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Show LAST CHANCE FOR COUNTY FAIR Given the boon of good weather, weath-er, the tenth annual Salt Lake County Fair is expected to break existing attendance marks for the fifth consecutive year, E. O. Brothers, of Crescent, president and manager, announced following follow-ing the opening Tuesday. Attendance Attend-ance at the opening parade, staged stag-ed under the direction of B. A. Reynolds, at Murray Tuesday evening, and at Earl Hutchinson's sensational rodeo, presented at the rac etrack with thoroughbred running races as an added attraction, attrac-tion, lent weight to the prediction. predic-tion. In the place of honor in the parade were Norma Day, of Draper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Harmon E. Day, the fair queen, with her attendants Delia Brady, Union, and Dolores Huffaker, of Magna. Representing their own communities, after having been selected by the Lions clubs were Donna Madsen, Riverton; Amy Lou Lloyd, South Salt Lake; Alice Boyce, Sandy; Vonda Seussel, Bingham Canyon; Mary Bo wen, Mid vale; Barbara Pyke, East Mill Creek; June Farley, Holladay; Betty Gerrard, Taylorsville; Belle Trunnell, Murray; and Pat Mid-gley, Mid-gley, Sugarhouse. Salt Lake City was not represented. Judges were Fielding K. Smith, Newell Cot-terell Cot-terell and C. B. Smurthwaite, of Salt Lake City. County Commissioner Commis-sioner Gwynne Page, of River-ton, River-ton, was chairman of the queen committee, with Mr. Reynolds directing di-recting the contest. Excellent attendance marked the first professional rodeo at the fair and the first in Salt Lake county outside of the city. Producer Pro-ducer Hutchinson spared no cost in assembling 125 wild bucking broncs, tough steers, speedy calves calv-es and mean and vicious Brahma bulls who pit their savagery a-gainst a-gainst 100 of the nation's top rodeo hands. Special feature attractions at-tractions were Bennie Bender, nationally famous rodeo clown and bull fighter; Frank and Ber-nice Ber-nice Dean, of San Jose, Calif., trick riders, ropers and bull whip manipulators. The rodeo was to be presented present-ed each evening, Tuesday, thru Friday, with the Saddleers Ranch Days Horse Show, combined with horse races as the final attraction attrac-tion Saturday. The first of three 1 lower shows was held Tuesday and Wednesday, Wednes-day, the second scheduled for Thursday and Friday, and the third on Saturday only, with different dif-ferent contestants from all sections sec-tions of the county in each show. For those who have not yet attended there's still a chance to see the exhibits, enjoy Monte Young's colorful midway of rides and shows, band conceits and the race track attractions- Entrance to the exhibits and midway are through Murray city park, while entrance to the race track is 100 yards further south on State street, opposite Murray smelter. r |