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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: People's names
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 11:16:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  5 11:16:31 1984
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I have just been talking with Professor Joe Frantz, of the
University of Texas (an expert on Texas history).  He
tells me the following:

Former Texas Governor Jim Hogg had three children: Two sons
(Mike and Will) and one daughter (Ima).  Ima's name was taken
from a poem that Hogg was particularly fond of.  Ima herself
was an important benefactor of the University of Texas, and
a grand lady.

There was no (REPEAT, NO) daughter named Ura.  Frantz tells me
that this was a rumor started by the Governor's political enemies,
but as he remarks, once a rumor is started, it never dies out.

And now, in keeping with the traditions of this newsgroup, here is a 
true story from Professor Frantz's book, *The Forty Acre Follies*, a
history of the University of Texas (just published and good fun):

	"I must admit to an affection for the statue of
	James Stephen Hogg, because I admire the man
	enormously.  Besides, in the days before scatology
	became a way of life, every so often some student
	would sneak up in the night and hang a pickle around
	Hogg's middle.  Students, especially coeds, would
	pass by the next morning, see that pickle hanging
	strategically, look without seeming to look, and
	snicker all the way to the statue of Jefferson
	Davis, who never attended the University of Texas
	or did anything for the state except try to wreck
	it.  No one hangs pickles anymore because everyone
	has seen everything."  (p. 42)

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	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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