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Show l"lTi , 6D mi DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY. " jp wympr- jjninf y 4-- i iirirrwiHrTTcYrir'Arij WpifWIPB de. Attendance this year was 3ft percent above last year's total, he said history. While the final pertorma .te of the rodeo was under way. some 15.000 to 20,000 specta- And in the process, Das of 47 events attracted the greatest attendance ui their Tuesday nights final performance of the Days of 47 Rodeo marked the end of celebrations commemorating the arrival in 1847 of Mormon pioneers. Total attendance ol 41.097 in six rodeo performances marked a milestone in rodeos in Salt Lake City, said Floyd Flip Harmon, rodeo chairman. Tins year the attendance has been better than the first year (when the rodeo opened in the Salt Palace) when the President of the United States was here. Harmon said Harmon attributed the attendance increase to acceptance of the indoor rodeo as a natural and comfortable means of entertainment. tors viewed a spectacular fireworks display in Sugar House Park. Paul 1. Pehrson. chairman of the Salt Lake City Parks Department-sponsore- d e ent (with support of he Sugar Chamber House ol Comcommended the merce) efforts of Salt Lake City Police officers for handling heavy traffic and patrol of the park during the display. lie said every parking lot adiacent to the park was full, and hundreds of cars were in the park In the rodeo, top cowboys from throughout the country competed for a total of $23,415 in qj uj iuj'ru'iuiinjyr-- r i rmwy nj ny n "i f rr-i-r y JULY 25, 1973 Hospital gets student help Rodeo climaxes 47 days It ended the way it began: thrills, skills, color and spec 4"m m'Tij prie money Final winners in the rodeo bareback ruling contest were Joe Alexander, Cora, Wyo.. and Jimmy Dix, lone. Idaho. Both tied for first place honors, receiving $728 each Top cowhand in the saddle bronc riding event was ChanWheeldon of Jackson ces Hole, Wyo.. with $938 in winnings. Larry Mahan. Dallas. Tex., Darrel Kong, Brisbane, Australia, and Roger Hamilton, Blackfoot Idaho, all lied for second place. Babs Neal, Escalante, Utah, showed the fastest time of all contestants in the Ladies Barrel Race with a 13.7 time. The showing garnered her the lop spot in the second heat of the her event honors in the First ladies' contest fell to Alene Colorado Springs, Gaylor, Gail and Colo., Petska, both Oklahoma Tecumsea. tying for first place Gail Petska won the over-al- l honors for the barrel race, with $506 in total winnings Mick Ryan of Heber a total of $1,142 for his first placs performance m the Bull riding event. First place in steer wrestling for average time went Eugene Smith, Talco Texas Burkbumett. Don Bowles, Texas took first round honors, while Jim Middleton. Waco. Texas, and C R. Jones Lakeside. California, tied for the top spot in the second round In the calf roping competiof Stowers Richard tion. Madill. Okla.. took the first honors. Top finisher was m the second Johnnie Hudson of Paradise. d Texas Stan Harter of Phoenix put average showing of the event Other final events- - on Tuesday during the annual celebration included a pioneer dinner at the Hotel Utah. Guests included the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ Saints and other of Latter-dain the best y dignitaries The banquet was hosted Kate B. Carter and Wil C Parkinson. bur of the Days of 47" tor the past 13 years, and Lois Hansen. Salt Lake Municipal Band concert, under the direction of ;renad-eRalph Vanderlinden, enthusaistic listeners at the Liberty Park bandstand. The p.m. concert featured pioneer numbers and patriotic hvmns A d Utah schools, citizens get freedom awards PROVO Four medical students are serving at the ctah State Hospital in a special program for exchange students. Freedom Foundation awards- have been approved for two Utah County the former schools, president of Brigham Young University, a Logan Air Force Captain a Willard school principal and the Nicholes family of American Fork. The awards, sponsored by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Pa., will be presented Monday at 11 a.m.. oi Salt over KSL-Tby Arch L. Mad-Lake City, president of Bonneville International Corp! and a member of the of Council Freedoms Foundation Alfredo Vazquez. Madrid. Spain, is working for his degree in psychiatry. He is one of two foreign students coming to the hospital through the American Medical Association Foreign Medical Students Exchange. 858 Capt. Gary L Sehiffman, Third St.. Logan, will be presented a George Washington Honor Medal for a letter m the Armed Forces letter wnting category. of Box Principal Robert W Morgan Elder Junior High has been awarded an American Educators Medal for his out' s' anding contribution toeducalion The Nicholes Sunday Family Evening will reProgram, a patriotic pageant, for Medal ceive a George Washington founded on values patriotic emphasizing a real understanding of the American Trustees American Fork High School and Taylor School m Payson will receive Principal School Awards, the highest m the school category Both schools will receive George Washington medals and will each be entitled to send a student and a teacher to take part in the 1973 Freedoms Foun Richard Thomas, son of Dr and Mrs. Rex Thomas. Provo, is a student from Louisiana State University, New He is assigned to the geriatric unit at Utah State Hospital Partners n Mahmut Tolon is a fifth-yea- r medical student from Istanbul. Turkey. He will return to h's studies in Bonn. Germany Orleans dation Valley Forge Pilgrimage, expenses paid Dr. Ernest L Wilkinson, president emeritus of BYU, will receive an Honor Certificate Tor his public address, Righteousness and Freedom Indispensable ideal ... , Tom Perry, a student form Hahnamann Medical College is working in Philadelphia, with the youth unit at the hospital The Utah State Hospital is approved by the American Medical Association Council of Medical Education as a training hospital for residents and medical students. It is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah College of Medicine and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Cced crowned queen of Pioneer Days Rodeo Public hearing on tavern license Salt P CTU1I vTir.sa) Lake County commis- sioners will hold a public hearing Thursday at 9 a.m. in D UUUU oav GQ2CBQ room 404 of the Building to discuss a suspension of a Class C beer license held by the Bonanza White Horse Tavern. 3475 S. 27(JJ) West. y GUEGBffiD y I Sheriff's deputies seized the license July 11 after an alleged violation involving nors inside the tavern O p'O CTO mi- VALUE The alleged offense occurred five days before the seizure but deputies were not able to obtain the license then because the tavem operator could not locate it OGDEN Sherrie Dawn Ross. 19. Hooper, was crowned Miss Rodeo Utah Tuesday before a crowd of 15.000 spectators attending Ogdens final Pioneer Days Rodeo. All in Miss Ross, a granddaughter of Mr and Mrs. Nephi H Ross of Hooper and a student of Weber State College, captured the personality, and photogenic horsemanship trophies during the contest Her attendants are Lori Lyle. Huntsville, a daughter ol Mr and Mrs. Donald O. Lyle, and Kristi Larsen. Logan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Larsen the family Renee Moore and Sharron Fairbanks show ctf old Heather and Kimberly, born only 17 hours opart. New father Larry Fairbanks could visit both his wife and his sister in one trip to room 536 of LDS Hospital. But Sisters-in-la- w four-da- y Mils Ross is the current Miss Rodeo Ogden. Weber State College Rodeo Queen and the second attendant in the nationally sponsored intercollegiate rodeo finals Trophies and prizes were presented the queen and her attendants by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and Mayor Bart things weren't planned that way they say. 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