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Tex Ritter 1950 Tour
15 States & Canada

L-R (Back): Valley Maid, Roy Parks,
Diane Robinson, Tex Ritter,
Bill Bailey, Dude Webb, Valley Maid

L-R (Front): Slim Andrews,
Dickie Robinson, Spud Goodall,
Pinky Jackson, Cheeta & Hank Silby,
Bill Carr, Alan “Slim” Roberts

Source: Londa Parks, Dicky Parks
Private Collection

Bud Messner Pennant
WCHA, Chambersburg, PA
Source: Private Collection


Songfolios & Pamphlets


The Skyline Boys
Promotional Pamphlet, est. 1948
Source: Private Collection


Bud Messner & The Skyline Boys
Promotional Pamphlet, est. 1949
Source: Private Collection


Bud Messner & The Skyline Boys
Orange Songfolio, est. 1949
Source: Private Collection


Bud Messner & The Skyline Boys
Blue Songfolio, est. 1950
Source: Private Collection


The Skyline Boys
WFMD Pamphlet
unk. early-mid 1950s
Source: Jose Fritz, thanks!
Private Collection


Bud Messner & The Skyline Boys
Yellow Songfolio
unk. early-mid 1950s
Source: Private Collection


Bud Messner & The Skyliners
Green Songfolio, unk. mid-1950s
Source: Private Collection


The Skyline Boys
Purple Pamphlet
unk. mid-late 1950s
Source: Private Collection

Newspapers


The Skyline Boys
Source: The Daily News
July 2, 1947, Pg. 6


Roy Acuff
Bud Messner & his Skyline Boys
Source: Lebanon Daily News
July 1, 1949, Pg. 17


Smashing New Hits
Hank Williams, Bud Messner
Source: The News and Advance
May 28, 1950, Pg. 9


Jimmy Dickens
Bud Messner & his Skyliners
Source: The Evening Sun
July 23, 1951, Pg. 9


Hank Snow
Bud Messner & his Skyliners
Source: The Daily Mail
October 2, 1951, Pg. 3


Minnie Pearl
Bud Messner & his Skyline Boys
Source: Pottsville Republican
August 23, 1952, Pg. 6


Tim Holt
Bud Messner & his Skyliners
Source: White River Leader
October 3, 1952, Pg. 2

Photos


Bud Messner, Roy Acuff
Hockey’s Park, 1950
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


L-R: Molly Darr Messner,
Vaughn Monroe, Bud Messner
Dinner Party at Starlight Roof
Waldorf Astoria, Queens NY
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


Jimmy Dickens, Bud Messner
On Stage, Hammonds Grove
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


L-R: Bud Messner
Minnie Pearl, Molly Darr Messner
Baltimore, Maryland, 1950
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


Hank Williams Sr., Bud Messner
Chambersburg, PA, 1952
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


L-R: Sunset “Kit” Carson,
Bud Messner, Al Fuzzy St. John
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection


Tim Holt, Bud Messner
Shennandoah, Iowa
Source: Green Songfolio
Private Collection