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Oldtimers Association Formed in 1930 Texas Cowboy Reunion
The Texas Cowboy Reunion Association formed in Stamford on June 28 1930 with Col R J Penick as president and 150 members who had worked on the range for 55 years. Judge C E Coombes later served as secretary treasurer and the organization has since expanded to permanent buildings begun in 1954 with donations from E P Swenson and a total cost rising to 12 500 for the four unit complex. By 1955 the Coombes Roundup hall was completed at 37 500 with 5 400 borrowed, all paid, with 3 500 in improvements this year.
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Oldtimers Association
Texas Cowboy Reunion Association
Stamford
Col
R. J. Penick
Bud Smith
Billy McLaren
C. E. Coombes
Col. Penick
Frank Rhoads
Throckmorton
John MM. Gist
Odessa
Clyde Burnett
Benjamin
Walt Cousins
Dallas
Lewis Ackers
Abilene
J. Ellison Carroll
Big Lake
Frank Greenwood
del Rio
Kid Jeffers
Brady
Charles Featherston
Wichita Falls
Bedford
Coombes