Armadillo Origin Trivia Q

[Monty/Judith Herr]

Glenn Whitehead was not born and raised in Austin,   He, Jim Groeneweger
grew up in Houston and all three attended  Bellaire High School.  Glen and I
even went to the same Jr. High - Pershing - and since my maiden name was
Judy Wood - the "w" meant that Glenn and I were in the same home room - he
sat a seat behind me for three years.  I always envied Glenn the covers on
his reports - in the days before computer-generated graphics, when you made
a report, you had to decorate the manilla folder you braded it into.
Glenn's covers were always master pieces.....knew the future for him at an
early age.

Jim G. was not in my homeroom - and I thought he was wonderful - real James
Dean material, in high school...... I think he worked hard to disguise how
intelligent he was - the leather jacket and other accoutrements of being
cool attracted me even then - and, I was not a rebellious teen by any means.

Judith M. Herr
Well Chosen Words
herrj@home.com
925-443-4514
925-989-3723 (cellular)


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Subject: Re: Armadillo Origin Trivia Q


Jaxon,

Brothers Fred and Glen Whitehead were both artists born and
raised right here in Austin and educated at UT. Fred who
died some years ago from cancer was married to Barbara who
is a book jacket designer among other things. Glen was
married to the beauteous Wanda Gamble, also an artist.
After their divorce she was seen about with dashing Joe
Brown but that too was a number of years ago. Did not, or
does not Wanda work with Pat Brown in the faux marble biz?

Mike the gossip

jaxon41 wrote:
>
> After the Fall of Hairy Ranger (meaning, after we ran that photo of
luscious
> Karen Gordon in a see-through blouse), a New Crew was installed to run the
> Ranger.  How long UT continued to foot the bill for it I can't recall, but
> during this wind-down period some fellow did cutesy little Armadillo
> cartoons in the Ranger (or wuz it the Daily Texan?).  Whitehead?  Was that
> his name?  If so, was he the same ____ Whitehead of the husband/wife team
> that went on to some local renoun as designers?
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this before Franklin hit town
and
> raised the armadillo to Cult Icon status?  Not trying to detract from
Jim's
> Legacy in the slightest here.  Merely interested in pinpointing in Time
when
> artists started depicting th' Little Nine-Banded, Armor-Plated Guy as a
> symbol for our way of life.  Answers, anyone?  jaxon