Letters to the Editor - February 2014

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Sir:

I really enjoyed reading “Cowboys Heroes of Yesterday” by Dr. Lorin Swinehart in your December 2013 issue. It brought back many memories and challenged me to remember others of that genre. I guess I didn’t see enough of Straight Arrow or Monte Hale to make an impression, so those names didn’t ring a bell.
But in my mind, in addition to those others mentioned in the article, I can still see Tex Ritter, Johnny Mack Brown, Whip Wilson, Harry Carey, Jr., Tim Holt and Chito, and even Bob Steele and Wallace Beery from older days.
Then I was reminded of the Statler Brothers song, “Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?” Today’s world could use heroes like those film cowboys.
Thanks for the memories.

Donald Williams

Tizapán el Alto

derlehrer@gmail.com