| Show 0 IL ki M Z M lm y allro W alak ca ain V R D EO hay r ism adl e PU I 1 P e F f r 0 I 1 13 g 7 va k al 4 vi t green river journal photo here are the saddle pals another group of green river youngsters that are doing their share to a add dd to the spreading fame of green river from left to right they are tamra smith Flag bearer J judy udy davis Color bearer karma halverson ward curtis ruth ann thompson president eugene alien allen jacque mackay secretary charlotte polita io mrs helen milton director standing john B folsom supervisor alan hatch treasurer carol hatch deann mackay mane marie wilson dark clark ross laddie king and katherine Kat henne milton the saddle pals will both days in the rodeo during the melon days festival on september 24 and 25 held at green river another arouth club works T a boiles build city ity PL IN na FOR MELON datys 0 D ins for fu extra special entertain ment for this years big melon days i a j c 1 t ing completed ac cording to members of 0 the american L gic i wt wi 0 annually sponsor the e i x L 0 boti rodeo days there are special events using green river a e i f e saddle pals a club of oil yo ing horsemen will take a pa i ii i i thia years festival arty u moie members of 0 the au ar ri h was organized only last 11 de ave been riding regularly d p act icing faithfully for their toi ron at the rodeo john B I 1 bolsom their supervisor ciu ili t idt a number of events feature n i g fast and fancy riding have been purred by the pals he named a water race a clover leaf race a barrel race and a flying drill the fhe water race sounds like a lot of fun he said that there would be 2 or 3 teams of youngsters on horse back each participant will have a dipper which he must fill at a barrel ot 01 wate several hundred of feet away then he must ride back as quickly as possible and deposit what is left of the water in a container the team U lutat bets ets the most water back to their starting point is the winner of course I 1 ne saddle pals have challenged the members of the adult roping luj to oppose them in the barrel aid and clover L af the barrel race re ui es consider considerable aile skill and sped the tte mounted contestants conte tants will have tave to weave in and out of a in lri of barrels d abolt 2 23 paced anart 1 mr air folsom said t lat some of t e bridei s are aole to cover er a di db aa of feet weaving coneta conta itty itly a d u 1 I without knocK knocking iii c over a ba acl in 24 second flat clovel leaf race i imi a except that the are u s t n u e boim of a triangle one barrel at each angle in this aiace the ho ha e men follow the gereral dathne or ot a three leaf clover ii their leavi weing we ing ia some of the riders can cove t ti 1 distance of this course in 17 se seconds C ond z eight members of the roping chuo have agreed to do a square dance on horseback for the rod rodeo eo the dancers will be mrs jac jact t mackay mrs urs norma mrs helen milton mr and mrs waye wayne smith floyd alien allen delbert tidwell and marvi I 1 holloway thi promises to be a very popular event the saddle pals usually meet 0 ice a week but melon daya day celebration is getting so close that they have decided to 0 meet and pi twice a week to get that fancy riding pe fectea before the big event wien they will be performing beecie thousands of spectators the rodeo is only one pait ot the big two days of fun however next week some other otter part of the clebra tion will be described there are e eer ever popular boat races held oi 01 t e gheen river the wrestling matcha with man mountain dean J the big dance on saturday night sept 24 and the ball games all these entertainments mean enough thrills and excitement to in terest ve of every age |
