Iron County Record | 1952-07-03 | Page 1 | Final Preparations Made for Red Butte Roundup

Final Preparations Made for Red Butte Roundup With last minute preparations completed, the Red Butte Roundup, Round-up, sponsored by the Cedar Post 74 of the American Legion, will open at 2 p. m. Thursday, and continue throughout Friday 'and Saturday. Rodeo events will be staged at the Iron Bowl race track each afternoon af-ternoon of the three day event, with boxing and wrestling cards each night, followed by dancing. The rodeo program will be augmented aug-mented on the second day with a number of Independence Day celebration events. The activities . will give Cedar City one of the busiest week ends in many years. This is the first rodeo attempted attempt-ed in Cedar City in many years and the American Legion committees com-mittees have done everything possible to make the show .one of the best ever staged here. If the current show is successful the Legionnaires plan to make It an annual event, working each year to improve facilities at the Iron Bowl south of the city. A full program of rodeo events, roping, riding, bulldogglng, together to-gether with highly entertaining specialty acts has been arranged, and those in charge feel sure there will not be a dull moment In the three afternoon programs. The evening boxing and wrestling wrest-ling cards are being staged by Ira Dern of Salt Lake City, one time world's wrestling champion, and prominent promotor for many years. The cards and the dances to follow will be held In the B A C fieldhouse where there is plenty of room for everyone. In years past the American Legion Le-gion has staged numerous very successful rodeos, but the show this year is the first the Legionnaires Legion-naires have attempted since the old rodeo grounds north of the city were abandoned.