Hall County Pioneer Reunion Opens With Two Day Fiesta
Memphis and Hall County stage two day celebration title events opening with a tent at Carnegie Library Park. registration starts 8 am with G M Dial and J M Ferrer in charge. features include a 10 am band concert coronation of Dorothy Bragg and address by Gerald C Mann.
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Panhandle
Hall County
Allen C. Grundy
Dorothy Bragg
T. M. Harrison
Gerald C. Mann
W. V. Coursey
American Legion Committee
L. L. Doss
Shamrock
Clarendon
Amarillo Legion
Memphis
Gulf
Red” Walden
Library Park
Arthur Gidden
Alaska
Maxon
Country Club
Chuck Collin
Wichita Falls
O. L
Buster” Helm
Sid Baker
Hall County Old Settlers Association
C. W. Howe
San Diego
Calif
Pioneer
Salisbury
Mean Broncs Ready at Memphis for Cowhands
Preparations for four rodeo performances in Memphis are complete with officials promising a big show. Event lineup includes grand entry led by Miss Dorothy Bragg, calf roping, bull riding, wild cow milking, and more with 20 broncs and 26 wild cows among stock from Lyons Byers. Red Walden will host buck-by-buck descriptions on Gulf sound system.
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T. D. Weatherby
Wendell Harrison
Dc. A. Williams
Queen of the West
Dorothy Bragg
Winks Adams
Fagin Miller
Betsell Brown
Lady Brone Buster
Weatherby
Chute
Murry Dodson
Lyons Rodeo
Byers
Stamford
Seymour
Gladewater
Post
Spur
Texas
Amarillo Boy
Bawley Sox
Rodeo Committee
Eddie Caldwell
Bob Price
Delbert Riddle
Tom
Red) Reeder
George Brown
Burks Wilfong
Jack McNeil
Southwest
Red Walden
Gulf Sound System
Rodeo
Walden
Memphis
Memphis Parks Dream Realized With City Park Creation
Fifteen years of effort by Memphians culminates in the City Park, a modern recreation area near C. W. Broome’s land later acquired by the city. A bridge, lily pond, picnic units, and a sunken garden were built with community help and NYA labor. WPA funds now fund creek work, landscaping, and an amphitheater to host civic events.
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Memphis
C. W. Broome
National Youth Administration
C. C. Hodges
WPA
Democrat Tells Citys Progress
The Memphis Democrat surveys Hall County and Memphis progress in recent years. Editor J Claude Wells and staff present a four section survey of present day Hall County institutions people and industries. Several pieces draw from the 1941 Pioneer Edition.
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Memphis
Hall County
Memphis Democrat
J. Claude Wells
Local Horsewomen Prep for Memphis Rodeo Feature
Eighteen local sponsors under Mrs. Murray Dodson are practicing for the Hall County celebration opening Tuesday. Miss Retha Robertson will ride for Matador in the out of town sponsors contest, with about 15 to 20 additional sponsors expected from other towns.
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Murray Dodson
Memphis
Hall County
Genevieve Prater
Winifred Davis
Ruthie Johnson
Bess Browder
Betty Gene Milam
Winifred Jane Tarver
Margaret Allen
Hattye Dem Thompson
Barbara Bell
Anna Kathryn Davenport
Betty Johnson
Mar
Jorie Northcutt
Avarie Broome
Bobbie Claire Davenport
Jamell Tinney
Floydada
Gussie Bullock
Antelope Flat
Dodson
Hall County First in Panhandle To Get Cotton Stamps
Memphis reports plans for a Cotton Stamp Plan in Hall County with local merchants and officials from Estelline Lakeview and Turkey. A committee including R S Greene C T Johnson Marcus Rosenwaser David Davenport Tom Salem and W L Rigsby will meet to set up the program as Mr Moss of the Surplus Marketing Administration assists. Memphis is the first Panhandle city to adopt the plan aiming to stimulate cotton goods sales through green and brown stamps for eligible low income groups and others, with an expected first year cotton purchases rise of about 180000.
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Memphis
Hall County
Parker D. Hanna
State Extension Service
Estelline
Lakeview
Turkey
South
Jaway
Celebration Nears On Hall County Founding Birthday
MEMPHIS June 16 This year s Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo will celebrate the county s founding date June 23 1890 aligning with the birthday of Hall County The event previously took place in July long after the actual birthday Hall County originally formed from part of Bexar County with vague boundaries It was created August 21 1876 but lacked a voting population and was attached to Donley County for judicial purposes A new county government formed 14 years later as Hall County population grew enough to justify the creation of local government.
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Memphis
Old Settlers
Hall County
Bexar County
West Texas
Donley County
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Memphis Cowboy Band
Carroll Smyers
The
Chamber of Com
Atty
Gerald Mann
Dreams of
Democrat
Memphis Fete
Rae
Pea A
Peano A
Secretary OF Agriculture
Federal Surplus Communities Corporation
Hall
First Baptist Church
Memphis High School
County Courthouse
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