Cowboys Compete for Saddles at 1959 Texas Cowboy Reunion
About 350 cowboys and cowgirls competed for five saddles and prize money at the 1959 Texas Cowboy Reunion in Snyder. Winners included Peppys Cowboy for cutting, Luther Weeks for oldtimers calf roping, Don Mitchell for calf roping total time, and Pat Merriott for top sponsor barrel racing. Other top finishers spanned Miss Splitty Parke Abilene, Marilyn Bonds Crossroads, Kay Boyd Sweetwater, and Helen Gray Fort Worth with near times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Cogdell
Peppy
Sadddle
Snyder
L. C. Inman
Don Mitchell
Lubbock
Charlie Mellwain
Anson
Pat Merriott
Stamford
Kay Boyd
Sweetwater
Miss Merriott
Marilyn Bonds
Crossroads
N. M
Helen Gray
Fort Worth
Miss Merriot
Vacationer A. K. Griggs Returns From Trip
A. K. Griggs of Baltimore Maryland, a Social Security Administration employee, returned home Tuesday after a vacation with his mother Mrs Clonie Griggs. He visited his brother Billy Joe Griggs and family of Aspermont. Mrs Griggs was unable to make the trip and is also a Social Security Administration employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Griggs
Baltimore
Social Security Administration
Clonie Griggs
Billy Joe Griggs
Aspermont
Professor to Mix Business-Pleasure At Cowboy Reunion
Prof H Bailey Carroll of Texas University and director of the Texas Historical Association will visit the Texas Cowboy Reunion to seek information amid entertainment. Mr and Mrs Fritz Topperwein of Highland Press Boerne publishers of children’s books attend. Carroll studies Texas Trails, Topperwein researches for a book on a young cowboy at an amateur rodeo, his wife illustrating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Bailey Carroll
Texas University
Texas State Historical Association
Fritz Toepperwein
Highland Press
Boerne
Carroll
Texas
Topperwein
Stamfordite Siguard Smith Begins Training at Lackland
A Stamfordite, Siguard Smith, is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base for basic training. He entered service May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Stamfordite
Siguard Smith
Lackland Air Force Base
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Bennie Carrol
Hamlin
Wayne Lawrence
Seymour
J. W. Lindsey
Throckmorton
Johnnie Reed
Rochester
Bobby Tankersley
Knox
City
J. Oxford
O'Brien
Howard Handley
Electra
T. M. Fienniken
Miss Gray
To Falls
Cecil Sanders
W.T. Hibbert
Kermit
Bruce Lee
Guthrie
Darrell Rhodes
Abilene
Rhodes
Billy Koonsman
Johnny McCandless
Forrestburg
Sonny Howell
Ted Cave
Cecil Richardson
Bobby Wedeking
Dewey Orms
Wichi
Jones County
Hawaii
Prep
Jaycees
Buffalo
Lubbock Water Ski Club
Lake Stamford
South Side
Lackland
John Deere
Jack Merket Implement Company
Howdy
John Selmon Welcomin
Renson
Suly
Mford
Tex
Stamford, Texas
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