course,” she continued, “I liked working on The Parrot, the school paper. But I didn’t get to very much.”

In explanation, she added, “I did not share as much of the social life then as I would if I had known a little more about the outside world.”

There is an oft-told tale about Lady Bird’s shyness at speaking before the public. She repeated it: “Graduation was nearing – and I realized my grades were perilously high. This was a dreadful prospect. I had enough pride and self-respect to want high grades – but I couldn’t face the idea of making a speech if I were valedictorian or salutatorian.”

THIRD IN CLASS She continued, “It came out perfect as far as I was concerned – Emma Bohringer was valedictorian. Maurine Kranson was salutatorian. I was third. It was just great.

“I still get a letter about once a year from Maurine. She visited us once at The Elms.” (The Elms was the Johnson home before he became president.)

The First Lady had made thousands of speeches since then.

“Despite all the speeches,” she claims, “I still have a distinct inclination to look at the toes of my shoes.”

“Of course,” she explained, “if you get involved in something

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and care for it – such as your husband’s career or the government, it becomes different.

Sometimes I just stop and think – those people out there are as scared as I am.

“I’m not wholly over it,” she says, “I’m just wrapped up in things.”

These days, the First Lady counts going to the LBJ Ranch as her greatest joy. “I love to spend the weekend at the ranch, ride around – see the white-faced Herefords, check on the cows,” she said.

“And then to see the deer about twilight – it gives you a sense of peace and detachment.

NEAR DETACHMENT “You don’t really get detached from the job of the presidency,” she stated, “but at the ranch we can come very near it.”

As for hobbies, the First Lady says, “I don’t really have hobbies – I just call them joys. My special one is reading.

“During the month of July,” she told us, “I did some really special things. I read six books… I love to read, but I don’t often get to.

“Then I slipped off to the summer theater with Lynda and her date once. And one evening I went to Shady Grove Theater with Luci and her date,” she related.

She hopped back to her time in Marshall in March of 1963 at the birthday celebration of Camp Fire: “It’s one of my choice memories – just wonderful. It was the perfect time of the year – fresh with spring.

“I lead a richly colored and diverse life now,” the First Lady remarked. “I want to give to the fullest.

“No matter how long you’re away from home – or what you do, you always look to home for approval; with the hope the folks back home will approve your husband’s record as well as what you’re doing.”

She continued, “I always look at the newspapers carrying the Harrison County and that area results on the morning after elections – just as Lyndon always looks to Johnson City.”

Liz Carpenter, press secretary for Mrs. Johnson and longtime associate of the First Lady confides that correspondence from Marshall and Harrison County “always gets the red tag.” She then went on to explain that this mail goes through to the First Lady faster and gets first attention.

Perhaps it is because the First Lady of the United States belonged first to Harrison County.

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