Show Rodeo Season Opens With Dance Da ce Friday Queen and Attendants Will be Crowned as Large Crowd Watches Sparked by a proclamation by b Mayor B H ding ing ing Rodeo Days from July 21 2 L u J August 9 and calling on all al altrue true western citizens to wear rodeo attire during this period the Vernal Rodeo and Rac Race meet will officially begin with will willits its I ts first event this Friday t he hi annual Queens Queen's dance Uintah county pulchritude the fairest in the Basin will compete for the title of Miss Vernal Verna Rodeo and Race Meet Runners Runners- up will be named attendants to t te the e queen V J The five aspirants and their sponsors are Donna Hatch Jaycees Jay Jay- Jaycees Jaycees cees Shirley Wilson Kiwanis Ruby Lee Hazelbush Lions club Donna Timothy Maeser ward Mrs Neil Caldwell The girls each of whom is an ar expert rider will reign over the th county's western fete and rep rep- represent represent resent it at the Centennial cele cele- celebration celebration bration at Salt Lake City July Queen contest J judges are Al- Al Al AI AlLin Lin jIn Mn Kay and Lloyd Eaton com corn committee co chairmen together with a representative from each sponsoring organization The girls will be named on the basis bash of numbers of dance d dunce nce tickets sold by each and their sponsors Assuring the greatest parades the an an- an announcement announcement in the shows show's history was this week by the rodeo committee that in prizes will be awarded for the best bet floats and 50 in awards the best around all horses lind find riders entered In the calva calva- cade cede Cash prizes of 50 30 and 20 will wil be awarded first second and third place floats re res res- respectively The floats must be de- de designed de designed signed around a centennial theme and be horse-drawn horse In tee e event the floats entered do donot donot Wot not warrant the prizes Maes offered dome W ds wID d to 0 jo the tb quality of of 1 the tD ent Three prizes will be given n In J oth the adult and Junior junIor classes Tor for best around all around all riders and horses including decorative ef of ef- ef effects Riders Rider's awards will be in inthe inthe the form fonn of horseman's accoutrements accoutrements A guarantee that this years year's event will attract the top cow cow- cowhands hands of the nation was made this week with the receipt of from the state Centennial nial committee This money will willbe willbe be divided among the four top scoring coring cowboys of the meet and ana f fill ill be in addition to the regu regu- regular regular lar 2250 offered by the rodeo committee An invitation to local cow cow- cowhands cowhands hands to enter the rodeo was ex ex- ex extended extended tended by Henry rodeo president who stat stat stat- stated stated ed that applications for entry should be made not later than August 8 It will be impossible to accept entries after this date he concluded Entry should hould be i- i ik filed with wJ h Hu Hugh W U dho olton r or Frank k S Henderson He s The races in the race meet part will be bethe bethe of the program this year the fastest yet said Karl Allen chairman of the racing commit commit- committee committee tee Owners Own rs of top horses in Utah and Colorado have signified their I Intention to enter their best mounts this year he continued Adding to the increasing ever-increasing interest in the gala occasion was the announcement this week by bythe bythe the Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce to the effect that the club will award a brand new 1947 Plymouth sedan to one of the persons attending the show Also to assure that the grounds will be in ship shape condition the county commis commis- commissioners commis this week authorized the painting re-painting of the grandstand and fences |