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Newspaper
Gladewater Mirror
Location
Gladewater, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1972
Page
2
The Gladewater rodeo sessions feature brahma bull riding with 11 entrants in round one. Don Gay posts a winning 73 while Pete Gay trails at 72 as rain drenches the arena, creating mud and anxious spectators seeking shelter.
Spectators endured rain as Don Gay led bareback with 58 points while John Chambers scored 57 and Pete Gay 54. Leon McCoy won steer wrestling in 4.8 seconds, Jack Stottis 5.2 seconds, Monty Henson 53 in saddle bronc, Bud Wellman 54, Ken Welch 55, and Ivan Davies 64 in various events. Bobby Johns led calf roping in 10.5 seconds, Skeet Whatley 12.2, Subby Geter 12.1. In girls barrel racing Mary Bullard clocked 17.1 seconds, Paula Horton 18.6, Margaret Larkins 18.1. Ronnie Bowman won rain-soaked bull riding with 63, as Larry Mahan, former champ now in Frisco, struggled after a late fall.
The Kilgore community spills into Van Cliburn Auditorium for a summer children's theatre run Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater the second of three plays in a Kilgore Community Chest program Cast includes Chuck Squier Ellen Dortch Selena Dortch Eileen Jorgensen Stephanie Gordon Jean Lotspeich Cassie Edmonds Ric Berry Suzanne Burrows The show follows a school puppet theatre session and mentions the ongoing summer theatre schedule in Overton Texas
A grandmother recounts taking two young grandsons to a rodeo with curious questions about bulls and cages, popcorn and cotton candy, and the lively arena. She muses on love, aging, and the modern material world, pondering whether relationships outrank possessions in today’s society.
A former Lt Colonel who served 24 years in the Army says he refused to salute a general’s pet duck in Vietnam. He claims the duck had a flowered bed and dog tags and that he ambushed the bird after retirement pressures. The tale includes questioned credits and a magazine interview.
Elaine de Kooning will conduct a portrait painting workshop at the Tyler Museum of Art from July 10 to 14, sessions 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuition is 50 dollars with registration by July 1. An exhibition of her portraits is at the Carmichael Gallery through July 8.
Rates listed for Texas and outside Texas with monthly six month and yearly options. Subscriptions payable in advance. Consolidated with The Gladewater Times-Tribune on Nov 28 1949 and The White Oak Texan on June 1 1969.
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