The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 51, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 20, 1971 Page: 1 of 6
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ANNETTE LOCKETT
. . . Rodeo Queen
Rodeo Queen Annette has
chance to learn contribute
by CONNIE CALLAWAY
Brand Assistant Editor
"The more I think about being
Rodeo Queen the neater it gets"
said Annette Lockett Queen of
the 25th Annual H-SU Intercol-
legiate Rodeo. She was elected
by the'student body April 7.
Other contestants were Chris
Clegg sophomore from Ozona;
Patsie Greer junior from Abi-
lene; and Nema Westmoreland
sophomore from McAllen.
A junior from Meadow red-
haired Annette is a physical ed-
ucation and speech major. She
will get her teaching certificate
No Brand
Friday
There will be no Brand this
Friday in order to prepare a
special edition in honor of Dr.
Rupert N. Richardson. The spe-
cial edition will come out Wed
nesdays of next week.
Special day to honor Richardson
M T .-... -.. hfi mucin! honoree at next Tues- Plans are being made to she
Next Wednesday ceremonies
will celebrate the 80th birthday
of Dr. Rupert N. Richardson
and honor him for his outstand-
ing achievements as a historian.
Dr. Richardson is president eme-
ritus of Hardin-Simmpns Uni-
versity and presently senior
professor in history "here.
A book about Dr. Richardson
maybe ready for circulation on
Wednesday also. The book is
titled' "Dr. Rupert N. Hichard-
son; The Man pnd His Works"
and is written by a team of four.
These writers are Katharyn Duff
assistant editor of the Abilene
Reporter-News; Dr. Calvin C.
but plans to either work in a
children's -home or go into
church recreation.
Annette is a member of Tri Phi
Social Club the P. E. Club and
is active in BSU work. She spent
her Easter -holidays on the Indi-
ana revival trip and went to El
Paso in January with a religious
activities group.
Annette's interest in riding
goes back to her junior high
school days when her family liv-
ed on a farm.
"I rode a lot then but never
entered a rodeo" she said.
Since she has no horse at H-
SU and hasn't ridden lately An-
nette regards her position as
quite a challenge.
"It is really exciting to me
since I haven't been around ro-
deos much lately" she said. "It
will be a good chance for me to
learn and I hope I can contrib-
ute something too."
Annette feels that Rodeo Week
is an exciting time.
"There's just something about
a rodeo that makes people have
Tumin. H-SU librarian; Mrs
Elizabeth Gatlin H-SU refer-
ence librarian; and Charles
Richardson director of the H-SU
Office of Public Information.
The book will be on sale at a
nominal price. Dr. Richardson
..may be on hand to sign the
books of purchasers.
Highlights of the day's activ-
ities "will be a city-wide lunch-
eon at he Abilene Civic Center
in Dr. Richardson's honor. Dr.
Richardson will have previously
spoken to the Texas legislature
upon the legislators' invitation
by a resolution honoring him.
The renowned historian will
H-SU
25th
Activities promoting the 25th
Annual Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity Intercollegiate Rodeo
begin today. The rodeo is billed
as the World's First Intercolle-
giate Rodeo.
This year Abilene is celebrat-
ing its 90th anniversary in
conjunction with the rodeo. Sev-
eral workers in Abilene busi-
ness have grown beards for the
occasion.
Events are lined up for this
week with the first rodeo per-
formance beginning at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the Carl Myers
Memorial Arena.
Tonight Luskey's Western
Store will sponsor a barbecue
for the faculty and staff of
Hardin-Simmons.
Western clothes are to be worn
Thursday Friday and Saturday
or students faculty and admin-
istration alike may find them-
fun" she added. She also enjoys
seeing out-of-state and foreign
students who have never seen a
rodeo enter into the excitement
of the week.
As Rodeo Queen Annette will
ride in the parade Thursday af-
ternoon and also in the grand
entry of rodeo performances.
"This will give me an opportun-
ity to meet new people which is.
what I like to do best" she said.
Skiles gets
chairmanship
Dr. Elwin L. Skiles president
of H-SU has been named to a
key post with the Association
of Texas Colleges and Univer-
sities. He was named vice chairman
of the Commission on Member-
ship and Classification at the
organization's meeting April
1-3 in Fort Worth.
be special
to celebrate
rodeo year
selves in the cagy rodeo jail. Jim
Hamilton freshman of Clyde
has been chosen the rodeo
sheriff.
Beginning Thursday after-
noon the Abilene Downtown
Association and Hardin-Simmons
will conduct the Frontier
Festival Parade through down-
town Abilene.
Several Big Country riding
clubs and floats' from Abilene
businesses and H-SU student
organizations will make up the
procession. Leading the parade
will be the World Famous
Hardin-S i m m o n s University
Cowboy Band.
The Cowboy Band will be
sporting its exciting shuffling
march lively music cowboy
hollars and their original Cow-
step. Also in the parade will be the
Hardin-Simmons Six White
Horses and their attractive rid-
ers flying the colorful flags
representing the six govern-
ments of Texas history.
Annette Lockett Rodeo Queen
for this year will ride at the
parade's fore also.
After the parade students will
assemble on the lawn behind
Blanche Lange Hall for an out-of-door
meal. Awards will be
made for the prize-winning
floats of the student organiza
Tickets
at city
Tickets to the rodeo are on
sale at a number of business es-
tablishments throughout Abi-
lene. They are Luskey's Western
Store both S&Q stores Citizens
National Bank G. C. Murphy
Co. in Showcase Square Sand-
ers Book Store and Montgomery
Ward at Westgate Shopping
Center Gibson's Discount Cen-
ter on Barrow St. Thornton's
Department Store and Harold
Crawford Tire Co.
These merchants will have
rodeo tickets available until
noon Thursday the first day of
the rodeo.
honoree at next Tues
day's scheduled dinner meeting
of the President's Club. The
President's Club is composed of
contributors to Hardin-Simmons
who have given at least $1000 or
more during a year's time. It
honors all past presidents of
H-SU deceased or living sur-
viving families and relatives as
well as the present executive.
Wednesday's activities will
begin with an assembly in
Behren's Chapel- Auditorium
where Dr. Richardson will speak.
The assembly is completely
student-organized and student-run.
j
tions'. First prize award is $75;
and second prize award is $50.
There will be no third prize
award this year.
Following the float awards
the fun will begin as contestants
prepare for the variety of con-
tests awaiting them. The five-week-long
ordeal will be over
for the scratching scroungy-
looking beard-growers. Beards
will be judged onlength. and
the most fancy beard.
Next cigars will be lit up as
puffing coughing bug-eyed and
green-faced contestants race to
smoke their cigar to the hilt be-
fore the others.
Then will come the cigarette
rolling contest. Entrants are ex-
pected to be all thumbs as the
contrary tobacco is poured into
the flimsy cigarette paper. At-
tempts will be made to produce
a rolled cigarette that at least
resembles the neat packed ones
of manufacturers. Difficulties
may occur if the contestants
have to prove the workability
of their creations by lighting up.
After the contests students
will disband and ready them-
selves for the first. rodeo per-
formance at 8 p.m. in Carl
Myers Memorial Arena. The
arena is located north of Ambler
on Grape St. Over 200 contest-
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on sale
businesses
Tickets to the rodeo will be
at a reduced price at the ad-
vance sale by the merchants.
Adult tickets purchased in ad-
vance will be $1 each and 50
cents for children. At the rodeo
gate tickets will be $1.50 for
adults and 75 cents for children
and students.
The Retail Executive Commit-
tee of the Abilene Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring the 90th
Year Abilene's Big Country
Frontier Festival April 22-24
and the event is being held in
conjunction with the H-SU
rodeo.
show
a mograpnicai skciuu ui -Richardson's
life on a screen
with slides during' the assembly.
A presentation will be made ta
Dr. Richardson from the Stu-
dent Association in honor of him
and for his 80th birthday.
After the assembly the lunch-
eon will be held in the Civic-
Center. Tickets are available to-
students faculty and staff at $3.
Other tickets will be sold at $4.
After .the luncheon a recep-
tion will be held for Dr.. Rich-
ardson in Moody Center. This
will conclude the official activi-
ties for the day.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 51, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 20, 1971, newspaper, April 20, 1971; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98793/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.