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John Matthews of Albany,left, representing Watt Matthews, presented
Harvey Lynch of Mesquite the Old-Time Calf Roping Tie Down Saddle.
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Saturday will be having sales and a
number of them also plan sidewalk
sales. Various organizations will
have food and craft booths.
will attend the 11 am. program.
Many of the 48 Haskell busi-
nesses which sponsor Super 2nd
Fred Martin's daughter Susan, left, presented the Sponsor's Barrel Racing
Saddle to Becky Peterson of Hockley.
Fareed Hassen.left, representing the First National Rank in Stamford,
presented the Calf Roping Saddle to Morris Ledford of Comanche
Oklahoma. ______
where no sorghum is seeded. There
will be no extensions of the certifi-
cation date beyond July 16. You
should call or come by the Jones
County ASCS office as soon as
possible to make an appointment.
City Council approves
application for grant
Super 2nd Saturday to be held
Haskell's fourth Super 2nd Sat-
urday celebration will be held this
Saturday.
Highlight of the day’s activities
will be a salute to Tom Watson,
long time Haskell fire chief and
civic leader. Fire chiefs and other
dignitaries from neighboring towns
Deadline nearing for crop certification
Monday, July 16. is the final date
to certify all spring seeded crops
including Cotton, Grain Sorghum
and Peanuts. Zero acreage certifi-
cations arc also required for non-
participating farms for history pro-
tection and 0/92 participating farms
Immunization clinics to be
City Manager resigns
heart problems.
Last week, Lewandowski re-
lumed to Stamford announcing his
formal resignation.
The Stamford City Council will
once again begin searching for a
city manager.
After a short stay, Stamiordc ity
Manager Bill Lewandowski re-
signed from his newly appointed
position.
Lewandowski, who had reported
to work at City Hall on June 11
returned to Overton to be treated for
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from Hockley won the saddle do-
nated by Fred Martin in memory of
George Humphreys.
The rest of the events' winners
look home a shiny Texas Cowboy
Reunion buckle, they were; Jason
Jeter of Arlington. Bareback ; Bob
Wilfong of Aquilla. Saddle bronc,
Darrin Cook of Odessa, Bull Rid-
ing; Fred Tharp of Seymour. Wild
Cow Milking andTerry Fowler won
the first time team roping. Sue
Overton of Graham won the Old
Time Sponsors Barrel Race.
As 50-80 percent of the stands
filled each nighi, cowboys and
cowgirls demonstrated their best
each vying for a saddle, buckle or
just a little prize money.
After the times had been tallied
and the finals were complete, the
saddle presentation was held in the
arena, Saturday night.
The Old-Time Cowboy Calf
Roping Tie-down Saddle, donated
by Watt Matthews of Albany in
memory of J. A. Bud Matthews was
presented to Harvey Lynch of
The Oldtimers Association M
their part in the Reunion m they
elected Dorothy Clark as their new
president and presented Chester
Derrick with the top prize at the Old
Time Fiddlers Contest on Saturday
goers
in the brisket cook-off Srereday.
Randy Denson at Stamford won
and Don Jackson took showman-
ship honors for h»s brisket cooking.
in this parade
As the week rolled by. the new
Bit Spur and Western Collectible
Show and Cowboy Poetry Gather-
ing exhibited a new and unique fla-
vor of western heritage to reunion
T would like to thank each of the
committees and their chairman, the
people in the community, the do-
nors and especially the contestants
and visitors, without ail of these
people we could nor have had the
rodeo. ” repressed Status. '
Maihis concluded by seyt ng that
oexx year there would he mom orw
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Overall, president Mattus said
that the cooperation and support
from the community iimugpout
the Texas Cowboy Reunion helped
carry out the theme of bringing the
'reunion back to the rodeo '
Mesquite. Bobby Seals of Justin
took home the Old-time Breakaway
Calf Roping Saddle donated in
honor of Roy Arlcdgc by his son
Jack Arledge.
The Calf Roping Saddle donated
by First National Bank in Stamford
was won by Morris Ledford of
Comanche. OK. Dale Crowder of
Hobbs, NM won the Double Mug-
ging Saddle donated by Swen R
Swenson Cattle Co. and Swenson
Meats Inc; and in the Cowgirl Spon-
sors’ Barrel Race, Becky Peterson
The months of careful planning
and hard work payed off last week
as the b()lh Annual Texas Cowbpy
Reunion was a complete success.
Gary Mathis, president of TCR
said that he thought the overall at-
tendance was better. "People
seemed to demonstrate more enthu-
siasm and interest, mainly due to
the new events."
However, the new events were
just a small sample of the overall
enthusiasm at the four nights of
rodeo.
However, rodeo visitors were
kept plenty busy during the day
with other events
Beginning on the birthday of our
nation, Wednesday began withover
80 contestants entering the team
roping.
Directly after the roping, nine
teams from surrounding ranches and
towns honed their cooking skills.
After all of the tasting was done by
the judges, it was the hot juicy steak
and sour-dough cinnamon rolls
cooked by the Bill Reed Distribut-
ing chuckwagon crew that won first
place.
Later in the afternoon de spite the
heat, huge crowds surrounded
Stamford streets for the annual
parade Beautiful floats, riding clubs
and a few chuckwagons passed by
' to the sounds of the Hardin Sim-
mons Cowboy Band.
The First Baptist Church' s Beach
Party took first place honors in the
Institutional Division of parade. Wai
Mart's "Country Store" placed first
in the Commercial Division, while
Tore Lawrence of IGA- Lawrence
Brother’s cruised around the streets
in his go-cart to win the individual
division. The Pitchfork Ranch at
Guthrie won honors for being the
most colorful float in the parade,
and the Taylor County Riding Cub
was the top riding club and there-
fore set the pi vou for the 4th of July
rodeo performance.
Parade Chairman, Farced Has-
son would like to express thanks to
all the floats, riding clubs and
individuals and dignitaries who were
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Steve Swenson of Dallas, left, representing SMS Ranches, presented the
Double Mugging Saddle to Dale Crowder of Hobbs, NM.____________
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Tickets for September Chamber Banquet now on sale
The Stamford Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held on
Wednesday, September 5, 1990. Man and Woman of the Year awards
will be presented. Guest speaker will be Dr. Lauro Cavazos, Secretary
of Education. A limited number of tickets, at $ 15 each, arc available at
lhe Chamber office. For more Information call 773-2411.
discussed the pott vitality cri irtbUMi-
ing lighting »n Washington Park
Don Welch,left representing Jack Arledge presented the Old-1 toners
Breakaway Saddle Io Bobby Seals of Justin.
Bill Lawton representing trie
Sheriffs Department discussed write
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The Stamford City Council met
in regular session Monday July
2,1990 at 7 p.m. at Qty Hall.
Following the invocation by
Councilman Decker, the minutes
from the June 18 meeting were
approved.
A public hearing was held on
making the application for a grant
for sewer line installation. The
council later, in executive session
decided to go ahead with the grant
and line lhe sewer line instead of
rerouting it.
Representatives from West Texas
Utilities and concerned ciuzcmA
held in Stamford this month
Stamford at the Department ot
Health Office, 207 S. Swenson, from
9-II :30 a.m. and from 1 until 2:30
p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 1990.
A parent or legal guardian must
accompany all minor children.
The Texas Department of Health
Region 5 will hold immunization
clinics. The public is invited to at-
tend. There will be a small fee
charged.
The clinics will be held in
Il News Briefs
The council voted to buy lights for
the park but will look into the
liability and insurance of the situ-
ation.
CPR classes are forming
Anyone interested in CPR classes should contact Angie HMj^, 773-
5691 or 773-2688 after 5 p.m.
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