Mar 5, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By P.A. Geddie When Star Wars premiered in 1977, an eight-year-old boy sat in awe in a dark theater in Paris, Texas. Along with millions of other viewers, he was intrigued with the story of the young farm boy Luke Skywalker who joins forces with a Jedi Knight and...
Mar 1, 2015 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
History was made on April 2, 1935, when a debate team from the small African American Wiley College in Marshall beat the reigning national collegiate debate champions, the University of Southern California (USC). But Wiley would not supplant USC as collegiate debate...
Mar 1, 2015 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Hattie Brantley (inset) was born April 4, 1916, in Jefferson. She was a lieutenant and nurse in the U.S. Army at the start of America’s involvement in World War II and was stationed in the Philippine Islands when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. She was evacuated...
Mar 1, 2015 | REFLECTIONS
By Edward H. Garcia First off, it’s not easy. Ask your grandkids. And maybe you think you’re already cool. You aren’t. Ask your grandkids. Cool is a state of mind, and it can be cultivated. The trick is to look around and see what cool people do or did and try to...
