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Stamford American

Location

Stamford, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1956

Page

7

Oldtimers Plan Election At Meeting Here Monday

The Texas Cowboy Reunion Association meets at the Bunkhouse on Monday July 2 to elect officers and conduct business for its 650 members from about 80 states. Memorial services for members who died in the past year are set for July 3 at 2 p.m. A chuck wagon meal is free for members, with rides to rodeo events included by badge. The article lists current officers and a long slate of directors and volunteers connected to the reunion.

Texas Cowboy Reunion Association Bunkie H. E. Culwell Avoca Presient J. W. Hudson Haskell J. A. Scroggins Dallas Aplain Bob Weatherly Rotan Reunion Association Mr. Culwell Mr Hudson Charlie Mayes Munday John Selmon Stamford George Humphreys Guthrie W. B. Willingham Horse Wrangler Bob Beverly Odessa J. Spurgeon Reeves Hawley Porter Campbell Rule H. S. Record Monument N. M O. F. Jones Colorado City Tom Hickman Gainesville Eric Swenson Spur H. C. Coffee Pampa John F. Maddox Sweetwater Mildred Edwards Dickens M. S. Doss Seminole K. Z. Coombes J. C. Davis Charles Moorhouse Benjamin Walter Johnson Blackwell F. E. Hudson E. P. Bunkley C. G. Burson, Sr Spurgeon Reeves Lasater Hensley Guthrie W. B. Harrison M. D. Hudson Fort Worth C. A. Pouthit Frank Cannon J. S. Bridwell Wichita Falls Roy Park Midland Bob Weatherby

President of Oldtimers Came to Area When a Boy

H. E. Culwell of Avoca, president of the Texas Cowboy Reunion Association and a charter member, began as a cowboy in the 1880s. He rode about 350 head of Longhorns to a Spring Creek Valley ranch, helped grade up to shorthorns and Herefords, later entered public business and has served as director and vice president before becoming president in 1955.

Oldtimers H. E. Culwell of Avoca The Texas Cowboy Reunion Association Spring Creek Valley Culwell Texas Durham Larry Chittenden Mr. Culwell

Reunion habit marks Antlers cowboy, Jeffers

Kid Jeffers of Antlers Oklahoma repeatedly returns for the Texas Cowboy Reunion. A past president, he missed only two reunions since 1941, once due to hospital stay and once in a cow pasture. Raised in a cow family, he began cowboying at about 15 with $5 sewn in his hat band for the McGaughey outfit on the Brazos. Later he worked for Swenson and Sons across Throckmorton, Jones and Dickens counties with the SMS outfit.

Kid Jeffers Antlers Ohlo Texas Cowboy Reunion Association Toad McGaughey Brazos Reynor Swenson and Sons Throckmorton, Jones and Dickens SMS

Goat Mayo Again To Supply Stock For Rodeo

Goat Mayo will bring stock for the Texas Cowboy Reunion rodeo. For 16 years Mayo has supplied the stock, including 50 bucking bulls and 75 bucking horses along with 80 yearlings for cutting contests 100 cows and 100 calves. The stock is described as mean and onery with only late calves for calf roping being gentle. A notable Brahma No 46 bull is disliked for its corkscrew spins and rider dumps.

Mayo

Sponsors To Be Given Prized Favors At TCR Breakfast

A Texas Cowboy Reunion event features a sponsors breakfast on July 4 at 9 a.m. at the guest cabin. Attendees will receive prized favors made of sterling silver with a western design, kept secret until presentation.

TCR

Chuck Wagon Meals Draw Crowds At Texas Cowboy Reunion

Visitors at the Texas Cowboy Reunion seek chuck wagon meals served noon and night in the central area. About 3 600 meals were served last year as ranch wagons from 6666 Pitchfork SMS Flat Top Throckmorton Spur and Tongue River participate. Bennett chairs the effort with Proctor and Dickenson assisting, while gate duty falls to Sosebee Rowland and Rowland.

Steve Bennett Bennett Gerald Proctor Bob Dickenson Frank Sosebee Virgil Brad Rowland

Also Mentioned on This Page

Annie Vaughan Clary Jones County T. M. Culwell Wise County M. Cobb Lueders J. B. Cotten Seagraves M. R. Hemphill Wade House Roy Fitzgerald Plains E. D. Weaver Mrs. Price Maddox Sweetwater Kirt Keen Lee Simmons Sherman H. BE. Culwell Cowboy Stamford, Texas Chuck Wagon Meals Pic Tures Blackstock
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