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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1937
Page
4
The Texas Cowboy Reunion celebrates West Texas grit and tradition. The article contrasts thriving grounds and bright nights with lean years and droughts, noting the reunion’s purpose to preserve the enduring cowboy heritage and its shaky early beginnings since 1930.
The Cowboy Reunion Pavilion hosted a housewarming dance last Saturday night with Jack Amiuing and his orchestra. Celebrity guests included Conrad Bardy and Joan Crawford cousin Stevie LeSeur, who arrived with Johnny Lyon. A long dress parade featured many locals in varied attire, and organizers teased plans for the upcoming Texas Cowboy Reunion with appearances by governors and Paul Whiteman.
The Aleutian island chain spanning 15 000 miles served as a crucial corridor linking Asia and North America in ancient migrations of ancestors of the Indians and Eskimos, following the Bering Strait as the first bridge.
Regular preaching services led by Rev. Jim Skiles of Stamford drew large crowds with two sermons and baptism services. The column lists numerous visits, seesawing between Stamford, Abilene, Lubbock, and surrounding towns, plus reports of illnesses and community events like picnics and a Monday night shower.
Lueders Mr and Mrs O T Shipp and children Stanley Caswell Gwen dolyn Gay and Owen Twain left Thursday for New Mexico to spend their vacation. G E Douthit and daughters Bernice and Dorothy spent the weekend in Fort Worth and Denton visiting Mrs Douthit who attends summer school at Denton. Mrs F O Burkman has returned from a visit with relatives in Fort Worth, Mr and Mrs Troy Gifford of Big Spring visited Mr and Mrs
A community notices list reunions and visits. Annie Bounds hosts a July 4 gathering. guests from Fort Worth Amarillo Oklahoma City and Dallas attend the Texas Cowboy Reunion. Other locals travel for Cowboy events and extended vacations to Missouri Colorado and Texas.
The article notes Mrs Owen is a sister of Mrs I W McClellan Miss May Massey and Hugh and John Massey and marks her first time at the reunion.
Fort Morgan Colorado hosts visiting relatives for the Reunion. Miss Wilma Schumacher of Fort Morgan visits her sister Mrs. A C Braun. Mr and Mrs R H Bounds invite Mrs Bounds parents Mr and Mrs W W Wright of Denton. Wright, a Texas Cowboy Reunion Association member, arrives with Ms Nobel Wright of Denton and Mrs Paul McCarroll of Dallas.
Bunkley’s Drug Store in Stamford invites every high blood pressure sufferer to claim a free sample of ALUMIN Essence of Garlic Parsley Tablets. Dr. Frederick Damrau of New York City reports success in reducing pressure and easing dizziness and headaches. A two weeks’ course costs 50 cents.
The Right Reverend Cecil E. Seaman, bishop of the Episcopal Church diocese of North Texas, will conduct services at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Sunday at 11 o'clock. He plans to visit Stamford friends after arriving in Stamford on Saturday.
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