Holly Tree Farm FRED PHILLIPS- SHELBYVILLE, TENN.
38 August, 1962
Special Words From The Voice Editor
Dear Friends: There are many things i must tell you in a shorl space. We are“ deliciously squeezed” in this issue with some coin-bearing advertising. Mary Frances says we really need advertising because we ' re on nobody ' s payroll and all subscription revenue goes into the kitty to guarantee our“ 12 issues or all of your money back” offer. Can ' t touch that savings account for a year.
We call your attention to a special ad leading off the Trademarket. It tells about a Tennessee Walking Horse Stallion stolen in Bakersfield, Calif, from Charles C. Gerbe, 901 31st St. Hope you help Charlie get that horse back. In the“ old days " horsestealing was a hanging offense.
We call your special attention to all the contents in this magazine. For a brand new comer we did not do so bad. But next year we will be much better. Our great big THANKS to every advertiser. They keep us eating and printing and mailing the Voice to you.
For the last week the Editor has been helping out the Times-Gazette( daily paper), so a good friend could lake a vacation. It made us work 100 hours a week like we used to do. but that ' s all right for one week at a time. The Editor will also help the Times- Gazette“ cover completely " the Celebration. We have received a lot of orders for our Celebration Special Service— mailing the paper daily for six days with all Celebration news. It will be worth more than the SI it costs. We invite all to order.
Our Training Book Project is proceeding nicely. That will be worth more than the S5 pre-publication price or we will eat the books.
Some personal news. The Editor’ s son, Bruce Green, and Bruce ' s wife, Dolly, gave us a fifth grandchild on Saturday, July 14, at Cooperhill, Tenn. She is Alice Elizabeth,( their first child), named for the Editor’ s first wife who died on Aug. II, 1960, just as he was finishing the Biography of the Tennessee Walking Horse( the 300-page history book of the breed.) For a 3-week period Mary Frances( the Editor’ s present wife) had her foster-daughter, Mrs. Louise Campbell, and 23-month-old Bobby as house guests. Every morning the Editor warned his foster grandson“ don’ t let lliese two women get control of the house, Son.” Bobby took care of that.
He whipped out the two women daily, had them ready for bed at 8:30 p. m. As Maty Frances said, " 1 love him to death but he kills me.” But Mary Frances didn’ t lose an ounce, and didn ' t lose her smile either.
We are especially proud of other things in this magazine. We are proud of Bloodlines( P. 30) made possible by our friends at the Breeders’ Association. These are not carried in other magazines that deal in Tennessee Walking Horse news.
But we are most proud of Mrs. Virginia Stephens ' letter about Diana. It also does not appear anywhere else in all the world. That letter will make this magazine remembered— make this issue kept for all time by many, many people. The Diana Stephens Story is a great fact of history for the Tennessee Walking I-Iorse.( Signed, Ben A. Green, Editor.)
Celebration On Radio( Cojitiiwed from Page 1) other states— in the hookup for Celebration coverage. The WHAL-FM station is heard in a number of states. This has a frequency modulation signal at 102.9. The standard wave length is 1400 kilocyles,
Monday through Thursday— network reports will be for 15-minute intervals starting at 7:30 p. m.,-8:15, 9:00, 9:45 and 10:30 p. m.
Friday and Saturday— network reports will cover the same hours as earlier with the following 15-minute intervals added: 11:15 p. m., 12 midnight, 12:45 a. m.
Radio stations in your area may contact Bob Davidson, Shelbyville, Tenn., about this service. Announcers will be Joe Overton, Charlie Christian, Jim Stone and Bob Davidson.
TAPE PLAYBACK MACHINE— Two Vanderbilt University sophomores, Robert F. Parker and John Austin, are planning to offer Celebration visitors for purchase the OrrTtonic Tapeplayer model P-200— with two tapes related to the Tennessee Walking Horse. Tapes will carry 15-minute scripts prepared by the Voice Editor. One is“ What on Earth Is a Tennessee Walking Horse?” The other is“ The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration— A Community Miracle."
GROUNDS OFFICE REPORT- Mrs. J. Ivan Potts, Jr., office manager at the Celebration Grounds Office, says incorrect, insufficient addresses are causing much trouble. Please be careful with all addresses. Plorse entries must be mailed and postmarked not later than midnight, Aug. 9.
El Paso Show Oct. 25-28
Voice Reader Mrs. Charles N. Hardin, 7741 Wenda Way, El Paso, reminds us that the El Paso Riding and Driving Club Show takes place Oct. 25-28.“ My husband and I really enjoy the magazine and are enjoying our Walking Horses,” she adds.
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