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Cover story on Jimmy Day.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Tommy Bishop, Dennis Bonnet, Gregg Cheser, Alvin Crow, Freddy Fender, Kent Finlay, Bobby Flores, Lefty Frizzell, Mike Grothues, Pat Hood, Floyd Kramer, Mike De Leon, Bubba Littrell, Sondra Locke, Barbara Mandrell, Elizabeth McLlhaney, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Glenda Raye, Jim Reeves, Rudy Rodriguez, Mel Tillis, Billy Walker, Cowboy Williams, Don Williams, Hank Williams.

Cover story on Van Halen

Goodman discusses her upbringing in Waco, Texas. She also recounts her experiences as a student and later as a teacher in Waco. She also addresses topics such as farming, local religious life and revivias, WWI, the Great Depression, and practices such as canning and refrigeration.

Margaret Carney reminisces about her life in Chilton and Waco during WWI and WWII. She reflects on her work in the USO as a hostess and director of the service club at North Camp Hood and South Camp Hood where she was paid to sing, dance, and play piano for the soldiers. Along with recalling certain popular songs, dances, and momentous events like V-E Day and V-J Day, she discusses the camps' soldiers and German POWs.

Public Matters is the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program's magazine that highlights not only the program's achievements, events, and faculty research throughout the previous year, but also shines a light on our MPA alumni and their work within the field of public administration.