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Show i l .mij . v rtfi Melon Days in Green River is always a great weekend, and this year was no exception. The big annual parade was the highlight of the day, and was filled with floats, riding groups and other entries. The Green River Woman's Club float, shown here, pinpoints the theme of this year's parade, "Blue Sky and Open Spaces." Melon Days a big success Melon Days, under the sponsorship of the Jaycees, was a success, from the starting parade on Saturday through the Motocross races on Sunday. There were 14 entries in the parade, which was under the management of Larry Carter, Al Shepherd and Tim Anderson. Ander-son. Taking prizes were, in the Business division: Ray's Tavern, Tav-ern, 1st; Brace's Cafe, 2nd; and Taco Time, 3rd. In the Organization division. Woman's Wo-man's Gub took first, the Square Dancers under the title Melon Busters, took 2nd and Beta Zeta won third. In the Childrens' division Shirley and Tim Trujillo in the horse entry and Jeremy and Richey in the bicycle entry tied for first and each got a prize of $10.00. The old melon float was refurbished, and glowed with new beauty in the parade, thanks to Mrs. Wayne Ball who collected money to buy paint and repainted the melon slice and then pulled it in the parade. Parti Coomer carried the colors, and the High School Band marched. The Shriners of Salt Lake City had a marching group and a float in the parade. The 4-H Riding Club participated also. After the parade, Redtail Aviation provided a plane and 400 ping-pong balls were dropped over the park, each carrying an offer of prizes from the local merchants. This was under the supervision of Tim Anderson, who got to ride along and throw out the balls. Wayne Ball and Frank Vetere cut melons at the Park all day. The Square Dancers put on an exhibition at the Book Cliff Elementary in the afternoon, and at the High School gym in the evening. There was a modern dance at the Firehouse in the evening with a Moab band. Laddie King was in charge of collecting the melons, and local growers John and Jay Vetere, Dean King and Boyd Hunt donated melons for the event. |