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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Breeders Elect; Consider Aid To College TWH Course
Directors of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Ex­
hibitors* Association of America. Inc., meet for an official photo
following the annual session of the association in Lewisburg,
Tenn. on May 12. From left are: front row, Chairman John
H. Amos of the Board of Directors, Franklin, Tenn.; first vice-
president W. W. Gill of Petersburg, Tenn.; President S. W.
Beech of Belfast, Tenn. (address Rt. 5, Lewisburg); second
vice-president C. C. Turner of Broadway, Va.; Mrs. James H.
Hawkins, Lewisburg, secretary-treasurer; standing, Tom H.
Fulton, executive secretary, Lewisburg; Directors, Ed Ezell,
Chapel Hill, Tenn.; J. Glenn Turner, Dallas, Tex.; Dr. W. V.
Gamier, Bastrop, La.; and J. French Brantley, Manchester,
Tenn. One director, Dr. W. F. Fessey of Nashville, was not
present.
Committee Named To Investigate
Details of Proposed Classes At
Middle Tennessee State College
The Tennessee Walking Horse may man of the Board of Directors, First
enter college this fall—with a 3-hour Vice-President W. W. Gill of Peters­
elective course starting in September burg, Tenn., and J. French Brandey
at Middle Tennessee State College- of Manchester, Tenn.
designed to give instruction in all
The association elected the officers
phases of Tennessee Walking Horse previously nominated by the directors.
production, care, training, riding for These officers are:
S. W. Beech of Rt. 5, Lewisburg,
show and pleasure. This ambitious
project emerged into the public eye near Belfast, president; W. W. Gill,
May 12 at the annual meeting of the vice-president; C. C. Turner, Broad­
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ way, Va., second vice-president; Amos
and Exhibitors’ Association of Amer­ and Dr. W. F. Fessey, directors for
new 3-year terms; and J. Glenn Turn­
ica, Inc., held in Lewisburg, Tenn.
Action was officially taken Friday er, to finish up Beech’s one year re­
afternoon at a meeting of the Board maining on the board of directors.
of Directors. President J. Glenn Fourteen regional vice-presidents were
Turner of Dallas, Tex. at that time also elected as follows;
Region 1—M a i n e, Massachusetts,
appointed a committee to investigate
all phases of the proposal first pre­ New Hampshire, Connecticut, Ver-
sented by Dr. Robert A. Alexander, Joseph J. Cignetto of Mechanicsburg,
associate professor of Animal Hus­ Pa.
bandry in the Dept, of Agriculture mont, Delaware, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania—
at MTSC, Murfreesboro.
Region 2—North Carolina and
Named to die committee were John
H. Amos of Franklin, Tenn., chair­ South Carolina—Dr. T. W. Long,
Newton, N. C.
Region 3—Alabama and Georgia—
E. A. Self, Rt. 4, Box 171, Mobile,
Ala.
Region 4—Florida, William C. Mac-
Innes, 98 Martinique, Tampa, Fla.
Region 5—Michigan, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky—Frank S. Hawley, 1215
Jackson St., Toledo, Ohio.
Region 6—Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and
South Dakota—H. F. Klosterman,
David City, Neb.
Region 7—Illinois, Missouri and
Kansas—J. Leon Hall, Hillsboro, Mo.
Region 8—Louisiana and Missis­
sippi—J. Sidney Mouton, Box 926,
Jennings, La.
Region 9—T e x a s—R o b e r t F.
Thompson, 1000 Fidelity Union
Tower, Dallas, Tex.
Region 10—Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah,Wyoming and Montana—Rich­
ard Leamon, Albuquerque, N. Mex­
ico.
Region 11—California, Arizona and
Nevada—R. Mitchell McClure, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Region 12—Washington, Idaho and
Oregon—Mrs. D. G. Eggerman, 19012
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