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Famous People from Motley County, Texas.
Douglas Meador
Born on a ranch north of Matador, Texas on May 9, 1901 Ben Douglas Meador was the son of a cook on the Matador Ranch. When Meador was six months old, his parents began a covered-wagon odyssey that took them to Moore County in Texas, Texhoma, Oklahoma, Dalhart and Quanah, Texas, and finally Cottle County, Texas, where the family settled.
He began his writing career in Hollywood, California in 1922, where he sold two plays and worked briefly at the quickly-defunct Shellcraft Studios.
His weekly columns drew on his experiences in West Texas. Meador wove his stories of cowboy life and ordinary folks and added his own humor and thought to the mix. In the next eight years the number of newspapers nationwide that carried the column grew. In 1934 "Trail Dust" was named best column in the state. Meador was named Texas Newspaperman of the Year in 1952. Meador was acknowledged as having been West Texas’ spokesman for over thirty years by the Texas House of Representatives in 1966. He also served one term as president of the West Texas Press Association, and two terms as president of the Panhandle Press Association.
Meador served as mayor of Matador from 1948 to 1954. He died September 27, 1974 in Lubbock, Texas.
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