NOVEMBER
YOUR EDITORS COLUMN
( Continued from Page 4) all-time, probably for ever, Walnut King of Bedford County.
He has a hulling machine at his place, and for weeks farm folks lined up with trucks and autos hauling walnuts. He paid cash to many hundreds of people, and sent off some 500,000 pounds of hulled nuts to market.
Nut-hulling over, he organized an expedition to promote the Tennessee Walking Horse at a convention of the Southern Seedmen’ s Assn, in Dallas, Tex. with hundreds of other dealers in“ food for farmers,” including fertilizers, feeds, seeds, etc. This ever-thoughtful many-sided man had an idea. He knew“ Sheriff” Matt Dillion, James Arness, and his foursome of TV fame would be there. So in his baggage Fritzsche will have copies of the“ Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse” and the autographed Biography of the Tennessee Walking Horse all ready to present in ceremonious fashion to the following:
Sheriff Mat Dillion— A Genuine Hero of the Nation— alias James Arness; Miss Kitty— A Western Heroine of the U. S. A.— otherwise known as Amanda Blake; Chester Good— The All-America n Sheriff’ s Deputy— christened Den- Weaver; and Doc. Adams— The Good Doctor of Western U. S.— also known as Melbourne Stone.
By Leland’ s side, all the time, will be his wife,“ Miss Nora” to all the farm people of Bedford County, who understands her husband and is his indispensable helper.
Along with being president of
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TOM BOHL, Mgr., Farm Operations the Shelbyville Civitan Club, and past-president of the Tennessee Seedmen’ s Assn., he is a very active deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, long a Bedford County director at the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ Assn., with headquarters in Lewisburg, and a delegate to the 1956 GOP convention at the San Francisco Cow Palace who hopes to return in 1964. So the Voice Editor— known in Alabama as a Yellow Dog Democrat—• pays this humble tribute to his good Republican friend, Purina Dealer L. C. Frizsche— the likes of whom come seldom in this good world of good people. Because he’ s good to everybody.
Celebration friends and other Tennessee Walking Horse lovers will be delighted to learn of the latest triumph of Jimmy Ellis, Orrville, Alabama. Jimmy has three times won the Reserves World’ s Championship pony honors at the Celebration. Now this versatile young man has been named first place winner in a TV Talent Search Contest at Montgomrey, Alabama— receiving a $ 1,000 United States Savings Bond and a try-out next summer for the nationwide Ted Mack Show.
The eighteen-year-old Orrville High School star athlete and honor graduate sang three numbers—“ Hopeless,”“ Unchained Melody” and“ Singing the Blues.” Awards were made on the basis of applause meter records. Jimmy’ s piano accompaniment was played by Miss Mary Alive Dale. Jimmy told the audience Miss Dale is the major reason for his success as a vocalist.
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Jimmy Ellis has ridden in twelve Celebration pony classes, starting at age five and competing this year at age eighteen to win reserve honors with his brilliant SUN’ S GLORY BOY. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fumiss Ellis of Orrville, who owned BLACK ANGEL when she won the 1943 World’ s Grand Championship.
Now Jimmy is attending Middle Georgia Junior College on a basketball scholarship. He plans to study agriculture. On the big Ellis farm he has been in charge of maintaining farm machinery and training Walking Horses.
Dr. Ensminger to Meet
With Agricultural Consultants
A nationwide meeting of the Agricultural Consultant of America will take place in Fresno, Calif., on Dec. 9 at The Hacienda Hotel— and the session will last two days, starting in the morning of the first day. Any agricultural consultants spending one-half or more of his time in consultant work, regardless of the kind, is invited, according to Dr. M. E. Ensminger, a contributing editor of the VOICE and an eminent consultant who lives at 3699 East Sierra Avenue, Clovis, Calif.
Three distinguished speakers from outside the consultant field will be Charles E. Bell, Jr., U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.; Dean Lloyd C. Dowley, Fresno State College, Calif.; and Jack T. Pickett, Editor, California Farmer, San Francisco, Calif. For information or reservations write to Dr. Ensminger.
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