made in other parades such as San Antonio, Pioneer Days and Chisolm Trail Days in the historic North Fort Worth Stockyards, in Abilene, San Angelo, Mineral Wells, Bowie, Jacksboro, and others. James Barnett and Ray Todd received 25 year membership plaques and L. D. Murray received a 40 year membership plaque. The Posse helped needy families for Christmas with food, clothes, and toys. New members elected were Dr. Rick Ford and Bill Tibbit.
1993 Bill Veselka, Capt.; Earl Fletcher, Lieut.; Terry Johnson, Sec.; Fred Thomas, Corral Boss; Craig Peacock, Wrangler; Ben Whiteman, Sheriff; Harold Swain, Rodeo Chairman; Paige Westhoff, Posse Sweetheart. Posse held the First Annual Spring Gatherin’ Ranch Rodeo and Western Heritage Art and Crafts Show. Posse members served as an honor guard for Gov. Ann Richards at“ Texas Day” at Trinity Meadows Race Track. The Posse was named All Around Champions at the 5th Annual All Sheriff’ s Posse Invitational Competition held in Dallas. Parade participation included Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, Fiesta Flambeau in San Antonio, Pioneer Days and Chisolm Trail at the Fort Worth Stockyards, San Angelo, Bowie, Jacksboro, Mineral Wells, and others. The Posse building, concession stand, and ticket office were painted, and a new well was drilled and a new pump and booster pump were installed. Street lights were installed at the entryway, and security lights were placed in the parking lot and rear of the Posse building. Plans were prepared to construct new grandstands, including doubling of the number of box seats. The Posse donated funds to several worthwhile community projects, including Christmas in April and the Parker County Committee on Child Abuse. Another successful rodeo was held, and the trail ride to Mineral Wells was one of the largest ever. New members elected were Calvin Allen and Kevin Hamilton. 40-year membership plaque was presented to J. B. Golden.
1994 Earl Fletcher, Capt.; Jamie French, Lieut.; Terry Johnson, Sec.; Bill Parkey, Corral Boss; Jerry Thomas, Wrangler; Larry Peck, Rodeo Chairman; Joni Peacock, Posse Sweetheart; Ben Whiteman, Sheriff. To kick off the Chisolm Trail Roundup, Posse members participated in relay races at Trinity Meadows. The Posse participated in the All Sheriff’ s Posse Invitational Competition held in Dallas. As always the Mineral Wells Trail Ride was a success. For the enjoyment of the July rodeo, the Posse performed a special skit about the Bass Gang. Parades attended included the Ft. Worth Stock Show, Chisolm Trail, Pioneer Days, San Angelo, Jacksboro, Springtown, Abilene, Mineral Wells, Decatur, and others. The Posse held the second annual Spring Gatherin’ Ranch Rodeo, and Western Heritage Craft Show in April. In April of 1994 demolition of the old wooden grandstands started. The construction was done by Southern Bleacher Company, and the money for the grandstands was funded by a Posse loan through Weatherford National Bank. Once finished the new bleachers were made of aluminum and the arena doubled in box seating to add enjoyment for the spectators and members. Renovations to the property included new restrooms on the South side of the arena as well as renovations to the others. Around the dance slab, a pipe fence was provided to maintain a perimeter for vehicles. The old water lines were discarded and all water lines around the arena and to the stalls were installed. The old metal concession stand was replaced with another building. The Posse donated funds to community projects including Christmas in April and the Parker County Committee on Child Abuse. The 1994 Rodeo was again a success. The Livestock Show was outstanding thanks to the Livestock Committee. Mrs. Sue Merritt became Family Night Secretary after Mrs. James Bodiford’ s resignation. The Posse suffered a great loss with the death of 5 outstanding members: Jim Calhoun, J. B. Golden, Ben Grogan, Charlie Merritt, and C. A. Tschoepe. A forty year membership plaque was presented to Charlie Johnson. Twenty-five year plaques were received by Herb Fowler and D. C. Woodruff. New members elected were Michael Body and Lewis Henderson.
1995 Ben Whiteman, Sheriff; Mack Young, Capt.; Judd Jordan, Lieut.; Kirk Martin, Sec./ Treas.; Rick Ford, Corral Boss; Jack Parker, Wrangler; Earl Fletcher, Rodeo Chairman. The posse was honored to have Zane Myers as Sweetheart. New members received into the Posse were Roland McWhorter, Jim Addison, Jerry Johnson, David Rogers, Dwayne Bailey, Mark Riebe, Jack Pickard, Tommy French, Bob Glenn, Fred Davies, Kerry Kelley, Josh Ashley, and Travis Faulkner. The Posse greatly regrets the passing of long time Posse members Vaughn Mader and Bob Rothel. 1995 was a good year for the Posse, the year started with the normal out of town parades recognizing the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Mineral Wells Trail Ride, as well as the various parades held in Weatherford as the outstanding events. The Posse held its annual Spring Gatherin’ Ranch Rodeo / Western Heritage Craft Show in April and in July donated the Posse Arena to the Parker County Heritage Society for the Willie Nelson Concert Fund Raiser. The 1995 Sheriff’ s Posse Rodeo and The Livestock Show were a great success with special appreciation for the new Grand Stands and Box seats. The strength of the Parker County Sheriff’ s Posse is backed up with members like 40 year member W. R.“ Dub” Riddle Jr. and 25 year members Mel Mallory, J. G.“ Buck” Thomas, R. L. Dugan, and Kenneth Hamilton. The Posse awarded membership plaques to these members for a job well done.
1996 Avery( Butch) Morris, Capt.; Mark Binion, Lieut.; Pat Hamilton, Sec./ Treas.; Robert D. Muir, Corral Boss; Derrell Young, Wrangler, Arlie Ashley, Rodeo Chairman, Denea Bryant, Posse Sweetheart. The posse participated in the following activities: Weatherford Christmas Parade, Martin Luther King Parade, Fort Worth Stock Show Parade and Grand Entry on Weatherford Day, Mineral Wells Trail Ride, Parade, and Rodeo Grand Entry, Jack County Parade and Rodeo Grand Entry, 20th Annual Chisholm Trail Round-Up, San Angelo Parade, and the Abilene Parade. The 4th Annual Spring Gatherin’ and Western Heritage Craft Show was a huge success with 14 ranches entering. Accomplishments for this year’ s posse were a much needed repair on the floor of the clubhouse, a new well was drilled to relieve the stress on the existing well, especially during the livestock show, the first Parker County Sheriff’ s Posse Scholarship to Weatherford College was awarded to Ben Kemp, and a donation of $ 2,100 was made to the County fire departments. The Posse won trophies at Mineral Wells and Jacksboro. The 1996 Parker County Frontier Days Rodeo and Livestock Show started off great. Ticket prices were lowered and big crowds attended Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night performances. For only the second time in the history of the rodeo, the Saturday night performance was canceled because of rain. The make-up performance was held Sunday afternoon. Sadly, two of our members passed away during the year, L. D. Murray and Jerry Johnson. Three new members were elected Bill Pedigo, David Rothrock, and Jimmy V. Sharp.
1997 Fred Thomas, Capt.; Jack Parker, Lieut.; Bob Glenn, Sec./ Treas.; Kirk Martin, Corral Boss; Wayne Bryant, Wrangler; Phil Livingston, Rodeo Chairman; McKenzie Bailey, Posse Sweetheart. The Parker County Sheriff’ s Posse celebrated its 50th anniversary. And what a historic year it was! The annual Frontier Days Rodeo was changed from the traditional July days to the last full week of June. Mack Altizer of the Bad Company Rodeo was chosen as Rodeo contractor for the first time ever! Gist Silversmiths, Inc. was appointed to design a 50th anniversary belt buckle as a limited edition for members and past sweethearts. A 50th anniversary membership pictorial board was assembled and placed in the Posse clubhouse on permanent display. 50th anniversary membership plaques were made available through the Awards Center.
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