1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 September Voice | Page 18

THE MIRACLE OF
THE CELEBRATION
IS SEEN IN THE
CIVIC CLUBS
OF SHELBYVILLE
STOPPING FOR A BREATHER . . . A. E. Neil!, Tom Hay and Ralph Murphy
take a welcome break from serving the hungry throng at their V.F.W.
Pavillion just outside the stadium. The group kept their concession open round-
the-clock to provide good food to the many people on the showgrounds who were
on the move at all hours.
By Ben A. Green
It has been said that the modern
horse show represents the single-
most effective project that a local
civic club can handle in order to
raise funds for a worthy project.
The horse show is well known for
its contribution to the community
and shows in general have a repu­
tation for providing wholesome en­
tertainment and activity for the
community at large. The number
one example of what can be ac­
complished when a horse show
committee and a civic club work
together for the betterment of the
community is the Tennessee Walk­
ing Horse National Celebration.
Over nine local organizations band
together to help provide the many
necessities of this community pro­
ject.
“Southern hospitality, extended
through residents of Shelbyville
and especially through the civic
clubs and civic organizations of
our community whose members
work to make the Celebration a
success every year, has been a ma­
jor factor in growth of this great
horse show since its inception,”
says Phil J. Scudder, a 26-year
member of the Celebration Board
of Directors. Scudder and William
L. Parker, both Lions Club mem­
bers, are the remaining original di­
rectors as Rotarians W. Clyde Tune
and Franklin M. Boyd are deceased.
Service of the civic clubs con­
tinues, and each have responsibili­
ties and each has definite projects
with which to use their receipts
from Celebration enterprises. They
are:
Shelbyville Lions Club handles
official program sales, distribut­
ing 10,000 at the 1964 show with
all receipt channeled into the Lions
Sight-Saving Program to help blind
children and adults, and to prevent
blindness.
WHO IS NEXT PLEASE . . . Auburn Wheeler, President of the Shelbyville
KIWANIS Club, keeps things moving as Jimmy Bearden fills orders at their
food concession to the south of the bleachers. Throughout the show, a constant
flow of hungry horselovers was served at this booth and very few complaints
were ever heard.
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