Honor Jack Giddings Juneteenth tribute in Stamford Texas
Local blacks stage Juneteenth weekend with a memorial service and a Texas Cowboy Reunion fishery on the grounds. Charles Baker of the St Louis Cardinals gave an address honoring Ida Mae Giddings. Speakers included Bill Longley and Rev. Paul Giddings. Awards were presented to community members and top 1970s athletes.
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Ida Mae Giddings
Jack Giddings
Stamford
Giddlings
Greg Joklewicz
St. Louis Cardinals
Charles Baker
Texas
United States
Solomon Temple
Paul Giddings
Baker
Odessa Ector High School
Odessa
University of New Mexico
Cardinals
UNM
Bill Longley
U.S
Charles Stenholm
Longley
Jack
Ida Mae Gidding
Second armed robbery nets $1800 at Stamford liquor store
Stamford police report a Saturday night holdup at Ferrell’s Place yielding about $1,800. A black woman in a black T shirt and shorts and a black man bound Ken neth Reber and escaped in a late 1960s black Monte Carlo. Suspects remained at large Wednesday. The weapon may have been a shotgun or rifle. A gun was found near the California Creek bridge. Last such robbery in Stamford was 1975 at Oasis Liquor Store. Authorities from Haskell County Texas Rangers and the district attorney’s office assisted.
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Ferrell
Reber
North Stamford
Rebel
Stamford
California Creek Bridge
Avoca
Oasis
Medford
Stamford Police Department
Haskell County
Texas Rangers
Jackie Wharton
Pre rodeo and Reunion events open 51st Texas Cowboy Reunion
The 51st Texas Cowboy Reunion kicks off Tuesday with the Rehab Halter and Performance Horse Sale at 1 p.m. and a 6:30 p.m. art sale preview. Oldtimers register Wednesday at 10 a.m. with a chuckwagon meal at noon. The official reunion parade is Wednesday at 3 p.m. featuring Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band and local floats.
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West Texas
John Selmon
Stamford
Hardin-Simmons University
Western art preview at John Selmon Memorial Art Gallery
The eighth annual Collector's Preview begins 6:30 PM Tuesday at the John Selmon Memorial Art Gallery on the Texas Cowboy Reunion grounds in Stamford. A $20 admission includes a chuckwagon dinner and a 7:30 PM sale featuring 37 western artists from nine states. Proceeds benefit the West Texas Rehabilitation Center with a 90 percent share to the center and 10 percent to the TCR. Reservations: 773-3614.
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John Selmon
United States
Stamford Art Foundation
G.C. Carothers
Stamford
Tom Ryan
Melissa Kohout
George Marks
Grant Macdonald
Ronald Reagan
Nicholas Firfires
West Texas Rehabilitation Center
Hobby Accepts Parade Marshal For Texas Cowboy Reunion
Texas Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby will ride horseback as parade marshal in Stamford for the 51st Texas Cowboy Reunion parade at 3 p.m. Wednesday. The event features the HSU Cowboy band and Six White Horses, with floats, riding clubs, a mule train, and cash prizes up to 600 dollars. entrants are still being accepted.
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Stamford
Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band
Texas Cowboy
Texas
Bill Hobby
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Grant Jones
Abilene
Walter Grubbs
U.S
Charles Stenholm
Hobby
HSU
TCR
Fareed Hassen
West Texas Trail Riders Association
Robbie Olson
Eugene
Stamford High
Kim Ekdahl
Hassen
Cowboy Reunion opens Tuesday with annual quarter horse sale
The 1981 Texas Cowboy Reunion kicks off in Stamford with a four day program highlighted by the Rehab Halter and Performance Horse Sale starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Burns-Hulson say 50 select consignments from three states feature bloodlines like Three Bars Doc Bar Go Man Go and Jet Deck benefiting West Texas Rehabilitation Centers in Abilene San Angelo and Snyder.
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AQHA
Jet Deck
Truxton King
Three Chicks
Joak
Skipper W
Leo
Joe Hancock
Adams Pride
AAA
Mr. Meyers
Ponca Reed
Falcons
Sonny's Cowboy
Doc Bar Todd
Hickory Dee Doc
Doc Bar
Passem Bold
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Rodeo
Hager Twins
Hee Haw
Southwest
Jet
Red Boy Leo
Ihedan
Aoeford
WTRC
Andys Bug
Andy
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