Earl and Jack Sellers Turn A Hobby Into Profitable Business
The Sellers rodeo team built a 25 plus show season from a Del Rio start in 1920. Earl and son Jack manage ranches in Val Verde Culbertson and Reeves counties with stock from Dakotas and Indian reservations. Their operation, from bucking horses to steer roping, yields over twenty thousand dollars in seasonal livestock alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Jack Sellers
Barl
Seleirs
del Rio
Val Verde
Culbertson
Reeves
Texas
Bosque County
Devils River
Culbertson and Reeves
Cheyenne
Arizona
Florida
Albuquerque
San Angelo
Vernon
Jack
U. S. Army Air Forces
Winnipeg
Sheridan
Earl Sellers
Marfa
Highland Hereford
Dakota Bedlands
Blotter Tale Links Fort Worth Flood to Alpine Courtship
A Fort Worth flood blotter joke travels from Sul Ross to Alpine where Bill Humbard marries a Fort Worth girl, Miss Jones, after laughter over the blotter. The note praises the Red Cross relief work and recalls local hunting gear and javelina hunting in the shop’s wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Fort Worth
Cal Edwards
Bill Humbard
Ft. Worth
Bill
Miss Jones
Alpine
Cas Edwards
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Marfa Concert Duo Debuts Two Pianos in NYC Scene
Tulsa born Vera Appleton and New Yorker Michael Field headline an annual Marfa concert feature. They premiere four hand works by Bar tok Khatchaturian Bennett and Dello Joio and have appeared on NBC and CBS radio. Juilliard linked duo-piano master classes mark their career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Bela Bartok
Khatchaturian
Robert Russell Bennett
Norman Dello Joio
Appleton and Field
Vox Records
Stravinsky
New York
Juilliard School Music
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Vera Appleton
Chicago
East
Juilliard
Michael Field
William Lawrence Calhoun
Juilliard Graduate School
Miss Martha Shelby Writes From Garhwal Mission Post
Miss Martha Shelby reports from Pauri Garhwal U P India detailing Christmas service in sunlit church and Himalayan views. She travels via Lucknow Bareilly conference learning Hindustani, plans language school in Landour, and asks for small gifts like bobby pins and tape for home packages.
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Martha Shelby
Garhwal
India
Fort Davis
Alpine
Pauri
U. P
Arthur Atkins
Mr. Atkins
Himalayas
Bareilly
States
Landour
Editor's Brief Career and Reunion with Vera Appleton
A brief career as editor of a music publishing firm is noted. The narrative highlights a chance reunion with Vera Appleton during that period.
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Vera Appleton
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James Reeves
Baby
J. B. Speer
Mr. Reeves
Texas University
Sth & BE
State Fair
Libbys
Carnation
Pet—Bordens
Tall Tin
RINSO
Sunny Dawn
Empress
Wrisley Soaps
Houghton ’S
U. S
Russell
Stillwell—Blackeyed Peas
Abraham Lincoln
Fleet
Suzanna
Pirate
Graham Crackers
Puss N’ Boots
CAT Food
Dalewood
Edwards Coffee
Chuck Roast
Yorkshire
A. N. Alkire
Atkins
Plains
Lucknow
Mrrs
Bishop Rockey
Hartford Seminary
Connecticut
Chekko
Isabella Thorburn College
Rockeys
America
Cory
Washington State
Lakknow
GULF
Gulf Pride Oil
Goodrich
Gulf Servicenter
Gilbert Bell & Son
Alpine, Tex
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