[PW] Re: ?Lester Maddox question

[Michael J. Lowrey]

On 6/11/06, AllenAmet at aol.com <AllenAmet at aol.com> wrote:
> orangemike at gmail.com writes:
> > Giving folks an honorary colonelcy in (I believe) the State
> > Militia/National Guard is an old Southern political tradition.  My daddy, who was a reporter
> > for the Anniston STAR, got one of 'em from the then-governor of Alabama.
> >
> ============
>  Much thanks for this - yes, I can imagine that newspaper reporters might be
> so honored by a Governor...
>
>   But I came across an old reference to Lester Maddox (GA, 1967-71) giving
> such honorary recognition (a Certificate, as an Officer) in the State Police, to
> one Alonzo Mann, long before Mann became 'famous" in 1982. The only thing I
> can find in common between the two men is that they both ran restaurants in
> Atlanta.

Well, "It's good to be the king!"  I reckon ol' Lester figured if he
wanted to do that for his buddy Alonzo, he could do so, 'cuz he was
the Gov!  (He was a bit of a maverick, as you probably recall.)

-- 
Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey
still a bubba after all these years Up North
(but just celebrated 25 years of marriage to a Iowa gal)