Re: Sarah T. Hughes and Barefoot Sanders

mrchuck Wrote:
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> Judge Sarah T Hughes was my benefactor.
> I was born in Dallas and raised on Normandy St in
> Highland Park.I started mowing the grass at
> Sarah's house, only a few houses up the street. I
> had no idea of the power she posessed.
> At 10 years old, Sarah, as she told me to call
> her, came to the house and took me up to the
> Highland Park Junior High School to see a
> helicopter that was about to land on the football
> field. This helicopter went around in a circle,
> way up there, and then a hat came out of it, and
> sailed towards the ground.
> I took of running and beat others to the Stetson
> hat that had been thrown out.
> I got it!
> I ran back to Sarah T, showed it to her, and she
> escortsd me back to the helicopter to give it back
> to Senator Lyndon B Johnson.
> I was introduced to him, amd he said "get in here"
> and I sat on his lap as the helicopter took off
> again. We flew around again in a wide circle, and
> then landed to a roaring crowd.
> Sarah introduced me to Lyndon, and that was the
> beginnng of our knowing each other.
> When I graduated from Texas A&M many years later
> in 1960, Sarah pinned my 2nd Lt bar on one side,
> and Lyndon pinned the other bar on my other
> shoulder.
> I never realized it until years later,, that I had
> a "rabbi" watching over me, and adjusting my
> career quietly.
> Such is the way of silent benefactors.

Wonderful story, mrchuck. Thanks for posting.