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They sit, wearing crisp white shirts and blue jeans, on stuffed leather chairs set on a platform stage in front of approximately 300 people. Each of them quietly waiting, as they refect on what it was that actually brought them there. One by one, the introductions and biographies are read, a name is called, and then suddenly they realize it is their turn. Their turn to hear their own story unfold. So begins the evening for Cole Armstrong of Pecos, Texas, H. G. Bedford of Midland, John Dublin, Jr., of Midland and Crockett County, and Bill Lea of Buckeye, New Mexico. For these "old-timers" this is no ordinary day. This is a moment in history that honors them for their longtime devotion, strong