Art added to 1974 Cowboy Reunion
The 1974 Texas Cowboy Reunion adds a Western Art Show and Sale in Stamford featuring 33 artists from Texas and beyond. The John Selmon Memorial Gallery will be dedicated at 4:45 p.m. July 1 with Rex Allen presiding. Proceeds go to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center. admission is $1. A collectors preview runs 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday with national attendees expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TCR
Pavillion
John Selmon
Rex Allen
Hollywood Cowboy
I. F. Hudson
Stamford
Texas
Tom Ryan
Ryan
Stamford Art Foundation
Texans
H. C. Zachry
Abilene
Ronald Thomason
Weatherford
Wayne Baize
Baird
James Borne
Clifton
G. Harvey
Lean
Quemada
N. M
William Moyers
Albuquerque
Bob Scriver
Browning, Mont
Eugene Shortridge
Sarasota
Fla
Eric Sloane
Washington, Conn
Gordon Snidow
Belen
Grant Speed
Pleasant Grove
Utah
Harold von Schmidt
Westport
West Texas Rehabilitation Center
Three Day Quarter Horse Show at Texas Cowboy Reunion
The 1974 Texas Cowboy Reunion Quarter Horse Show runs July 2 to 4 with three shows: open youth activity, AQHA approved show, and AQHA youth activity. Judges include Billy Steele of Pinehurst. Events feature halter, performance, and youth divisions with prizes such as saddles, ribbons, and cash. Charles Stenholm chairs the event with first come, first served stalls and entry deadline before showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Steele
Pinehurst
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Stamford
Aqha Horse Show
AQHA
Charles Stenholm
Stamford School Board Approves 10 Percent Levy Increase
In a special meeting the Stamford school board authorized a 10 percent rise in district assessed valuation to fund higher costs for 1973-74 and to finance pay for a new athletic director and head football coach Bill Anderson. A district equalization meeting is set for July 10-12 at 9 a.m. in the superintendent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Board of Equalization
Bill Anderson
Anderson
Cisco Junior College
Stephenville
Abilene Christian College
Oldtimers Plan Three-Day Texas Cowboy Reunion
The Oldtimers organization hosts three days of events on July 24 including fellowship in the bunkhouse, chuckwagon dinners, and a Wednesday business meeting at 10 a.m. with speaker Bryan Bradbury. A memorial service follows at 2 p.m., and Thursday features a fiddlers contest at 9:30 a.m. with prizes totaling 125 dollars. Outgoing president Earl Brown leads the group with officers Skipworth Bland and Mrs. Frank Cannon among the leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cowboy Reunion Association
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Texas
Bryan Bradbury
Abilene
Association
Earl Brown
Colorado City
Robert Skipworth
Argyle
H. EF
Buck) Bland
Haskell
Frank Cannon
Stamford
Stamford council approves water sale and service rate ordinance
The Stamford city council in regular session adopted Ordinance No. 487 setting city water service fees for disconnects and reconnects and approved a contract to sell water to four residents planning homes on FM 142 east of Stamford. The panel also appointed two board members and discussed U S 277 rerouting with letters from Sweetwater Merkel and local business groups.
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Stamford
FM 142
Kenneth Spitzer
A. H. Turnbow
Roddy Kuenstler
Raymond Medford
Pete Lollar
Jarrell Sharp
Stamford Area
Russell Crownover
Louis Gonzales
John Harrell
Spencer Baize
I. F. Hudson
U. S. 277
Sweetwater
Merkel
Toll free calling to start in three towns next Monday
Hamlin Anson and Stamford prepare to launch Extended Area Service on July 1 with Southwestern Bell installing equipment and burying cable. The plan adds about 5100 toll free numbers and changes monthly rates pro rata. residents urged to consult a 35 page joint directory before dialing seven digit numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
Anson
Stamford
Southwestern Bell
Southwestern —_ Bell
Bill Gilliland
EAS
Texas Cowboy Reunion action starts next week
The 44th Texas Cowboy Reunion begins Tuesday July 2 with a grand parade at 4 p.m. in the town square route along EF Oliver Street McHarg Street and Anson Street before returning to the square. Rodeo performances run July 2 3 and 4 with LeRoy Van Dyke appearing July 3. judges include John Stotts George Humphreys Bobby Wedeking and Spencer Baize. Western art shows and chuck wagon meals add to the three day event alongside oldtime fiddlers dances and Quarter Horse shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Cowboy Reunion
Stamford
EF. Oliver Street
N. Swenson
McHarg Street
McHarg
N. Anson
Anson
E. Hamilton Street
Swenson
Rodeo
LeRoy van Dyke
van Dyke
Ratten Brothers
Mansfield
John Stotts
Matador
George Humphreys
Aspermont
Bobby Wedeking
Spencer Baize
Jerry Boles
Dumas
John Selmon
Pavillion
Patriotic service planned Sunday in Stamford
The Stamford community will hold a Sunday night patriotic service at 7 30 p m in the Stamford High School Auditorium. Sponsored by the Stamford Ministerial Alliance the event honors God and country with a military color guard special music and guests Dr Guy Newman and Maj James Berger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford Ministerial Alliance
Community Patriotic Service
God
Stamford High School
Guy Newman
Howard Wayne College
Brownwood
James Berger
Viet Nam
District court rules against Stamford hospital district in suit
Judge C V Milburn granted an injunction against tax collection as he ruled for opponents of the Stamford district expansion. The hospital district plans to appeal to the Civil Court of Appeals at Eastland, with possible progression to the Texas Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
H. G. Andres Jr
Civil Court of Appeals
Eastland
Texas Supreme Court
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Frank Liljegren
New Rochelle
N. Y
Tom Lovell
East Norwalk
A.m
Ant
CJC
Graham
Stamford Chamber of Commerce
United Services
Newman
Howard Payne College
Freedom's Foundation
Baylor University
Southwestern
Baptists Theological Seminary
Howard Payne
Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom
Rotary Club
Texas United Way
Brownwood United Way
Boy Scouts of America
Maj
Berger
Virginia
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Maj. Berger
Sheppard Afb
Virginia National Guard
Army Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Milburn
J. Neal Daniel
Tion
Texas Legislature
Jones County
Jones County Taxpayers Association
Taylor County
Andrews
Beal Dean
Shelly Sharp
Fort Worth
Joan Martin
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