The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1939 Page: 1 of 16
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HICi LAKE. REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY. JUNE 30. 1939
NUMBER 3*
Parade, Opens Reunion Here This Morning
-HUNDREDS OF OLD SCHOOL BAND MAKES
TIMERS ARE COMING TRIP WITH BOOSTERS
FOR BIG REUNION
HEADQUARTERS WILL BE MAIN-
TAINED FOB THEM IN
FOOD SHOP BLOC.
Old-timers are coming from
every nook and corner of the
state, from Arizona, New Mexico
Kansas, Mississippi and otlicr
states for the Old Settlers’ Reunion A,ts ,lu 1)11,1(1 conceit over Kf<KI
A party of Iiig Lake citizens, ac-
companied by tiie Reagan County
High School Band and a public ad-
dress system operated by Clinton
Dunagun of Midland, traversed
more than 300 miles Monday In
boosting the county's two-day Old
Settlers Reunion which '.'arts tills
morning.
The highlight of the motorcade
In San Angelo
The band, composed of thirty-
members. which is only a part of j
thr* regular organization was di-
rected jhv C. M Statham An-
nounce mjnt.s concerning the cele-
bration were also broadcast. The
here June 30 and July 1, accord-
ing to Information reaching friends
here recently
Headquarters for the old settlers
will tagm the Thels building form
erly wvtipied by the Food Shop
Rodeo headquarters will also be in , .
,, . ... boosters were royally receiver at
the same place. There will be .. , ; ’
, . . . . . all the towns visited
plenty of seats and ice water and
a place where they can get to- J T** Itinerary Included Barnhart,
gether and see one another -some Mertzon. San Angelo, Sterling City,
of them. [H-rhuixs, for the last time Slg Spring, Midland. Odessa, Crane
Among some of the early day
pioneers of Reagan County who
have signified that they will be
here are: Mr. and Mrs. A O. Lane
and daughter. Miss Alma, Lake
Arthur, New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs
I) S Thorp and family, Tribune,
Kansas; Mrs J. D Wilkerson,
Mississippi; Miss Lura Nix, Phoe-
nix. Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. B K
Pedrlck. Willard. New Mexico; Mr
and Mrs Sam Cutblrth, Brown-
wood; Mr and Mrs. L. H. Hick-
I otiuuvuu, win; aa couuut tiiiv; a if*-
man Brownwood Sam Murray. . vival at thp Klrst Baptist Church
Sheffield: Mr and Mrs L. P 1
Powell and Mr and Mrs Vir
McCamey. Rankin. Texon and Big
Lake.
rev. mm win
PREACH SUNDAY
Rev H, F Aulich of San Angelo
will peach Sunday morning and
evening at the Baptist Church dur-
ing the absence of the pastor, Rev
Scranton, wrho is conducting a
W. T, LINDLEY TO TELL HOLDER AND POAGE MANY OLD TIMERS
ABOUT THIS AREA IN MATCHED ROPING HERE FOR BIG TWO
DAY GET TO GETHER
W T Undlcy of Abilene is here
this week-end to attend the Old
Settlers Reunioi and to ride with
the others m the parade each
morning
Mr. Lindley i
Alien Holder, well known caif I
rn|M‘r throughout West Texas, and :
Walton Rouge, "the pride of Rea- Old-timers from far and neur
can County, will rope five calves | are here to take part In Reagan
each day during the Old Settlers County's Old Settlers’ Reunion, a
m • wlio can tru- Reunion June 30 and July 1 for the commemoration of its 36th birth-
ly be called
tile Tom Undlev
bother, J H Llndh
' he west side of t i
of here in the !>o'
of this issue 's i
early day ranch hot
telatlng a robbe
Abilene man was <
tim i He is now 7o
brother, J II Lind:
father of Frank la
With Mr Lindie>
Mrs Chins. An1m”
so of Abilene
ild timer He is championship of Texas. A purs*- of
who, with his fifty dollars will be given the win-
m r Holder boat Rouge recently
at Rankin in a five calf roping
At least one thousand dollars
will change hands in the contest
y. was living on
it; l„ike south
hi another part
picture of their
me and a story
of which this
>nc of the vie-
ears old. The
was living on
iley of Stiles.
Ins daughter,
and son, al-
METHODIST CHURCH
< (/MINI, It Y( K W'IIER! Till
BUM \l O \ M > \\ I M OPI
t si l> TO M \KI. Till.I It IIO.MI
They are coming back to the great |
open spaces where the buffalo and !
antelope used to roam back to j
the home of the longhorn where
those great rugged and tru*- pio-
neers blazed the way for modern !
civilization which is now the home j
of a j>*op)o that lives in safety
and peace
Old-timers, many of them who
underwent hardships and braved
the perilous treks across the great 1
Big Hike Country, are among us to- :
day anniversary The celebration
begins this morning at 9 30 with
a big parade
Forming near the C C Sanders
hone the parade will mrarh down
Main Street, led by C M SUitham's
Reagan County High School Band
w;'ii Miss Itlia Martin as drum ma-
gil Pow'ell and Mr and Mrs,
W. W Carson, of San Angelo;
W. J. D C-arr, Sherwood; Mr. and
Mrs. John Christy, Rankin; R D.
Lee. Big Spring; Mrs. Ruby Yates,
in Menard this week. Sunday
j School and the B. T U organlza-
I lions will meet
hours.
Mrs. J II Wilson and T B Wil-
son, Reagan County's oldest citi-
zens. will be In
morning Ollier West Texas pio-
at tht-ir Tecular neers will be Clint Owens. Hr., ol
Barnhart, W. T Undley of Abl- i elder of
To tiio.se of you who are m Big
Luke attending the home-coming,
we desire to Join in the in-arty
welcome that has been extended
to vou. and we hope that your
stay with us will be pleasant and j ?uy U) r,TU1 lh,w* h°PPV of
that it will carry with it many
pu 1 sant memories. Since you are
in Big Lake and enjoying meeting
your old friends and talking of the fwttorrnw, and hope that each of
days of old. the Methodist church you haw u“ ewyaWe time
To you. pioneers, and to thuoe
long ago when men were men and
the six-gun was the law. We are
lene and many other visiting old wax with us Sunday morning to
Judge Taylor ll*-tur**\
timers, all of whose names were bring the message and hold «ur
.'.kWMBW*
Jor Wagons and bugglefc. bearing-
old timers. will be foBowltt by ouf-
It was your kind that sacrificed antelope. cowboy*, the Btg
p * * lrU'-] Pr’",u lim bltxxl and life that the younger Lake oil Company'll miniature oil
^,7*4^1 iC,\! Keneratlon today might live in wrh and many other attractions
, Bringing up tlx- r«*ur of the caval
invites you to attend services on
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Judge J Wiley Taylor, who has, ‘mt learned
San Angelo; Jess and Mat Mosely , U1 oien R/<*e for the past
and wives. Sierra Blanco; Tom Week taking’treatments for rheu-
| third quarterly conference The
peace and security It wu yo
who know no fears and placed yot
j code will wpl be Rainy Day, one
conference elected the foliowln*’ t'oofld*'nee in that Oran A I ® K H^hes ane palamin»
V non and ' W J |!X H j »h,; j rldd * MM.
7 1 rroid*^t you u» the development of: Horse racing, directed by
j
t I
Jack
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..... ........ ............... .... and Mrs O r t*>»yu ana « n unwntiA.-*, rviis. n j-uldi’d
Lindley, Buffalo Gap, L. M. R-inkln, | l^W^ ' Mr/ Tw' l^ckm^^^ j dt^/y ,'S
rs. gar -c >n eac^ 0j y()U anfj ^ PV(.rv VjiV. K| at the sheep born at noon ; Jd-
Lamesa; Mrs. Clint and Jeff Owens,
Clint Owens, Sr., Barnhart; Mrs
Hamp Anderson, San Angelo; be-
sides many of them still residing
near and in Reagan County, and
others whose names could not be
learned
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ONE THING
and
bation. Mrs Taylor has been with
her husband In the health resort.
Judge Taylor, though not a na-
tive West Texan, has spent a good
week
Roberts and
Q _ H B Mann was elected trustee
Correction Considering the time of year we
The Wildcat's attention was call- are moving along In a good way
many years In this section of the 1 (,<i u’ au error In the Religious cen- 'Hiat does not mean that we are
stale He came to Reagan Countv "us r,H‘<‘nUY printed However, the perfect But it dix*s mean that a
from Midland fourtetn years ago ('rror n<> rui,lt of the Publlih- good number of our people are on
I toe its greetings,
SMITH UAI.KEK WILL
BE HERE POK REUNION
----------- — ........— _I,_. Smith Walkt-r of Ballinger in .
the l.ust eight of which have been"'™ The Rutherford followers. 0 the Job We mv.te you to come ■ /o,„ ,T B Wl!ww th#t hl. wi!! tK. .eeond day at the barberue
timers who !iv>xi in the county 25
years ago and th<*v who have re-
sided in the county for the past
25 years will lx- guests at the old
chuck wagon dinner There will be
fried catfish from th* lake live
s|x>nt as county judge
number, should have read. Jo-| and worship with us and set' for hm. Jor hu> . H,ay ;md
i hovah Witnesses, 13 in number, yourself Tlie evening rrvtre Is
THEN ANOTHER
By EREI) GIPSON
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs
i Oscar Mims were Rev K P Hur-
'I ton of San Angelo, Rev and Mrs.
i L. A McDaniel and Mabetli and
| his mother, Mrs Dan McDaniel
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Leo Wayne Stratton of McCam-
I ey and Miss Oma Ernestine Rob-
erts of Rankin were united in mar-
riage at the Methodist parsonage
spills and dust and heat and soda !
pop iuid free barbecues for all
Onona broke out with one lust week
I didn't get to make It, but it j
. . w,i imr hijxwed. She Is In Coleman with
must have been a wnlng dinger ' _________> t
Bob Cooke chief grub-spllleT in
Puckett Home Remodeled
The H L. Puckett home, which
was built soon after coming here
in 1916, has recently undergone a
remodeling Hardwood floors, new
windows and otlier Improvement
have been added
This afternoon's program ix’gms
in the ooen oil the lawn lust north tom<’rrow Mj Walker came to at j 30 wlth bond con
m int open on in* lawn just norm Rwg<n County in and home
f the church. Come and enjoy ■ sN, tdrd |nd
ix'iitg out In the open.
L A McDaniel.
test and at the same hour hnnor-
‘he Bar S jMUturr r,m. uiH-re will lx1 tJie cutting hor«‘
ixistor
on Big Jim and also workf'd for
the Sawyer Cattle Company
Daniel
Mrs. J H. Glover, who has b*‘en
til for several years, is much im-
Jtnlcr Emmies Coming
Judge Knowles, who helped or-
ganize Reagan County and who
------------ j lives In Midland, and R D I«ee are
Mrs H. E. Campbell of Memphis, .here tod a’, !■> greet the old timer
Tennessee Is visiting h**r sister, j Midland i xnidlng a deleration t-o
Mrs. d I Taylor, in Barnhart, Big Hike
Big1 <>
that section, had to barbecue 500
heatl of goats Uj feed tlic crowd.
They're pitching an Old Sc’ttlers'
Reunion In Big laike this week.
June SO and July 1 Bronc Wllaon,
sister ;md has been ecelving med-
ical treatment there. Mrs J A
Roach, another sister, who has
been with her, has returned home.
| while her son Wilbert is In
Lake staying with Mr Taylor at
the Gulf wholesale station Mrs
Taylor Ls recuperating from an Ill-
ness of several months
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Mr. and Mrs J W Burgess of
Best, are making an extended visit
with a son In Neu Mexico and a
daughter In Arizona On their re-
turn home they wil visit with the
E.u I
of Del
ternom
cuts
and Jack Seller-, top n |x-r-
Hit arrived yesterday .if
to enter the roping ev-
I ! XON KIM U ILL RIDI
SITE.It DURING REUNION
Rostma.sp'r iklgar Kimsey. who,
in his younger days was consider-
ed one of the be.x*t riders, will rid**
a Brahma bull each night during
the Old -'lenders’ Reunion at least
will attempt, the ride
A man never knows what he
he wants Ever since the City of
publisher of The Big Uikr Wildcat. san Angelo Installed jxirklng me- T M Moore famil> in Kerrnit
got so excited about it that he put tPrSi j've been down on the city Mrs J J Seulblo t ' Texon will
out a 16-page weekly i»ix>r lari . councn Tlien tiie other day they 1 manage the sUir*- dm,: : their ab
week, trying to tell the folks about pp|d ftn d^-uon mid vot**d parking s«'nce
It. 1 meters out. Dist Friday, they were Mrs Eugene B McCullough of
Bronc ought to keep himself in gone. Dallas writes her parents, Mr and
hand better and not get so extruv- And now I don't know what on Mrs Joe Damold. that he and
agant this time of the year School earth I'm going to lean on when Mr McCullough are enjoying a
kids don't need any lunch-wrap- some old-timer stop me on the j trip to the World's Fair and other
ping paper now I sidewalks to spin me a tall one ' polnta In the East
Mi V Dorothy Williams of Gar-
j land is a guest during the Reunion
of Miss Adrienne Hudson
Miss I.in a I>*'ll Mill«’r *peivt last
week-end with datives In San An -
! gelo
o
Mr and Mrs Fxl McDonald and
'children of Son Angelo were meats
j of relatives In Big Lake this week
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Send one of the Pioneer Editions
Til ere are at least 40 of the best
ropers in tiie country here this men to advorUs*- their Fcairth
morning to compete for rash prizes j July fireworks there
contest directed by J KUlmm Car-
mil and Torn Wilson
Some of the best ropers of West,
Texas will participate in the m<leo
events both afternoons and nighUs
Howard W'cstfall is arena idnx txu
Dave Armstrong and Jack Favors
are Judges utwl Watson House F
Wilson I>»ftin and Ira Glasscock
Jr. arc time keepers
At tin- night, performanc*- will
be a pretty fireworks dlsjjlay nils
is being done through the cour
ti*sy «>1 Uu- tVui Angelo business
of
In all the roping events
Mayor and Mrs R Thels return-
ed recently from Menard where
they had been to visit their son,
Anton, and family.
The L P Powells of San Angelo
will be here for the reunion today
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Texon Seoul* to Serve Dinner
Alx»ut. twenty Texon Boy Scouts
of The Wildcat t«* a friend <»r rel- will tx- here th>* morning t*» serve
alive. We will mail them for IS
cents each Phone II
An unusual feature of this two
day celebration Ls the radio brood
cast KOKL, under the direction of
Mr Willingham, for both days and
nights
Shelton* to Midland
J. R Hhelton ,who has been tel-
egraph oijrrator at KempcT Hum
blc .Station f**r the post five yearn,
is being transferred this week tx*
Midland Mrs. Shelton and the
the free barbecue dinner to tiie ohldren. Jack and Helen Fa*, will
Lliousandx that are expeeb'd h*'*'” Jirin him there later.
Here Is the Bi<» Two-Day Program
FIRST MORNING
9 00 Big parade with wagons,
buggies and antelope and buffalo
10 30IUan* racing: free-for-all.
cowpony and roping horse, ISO
added in mli race with $3 rn
trance fee to be split 60-30-20;
Jack Ilagehkein race director
12 00 Free barbecue dinner at
the sheep barrt and chuck wagon
dinner for old-timers who have
lived In county or who were here
23 years ago
FIRjrr AFTERNOON PROGRAM
1 30 Hlgii school Ixmd c*.wvtest.
$50 cash prizes
2 30 Grand entry in arena and
announcement of officials
2 45 Amat* ur calf roping. $3
entrance fee with $15 added mo-
ney.
3:15 »Steer riding. $3 entrance
fee with $!£> added money
3 45 FYee-f*r-aU calf roping.
$100 lidded money for best two day
iivcr.igc with $5 entrance fee
4 15 Boys calf riding, $1 en-
trance fee and other prizes
5 oo ll«*ys' calf roping, $3 en-
trance fee split 50-30-20 and other
prize**
5 15 Youngeut trick rider an*i
roper in the world will i»erform
5 30 Wild *x*w milking contest
NIGHT RODEO AT I:1R
8 15 fin-works display
8 30 free-for-all calf nipin*
9 00 steer riding
» 15 Amateur call roping
» 45 Wild cow milking
Judges Dave Armst,rong and
Jack Favors ttmekeeiwn Watson
Hous*', Wilson Ixvftln and Ira
Olaswcock. Jr
Dancina start* al 9 30 with Rav
Hummel's 12 piece orchestra
Dancing Starts at 9:30 With Ray Hummel’s 12-Piece Orchestra
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Wilson, M. A. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1939, newspaper, June 30, 1939; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth631541/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.