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Journal SpecialLASCRUCES - When Jimmy Jewkes was thrown off a bucking bull in last October’s NMSU Inter-mural Rodeo, things looked pretty black for the New Mexico State-University agriculture student from Las Cruces.The tall lanky ag student was the victim of double compound fractures — both legs broken, one in the thigh, the oher below the knee. He had a pin inserted in the broken thigh, and hip-to-toe cast on the other leg. The cast on the other leg. The cast won’t come off until March or April of next year.“I got thrown off at just the ‘right angle,”’ Jimmy said, recalling the incident that left him temporarily crippled.HOSPITAL AND MEDICALS bills mounted quickly for Jimmy, who is the son of Mrs. Ixmise Jewkes of Fairacres. That’s when his friends decided to help out a little.And probably no one knows better the meaning of that recently popular song title, “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends.’’Ag students and faculty friends of the injured boy put their heads together and presented him with a check for $700, funds raised from a benefit team roping and barrel race held Dec. 2 in theAggie Rodeo Arena.STEERS WERE donated by Mesilla Valley farmer Jimmy Harris, so the costly fee usually charged by a stock owner for the use of roping steers was defrayed.John Weldy, NMSU Junior from Roswell; Kyle Reid, senior from Las Cruces; and Joe Barley, senior from Hope, were directors of the benefit event.Also helping was J. C. Stephens, president of the
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Wed, Dec 19, 1973
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