TUSCALOOSA JUNIOR WELFARE CHARITY HORSE SHOW SET JUNE 12-13
The Tuscaloosa Junior Welfare Charity Horse Show is scheduled for June 12 and 13 at the Tuscaloosa Riding Club .
Announcement of plans for the third annual event has been made by Mrs . E . S . Brannon Jr ., show chairman . She is being assisted by Mrs . Leon Patton , co-chairman and Mrs . William I . Owen , assistant co-chairman .
Proceeds from the show will be used by the group to maintain an extensive program for needy children in Tuscaloosa county . Their volunteer activities include maintaining white and colored children ’ s clinics , dental clinics , well baby clinic , Tuscaloosa Little Theater , aid at the Christmas Store and sponsorship of a Girl Scout troop at Partlow School .
In the past years the organization of young matrons has held fund raising drives by sponsoring local talent presentations , The JWA Follies , and also fine arts presentations .
Since sponsorship of the horse show became the major fund raising project , the organization has invested several thousand dollars in improvements into the Tuscaloosa Riding Club .
Last year the group built three permanent barns , constructed an auxiliary ring , improved the existing ring , built bleachers , constructed a concession stand , added two baths , improved the roads and built a ticket house .
The group now has more interest than ever in the club , since being presented a gift of 86 shares in the Riding Club from Samuel
MAY , 1961
READY FOR THE SHOW . . . Mrs . Leon Patten , co-chairman of the JWA Charity Horse Show- is shown with SUN ’ S BARBARA ANN , a Walking Mare , and Mr . S . W . Swaim , lonp-time lover of horses who has aided this cause considerably and Mrs . Earl Brandon . President of the JWA .
S . Swaim . In accepting the gift from Mr . Swaim , Mrs . Earl Brandon . JWA president , expressed the members ’ deep appreciation for his interest and also for that of James C . Austin who has donated five shares of stock in the club to the association .
Gifts by these two local men have made it possible for the charitable organization to become the largest single stockholder in the Tuscaloosa Riding Club .
The JWA horse show is a member of the Mid-South Horseman ’ s Association , the Alabama Horseman ’ s Association , the Hunter and Jumper Association of Alabama , and is affiliated with the American Horse Show Association .
“ WALKER ” l
I didn ' t tie this time BUT I ' ll bet he remembers me !
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