RICK YOU ASK IF I KNEW HAP. HE LATER MARRIED
SHIRLEY KLEIN WHO I WENT TO TOMBALL HIGH WITH
BACK WHEN I WAS 8 OR 9 A LADY FROM NY STAYED
WITH US TO TAKE PICTURES. STANDARD OF N.J HAD
SOME BAD PUBLISTY SO THEY SENT OUT THESE FOLKS
TO TAKE PICTURES OF HUMBLE EMPLOYEES. SHE TOOK
THOUSANDS OF PICTURES AROUND TOMBALL AND A
LOT OF OUR FAMILY. A WRITER FOR TX MONTHLY GOT
HOLD OF THESE PRINTS AND CAME TO TOMBALL TO
RESEARCE THE BACKGROUND. HE WROTE FOR TX MON
AND THE MEDIA TOOK A INTERESE. NICK LEAMAN WAS
THE WRITER AND APPREARED ON NATL TV AND PRINT.
HE LATER WROTE A BOOK WHICH I HAVE. TOMBALL DID
SOME BACKGROUN ON THE EARLY DAYS AND HAD A
MUESEAM. THEY HAD A LOT OF OLD PICTURES IN
IT AND I WAS ASK TO COME UP FOR THEIR GRAND
OPENING. WE GOT THERE EARLY AND I WAS WALKING
AROUND INSIDE. A LADY ASK ME TO GO OUTSIDE THAT
THE MAJOR WAS MAKING A TALK BOUT THIS NEW
PLACE IN TOMBALL. THEN SHE SAID ARE YOU GENE
TANNER AND I I SAID YES. YOU ARE THE STAR OF OUR
OPENING I’LL TELL HAP YOU ARE HERE. OF COURSE
I KNOW HAP. LOL
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That’s awesome Gene. Happy Jack had me on a ladder when I was about 11 years old changing the letters on the marquee at Klein high one day. He handed me a wad full of cash and I thought I was rich.
SHIRLEY TAUGHT AT KLEIN AT THE SOME TIME
NANNETTE TAUGHT ART
SHE SAID SHE REMEMBERS YOUR DAD,
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