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The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus will pull into Clarendon this Friday, April 1, for two performances at the Clarendon College Livestock & Equine Center, sponsored by the Clarendon Lions Club.
America’s Favorite Old-Fashioned Big Top Circus will hold shows at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Midway and Box Office with (rides, moonbounce, concessions, and more) will open at 4 p.m.
This one-ring, big top circus has been featured on National Geographic’s Explorer TV series, The Chicago Tribune, and other media outlets.
Last Thursday, Culpepper & Merriweather’s advance clown, Skeeter, was in town and made appearances at Lowe’s Family Center, the Clarendon Outpost, two daycare centers, and Clarendon Elementary. Skeeter graduated from the Ringling Clown College and has spent much of the last 18 years traveling around the country – clowning around.
Culpepper & Merriweather invites the public to watch Friday morning as the lot in front of the Livestock & Equine Center is transformed into a bustling Circus City. Activity swirls around the grounds as animals are unloaded, the Big Top is erected, and rigging is prepared for performances later in the day.
On circus day, C&M performers bring the magic of the circus to life in each 90-minute show. This year’s lineup includes an All-Star group of performers and entertainers. The performers are sure to amaze and delight kids of all ages.
Advance tickets are available at: Lowe’s Family Center, the Clarendon Outpost, Mike’s Pharmacy, Donley County State Bank, Herring Bank, and the Enterprise. Prices for advance tickets are $6 for children ages 2 to 12, children under 2 are always free, and $9 for adults. On show day, tickets are $7 and $12.
A part of the circus proceeds will go to the Clarendon Lions Club in support of its many charitable endeavors.
For more information, contact Boss Lion Roger Estlack or call 874-2259.
CC contest expecting big crowd
Clarendon will be bustling with people this weekend when the annual Clarendon College Invitational Judging Contest is held Saturday.
The contest doubles the town’s population and regularly attracts more than 2,000 high school FFA students and 4-H students from around Texas and nearby states and as of Monday afternoon more than 1,800 students had pre-registered. This number doesn’t include the hundreds of parents and coaches who accompany the students to the contest.
According to the 2000 US Census, Clarendon has a population of 1,974.
Past contests have had huge impacts on the local economy. Restaurants are typically packed for the event to the point of actually having to turn people away, and this year will hopefully be equally successful.
In fact, the annual judging contest is the single biggest event to attract visitors from out of county for one day. By comparison, the July 4th Saints’ Roost Celebration barbecue annually attracts about 1,000 people, the Buck’N Blow Out Rodeo on Labor Day weekend drew around 750 this past year, and the Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff records between 1,000 and 1,500 visitors each September. Each of those events, however, has hundreds of local residents in attendance. The greatest number of people at the judging contest will come from outside of Donley County.
Ethel Mae Favor
Ethel Mae Favor, 98, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Amarillo.
Graveside services were held Saturday, March 26, 2011, in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley with Bright Newhouse, Minister of the Hedley Church of Christ, officiating. Interment was held at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Ethel was born August 14, 1912, in Whitesboro, Grayson County, to Wesley & Velma Roland. She was raised in Grayson County. Ethel married Edwin Lee Favor on March 9, 1931. They moved to the Texas Panhandle in the summer of 1937, and raised their family. They shared a wonderful life for more than sixty-seven years. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ in Amarillo. She cherished her family and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her two brothers, Jesse Roland and Robert Roland; her sister, Oma Ray; a daughter-in-law, Rita Favor; and a son-in-law, A.E. “Bill” Paschal.
Survivors include two daughters, Alice Paschal of Amarillo and Barbara Owens of Owasso, Oklahoma; a son, Carroll Favor of Childress; a son-in-law, Lynn Owens of Owasso; seven grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and her loving caretakers at Plum Creek Healthcare Center.
The family request memorials be sent to Plum Creek Activity Department, 5601 Plum Creek Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79124 or Rowe Cemetery Association in Hedley.
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