Perryton had top polo team

Polo is not always a sport for the rich. Back in 1937, Perryton had a polo team which was very successful in matches around the country and the team played before crowds at the polo field on the north side of town.

Beer outlawed by ‘37 election

After having legal beer in Perryton for almost four years, Perryton citizens went to the polls on March 20, 1937, and voted the town dry again. There were 420 votes for prohibition and 313 votes against it, giving the drys a margin of 107 votes.

BETA SIGMA PHI

BETA SIGMA PHI — Beta Phi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority held a pledge service when this picture was made at the Hotel Perryton Coffee Shop in November 1939.

Rangers of 1939 were first unbeaten football team

Perryton Ranger football dates back to 1922 when the first team was organized, with a coach hired by local merchants and who was not even a member of the school faculty.

Ellis leaves for pro camp

(Reprinted from the Ochiltree County Herald, July 20, 1939). Drew Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ellis and a former TCU football star, left Wednesday for Philadelphia to join the training camp of the Philadelphia Eagles of the national Football League.

Pilot puts ski equipment on plane

(Reprinted from the Herald, February 1, 1940). Shades of Alaska! For the first time in the history of Texas a plane has been observed taking off on a pair of skies at Perryton across the snow bound prairie to wrangle a herd of marooned cattle and give them daily feed.

1939 OLD TIMERS

1939 OLD TIMERS– During Perryton’s Birthday Celebration in 1939, the Old Timers gathered to remember the beginnings of the city.

Perryton has Gala Jubilee on August 22, 1939

(Reprinted from the Herald, Aug. 24, 1939) As the curtain rang down on fifty years of progress in Ochiltree County and twenty years of advancement in Perryton on August 22., a historical parade and pageant payed graphic homage to the pioneers who built a civilization and found a way of life on the...

Over two hundred register at Old-Timers meet Tuesday

(Reprinted from the Herald, Aug. 24, 1939) Two hundred fifteen registered at the Old Timers’ Reunion held at the Legion Hall during the Golden Jubilee Celebration in Perryton August 22. Of this number 73 were pioneers who arrived in the panhandle at least fifty years ago.

WHEAT CONFERENCE BRINGS INFO TO PRODUCERS

The 2021 Wheatheart Wheat Conference was held on Thursday morning at the Ochiltree County Expo Center.