Armadillo Origin Trivia Q

[telebob x]

The vaguely irascable Glenn Whitehead continues to paint fabulous work from 
his New York loft located in Smithville, TX.  His very talented and still 
gorgeous ex-wife, Wanda Gamble, teaches and paints out of the same studio.  
They are still great pals. I truly envy such a relationship. They both live 
in Smithville where Wanda just bought a house.

Glen was the art director for the Ranger who first came up with the 
Armadillo theme.  Bob Burns was editor of the Ranger around that time and 
the mag contiuned to use the theme. It was later picked up by Franklin who 
worked it like a signature for a whole local Mindset. Eddie Wilson, being no 
fool, whatever else he might be, adopted what he saw as an opportunity for 
his logo when the Vulcan Gas Company begain to falter. Or at least that is 
what I think is the story.

Glen and Wanda are both very accomplished artists, and anyone should be 
proud to own a painting by either.

The other facts in this string are correct.  Glen doesn't use e-mail, and 
Wanda is 'too busy' for this list.

I wish they were on the list.

Tele


>From: "Monty/Judith Herr" <herr@home.com>
>To: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>, 
><austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Subject: RE: Armadillo Origin Trivia Q
>Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:47:56 -0700
>
>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)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
>[mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Michael
>Eisenstadt
>Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 2:16 PM
>To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
>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
>
>


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