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Show I (0)77) 4l?DfPFS lt V(fVP TnTTTn 41(1?!' : ; - v i 1 , ' - ' ' I I " v. - - f A ' V ' ' ' , ' - - v , , t v I - -7 """" J N V ' i Annual Frolic To Feature Hi-Jinks Dance The annual Milford American Amer-ican Legion 49er Race Meet and Celebration has been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, June 9 and 10. . Committee heads have started start-ed lining up assistants and planning the activities for the big two-day affair, and Dave Morris, post commander, has issued a call for all Legionnaires Legion-naires to "roll up their sleeves and get on the ball" to help make the '61 49er celebration an outstanding success. "For the first time in a good many years," Commander Morris Mor-ris said, "Milford Post No. 16 is out of debt, and we expect to go all out to make this celebration really big, and at the same time raise funds to help The Legion carry out their many worth-while programs. pro-grams. Robert Carter is general racing rac-ing chairman, and will meet with Elmo Smith, chairman for the Ranch Canyon Riders, to arrange details of the racing events. This year, Mr. Carter said, the officials hope to offer at least two feature races each day with "added" purses, and one or two special races each day for Beaver County-owned horses. "We welcome all the out-of-county horses we can get," Mr. Carter said, "and will offer purse to match the caliber of the horses; but we also know that Minersville and South Milford Mil-ford horses, along with the Beaver horses, 'make' our race meet, and we want to have special races limited to county horses." The Chuckwagon Breakfast, not offered last year, will be a feature of this year's 49ers, with Elwood and Richard Jefferson Jef-ferson as co-chairmen of this popular event. The free breakfast break-fast of hot cakes and sausage, with coffee, milk, etc.,' will be served to all comers from 7 to 9 a. m. Saturday, June 10. Immediately following the chuckwagon breakfast, children's chil-dren's races and games will be directed by Junior Kirk, with SEE FORTY-NINERS Back Page Sue Clark, 17 year old daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Clark of Holladay, up on "Barbara Allen," the cutting horse she will ride in a dem onstration during the Milford 49ers Race Meet. Sue is a member of the Utah Cutting horse Ass'n., 1959 and 1960 winner of the Utah High School Rodeo Cow Cutting championship, and finalist in pole bending, barrel race, and calf roping. (Deseret News Engraving) Schow's music,' ana ""N teen-age dance in stS,V'' Recreation Hall, With ford High Combo 1 he h dancing. ying f, Here'sMoro About Forty-Niners Continued from Page One nther Legionnaires assisting. AU the kiddies entering the races will receive coins, with "rger cash prizes for the win- "There will be no parade this year, but fun concessions conces-sions will be open on City Park lawn after the kid races. Friday evening, a Hi-jinks dance will be staged in Arion Hall, and Saturday evenings entertainment includes the big annual 49er Dance with . Jake |