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10 contestants in
Cotton Festival
By Clifford Johnson
Press Correspondent
There are 10 beautiful Hedley
High School girls competing for
Hedley Cotton Festival Queen.
The Contest closes at 4 p.m.
during the coronation ceremo-
Revival
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his wife has a wonderful talent
of music and ,will be singing
special songs.
Rev. Lenney is music director
of First Assembly of God in
Amarillo. He and his choir have
an album of religious music.
The pastor, Rev. R. L.
Leader, gives you a special
invitation to be with them every
night but Tuesday night. There
will be a rally at Paid duro
Canyon Theatre that night.
Wednesday they will be back
at the Clarendon church for the
remainder of the week.
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nies at Hedley High School gym
starting at 8 p.m. Letha
Springer and Sharan Stafford
have charge of the ceremonies
and Sue Weatherly and Mary
Ruth White the decorations.
Queen candidates and their
sponsors are Nicki Bolin,
sponsor Bob Bell Insurance;
Paula Clendennan, sponsor
Bogue Hotel; Kathy Hamilton,
sponsor Sodalitis Club; Cliftie
Holland, sponsor Donley County
Feed Lots, Inc.; Beckie
McPherson, sponsor The Clif-
ford Johnsons; Vivian MeQueen,
Sponsor West Texas Utilities
Company; Geneva Naylor,
sponsor Security State Bank;
Donna Reiken, sponsor Stafford
and Son Grocery; Vicki Skaggs,
sponsor Donley County Sheriff's
Department; and Linda Swin-
ney, sponsor Moffitt Hardware.
Current Festival Queen is
Dorothy Wilson Tisdale. She
was sponsored by Donley
County Feed Lots, Inc. She is
married and now lives in
Wichita Falls but will be in
Hadley for the Festival.
The first public appearances
in a group of the 10 candidates
will be at Western Plaza
Shopping Center at Interstate 40
at Western in Amarillo
Saturday, September 22. The
Singing Sweethearts and The
Springers, Hadley Lions and
other festival boosters will also
be there from 1 to 6 p.m. that
day.
The group will again be on
Royce Bodifords Farm and
Home Show over KGNC TV
Amarillo Saturday/October 6,
with a half hour pre-festivai
show.
Dates of the festival are
Friday and Saturday, October
12-13. There will be two days of
almost continuous free enter-
tainment. Old Settlers will be
honored Friday of the Festival.
The Clmndon Press, September 16, Page 5
THIS NORTHERN PIKE, on &splay at The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company, was
caught by Clarence Hamilton on Jan. 23 of this year. it weighed 13 pounds, 4 ounces, and
was the largest Pike ever caught in Texas. Greenbelt Lake, where this Pike was caught, is the
Northern Pike Capital of the World. [Press Photo]
Demos to raise funds
The longest prime time
television broadcast in history
will take place September 15th,
as the National Democratic
Party sponsors Democratic
Telethon I1.
With the theme of "America
Goes Public," the fund raising
event will be broadcast
nationally over NBC affiliate
stations from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Numerous celebrities will
appear during the Telethon,
including Paul Anka, Ed Asner,
Jim Backus, David Jansen, Rich
Little, Bill Macy, Shirley
McLaine, Jane Meadows, Barry
Sullivan, Dick Van Dyke and
Andy Williams.
Texas will have five, 5 minute
segments during the telecast
featuring Democrats from
throughout the State. These will
There will be two parades be broadcast to stations in Texas
The phone numbers will be
flashed on the screens of the 16
Texas NBC stations broad-
casting the show.
He also noted that more than
700 volunteers, including Go-
vernor BriscOe, Lt. Guy. Hobby,
Attorney General Hill, Land
Commissioner Armstrong and
Agricultural Commissioner
White will be answering
phones, tabulating totals and
making appeals for donations.
Up to the minute Texas totals
will Ix broadcast by the 16
Texas stations during S minute
segments originating from
Dallas.
Last year's Telethon lasted 20
hours and raised $4 million from
400,000 contributors.
This year's Telethon will be
broadcast live from Los Angeles
and is expected to reach an
audience of 38 million people.
An estimated 35,000 volun-
teers will man telephones in 30
regional centers across the
country.
KGNC in Amarillo will carry
the event.
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remah. whe oTe has [orgot-
ten eVcr),thin he learned in
school.
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kY HUSBAND RETURNS ? There will be plenty to do and the Texas portions include • • • • • l
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and Ron Clower of Dallas, Tom
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Lloyd Doggett of Austin, Jack
Hightower of Vernon, Bill Meier
of Euless, Peyton McKnight of
Tyler, and Tati Santiesteban of
E1 Paso.
The purpose of the Telethon,
" according to Gordon Wynne, Jr.
of Wills Point, Co-Chairman of
the Texas Telethon Committee,
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special interests, to prove that
Americans will finance the
political system if given the
opportunity, to interest and
involve' Americans in a political
system they felt left out of, to
help restore faith in the two
party system by demonstrating
that it works, and to build a
sound base for upcoming
campaigns.
Wynne also noted that the
Democratic Party of Texas will
receive half the funds raised in
Texas. in connection with the
Telethon. "These contributions
will help provide us with the
funds we need to insure that the
Democratic Party remains a
viable force in the state," he
said.
Governor tDolph Briscoe
-,recently called the Telethon "a
great step forward in bringing
our political process back to the
people. In the past too few
Americans have had the
opportunity to shoulder the
financial burden of political
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campaigns," he noted. "The
Democratic Telethon will offer
them that opportunityand
give them a chance to
strengthen "our political pro-
cess."
George L. Bristol of Dallas,
Co-Chairman of the Texas
Telethon Committee, said that
there will be 316 telephones set
up in Dallas and Houston the
night of September 1S to take
pledges from all over the state.
i Market Hall in Dallas, which
will serve as the North'Texas
'Telethon Headquarters, will
Lee Bell has been associated with The
Farmers State Bank and Trust Company
for 12 years, coming to the bank in 1962.
Lee ran the local movie theatres from
1936 until 1960, then went to work for
Chamberlain Motor Company in 1960,
and came to the bank two years later. He
and his wife, Marie, have two children, a
son, Robert Paul, who is with the Security
State Bank in Hedley; and a daughter,
Lee Ellen Seago of Waco. He is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, where he is
an elder, and has been active in all kinds
of civic activities in Clarendon.
Lee Bell is
here to serve you.
i & TRUST COMPANY
have ' 158 telephones. The
number is 214-744-4000. Te,[THE FARMERS STATE BANK
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston'
will serve as the South Texas
Headquarters with another 158
phones and the number
713.2242#100. PersOns making
donations during the Telethon
should call the number of the
closes¥ity, according to Bristol.
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