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Show Kid Parade, Soapbox Derby Add Interest to 49er Daj s Buss Carson Bringing Full Thrill Troupe to Milford been featured in many other parades. A few years ago he appeared with a minor part of his troupe in between-races entertainment enter-tainment at Beaver. He will bring his full show to Milford, with the entire troupe and their beautiful wardrobes, splendid horses, trained dogs, clown, and thrilling thrill-ing acts. Buss Carson is a close relative rel-ative of Mrs. Harold Baxter and Mrs. Ireta Fotheringham, and has expressed his pleasure pleas-ure at being privileged to appear in his "second home town." Following the Carson show, the annual Forty-niner dance will conclude the day's activities. activi-ties. Tickets for the Carson show, at $1 each, may be purchased from any Legionnaire, or at the gate. Student tickets are priced at 75c, and children's admission is 50c. "Entries Wanted" in the Legion Le-gion 49er Kid Parade, was the call sent out today by Roland Culver, parade chairman. "All kids in town are invited to enter the big Kid' Parade," Mr. Culver said, "and from the comments of the youngsters we've been hearing, it's going to be one of the biggest youth parades Milford has ever seen." Children may be sponsored by any adult or by any organization or-ganization or group, Mr. Culver Cul-ver said, but they must select their own float or entry theme, based on Western or "Old Time" ideas. Help in constructing the float is permitted, per-mitted, and will not disqualify the entrant from consideration for the prize money. Cash prizes of $5 for first place, $3 for second and for third will be awarded, and judging will be based on originality of idea, beauty or appropriateness, and actual construction effort. Entrants .are requested to register for the parade at Culver's Cul-ver's Store in Milford. The parade starts promptly at 10 a. m., and entrants will line up in front of the Library at 9:30 a. m., Saturday, June 23. Following the parade, chil- dren of all ages will compete in the traditional kids races on the park lawn, with Lamar Outzen handing out cash for all winners and all contestants. contest-ants. The Soapbox Derby, under un-der direction of Wallace Fotheringham, starts at 11 a. m. at the top of Test Hill. Kids with "bugs" will zoom down the steep hill, and will be judged on speed and distance. dis-tance. It is expected that the miniature racers will make up a really hilarious assortment of patched-up boards and wheels. Cash prizes will be awarded winners. Six feature races and a kid pony race will start at the fairgrounds track at 1 p. m., according to Bob Carter, racing rac-ing chairman. All horsemen will enter their bangtails at an 8 p. m. meeting Friday, June 22, in Arion Hall. Mr. Carter has been working work-ing daily the past week, getting get-ting the track in shape. Several Sev-eral broken rails have been replaced, the stables have been prepared, and the grandstand has been checked for broken boards, seats, etc., with Mr. Carter working almost al-most single-handed. Also, he said, considerable conditioning work has been done on the track itself, and whether fast or slow, depend-on depend-on the weather, the surface will be in excellent condition. At 8 p. m. Buss Carson will present a iy2 to 2-hour Hollywood Thrill Show, featuring fea-turing girls and men on beautiful horses in a variety of thrill acts, exhibitions of horsemanship, and other interesting in-teresting features. Mr. Carson is well known over the American continent, having played some of the largest shows all over the United States and Canada, including in-cluding Soldierd Field in Chicago, Chi-cago, Montgomery, Ala.; Walla Walla, Wash.; Belle Fourche, So. Dakota, and the Los Angeles An-geles International. For many years he toured the Mid-West with his own Western Show. Originally from Utah, Buss Carson has been an attraction in movies and television in California for 20 years. He has appeared several times with his beautiful palominos and silver saddle in the Rose Parade at Pasadena, and has |