Cotton Festival to be held October 12-13

A Donley County tradition continues this weekend as Hedley hosts the 67th annual Cotton Festival on Friday and Saturday, October 12 and 13.

The Hedley Lioness Club will get things going Friday with a Chili & Stew Supper at 5 p.m. The club will also be selling chances on a quilt.

Hedley’s Athletic Department will host Bingo on Friday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday starting at 8 a.m. in the Senior Citizens building.

Also Friday night at 7:00 p.m., a Hootenanny will be held at the Lions’ Den featuring Johnnie Woodard.

Saturday’s events begin with the Hedley Fire Department’s Pancake Breakfast from 6 to 9:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church. The Rowe Cemetery Association will hold a bake sale at Moffitt Hardware.

At 11:00 a.m., the Lions Club will host a catered BBQ dinner, and the Senior Citizens will be serving hamburgers. Also, Saturday at 10 a.m. the Hedley Senior Citizens will host a cake walk.

The Kiddie Parade will be held at 2 p.m., followed by the Community Parade. After the parade, the School Reunion is at the school at 3:00 p.m.

Saturday evening, the Hedley Volunteer Fire Department will hold a barbecue dinner from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. The festival will close out with entertainment and drawings at the Lions’ Den Saturday night starting at 6 p.m., including the annual drawing for a bale of cotton donated by Donley County Gin and K. Huddleston Sales.