Texas Spur County Roundup

Motley County Friends of the Library to host annual Beans and Cornbread lunch Aug. 26

MATADOR—The Motley County Friends of the Library will host their Annual Rootin’ Tootin’ Beans and Cornbread Lunch Friday, August 26, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the library annex.

Beans and cornbread and all the fixins’, smoked sausage, cobbler and iced tea will be served. Donations will be accepted with great appreciation.

This annual event, which coincides with the Old Settlers Reunion each year, is a major fundraiser for the library. The event will also feature a display of Old West photos, with most of the images depicting the people and places of times past in Motley County.

“This is a fun time where old friends have the opportunity to visit and enjoy an old fashioned meal,”said librarian Carla Meador.“We appreciate everyone who attends and contributes more than we can say.”

—The Caprock Courier

Guthrie alumni football game to be held at Homecoming Sept. 1

GUTHRIE—OnThursday, Sept. 1, Guthrie Common School District will holdsomeveryspecialfootballgamesatHomecomingatJackHueyField.

At 5:30 p.m., the junior high will play; at 7:30 p.m. the high school will play, and then following the high school game, there will be an alumni game.

Players will be introduced at halftime during the high school game. Alumni interested in playing should RSVP to jmccauley@guthrieisd.net, please include your name, your jersey number and the years you played.

—The Caprock Courier

Final performance of‘Ragtown, The Musical’Saturday, Aug. 27

POST—“Ragtown, The Musical,” the origin story of the city of Post, will have its final performance of the 2022 season at 3 p.m. Saturday, August 27.

Brothers Glenn and Chip Polk, founders of Ragtown GospelTheater, grew up in Post hearing the legendary stories of cereal magnate C.W. Post and his dreams of a utopian city on the South Plains. They heard the tales firsthand from the people who were there alongside C.W. Post in the early part of the last century. Both brothers have memories of the Golden Jubilee, fifty years after the founding, when many of those early settlers celebrated the anniversary with attending Hollywood celebrities of the day: DannyThomas, Spring Byington and Danny Kaye, among others.

Post’s granddaughter, the glamorous Dina Merrill, had just made her 1957 film debut in a movie with SpencerTracy and Katharine Hepburn. Reigning over it all, including the unveiling of her father’s statue, was the regal Marjorie Merriweather Post, C.W. Post’s only child, and heir to his breakfast food empire. All those original settlers are gone now, but the Polk brothers are doing their best to assure the unique story of their hometown’s founding is remembered. Tickets are available at the website, www.ragtown. com, or call 1-877-RAGTOWN.

—Ragtown Gospel Theater Facebook page