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Show tyleo and Fruit festival ;0fed "Successful" bre Crowds Attend All vents Scheduled; Tarades praff praise; Fine Fruit Distributed At Festival -.j Lions-Legion Rodeo and Festival held the last three 3 of last week is voted the J entertainment in the past 1 years from every view-it view-it declare those who were in -ndance. 'rs first day started off with of the finest parades ever seen - -his city, is the general opinion. : I floats depicted the history of 'landing factors of community -rth from 1S61 to 1938, featur-.. featur-.. toth humorous and serious -ents. It would be impossible nation one special float with- wanting to cover the entire -i'p The queen with her at-daiits at-daiits made a fine impression, - bands in parade were at their A the Lions and Legionnaries :i their ladies on well groomed nK reminded one of the days J;n Dixie people owned plenty u -salient horses. "1 'Bjes for the parade awarded S place to the B.P.W. Float iisthearts", advertising J. C. :-T,ey company; second place to Stucki-Wittwer Float, depict--: the history of transportation, d third place to the McGregor sital float, honoring past local -::crs from Israel Ivins down the and showing modern surgery. The beauty parade on the second iiig drew an immense street fence as block after block of :.ci's fairest ladies passed in re-t. re-t. According to the judges "i Loie Watson won the waffle on the hospital coach, Toni "ison, the electric toaster grill, , r-ertising Southern Utah Power, J L-iMrs. Charles Pickett, third for :; Dixie Drug, won the article ' : wearing apparel. Urn Winners ; in the Rodeo events, first day, i :?lie Morris won first and A. A. -Cain, second place in calf rop-; rop-; ::; E. B. Davis won third. In ' '' team tying first day, Perlie ; 'Tis and Jim Johnson won. first i ;ce; E. S. Gardner and Rex '' dner, second. Broncho riding, - st day the purse was split equally "een Buster Holt, Jim Johnson (Continued on page eight) ! Lions-Legion (Continued rrom first page) and Walter Shelley. The wild cow milking award went to Brown Hail and A. A. McCain. The second day's events -gave A. A. McCain first. E. B. Davis, second and Reid Mathis, third places in calf roping. Team tying. John Fanchon and Pat Ronnow. first; E. B. Davis and Max Hafen. second and Reid Mathis and Ted Yarbough, third. In the Broncho riding Jim Johnson placed first and Clay Palmer second. The wild cow milking contest gave Perlie Morris and Don Horn first with Orie Jordan and Buster Holt, second. Fruit Display The fruit exhibit in the recreation recrea-tion hall was pronounced the best since the good old days of annual Dixie fruit festivals with many awards. Best exhibit of 20 pounds of grapes, first place. Mrs. Fred Riding; second. Luther Hemenway and third, E. M. Mickleson, all of St. George. Best display of fruit grown by one person, five varieties or more," first place. E. M. Mickleson, Mickle-son, St. George; second. Martie Larson. Motoqua. Best display of fruit by St. George wards, first place. West ward; second. East ward; third. South ward. Best fruit display other towns, first place, Leeds; second, Santa Clara. Best display of not less than 20 melons, first place, Anton Terry, St. George. Best display apples. 20 pounds, any variety, first and second place, Martie Larson Motoqua; third place. Delilah Seitz. Veyo. Best display of pears, any variety, 20 pounds, first place. .Martie Larson. Motoqua: second I and third awards, Willard McMul-lin. McMul-lin. Leeds. Best display of peaches, any variety, 20 pounds, first place. Henrv Bowler. Gunlock; second. Grant Miller, St. George; third. Evan Sullivan. Leeds. Best display jelly, first place. Mrs. Martie Larson. Motoqua. Best exhibit, cucumber pickles, first place. Thelma Stirling, Leeds. Best exhibit bread and butter pickles, first place, Mrs. Mayme Worthen, St. George. Best exhibit jams, first place. Hazel McMullin. Leeds; second. Erma Sorcnson. St. George; third. Mrs. Martie Larson, Motoqua. Kerr exhibit, first place, Mrs. F. J. Bowler. Gunloek; second. Mrs. Hazel McMullin. Leeds. , Best display flowers, first. Mrs. Emma Larson. St. George. Canned Fruit Exhibit Best exhibit pears, any variety, first, Mayme Worthen, St. George: i second, Elizabeth Chadburn, St. I George. Best exhibit peaches, any variety first, Mrs. F. J. Bowler. Gunlock.! Best exhibit grapes, any variety, first, Mrs. Hyrum Laney Sr. i Best exhibit of at least 10 jars I of fresh fruit with at least five varieties, first, Mrs. Fred Riding, St. George; second, Mrs. Martie Larson, Motoqua. Best display prunes. 20 pounds, first, Grant Miller, St. George; second, Martie Larson, Motoqua. Best exhibit seedless grapes, 20 pounds, first, Fred Riding, St. George; second, Luther Hemenway, Hemen-way, St. George. Best Flame Tokay grapes, 20 pounds, first, Grant Miller, St. George. Best Cornishon grapes, 20 pounds, first, E. M. Mickleson, St. George. Best California grapes, 20 pounds, first, E. M. Mickleson. St. George: second, Donald Bracken. Central; third, Israel Neilson Jr.. Washington. Clothing I: first, exhibit from group led by Mrs. Dan Thompson and Miss Marie Carter, St. George; second, exhibit from group led by Mrs. Emily Foremaster and Alice Barton, St. George; third, exhibit from group led by Juanita Strat-ton Strat-ton and Ila Sullivan, Hurricane; fifth, exhibit from group led by Alice LeBaron and Gladys Young. Hurricane. Clothing II: First, exhibit from group led by Dencie Dalton and Ruth Barber. Clothing III: First, exhibit from group led by Mary Sullivan, St. George. Clothing IT, (Individual ExhibiO First, dress of Charlotte Morris. St. George, leaders Mrs. Emily Foremaster and Mrs. Alice Barton. Home Science: First, exhibit from group led by Mrs. Verna Call and Miss Fern Starr. St. George. Foods I: First, exhibit from group led by Rose Wilson and Irene Shamo, I Iurricane. Foods II: First, exhibit from group led by Ina Mae Bracken and Fern Starr, St. George. Style Dress Review: First. Carol Cox; second. Beulah Smith; third. Sylvia Atkin, all of St. George. Demonstration Teams: First. group from class of Ila Cox, winners win-ners Grace Bentley and Beulah Smith for Fibre identification; second. Pine Valley group led by Adelia Hall and Dixie Burgess, featuring table service, Lois Gardner Gard-ner and Yerle Hall, winners; third, group led by Ina May Bracken and Fern Starr, St. George, theme, j sandwiches, winners, Delia Madsen and Luen Atkin. Larpe Crowds The entire three days showed remarkably large crowds attending. attend-ing. The band concert was a well received feature. The fight card drew a big crowd each night and the dances were likewise well attended. at-tended. According to the committee" i members, this year the committee 1 sees hope of a little more than . breaking even financially and a-e-: already talking in terms of a t;g- ger, better Rodeo and fruit festival .for 1939. |