The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1962 Page: 1 of 12
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Horse Show and Rodeo Opens Here Friday
Show horses and owners, ro- scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in r contest, horsemen will compete will perform in six events to be presented to the old cot-tior ! fono ______,___• •
Show horses and owners, ro-
deo performers and fans, and
old settlers of Cottle and King
Counties will blaze a trail into
Paducah Friday and Saturlay,
April 27 and 28, for the 20th
annual presentation of the Cot-
tle-King Horse and Colt Show
and Rodeo.
Two full days of activities
have planned by the Cottle-King
Livestock and Rodeo Associa-
tion, producers of the annual
event.
Festivities will get underway
early Friday morning and end
on Saturday night as the entire
community turns western for
the event.
Show animals will begin
moving into Paducah early Fri-
day morning in preparation for
the halter classes which are
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Best Buys Are
In Paducah
scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in r contest, horsemen will compete
the rodeo arena. This includes in open cutting, open reining,
the showing of horses and junior and senior cutting, and
mares foaled in 1961 through a cutting contest restricted to
aged stallions and mare classes, ranch horses only.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, perform- On both Friday and Satur-
ances in the approved cutting | day nights, amateur cowboys
Horse and Colt Show Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, APRIL 27
9:00 a.m. — Old Settlers Reunion ........................ Veterans Building
1:00 p.m. — Horse Show (Halter Classes) .................... Rodeo Arena
5:00 p.m. — Western Parade .,......................... Downtown Paducah
6:00 p.m. — Chuck Wagon Dinner ........................ Livestock Grounds
8:00 p.m. — Rodeo Performance ...................................... Rodeo Arena
9:00 p.m. — Western Dance ........................ Barn 3 Livestock Grounds
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
1:00 p.m. — Horse Show (Performance Classes) ........ Rodeo Arena
8:00 p.m. — Rodeo Performance ...................................... Rodeo Arena
9:00 p.m. — Western Dance ........................ Barn 3 Livestock Grounds
will perform in six events to
give fans their first rodeo
thrills of the new season. Ro-
deo performances are scheduled
for 8 p.m. each night at the
rodeo arena.
Rodeo events include bare
back bronc riding, calf roping,
saddle bronc riding, bull dog-
ging, bull riding and a girls’
barrel race. Stock for the per-
formances are being furnished
by Ratjen Brothers of Happy,
Texas. Entries opened Thurs-
day and will close at noon Fri-
day, April 27.
An old settlers’ reunion will
open festivities Friday morning
at the Veterans’ Building. Old
settlers of both Cottle and King
Counties will be honored by
the Cottle-King Livestock and
Rodeo Association. Awards will
be presented to the old settler
who has lived the longest in
Cottle County and in King Coun-
ty, to the person who travels the
fartherest to attend, and to the
oldest person attending. Last
year’s winners are not eligible
this year.
Parade and Dinner
Official opening of the an-
nual show will be at 5 p.m.
Friday when a long western
parade will wind its way
through the streets of Paducah.
Bands, floats, riding clubs,
and hundreds of horsemen com-
pose the annual parade.
Trophies will be awarded
riding clubs for first, second and
third places. Float entries will
be competing for cash awards
of $15, $10, and $5.
Immediately following the
parade fans and participants
will gather at the livestock
grounds for a big chuck wagon
dinner. The barbecue dinner
will be served to the public,
Reserved Rodeo
Tickets Available
Reserved seat tickets for the
rodeo Friday and Saturday
nights are still available at
Isbell Drug, Bigham Drug, and
Paducah Drug.
Tickets for Friday night’s-
performance will remain on
sale until Friday afternoon.
Tickets for the performance
Saturday night will remain
on sale until Saturday after-
The Paducah Post
beginning at approximately &
p.m.
Western Dances
Rounding out festivities on
both nights will be the western
dances that are scheduled at
the livestock grounds.
At 9 p.m. on both Friday and
Saturday nights, western dances
will get underway to the music
of Willard Neal and his band'.
The 1962 show, approved by
the American Quarter Horse Asr
sociation, is the initial horse
show in northern Texas and
kicks off a string of shows and
rodeos set for later dates in this
area.
Entries, some of the finest
horse specimens, are expected
from throughout Texas, Okla-
homa, New Mexico, and other
states.
Welcome
Rodeo Visitors
tlfTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 5
THE PADUCAH POST, PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
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The time of judgment be-
tween political candidates is al-
most at hand. Voters in Cottle
County will make a decesion
on May 5 as to the person they
wish to serve each office for
the ensuing term.
Two years ago, voters in this
county had little choice with
their vote since none of the
candidates listed on the ballot
were opposed. This year, it is
a different story with the ma-
jority of candidates for county
offices having opposition. Also,
there are a number of district
and state races to be decided.
One race in particular should
be noted and this newspaper
today officially endorses and
supports the candidacy of W. S.
(Bill) Heatly for re-election as
state representative of the 82nd
Legislative District.
We do not believe there has
ever been a doubt in the minds
of the voters, Mr. Heatly, or his
opponent as to which candidate
would bee supported by the Pa-
ducah Post.
With slightly over a week re-
maining before the election, we
believe it is due time that voters
began giving serious considera-
tion of the candidates they will
vote for.
In the last few weeks, every
voter in the 82nd district has
been receiving a landslide of
political claims from both can-
didates, and, in the past few
days, has developed into a
name - calling, mud - slinging
campaign which is neither ac-
ceptable nor appreciated by the
layman voter.
It should be the duty of every
candidate to stand on his own
merits and not the skeletons of
his opponent nor things that
have not been accomplished.
This type of campaigning is
nothing new in political circles
and has been used in offices ail
the way up to Washington. But,
it is a method which should be
outlawed by both parties and
within each party.
The people of Cottle County
know Bill Heatly for the type of
person he is, for the work he
has accomplished in Austin dur-
ing past terms, and for the
many outstanding accomplish-
ments that benefit Paducah,
Cottle County, and the entire
82nd District.
Too, there are times when
we have not agreed with his
actions, but we doubt that there
would ever be a representative
or an individual with which
we could always agree. We
hope there never is.
When we cannot agree with
actions taken by a state of-
ficial, we feel it is our obliga-
tion to tell him about it, not
one of our friends or neighbors
who cannot represent us in
Austin.
However, during the past six
years we have found Mr. Heatly
to be a reputable representative
who knows the ropes in Austin
and knows how to get things
done. His background as a
lawyer enables him to weed out
and put in points of law in bills
that are applicable and proper.
After all, it is generally the
attorney involved in a case who
will interpret the law anyway.
* We cannot believe that a lay-
man could do the job as well.
During the next week, while
you are considering your choice
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4-H ROYALTY — Reigning as king and queen over 4-H clubs
of Cottle and King Counties are the two couples who were
chosen in a ballot vote during the annual 4-H fun festival.
At left are Mike Sossaman and Jan Harrison, Cottle County
king and queen, who were crowned by Mrs. C. A. Killincrs-
worth, standing. At right are Mary Ann Hart and Mike Fhl-
ton, King County queen and king, who were crowned by Mrs.
Leroy Dilliard, standing.
Royalty Named for Cottle, King 4-H
Clubs; Fun Festival Has Over 30 Acts
Royalty for both Cottle and
King County 4-H clubs reigned
over the annual 4-H fun festival
here recently as members of
various clubs in the two-county
area produced a three-hour
show of fun and entertainment.
Elected king and" queen of
Cottle County were Mike Sossa-
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tre-
vor Sossaman, and Jan Harri-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Ray Harrison.
King County’s king and
TUESDAY FINAL
DAY TO CAST
ABSENTEE VOTE
Tuesday, May 1, is the final
day to cast absentee ballots in
the first primary election.
By late Wednesday, 12 ab-
sentee ballots had been cast in
Cottle County, according to
Noble O. Ingram, county and
district clerk.
The first primary is schedul-
ed for Saturday, May 5, when
voters will go to the polls to
cast ballots for county, district,
and state candidates seeking of-
fice.
Persons who expect to be out
of the county on May 5 should
cast an absentee ballot. Ballots
are available at the county
clerk’s office in the Cottle Coun-
ty courthouse.
White Star Laundry
Installs Automatic
Drycleaning Units
The White Star Laundry will
hold grand opening Friday and
Saturday, April 27 and 28, to
introduce Speedqueen Automatic
drycleaners that have been in-
stalled, Owner Charles Polasek
announced.
Polasek said the new auto-
matic drycleaners would clean
eight pounds of clothes in 20
to 25 minutes.
He stated that the new serv-
ice would be open from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Sat-
urday.
In addition to the new in-
stallations, The White Star
Laundry also has Speedqueen
automatic washers and dryers,
along with Maytag wringer
washers with steam to boil
clothes.
queen were Mike Fulton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Skeet Fulton, and
Mary Ann Hart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hart.
Winners of the throne seats
were elected by ballot at the
beginning of the fun festival.
Mrs. C. A. Killingsworth crown-
ed the Cottle County pair, while
Mrs. Leroy Dilliard crowned the
King County royalty.
Beginning at 5 p.m. with a
spaghetti dinner, the fun festi-
val was continued in the high
school auditorium when 4-H
members began competition to
determine the district represen-
tatives.
Representing Cottle County
will be a musical band consist
ing of Terry Dane, Ronny Me
Williams, Dick Hamilton, D. N
Gregory Jr., A. J. Rekieta, Ben
nie Thomas, and Larry Hinds
They were blue ribbon winners
in the senior division^
A trio from Guthrie will
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Grid Assistant Is
Named for Dragons
An assistant football coach
for Paducah High School was
named this week, announced
Supt. Jerry T. Barton.
He is Jackie Hunt, a native
of Denison, scheduled to grad-
uate from Southeastern State
Collece, Durant, Okla., in May.
Hunt, a scholastic honor stu-
dent at Southeastern, has held
down a center position on the
college football team for four
years. During the last two
seasons, Hunt was elected to the
All-State College team.
The 23-year-old coach is a
physical education and history
major. He did student teaching
at Madill, Okla.
The position of assistant
football coach was created this
year by the school board in a
broadening physical education
program planned for the 1962-63
term.
John Higdon, former head
coach here, will return to Pa-
ducah next fall as athletic •.»
rector and head mentor. Other
coaches on the Paducah High
School staff are Kenneth West,
head basketball coach who will
also assist in football tutoring;
and Gene McCain^ the junior
high football and basketball
coach who will handle scout-
ing duties for the Dragon var-
sity.
Trap Tournament
Set Here Sunday
The tirst annual Greenbelt
Trap Tournament will be held
here Sunday, April 29, sponsor-
ed by the Paducah Rod and Gun
Club.
The tournament will be con-
ducted at the Paducah trap
range west of the city limits on
the Matador highway. Firing
will begin at 1 p.m.
Top award in the tournament
will be a 25-inch trophy, along
with other trophies in each di-
vision.
Only shotguns will be used
in cash divisions, truscott sys-
tem division and trophy division.
RECEPTION IS
GOOD LN C-C
MEMBER DRIVE
First reports of the Paducah
Chamber of Commerce and Ag-
ricultural Development member-
ship drive indicated a good re-
sponse was being received by
vice chairman of the member-
ship committee.
Jimmie Wilcox, chamber
manager, reported late Wed-
nesday that 39 members had
been obtained since the drive
began Monday. The 39 were
preliminary reports by only five
of the 20 vice chairmen work-
ing on the membership drive.
Membership in the Paducah
Chamber of Commerce and Ag-
ricultural Development is being
accomplished through personal
contact and solicitation of dues.
Dues in the organization
must be obtained before a
budget and program of work
can be established.
Old Settlers Gather
Friday for Reunion
A program designed primari-
ly for visitation and the renew
ing of old acquaintances is
planned for old settlers of Cottle
and King Counties when the
annual Old Settlers Reunion
gets underway here Friday.
Registration of old settlers
will begin at 9 a.m. Friday in
the Veterans’ Building. Regis-
tering guests will be a com
mittee consisting of Mrs. .C. R.
Wood, Mrs. Robert Gibbs, Mrs.
W. C. Stubbs, Mrs. Marvin Smith,
Mrs. George R. Bearden, Mrs.
Zeb Yarbrough, Mrs. Afton Will-
ingham, and Mrs. Shirley
Sandefur.
At 10:30 a.m. a short pro-
gram will be given for the old
settlers and includes a mem-
orial service, that will be con-
ducted by the Rev. Ivan Adams,
W. B. Handley Named Manager Of
Prater Equipment Farm Department
op-
de-
BILL HANDLEY
U. S. Flags to Go
Up on Rodeo Days
United States flags will be
put up on Friday and Saturday
by Paducah Jaycees to add to
decorations for festivities here
this week-end.
Flags were put up last Satur-
day in observance of San Ja-
cinto Day.
New personnel who will
erate the farm equipment
partment of Prater Equipment
Company were-named today by
Owner Warren Prater.
W. B. (Bill) Handley, a vet-
eran of 30 years with parts and
service, was named manager of
the farm equipment department.
W. F. Detwiler will be service
manager and Elmo Prater is the
parts manager.
Both Handley and Detwiler
joined Prater last week as the
firm continued cleanup opera-
tions following a fire that al-
most destroyed the business last
January.
Handley, who farmed for sev-
eral years, has been salesman
and manager of the Paducah
Farm Store at Paducah Motor
Company for the past 19 years.
In addition to managing the
farm department, Handley will
also be in charge of sales and
service of all farm equipment.
He said today that Prater was
now dealer for two new lines,
Dempster farm equipment and
Lilliston rolling cultivators, in
Gospel Meeting
Begins Sunday At
Church of Christ
Services of a gospel meeting
scheduled for one week will be-
gin at the Church of Christ here
Sunday, April 29, it was an-
nounced by Quentin A. Dunn,
minister.
Conducting the meeting will
be Jack Southern, minister of
the Buena Vista Church of Christ
in Borger.
Southern, a garduate of Abi-
lene Christian College, has been
in the ministry for 20 years,
serving churches in Texas and
Oklahoma. He began preaching
in 1942 ~ near Abilene and has
been minister of the Borgei
church about three years.
The Borger minister will con-
duct services each evening
throughout next week, closing
the gospel meeting with services
Sunday night, May 6. Services
are scheduled throughout the
week at 8 p.m. each evening.
Dunn said services on Sun-
days would begin at the regular
worship hours, 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., with Bible classes be-
ginning at 9:30 a.m.
The minister extended a
cordial invitation to everyone to
attend each service April 29
through May 6.
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JACK SOUTHERN
4-H Members To
Compete Saturday
In Two Contests
Cottle and King County 4-H
club members will compete Sat-
urday in demonstration contests
and the tractor operator’s con-
test to determine representatives
from each county who will enter
district competition May 5 in
Wichita Falls.
Demonstration contests are
scheduled Saturday at 10 a.m.
in the district courtroom of the
Cottle County courthouse. Some
14 catagories will be judged.
The tractor operator’s contest,
sponsored by Reid Farm Supply,
Thornton and Love, Paducah
Motor Co., and Prater Equipment
Mrs. Duff Davis
Succumbs; Rites
Held Wednesday
addition to the Massey-Ferguson I Co., is scheduled for 2 p.m
equipment.
Detwiler will be the service-
man in charge of repairs in the
Prater shop. He has had about
25 years experience as a repair-
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Saturday.
County Agent L. M. McCar-
roll asked contestants to con-
tact him sometime Saturday
morning to determine a location
for the tractor operator’s content.
Funeral services for Mrs. Duff
Davis, 76, were conducted at
the First Baptist Church here
Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the
Rev. Robert Beck, pastor, and
Rev. Richard Bolt, pastor of the
Missionary Baptist Church, of-
ficiating.
Burial was in Garden of
Memories. Arrangements were
under the direction of Norris
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Davis, who had been in
the hospital here for about two
months, died at 9:50 a.m. Tues-
day.
Born in Crockett, Texas, on
March 23, 1886, Mrs. Davis came
to Cottle County in 1909 and
lived at Chalk until 1949 when
she came to Paducah. She was
married July 17, 1904, in Hill
County to the late John H. Da-
vis Sr. Mr. Davis passed away
on August 1, 1923.
Survivors are two sons, Buster
Davis of Chalk and J. Fred Da-
vis of Apache, Okla.; three
daughters, Mrs. Morgan Asher
of Paducah, Mrs. Ruth Canon of
Chalk, and Mrs. Ellen Slaughter
of Fort Worth; and five grand-
children.
Pallbearers were Arch Thorn-
ton, Dallas Love, Bob Thomas,
Vastine Goodwin, Harry Hut-
chinson, and Buster Tippen.
Honorary pallbearers were
Jack Tippen, Jamie Cate, Cliff
Thacker, Arch Cooksey, Ewell
Walker, Wally Moffett of Me-
ridian, and Roy Thacker of Mid-
land.
pastor of the First Christian
Church.
Mayor V. L. Hutchison will
extend the welcome address on
behalf of the Cottle-King Live-
stock and Rodeo Association,
sponsor of the event.
Awards
Four awards will be present-
ed shortly before noon. These
will go to the person who has
lived the longest in Cottle Coun-
ty, another to the person whof
has lived the longest in King
County; the old settler traveling
the fartherest to attend the re-
union, and to the oldest person
registered.
To be eligible for the-* tds.
they must be registered as an
old settler, must have lived in
Cottle or King County continu-
ously for 40 vea:', nr\ mus+ be
55 years of age and settled in
either Cottle or King County
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RAIN TUESDAY
MEASURES .60
Another welcoming rain fell
over portions of the county
Tuesday, dropping .60 of an inch
in Paducah, according to Price
Sandlin, weather observer here.
The rain began to fall about
a.m. Tuesday and continued
until noon that day. It was a.
slow, steady rainfall that put
moisture into the ground where
it has been badly needed in
this area, both for wheat crops
and in preparation for planting
cotton. However, the rain was
not general and smaller a-
mounts fell in other parts of
the county.
Tuesday’s moisture brought
the April total to 1.63 and upped
the 1962 amount to 3.30 inches,
compared with 4.13 inches
through April last year. In
1961 only .04 of an inch of rain
was recorded during the month
of April.
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Arthur Robertson
Rites Are Set Here
Thursday, 2 p.m.
Funeral services for Arthur
L. Robertson, native of Paducah,
will be conducted at the First
Baptist Church here at 2 p.m.
Thursday with the Rev. Robert
Beck, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Garden of
Memories with Norris Funeral
Home directing arrangements.
Robertson, 63, who was bom
March 10, 1899, died in his sleep
Saturday at his home in Ingle-
wood, Calif.
He had been a resident of
Inglewood for 31 years. He was
connected with the Army Corps
of Engineers district office there
for the past 20 years. Prior to
leaving Paducah in the early
1930’s, Mr. Roberston was asso-
ciated with banks here.
He was married in Paducah
to the former Lorena McCollum,
daughter of Mrs. J. C. McCollum
of the Ogden community.
In addition to his wife, other
survivors are three brothers,
Mart Robertson and G. N. Rob-
ertson, both of Paducah, and
J. W. Robertson of Los Angeles,
Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Pat
Brothers and Mrs. J. W. Sneathr
both of Los Angeles.
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