Country Lifestyles
A Musical Journey: Lynn Saunders story from the cotton field to the bright lights
By contributing writer Judy Wade
From a four-year-old singing in the cotton patch with sisters Peggy and Wilma to opening for many top country and western singers to singing in the Henrietta Cowboy Church band, Lynn Howard White Saunders’ musical journey has been an exciting one.
One of six children born to Elzie and Alma Howard on the banks of the Wichita River in Wichita Falls, she was her father’s “boy helper” in the hay fields while her mother went to work in a factory making bombs during World War II.
Her first public appearance was at age five or six when she and her sisters sang “Oh, How I Love Jesus” at the City View Baptist Church. One Christmas, her father, who also raised horses, traded a horse for a piano for sister Peggy, and the Howard Sisters’ musical career really began.
Local musician Buck White heard Lynn and Peggy sing and was instrumental in getting them a spot singing on The Dixie Boy Jordan radio show every week-day morning at 6:00 A.M. They recorded a noon show and then went to school. On Saturday they joined the Stamps Ozark Quartet for a noon show. They were 12 and 13 years old.
In 1952 Elvis Presley and the Howard Sisters were part of a show held at the old Spudder Park. They sang from the back of a flat-bed truck. It was just Elvis and his guitar and the sisters. In that same year the girls joined the Art Hobbs Band and opened for Ray Price at Municipal Auditorium and often sang at the Pavilion on Lake Wichita. They entered a talent contest at Horseshoe Lake in conjunction with a Lefty Frizzell concert and won first place.
To read more pick up the August 2014 issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch.
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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