THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 24, 1994 TAG: 9407220246
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 04 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Long : 102 lines
If you've lived in Suffolk for at least a decade, this trivia item will be easy.
The subjects are probably the best-loved husband-wife team the city has ever known - well-known for their professional and charitable work.
They retired in 1983 but still live in the house off East Washington Street, their home for many years.
As an illustration of the high regard Suffolk has always had for them, about 500 people attended a 1983 retirement party at the National Guard Armory, a tribute to their 38 years of professional service to the community.
Co-workers, patients, family and friends paid tribute to them.
``They never turned anyone away,'' said Dr. Oswald Hoffler of Suffolk. ``Many times they worked from early morning to early the next morning.''
He further praised the doctors by calling them ``a powerful team whose record has been tremendous.''
A nurse, Katie Bass, referred to our trivia subjects as ``kind, loving people who always made sure their patients had money for prescriptions before they, themselves, got paid.''
Tribute also was paid for their community work, including donations to the then-Morgan Memorial Library, many of them coming from the wife, who was Suffolk's best-known world traveler.
In 1979, her collection of black art was given to the library, a collection referred to by Hoffler as ``the largest and most important in Virginia. Students, teachers and researchers journey to Suffolk to study it.''
The couple also are well-known for their interest in young people and the generous scholarships they offered to those they felt deserving.
They were deserving of the tributes paid them, the love shown them by the community.
Who are the good doctors?
Herewith, a few other trivia questions:
1. If you are a country music fan, this should not be too difficult. ``I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes,'' ``Great Speckled Bird,'' ``Wild Side of Life'' and ``It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.'' What do they all have in common?
2. The initials ``LBJ'' stood for Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Lynda Bird Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson and . . . ?
3. Cary Grant never said, ``Judy, Judy, Judy.'' Bogart never said, ``All right, Louie, drop that gun.'' But Bing Crosby did sing ``buh-buh-buh-boo.'' What song in what movie?
4. He played Sgt. O'Rourke on one of television's funniest comedies, ``F Troop.'' It was ideal casting because he actually served in the U.S. Cavalry. Name that actor.
5. In which state is the world's highest suspension bridge located? A TWIST OF TRIVIA (on Page 110 The Answers (Questions appear on Page 4)
This week's trivia subjects were quite easy to identify.
Dr. Margaret W. Reid and her husband, Dr. L.T. Reid, are two of the best-loved, most dedicated people in Suffolk.
They practiced medicine for 38 years before their 1983 retirement, most of that time from their office at 461 East Washington St.
Many stories have been written about them. They are well-respected for the work they have done for the people of the city.
Let's see . . . there were a few other questions to contend with:
1. ``I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes,'' ``Great Speckled Bird,'' ``Wild Side of Life'' and ``It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels'' all share the same tune.
The last two songs are somewhat related - the latter answering accusations in the former. Hank Thompson blamed women for wildness, then Kitty Wells noted it was not their fault, really.
2. ``LBJ'' were the family initials for the former president, his wife and daughters. But there was another. Their small, long-eared family pet was named Little Beagle Johnson. (Yes, he is the one the prez picked up by the ears.)
3. Der Bingle - even the Germans liked Crosby during World War II, dubbing him with that nickname - sang the phrase ``buh-buh-buh-boo'' in a song called ``Learn to Croon'' in a movie called ``College Humor.'' Other catchy musical phrases of the '20s and '30s included ``voh-dee-o-do'' by Rudy Vallee, ``hi-dee-ho'' by Cab Calloway and Jimmy Durante's ``ha-cha-cha.''
4. Sgt. Morgan O'Rourke of ``F Troop'' was portrayed by Forrest Tucker, a former cavalryman.
5. The world's highest suspension bridge is in Colorado over the 1,055-foot-deep Royal Gorge. ILLUSTRATION: AP file photo
(on Page 4)
The LBJs: Lynda Bird Johnson, second from left, Lady Bird Johnson,
Lyndon B. Johnson and Luci Baines Johnson. With them are the
president's sons-in-law, Charles Robb, left, and Patrick Nugent,
right.
File photo
(on Page 11)
Dr. Margaret W. Reid and husband Dr. L.T. Reid are dedicated to
Suffolk.
by CNB