County Town Will Observe 123d Birthday

FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - A 3-day celebration of the 123d anniversary of the oldest community in Dallas will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
A Jaycee-sponsored style show in the Farmers Branch Shopping Center at that time will be followed by Indian dances, staged by Boy Scouts and sponsored by the Otis Engineering Co.
Farmers Branch traces its history back to the original Peters Colony settlement on the present municipal site.
Friday's program highlight will be the first district football game played at R. L. Turner Stadium, pitting the Farmers Branch-Carrollton Lions against the Denison Yellow Jackets. A teen-age dance will follow at the Farmers Branch Shopping Center.
The annual Pioneer Days parade will move at 2 p.m. under direction of the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
For Saturday the Lions Club is preparing 1,000 barbecued chickens to be offered at $1 a plate at noon and in the evening.
The Saturday evening schedule calls for a beauty contest sponsored by Valwood Center merchants, a square dance in Valwood, the judging of beards, and a hog-calling contest.

The Dallas Morning News - September 22, 1965
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams