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Show BJ's Home Town WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1964 Utah Johnson City Meets Historic Rendezvous There are two movie houses — one open in winter, the other in’ summer. (“Heck, we’re not much for the movies. Most folks on the ranches go to bed real |i early.’’) Not one start has been made on a new home or apartment house. (“Who'd want to move]: here?”’) The only real signs of the ex-|) ploitation that usually follows the hand of fate come from Dal-| 3 las where, reports have it, a Money syndicate is plans to make something of Johnson City. Only half aware of what is sure to happen if President HIGHWAY SIGN—“Drive careful or you’ll be out before you know’d you Johnson is re-elected, Johnson was in.” City listens to a reporter’s questions with mild humor and disinterest. The Pedernales Stream to ‘“‘all but authorized person- signed by the movers and shak- gonna do with them?” asks a is a long way from the Potomac. nel,” and where cows, horses ers who have cometo call on young Texan in Johnson City. Faweett’s drug store is on Main and Secret Service men share the man who holds the most “Té he wants their names, Street, not on Broadway. the front lawn of the Little powerful office in the world. why don’t he just get them to 8 s White House. “Now what in the world is he sign a book?” Drying in the sun along the|_ In only two places can you find the sense of history that side gate are cement plaques has been conferred on this tiny VN MORE FOR YOUR MO town. KEEPiy: OUR EVE ON GRAT TEXAS PARADOX One is the office of High Texas, the nation’s leading School Principal John S. Moursheep producing state, is also sund. ‘The old Johnson House has one of the lowest consumers of been fixed up,” he says, ‘and lamb, the Texas Farmer-Stock- who knows — maybe if a his- man points out. National avertorical society asked in the age per capita lamb consumpright way, we could get it for a tion is about 5 pounds, but Texans eat only 2% pounds. Some museum.’ The other indication of histor- states, such as California, conical perspective is to be found sume 13 to 15 pounds per perat the LBJ ranch, now closed! son Proven 12-pound capacity MUSLIN Rge. 29¢ yd. Filter-Flo® Washer See,IAT Tat. @ Two wash andspin speeds M@ Three cycles—regular, delicate and soak +4 Three wash temperatures—hot, warm or cold H Warm orcold rinse @ Water saver load selector DRAPERIES Completely Lined 72x84 100% COTTON SIZES 1-6 6--I Ri my 2 5 2-pe. PLISSE Ky KI ie K SLEEPER SIZES 1-4 00 Ea. % WT. GRANT CO yi iM aS EXCLUSIVE MINI-WASH* USES ONLY 7 GALLONS OF WATER + ie Laundry Basket Dish Pan 12 Qt. 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If it were New York or he wastalking to the graduation California, there ~ would long class at the high school about since have been a brand of the space age and now here he Johnson City Ranch Beans. If is President.” it were any place but Johnson ** * © City, the dry goods store would In precisely what stride John- have had a picture of Dean son City takes that transition Rusk in the window, a duplicate can be documented at the O & pair of the boots he bought and S dry goods store wherea sales- maybe a photostat of the check he paid with. lady says: But it is Johnson City, nearly “I guess there must be lots of important people ing here two months after a local boy now. Why,I sold a pair of boots has been in the White House, to an easterner in December and the only official nod to inand then I saw his picture in ternational status is a deliberathe paper and you know who he tion by the Chamber of Comwas? He was Mr. Rusk. That’s merce— still undecided —about the Secretary of State. Well, the advisability of putting up a you just never know, do you?” souvenir stand. It is with this magnificent Real estate values are up a Texas shrug that Johnson City tentative 10 to 15 per cent. The is rising to meet its state occa- number of tourist cars asking directions at local gas stations sion. “We -get a good bit of mail has increased a hundredfold. one, but it didn’t make out so good, so we turned it into a rest home.”’) at Ua ets country.” 17A: moveto build a hotel. (“We had Uae. Soe sentials of what you would expect from a brush with immor-. tality. MAYOR BYARS—“You have Three red highway signs anall you can do to get 40 of the nounce that Johnson City is real citizens out for an electhe home town of Lyndon B. tion.” Johnson. The country road, 14 miles was a feller for you. Talkin’ away, leading to the LBJ ranch with him was a real lesson in has been redesignated Ranch being upstanding.” Road 1. “T used to spend a lot of eveThe Johnson City High School, nings over to their house,” says from which the President gradanother middle-aged man, pushuated in 1924, has been renamed ing his ten-gallon hat back from for him. his brow. “‘I remember whenhis * * ma used to give elocution lesYears ago the incorporated sons. She was a wonderful womcity was named for the Presian. Why, shucks, if it wasn’t for dent’s family whichsettled there her, Lyndon wouldn’t never nearly a century ago. If it hadeven have gone to college.” n’t been, it’s doubtful it would And from a lawyer who has now be calling itself Johnson City instead of say, Buena Vista known the President since the latter was 8: or Smithville. The trouble with JohnsonCity “Course, we're real proud (pop. 611) is that it has known of him getting to the top andall. Lyndon too well and too inti- And it’s real nice that he came mately to get all lathered up from here. But I don’t exactly because he now living in see how it makes a wholelot of the White House. difference to how we live here “T knew his daddy real well,” from now on.” Says one old-timer. “Now, there For central Texas — as for * “He got us electric power,” recalls A. W. Moursund, an old friend and associate. “And folks here don’t forget it. It was one of the greatest things that ever happened to this part of the Daily Herald Presidential security and communications men have taken up every available house and motor court room. But: Johnson City has made no TTS ES1,PTTZESE ington has only the barest es- don Johnson had gone no deeper into national politics than the House of Representatives, to which he wasselected in 1937, he would still be Johnson City’s favorite son. nowadays,” says Mrs. Minnie Cox of the county clerk’s office, “asking for recipes for beans now that Mr. Johnson had his big barbecue here. Well, I just write back and tell them there’s no such thing as ranch beans. They’re plain ole pinto beans.” Mayor George Byars reports an increase of mail, too, from people as far away as Germany asking to become honorarycitizens of Johnson City. ‘Sure beats all, don’t it?” Mayor Byars said from his office as operations manager for the telephone company. ‘People wantin’ to be honorary citizens when it’s all you can do to get 40 of the real citizens out for an election unless there’s a bond issue or a tax rate on the ballot.” Utah BScSSS255 SES55 en But the wonder of Johnson City is that sudden fame has passed through leaving little more dust than any of the cars hurtling down U. S. 290. The nation’s new Little Wash- most of rural America — the White House and national destiny are considerably farther removed than Congress. If Lyn- eS Seaaa By WARD CANNEL Newspaper Enterprise Assn. JOHNSON CITY, Texas — (NEA) — In a lot of ways, the sharpest picture of Lyndon B. 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