The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 71, Ed. 1 Monday, September 21, 1981 Page: 1 of 8
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Bruce won the Florida State Steer
Wrestling Championship in 1978 and
the TRA Championship in the same
event in 1974.
This is his first year to compete in
the CRA and he is going into the finals
ranked second for the World Cham-
pionship. In the past he had tried to
ride in about 100 rodeos a year but,
what with the building of the new
arena and arranging for the rodeo
here, he has made about 70.
He says he like the Central Rodeo
Association and hopes to be around
with it for many yean to come.
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the various churches of members. The YHT color
bolizes both courage and love that must be
ween family members and white la lor
spiritual values within the family unit.
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YOUNG HOMEMAKERS WEEK PROCLAIMED—
Clarksville Mayor L.D. Williamson, seated signs a
Proclamation designatihg Sept.' 20-26 as Young
Homemakers of Texas Week honoring all homemakers in
the State. Cindy Bland, president of the Clarksville chapter,
looks on. The Chapter is planning a number of special ac-
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Sponsors and owners of the new
Bruce Emery Rodeo Arena are
working nights and overtime to ready
the facility for the 1st Annual Rodeo
here on Friday and Saturday nights.
Named for Clarksville native and
rodeo star Bruce Emery, the arena is
located east of the Fairgrounds on the
south side of UJS. Highway 82.
The CRA-approved event will be the
first rodeo staged in Clarksville in
more years than most can remember.
It is being produced by the C.W.T.
Rodeo Company, Charlie and Gay
Lynn Thompson, with top flight stock
being furnished by the CWT Company
based in Kopperal, Texas.
There will be performances each
night beginning at 8 p.m. with tickets
available at the gates or at a reduced
price for earlier sales.
Books for the big event will be open
Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with
more information available by calling
427-3572. Local entries within a 25-
mile radius may enter also.
Events will include Bareback
Riding, Calf Roping, Steer Wrestling,
Saddle Brone Riding, and Bull Riding,
with an entry fee of 850 each, Barrel
Racing, 838 fee, and Team Roping, |60
entry fee per team. -
AA Queens Contest is being held in
conjunction with the rodeo, the winner
being determined by the number of
advance tickets sold in the contestan-
ts name. More information on the
Queen's event may be obtained by
calling Mrs. R.B. (Slim) Hulen, Paula
Mowery, or Jane Bray.
Emery Sponsored
Emery is sponsoring the local rodeo
arena to bring the sport back to
Clarksville area residents. He is the
son, an only child, of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
dell Emery, and graduated frotn
Clarksville High School in 1967.
Although raised on a farm-ranch on
Peter’s Prairie, Bruce didn’t own his
first horse until he was 19, but then he
wasted no time hitting the trail and
began his rodeo career a year later at
20.
He says he owes much to T.O.
traduced him into the world of rodeos
and helped him with the steer
wrestling event, his speciality, and
other arena techniques.
Bruce has been on the rodeo trail
very successfully for 12 years and now
rides a big bay horse, Brownie, par-
tners for eight years.
In the past he qualified for the IRA
finals six of seven years he par-
ticipated in the Association. He placed
second two years, third one year, and
fourth another year in steer
wrestling.
RODEO READINESS— Final touches are being put on the new Bruce Emmy
Rodeo Arena to ready it for the 1st annual rodeo there Friday and Saturday
night, the first Clarksville Rodeo in many years. The facility is located east of
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VOLUME 109, NO. 71
ONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981
EIGHT PAGES
ESTABLISHED JANUARY 18, 1873
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS
Emery Arena Returns
Rodeos To Clarksville
School Parking
Story Confuses
A dropped line of print resulted in
some misplaced street signs in a
recent edition.
In a City Council meeting Monday
night, the Council passed an ordi-
nance banning parking on the south
side of Washington Avenue along the
school property. That is, parking will
not be permitted on the south side of
Washington from South Donoho, the
corner at the School Library, to Vine
Street, the corner at the Title I gym
The Council also agreed to a Joint
street surfacing project with contrac-
tor Charlie Clark in the south part of
town. The renovation will extend from
the intersection of Fannin (Sixth)
Street and South Cedar.
Fair time means a good time and
the whole town will be getting ready
for the big annual event this week.
Stores and busineses will be putting
up their colorful decorations Monday
and it is expected that the city will be
crowed for the big parade Wednesday
afternoon.
The long-range forecast is for
grand fall weather, cool enough and
dry enough for the Legion Park
Fairgrounds to be in great shape for
the thousands anticipated for the 27th
annual festivities.
Parade
Those planning to participate in the >
parade, traditionally the Fair’s off-
icial kick-off, Wednesday afternoon
are asked to gather east of the
Fairgrounds at Bruce Emery’s Rodeo
Arena no later than 5 p.m Horsemen
are asked to refrain from tying horses
to the new chain link fence around the
grounds.
The line of march will leave the
Arena shortly after 5 p.m. and pro-
ceed west cm U.S. Highway 82, East
Main Street, arriving at the business
district aroung 5:30 p.m or a bit
before.
J.P. Harvey, parade chairman,
encourages anyone to join in, riding,
as he says, anything that will proceed
at a walking pace. Especialy en-
couraged are horsemen, wagons,
■»- buggies, antique cars, and such.
. The parade will continue west on _
Main Street to the Radio Station
KCAR corner at Cedar Street, turn
right (North) there to Broadway, turn
right (east) again and proceed east on
Broadway through the square and
thence back to the Fairgrounds.
'Carnival Attractions
The carnival attractions will move
in about Monday and most will be in
operation Tuesday night. Wednesday
is Arm Band night and those purch-
events which make a Fair will begin
early in the week, with the best the
. County has in agricultural produce,
livestock, poultry, art and crafts,
sewing, horticulture and canned
goods being judged and remaining on
display during the four—day and
night Fair run.
Horticulture entries must be bro-
ught to the Exhibit Building between 1
and 6 p.m on Wednesday for judging
Thursday morning.
Agricultural produce must be
checked in before 8 p.m on (Wed-
nesday, also for Thursday judging. ’
Eateries to be housed in the
Women’s Building, including arts and
crafts, canning, sewing, educational
exhibits, and so on are to be checked
in Tuesday between 1 and 6 p.m. and
will be judged Wednesday.
Rabbits and Poultry
Rabbits and poultry must be in the _
Livestock Barn by Wednesday at 6
p.m
All swine and beef are also due no
later than 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
_ No late entries will be accpeted
except by prior arrangement with the
division chairman, and all entries not
properly cared for may be dis-
qualified. The decision of the judges
will be final.
Livestock Judging
The always wellattended livestock
judging will be open to the public in
the judging arena and is expected to
take much of Friday.
Poultry and rabbits will be judged
about 8:30 a.m Friday morning
followed with swine judging about 10
a.m
Livestock judging in all classes will
begin about 1 p.m.
Swine Show
Olen (Pete) Jessee expects that a
record 37 or so barrows will be
See FAIR PARADE Page EIGHT
Area Prepares For
Fair And Fun Week
asing arm bands from a number of
locations at |5 each will be entitled to
ride any rides as often as desired
during the evening.
Ride and booth prices will be at the
normal rates for the remainder of the
Fair.
There will also be free entert-
ainment each evening at the Fair-
grounds bandstand beginning about
dusk. Bobby Applegate, chairman,
has lined up a large assembly of
musical groups, bands, and singers
for the four evenings.
Those planning to attend are asked
to bring lawn chairs for their seating
comfort.
Some 10 food booths will be in
operation, most beginning Wednedsay
with all sorts of home—cooked special
treats for the hungry Fairgoers.
Fair Events
Preparations for the traditional
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102nd Ends Trial Week
in what Courtroom observers said
was one of the most speedy decisions
in a felony trial within memory.
Foreman of the jury was attorney
Jim D. Lovett, apprearing not as a
lawyer but in answer to a summons
for jury duty.
Braxton was sentenced to 16 years •
imprisonment, without probation, and
a $1000 fine. He was represented by
counsellor Leslie Echols of Paris. Any
bail pending a possible appeal was
denied as the sentence was more than
15 years.
J.R. Funderbuck pleaded guilty to
charges of Driving While Intoxicated
and Driving with License Suspended,
receiving a 10 day jail sentence and a
<100 fine on each of the two counts.
Bonita Louise Chitwood and Lonnie
Richard Watson, appealing speeding
tickets fines from Justice of the Peace
Currently, men born in 1963 are
required to register within 30 days
before or 30 days after their eighteen-
th birthday. Registration forms may
be completed at any United States
Post Office.
If any young man failed to register
on time, he may clear his record by
registering as soon as possible
The continuing and perhaps expan-
ding saga of alleged kickback
schemes in County road supply pur-
chasing took an unexpected turn
Wednesday as one former and one
serving Titus County Commissioner
pleaded guilty in the Texarkana
”• Federal Court of U.S. District Judge
William Steger.
The two had originally pled not
guilty to the charges of extortion, mail
fraud, and conspiracy but changed
their pleas as juries were being
chosen for their trials.
Titus County Commissioner Alvin
Parrish, Jr., pleaded guilty to one
count of extortion and one count of
mail fraud with prosecutors dropping
two counts of extortion, 10 counts of
mail fraud and the conspiracy charge.
Immediately following the move by
Parrish, former Titus County Com-
missioner Carthel (Shorty) Reese
n also pleaded guilty to one count of ex-
tortion and one count of mail fraud,
with two other extortion charges, five
counts of mail fraud, and a conspiracy
The 102nd District Court, Judge
Leon Pesek presiding, completed a
criminal Jury week Thursday with a
trial conviction, several guilty pleas,
two dismissals and two cases con-
tinued to the next term beginning here
Oct. 12th.
On Monday, Audie (Rickey) Pear-
son pleaded guilty to Voluntary Man-
slaughter in the stabbing death of his
wife last May and was sentenced to 15
years with no probation.
A jury trial was held Thursday for
Otha T. Braxton, Detroit, charged
with burglary of a habitation. Braxton
was accused of entering an apartment
of Roy T. Vinson, 76, and stealing
some |47.
The case began Thursday morning
and went to the Jury shortly before
... noon. The jury returned almost im-
mediately, in less than five minutes,
Colonel Aikin says the liw (the
Military Selective Service Act) still
requires all young men to register
with Selective Service at age
eighteen.
Court, pleaded guilty and paid fines
and Court costs.
Kenneth R. Hudson, also appealing
a speeding ticket from JP Court,
failed to appear. His bond was for-
feited and an arrest warrant was
issued for him.
The speeding ticket appeals of Billy
D. Robertson and William D. Francis
were set for the October term.
The cases against Lavert Scales,
charged with Delivery of Marijuana,
and Alvis Fred Swint, III, charged
with Driving While Intoxicated, were
dismissed because the principal
prosecution witness, former a Deputy
Sheriff, is no longer with the Depar-
tment; and his present whereabouts
were unknown.
Tom Fowler, County Attorney,
represented the State as proscecutor
in all of the cases. ----------------
Titus Officials Plead Guilty
count being dropped.
Judge Steger cautioned the two that
he could impose a maximum punish-
ment of 20 years in prison and a
810,000 fine on the extortion count and
five years and 81.000 maximum on the
mail fraud count by deferred senten-
cing until the trials of eight other nor-
theast Texas Commissioners are
completed.
Previous Pleas
Three former Bowie County Com-
missioners and three road materials
salesmen and suppliers have already
pleaded guilty in the kickback scam.
The trial of Bowie County Com-
missioner J.c. Arnold and former
Bowie County Commissioner Bernard
Brown are expected to begin Monday
in the same Texarkana Federal cour-
troom before Judge Steger. They are
represented by the same attorneys
who appeared for Parrish and Reese.
Postponements >
The trials of two other Titus County
Commissioners, also indicted by a
Federal Grand Jury on similar
A list of Selective Service registran-
ts bom in 1862 and the first part of 1963
has been posted on the bulletin board
at the front entrance of the Red River
County Courthouse in Clarksville.
According to Colonel Paul Dean
* Aikin, the State Director of Selective
Service for Texas, the Military Selec-
tive Service Act requires that the
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allegations, have been postponed for
reasons of health.
Commissioner Burt Binnon Parr
and Commissioner Billy Wayne
Reynolds were granted continuances
to Oct. 19th.
- The trial of a Cass County Com-
missioner scheduled for the Federal
Court meeting in Marshall this week
has also been postponed. Judge Steger
said the trial of Talmadge H. Jordan
would be continued until the trial Of
four other present and former Com-
missioners are completed in
Texarkana, scheduling the
proceedings either for October or
November term in Marshall.
Paris Term '
The trials cf Red River County
Commissioners R.L. (Lundsford)
Edwards and Darwin Floyd, and
Fannin County Commissioner Charles
E. Edwards, are still set for Novem-
ber 6th in the western division of the
U.S. District Court, presided over by
Judge William Wayne Justice, in the
Paris Term of the Court.
List Of SS Registrants Is Posted
names of Selective Service registran-
ts be posted in a public place within
each local board area.
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Watson, Gavin, Jr. The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 71, Ed. 1 Monday, September 21, 1981, newspaper, September 21, 1981; Mt. Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295929/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.