The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 10, 2003 Page: 15 of 24
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Baytown resident
Jimmy Johnson kept a log of the trip he took to
Africa and Paris earlier this year and recounts
the highlights and the pitfalls.
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near thorn bushes on a hunting safari
Forget Paris!
Goon a hunting safari
ANIMALS that Jimmy and
Marjie saw on their trip to
South Africa: a lion,
elephants, zebra and,
below, an impala.
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Jane Howard Lee s column appears every
Sunday in the Lifestyle section. Her e-mail
address is bubbalee@flash.net.--1^—
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In last Wednesday’s Baytown Sun, you may
have noticed a small ad on Page 2. It was an
In Memorium ad.
This particular ad raised questions among
those I spoke to who had seen it. A small dog
was pictured at the top. Big letters under that
said “Jughead Barrow.”
It went on to say “17 years loyal compan-
ionship. Always happy to see me. Always
ready to go and never complain about any-
thing. Last request was to donate her hair to
her namesake. Private service.”
So, who was this Jughead Barrow? A dog,
certainly, but what sort of dog? And what was
that bit about donating her hair to her name-
sake?
I was determined to unravel the mystery
and, as an experienced investigative reporter, I
knew just what to do. I asked The Sun’s
advertising department for the name and
phone number of the person who placed the
ad. Then I made a call.
An answering machine told me to try again
later. It ended with the phrase “Have a pig
day!"
A pig day? Here was yet another mystery.
When I finally reached Vickie (Mrs.
Johnny) Barrow, she was friendly, gracious
and more than happy to talk about Jughead
Barrow and having a pig day.
Jughead had died earlier that week after
being part of the Barrow family for almost 18
years.
A Chihuahua/Boston terrier mix, Vickie
said Jughead had a little Chihuahua body and
a big terrier head so of course her head looked
like it was bigger than it should be. I guess
her head also had more hair than the rest of
her, making it look bigger still. To top it off,
she had a bit of black hair just below her nose,
giving her a Hitleresque mustache.
The Barrows named the dog for their friend,
Ronnie Miller, who was nicknamed Jughead
by his Army sergeant because Miller had a lot
of hair back in his Army days, and it made his
head look too big in proportion to the rest of
him.
Vickie told me Jughead had great personali-
ty and was incredibly smart. On Johnny’s
birthday one year, Vickie surprised him with a
cake. As she began to sing "Happy Birthday,”
Jughead surprised them both by standing up
on her hind legs and barking along through
the entire song.
Vickie said Jughead was a dog that no one
ever forgot.
The Barrows have a weekend place on the
river in Anahuac, near the annual Gator Fest
site. Lots of friends stayed over at the place on
the river, and at night Jughead would go from
bed to bed, visiting each of them. They all
loved her.
People arriving by boat for the festival
passed the Barrow place and got to know
Jughead. On return trips, when they saw
Jughead in the yard they would yell “Hi
Jughead!”
In later years, when the little dog preferred
air-conditioned comfort to hanging around
outdoors, the passing boaters would yell,
“Where’s Jughead?"
Over the years Jughead made lots of friends
around the Baytown/Mont Belvieu area and in
her travels with the Barrows. Vickie said she
had been offered as much as $1,000 for the
little dog. Of course, the Barrows thought her
priceless.
The Barrows raise pot-bellied pigs, thus
explaining that answering machine message.
They’ve bred several champions, have the
smallest pigs in the country and ship them all
over the world. Appropriately, Jughead’s
favorite toy was a little stuffed pig. Vickie said
Jughead had a lot of fun with that pig, and her
friends will know just what she meant by that.
So, now that we know all about Jughead
and the pig day, what was that thing about the
hair?
When Jughead’s namesake, Ronnie Miller,
began to go bald, the Barrows jokcd that -
Jughead had lots more hair than he did and
would leave it to him when she died. It
became a regular joke among family and
close friends.
And that is the story that goes with the
Jughead Barrow ad.
By JIMMY JOHNSON
Special to The Sun
ITt was a dream of a lifetime. On June 8, my j
I wife, Marjie, and I boarded a plane for the
Afirst leg of a journey that would culminate k
in a 12 day hunting safari in South Africa. We >
were to fly to Paris, have a three-hour layover,
then on to Johannesburg, another 11 hours
away. I thought, since she is going with me,
and doesn't care a whole lot about hunting,
why not spend a few days in Paris for her?
When I mentioned this to her, of course, she
was all for it.
I got reservations at a really old, remodeled
hotel on the Rue de Rivoli. A room with air-
conditioning, its own bath and shower (a
must!), and a requested queen size bed (which
turned out to be a double). We were a little dis-
appointed at first, but it kind of grew on us,
and by the time of departure, we were really
enjoying it. Breakfast was included in the
package, and I’m really glad, as it was the only
meal that we really enjoyed there.
We did all the tourist things, seeing Le
Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arch d’
Triomph, the Mona Lisa, taking a cruise on the
Seine, a night at Lido, and shopping on the
Champs d'Elysses.
I’m glad we went, but I care absolutely noth-
ing about going back there. All menus are in
French with no English subtitles, and they
weren’t very helpful in the translating. They
did take our money without too much trouble.
AFRICA (
Then on June 13, the real adventure began. I
We left Paris around midnight and arrived in | .
Johannesburg at 10 the next morning. It is mid- trip he took to South Africa in June,
winter there, so we had to pack for two differ-
ent climates, which led to some difficult choic-
es, as the baggage was limited to two checked
bags each and one carry-on each. We had no
trouble at customs at either airport, and Nic
Roets, our professional hunter, met us there.
And we were off.
Nic had made all the arrangements for us,
and we had agreed with him that we'd spend
the first night after the all-night plane trip at
the Farm Inn, a beautiful resort-type establish-
ment about 45 minutes from the airport.
The accommodations were fabulous. High
pitched roofs that are thatched, fireplaces in
each room, king-sized beds, baths and showers,
private decks and a fresh fruit basket. There are
three separate dining areas, as well as room
service menus.---————- ■ --
We decided to spend another night there as
Nic had told Maijie about the sightseeing and
the native marketplace in the vicinity.
Naturally, she wanted to do this, and I agreed
because I was still pretty knocked out from'the
plane trip and jet lag.
We went to the marketplace, and you can’t
imagine what these folks can do with their
JIMMY JOHNSON and his wife, Marjie, are shown in downtown Pretoria, South Africa, during a trip they
see AFRICA on Page 4C took in June.
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 10, 2003, newspaper, August 10, 2003; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1185584/m1/15/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.