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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Revised Horse Show Dates Celebration Judges;
MORE PARTY LINE
(•Denotes Mid-South Assn, members)
APRIL
26-29 New Orleans, La.
26-28 Knoxville, Tenn.
28 Athens, Ala.*
28- 29 Fayetteville, N. C.
MAY
3 Humboldt, Tenn.*
3-5 Greensboro, N. C.
4 Lebanon, Tenn. (Amer. Leg.)
5-6 Houston, Tex. (Edge Park)
5 Millbrook Ala.*
9- 12 Beaumont, Tex.
10- 12 Columbia, S . C.
11 Sommerville, Tenn.*
12 Dalton, Ga.
12 Alexander City, Ala.
12 Nashville. Tenn. (Iroquois)
16-19 Little Rock, Ark.
18 Mendenhall, Miss.*
18 Clarksville, Tenn.*
18-19 Rock Hill, S. C.
19 Opelika, Ala.
19 Gallatin, Tenn.*
19 Kingsport, Tenn.
19 Brentwood, Tenn.
22-26 Okla. City, Okla.
24-25 Batesville, Miss.*
25 Union, Miss.*
26 Meridian, Miss.*
Dear Friends: Mary Frances and I 26 Shelbyville, Tenn. (PTAI*
are overwhelmed with your letters. 26 Whitehaven, Tenn.*
Monticello, Ga.
They come piling in by the score. 26
29- June 2 Tulsa, Okla.
Letters of praise. Letters of cooper­ 31 Holly Grove, Ark,*
ation. Letters with checks and money 31-June 2 Greenville, S. C.
Vic Thompson, the Shelbyville,
Term, trainer who rode Sun's Jet
parade to the 1957 Celebration Grand
Championship of the world, was
hospitalized for four days in his home
town’s hospital, April 2-5. He had a
narrow escape from phlebitis caused
by a blood clot in his left leg after
fracturing two bones in the foot by
striking a training barn corner while
working out a horse. Vic walked and
ran on the leg for almost a week be­
fore he got X-rays made that showed
the break. A cast was applied, then
his leg became swollen and the cast
was removed. He left the hospital
April 5 and promptly was at work.
He recently bought a "brag farm,” on
the Unionville Road (Nashville to
Shelbyville Highway—41 -A) , and will
eventually move his training stables
there. His present location is on indus­
trial or subdivision property.
enclosed. We love you every one, and
will keep on striving to merit your
letters. Give us time to do better.
Send us your complete addresses, as
many magazines have been returned
to us because addresses were too in­
complete or folks had moved. That
was especially true of the almost 2,000
sample copies mailed out. We have
been pressed with newspaper duties,
civic duties, etc. Did not have time to
solicit ads. But Vic Thompson chased
us down by telephone and we visited
him at the hospital to get 20 ads for
this—each one saying something differ­
ent. Toby Green caught us too, and
we carry his ad about sizzling Sun’s
Gunstnoke in this issue. We appreci­
ate such support. Volunteer your ad­
vertising. Some wonderful people are
sponsoring pages. We thank them
also. They prefer to remain anony­
mous. We hope you all understand.
That “you all’ is plural, not singular.
We are natives of the South, Alabama
for Mary Frances, Arkansas for me.
Thanks, Ben A. Green.
Pleasure Horses
Suitable for children
Vic Thompson's Stables
SHELBYVILLE, TENN. PH. 4-4461
t MU 4-3956
JUNE
1 Jackson, Mo.*
1 Laurel, Miss.*
1-2 Columbia, Tenn.*
2 Roswell, Ga.
5-10 Houston, Tex. (Pin Oak)
5 Portageville, Mo.*
7 Magee, Miss.*
8 Okolona, Miss.*
8 Russellville, Ala.*
8-10 Charleston, W. Va.
9 Donelson, Tenn.*
12 Carruthersville, Mo.*
12 Aberdeen, Miss.*
14-16 Wytheville, Va.
14- 16 Germantown, Tenn.*
15- 16 Burlington, N. C.
16 Weddowee, Ala.
16 Madison, Tenn.*
20- 23 Atlanta, Ga.
21- 23 Vivian, La.
21 Mounds. 111.
21 Yazoo City, Miss.*
22- 23 Greenville, Miss.*
Advertising Rates
Advertising prices for the Voice have been
revised. They were first listed by one-eighth
and one-quarter pages but these rates are
too difficult to figure with a 3-column page.
The revised rates are:
Front Page 3250.00
Full Page inside anywhere $125.00
Half Page $75.00
One-Third Page $45.00
One-Sixth Page $22.50
Other sizes $5 per column inch.
Classified 50 words for $5, others pro­
portionately at 10c word.
(On all front page or full page ads ex­
tended articles are carried cooperatively if
Sunday Show Added
Judges for the 1962 Tennessee
Walking Horse Celebration at Shelby-
ville were announced on April 3 by
Celebration President William C.
Tune, Jr. He said they were unani­
mously selected by the judges’ com­
mittee of the board of directors. They
are:
Walking Horse Division; Roy Davis
of Calhoun, Ga.; Richard Mary of
Baton Rouge, La.; and Claude Shaw
of Selma, Ala. Shaw was a judge at
the 1959 Celebration but the other
two will be first-time judges.
Gaited Division judge will be Ar­
thur Simmons of Mexic o, Missouri.
Equitation Division judge will be
Mrs. Baxter Key, Jr. of Carthage,
Tenn., who was formerly Miss Mina
Armstrong.
The Celebration directors at an
earlier meeting decided to open the
big show with a free program on Sun­
day night, Aug. 26th starting at
8 o'clock. Classes for the opening
show have not been announced but
the change in date was made in an
effort to lessen the length of shows at
nights during the week. Last year
some of the night shows ran into the
early morning hours.
Construction of 225 additional
boxes at the south end of the stands
is under way with steel superstructure
one-half completed. This section will
accommodate 1350 chairs for spec­
tators, raising permanent seating ca­
pacity of the Celebration to more
than 16,296.
For Celebration Ticket Information
write to P. O. Box, 192, Shelbyville,
Tenn., and Ticket Chairman John P.
Castleberry will see that your message
is handled in plenty of time. A full­
time office stafE will be on the job
very soon.
material is made available. Thanks to all
for patronage. We are reaching the INTER­
ESTED PEOPLE. BAG.)
SUN S JET PARADE
$100 Stud Fee At Time Of
Service—85 Per Cent Of
Mares Bred to Him in "61
Safe In Foal
Vic Thompson's Stables
SHELBYVILLE, TENN. PH. 4-4461 8, MU 4-3956