| Show wc i d. d t I f t ft j t 9 t 9 I 4 I 5 L F m m m m THE OLD TIME BRONC are at It again I 30 years ago Woodey Searle sponsored Vernal's first Amateur Rodeo to raise funds for a hospital Sept 5 therell there'll be another one for the same purpose Getting the bawl rolling was Joe Haslem who wrote Mrs Phil Harrison a check for 1000 Joe loe challenges anyone In Uintah County to match him Says if they'll do that we wont won't need a o bond election I to r Mrs Harrison Woodey Alma Joe Haslem Elmer Caldwell Richard Gilbert Hospital benefit rodeo just like 30 years ago Thirty years ago October 3 and 4 Woodey Searle sponsored the first amateur rodeo inVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal since the heyday of theold the theold theold old time bronc for the purpose of raising money to build a hospital On September 5 Woodey is staging another go round for the same purpose The show will commence at 8 pm p.m. I 1 I just hope the community community- feels reefs as we Jo commented Woodey and be as wholeheartedly for it as they were 30 years ago MRS PHIL Harrison chairman of the donations committee for the hospital said the money would apply to an extended care unit a hospital need that is not covered by the bond election Said Mrs Harrison This is the most fantastic town Ive ever lived in 10 everyone's been so ready to offer their time talents and money I wouldn't want to live anywhere else Were also going to hold an auction during the rodeo continued Mrs Harrison and anyone who ho cares to contribute either time or items to auction may contact me or Woodey Well We'll take anything we can gel Crom an old rooster to aBrahma a aBrahma Brahma rahma bull Joe Haslem whipped out his checkbook and then and there wrote a check to the hospital fund for an even 1000 Said Joe Im a poor boy raised on bread and milk and patched overalls but I challenge anybody in Uintah County to match me-if me they'll do that we wont won't need needa a bond JUST AS it was 30 years ago all stock and labor will be furnished free gratis Dee Allred is bringing his bucking horses and the Brahma bulls free Leland McNeill will provide the bulls for junior bull riding Valley Roping Club and Woodey Searle and Sons the st steers steers f for r bull dogging and team roping Thirty years ago Clair and Tom Burton and Elmer Caldwell Caldwell Caldwell Cald Cald- well drove Clairs Clair's bucking string from Lapoint to Vernal for the event Joe John and Clyde Haslem trailed cattle from Blue Mountain Don Batty and Woodey Searle furnished the cattle for team roping Grant Southam donated his trucks and helped at al the chutes Jack C. C Turner provided a plane and pilot to scatter handbills Asher Merkley donated pasture for the bucking horses Clyde and Orlan Johnson Ralph Milburn Karl Roberts Dee Ashel and La LaVell Veil Manwaring and Art Lundy sold tickets Ott Beebe Windy Burton and Jay Searle kept the team and calf roping raping events moving Joel Evans and Clark Feltch picked up the bronc riders and donated their team roping winnings to the hospital as did Elmer Caldwell his winnings Doc Jenkins and Jack Allred assisted in picking up bronc riders Earl Barl Calder and Long John the 65 year-old year Indian cowboy entertained with rope spinning Fitz Burton Harry AuMiller Tom Robbins and Earl Gadd acted as judges for all riding contests COMMISSIONERS COMi Forrest Goodrich and Ashel Manwaring supported the show overriding the dissenting vote of Alma Local businesses closed their doors during the performance per per- Clair Larsen of oC Roosevelt donated soda pop but Calder Brothers said if we wouldn't use it they'd donate two days pop and ice cream laughed Woodey and they we could sell So Soe we e used Clairs Clair's pop for the Jensen Ward Fund rodeo Rodeo tickets went for tor Ja cents for children end nd per adult and we cleared 1837 Part of the concessions and dance receipts went to Naples and Glines Ward building funds and the rest to the hospital fund Richard Gilbert will be there therewith therewith therewith with the sound system for the Sept 3 rodeo for the Senior Citizens trip to Disneyland this show will begin at and also for the Sept 5 hospital fund rodeo as he has done for the past 30 years Commissioner is supporting this one and said with a grin that he had been a trifle hasty 30 years ago Contestants should sign up Friday before 6 pm p.m. at al Searle Saving Center on the Maeser Road |
