Purse Totals Set for Midland Rodeo Events
Midland Fair, Inc announces a six thousand five hundred dollar purse for the sixth annual Midland Rodeo August 31 to September 2. Open events include calf roping steer riding bareback bronc and more with cash prizes and entry-fee adds. Extra attractions cover cowgirl sponsors boys calf roping and horse showcases.
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Midland
Midland Fair, Inc
Colborn
Knight
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Yrodeo Association
Cowboy Turtle’s Association
Marion Edwards
Big Spring
Southwest
Political Announcements for Local and State Races
Democratic primary action set for September 14 lists County Superintendent of Schools candidates Mrs. Lucille B. Lister and John W. Pyburn and State Representative 19th District candidate Malcolm R. Madera under the 19th District race.
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Lucille B. Lister
John W. Pyburn
Midland Rodeo Sponsors Contest Prizes Announced
The Midland Rodeo offers prizes for cowgirl sponsor contests held August 31 and September 12 with gifts including a Hobbs Horse Coach and a Dun horse. Mary Nell Edwards of Big Spring appears in photos, while prizes from Blackstone Hotel Fort Worth and Scharbauer Cattle Co accompany the events. Open to women over 14 elected by local authorities. professionals ineligible. Entries close Friday.
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Midland Rodeo
Hobbs
Midland
Mary Nell Edwards
Big Spring
Jebbe
Keraa Hebbs
Roy Parks
Midland Chamber of Commerce Committee
Local wives travel in Texas to Hobbs Wink and Big Spring
Mrs Buddy Speers Mrs Kenneth Parish and Mrs E Evans visited Hobbs on Monday. Mr and Mrs Andy Anderson traveled to Wink on Tuesday and plan a weekend visit in Big Spring.
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Buddy Speers
Kenneth Parish
E. Evans
Hobbs
Andy Anderson
Big Spring
Thirteen Members Attend Brotherhood At Baptist Church
Thirteen members attended the Baptist Brotherhood meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the church. Our Baptist Heritage was the topic discussed at the semi monthly gathering. S R Allison led the meeting with remarks from R L Robertson W H Johnson and Carl Bailey. Refreshments were served after.
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Baptist Church
Baptist Brotherhood Meeting
Our Baptist Heritage
S. R. Allison
R. L. Robertson
W. H. Johnson
Carl Bailey
Local Travel Notes From Brownsville Jal and Pecos Region
Murl McCoy visited Brownsville Texas this week to see his parents. Hunter Hughes of Portales was a business visitor in Jal Wednesday. Henry Pagan John Justis C E Woods and C R Bolding returned to Jal after work on the Pecos River pipeline. Homer Wade injured his right wrist while cranking an engine and had it reset at Roberts Hospital without anaesthetic.
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Murl McCoy
Brownsville
Texas
Hunter Hughes of
Portales
Jal
Henry Pagan
John Justis
C. E. Woods
C. R. Bolding
Pecos River
Homer Wade
Robert’s Hospital
Sonny Casey Cuts Left Eye in Timber Fall
Four year old Sonny Casey son of Mr and Mrs L E Casey received three stitches for a left eye wound after stumbling against a timber while playing. He was treated at Roberts Hospital this week. Other brief notices report Mrs John Connell shopping trip to Hobbs Mrs Lenning returning from Kilgore Texas and Malden Missouri Clarence Roach visiting Wink El Paso trip by Larwell Reacher and son Gene Elsie Corbett leaving for a Tucson Arizona visit and Mrs Peter Bish attending a Hobbs County Club tea from 3 to 4 pm Friday with travel by car.
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Sonny Casey
L. E. Casey
Roberts’ Hospital
Cigarette Ignites Car Near Jal
Alvin Gentry reported his 1936 Pontiac burned Saturday ten miles north of Jal after a discarded cigarette ignited interior upholstery. Wind-blown embers caught in the back seat, flames spread rapidly, leaving only the engine tires and rear end intact. The wrecked vehicle was towed to a nearby service station for settlement of damages.
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Alvin Gentry
Jal
Gentry
Primary Class Party At Mrs Wilsons Home
Mrs Clarence L Wilson entertained her Methodist Church primary class with an outing at her home this week. A picnic lunch and watermelon feast followed games. Attendees included Joan Phillips Helen Freese Larry Pouge Elizabeth Beltz Jimmie Zumalt Jane Zumalt Barbara Walden Mary Lee James Ileta Joyce Wilson C L Wilson and Rev and Mrs G L Keever.
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Clarence L. Wilson
Methodist Church
Joan Phillips
Helen Freese
Larry Pouge
Elizabeth Beltz
Jimmie Zumalt
Jane Zumalt
Barbara Walden
Mary Lee James
Ileta Joyce Wilson
C .L. Wilson
G. L. Keever
Tuscan Club Confers Davis First Degree in Hobbs
The Tuscan Club conferred the first degree on Kenneth Davis of the El Paso Natural Gas plant Tuesday night in Hobbs. The entire lodge traveled to Hobbs for the ceremony. A special meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Odd Fellows Hall to practice conferring the second degree and all members are urged to attend.
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Kenneth Davis
el Paso
Hobbs
Odd Fellows Hall
Country Club Repairs Advance Intra Club Tournament
Jal County Club plans an upcoming intra club tournament with a neighboring towns invitational to follow. The course is being repaired with mowed fairways and oiled screens. The new clubhouse bought two weeks ago will be moved to the Country Club when H. S. Weaver returns from his Pecos pipeline job.
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Jal
H. S. Weaver
Pecos
Miss Woolworth and Niece Visit Jal Friends
Miss Mary Woolworth and her niece from San Angelo visited Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bish on Friday. Lake J. Frazier, a candidate for the United States Congress, visited friends in Jal on Monday.
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Mary Woolworth
San Angelo
Peter Bish
Lake J. Frazier
United States Congress
Friends
Jal
Visit Notes From Artesia And De Leon
Donnie Mac Dooly visits the Grahams in Artesia and plans a return home Sunday. Mr and Mrs F W Culwell and daughter Virginia of De Leon Texas visited Mr and Mrs O M Skipper in Cooper on Saturday.
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Donnie Mac Dooly
Donald
David Graham
Artesia
F. W. Culwell
Virginia
de Leon
Texas
O. M
Cooper
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Malcolm R. Madera
W. O. Keesee
John Connell
Mrs. S. Lenning
Kilgore
Malden
Missouri
Clarence Roach
Wink
Elsie Corbett
Tuscon, Arizona
Hobbs Country Club
Tuscan Club
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