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livered the principal address Sunday afternoon at
imemorative stamp ceremonies in Bonham. He
fre persons in attendance that "the whole of the
Rayburn's neighborhood." (Staff Photo)
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FIRST SALE — Members of Speaker Sam Rayburn's
family, left to right above, Mrs. Joyce Rayburn
Lightfoot, a niece; Mrs. W. A. Thomas, sister; Mrs.
Tom Rayburn, sister-in-law, and Mrs. S. E. Bartley,
buy the first sheets of the Sam Rayburn stamp Sun-
"We Miss Him Very Much" — Johnson
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day morning in brief ceremonies in the Speaker’s
Room at the Sam Rayburn Library. Lowell Shuler,
assistant postmaster, representing the postal de-
partment in making the first sale. (Staff Photo)
Tribute Paid Mr. Sam;
V2-Million Stamps Sold
The Sam Rayburn commemora-
tive stamp went on sate in Bon-
ham Sunday and the memory of
the man for whom it was issued
was eulogized in words of men in
high places — and possibly more
impressively by the acts of aver-
age Mr. Citizen who wanted and
bought more than a half million
of the kittle- postage stdnTfs
run well past the half-million 1 life and the manner in which his
mark when the count is made, ac- neighborhood honors his mem-
cording to George King, commem
orative stamp supervisor for the
post office department, who has
been here for the last three weeks
supervising the processing of or-
The sjjligips went on sale in oth-
ing Mr. Rayburn’s picture
l'ne Vice President of the Unit-
ed States, the senior Senator from
Texas, the assistant Postmater
General, and others high in gov-
ernment service stood before the
microphone in front of the Sam
Rayburn Library as a burning sun
beat down and told of the great-
ness of the man from Bonham
and the personal devotion they had
for him.
And in the audience, more than
2,000 who came because they, too,
felt that devotion also braved the
heat of the’ afternoon to hear the
tributes of the l^-hour program
Many sought the comforts of the
shade of trees within hearing dis-
tance of the platform.
At the post office downtown, at
the Library and at the VA Center
post office station continuous lines
of buyers were at the windows
buying Sam Rayburn stamps and
having “First Day of Issue” can-
cellations placed on mailing
pieces for collections or souvenirs
Thousands Sold
The day’s sales, including the
thousands of orders that had been
received for weeks ahead at the
post office here, is expected to
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ffces over the nation
Monday morning and brief cere-
monies were scheduled in the
House and Senate post offices in
Washington.
The official first day issuance
began here Sunday morning with
sate of sheets of 50 of the stamps
to members of Mr. Rayburn’s fam-
ily, including his two sisters, Mrs.
S. E. Bartley and Mrs. W. A.
Thomas, and a niece, Mrs. Joyce
Rayburn Lightfoot, and sisters-in-
law, Mrs. Tom Rayburn and Mrs.
Dick Rayburn. Assistant Postmas-
ter Lowell Shuler made the sale.
Some 75 persons were seated
Sunday afternoon on the big plat-
form that had been erected in
front of the library as County
Judge Choice Moore, master of
ceremonies, gave the nod for the
Bonham high school band to strike
uip the National Anthem and then
called on the Rev. Jack Carson,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
for the invocation.
Highlighting the eulogies that
followed was the address by Vice
President Lyndon Johnson.
U. S, His Neighborhood
“The real strength of a. man can
be determined by the way his
works are carried on beyond his
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INTRODUCING VICE PRESIDENT — Fourth District Congressman
Ray Roberts introduces the Vice President of the United States for
the principal address Sunday afternoon at Sam Rayburn commemora
five stamp ceremonies at the Sam Rayburn Library. ____
ory,” the Vice President said.
Bonham, Texas, was the Speak-
er’s home; the House was his
working place and his life, but the
whole of the United States was his
neighborhood.”
The Vice President said that
with us today we Jiaye the strong-*
est evidence of the tVPs he mady
during his stewardship in ouf"b«L
half. The post office department*
tells us that feiw first-day stamp
issuances have created the inter-
est that this one has.”
Everyday I am reminded that
that it is to my everlasting bene-
fit that I had the great privilege of
walking with him a considerable
way down the road,” Johnson
said. “For the Speaker, the road
ended last Nov. 16. We miss him
now very much. The country miss-
es him. But we can find wisdom
and strength from the lessons he
taught and the heritage he left.”
Senator Ralph Yarborough told
of the long friendship and the per-
sonal devotion he held for Mr.
Rayburn.
Had Time For Kids
He always had time for the
kids who wanted to know more of
government and history,” he said
in pointing to the great worth of
the Sam Rayburn Foundation’s
scholarship and fellowship pro-
gram that is in the making. He
told of the legislation just passed
under his sponsorship creating the
Sam Rayburn Medallion in honor
of Mr. Sam.
Representing the post office de-
partment was Frederick C Beten,
assistant. Postmaster General, who
was introduced by W. M. McMil-
lan, regional postal director from
Dallas.
Belen said that over the years
postage stamps had been issued
honoring many people in many
fields — statesmen, artists, invent-
ors and others.
“Here today we pay tribute
with a stamp to one man dis-
tinguished in many fields,” he
said.
P O Proud of Stamp
“We of the post office depart-
ment are proud of the Sam Ray-
burn stamp,” Belen said.’ “Physi-
cally and technically, it is among
the most distinctive stamps we
have produced.”
Congressman Ray Roberts, Mr.
Rayburn’s successor from 'the
Fourth district, introduced the
Vice President. Texas Speaker of
the House James Turman intro-
duced Senator Yarborough.
Others on the program includ-
ed Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., of Houston,
Texas chairman of the Sam Ray-
bum Foundation’s National De-
velopment campaign, who accept-
ed eight portraits of Presidents
with whom Mr. Rayburn had serv-
ed that had been formally present-
ed by Mrs. Lily Leonard of Dallas
in behalf of the artist, Victor Lal-
lier. Bentsen spoke of the founda-
tion’s National Devleopment pro-
gram, expressing hope that
through scholarships and fellow-
ships “some of the country’s fin-
est young brains may be brought
into the legislative branch of gov-
ernment.”
Bentsen was introduced by Bus-
ter Cole, Bonham attorney and an
official of the foundation board.
At the conclusion of the program
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