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Show Annual Livstock Show Promises To Be Largest Yet in Twenty-One Years' Term More Exhibits This Year Than Ever Before ' For Two-Day Showing May 22 and 23 The 21st annual Millard County Junior Livestock Show will be the largest on record when doors are opened Thursday, May 22, for exhibition of livestock in the vast county barn north of Delta. From entry blanks up to date, there will be 125 head of fat beef, 60 sheep, 50 hogs and 15 dairy exhibits. More livestock will be entered, en-tered, as some teachers have not yet handed their books in. The show opens at 9:30 a. m. May 22, with the judging of hogs, followed by judging of sheep at 11 a. m., and judging of fat beef at 1 p. m. Then breeding beef and dairy cattle will be judged. Judges will be Maj. George Henderson, Hen-derson, fat beef; Dr. Marden Broad bent, fat hogs; Russell Keetch, fat sheep; Lew Mar Price, Dairy; C. A. Mattson, breeding beef. Animals Ani-mals will be placed by grade in ABC according to the Danish system of Judging. STOCKMEN'S BANQUET A major event is the Stockmen's Stock-men's Banquet Thursday even -lng, at 8 p. m., to be held in the new Deseret stake house. Exhibitors, Exhibit-ors, buyers, sellers, parents, and many other interested parties will be present. Preparations this year are being made for an attendance of 500. .' Last year 408 were served, In the new Delta First ward building. Leigh Miaxfleld is chairman of the banquet committee, with mem bers Cecil Baker and wife, Helen Baker. Earl Kelly will be master of ceremonies, and for local peace of mind the program is being kept under cover until the night of May 22. There will be plenty of room to accommodate all comers at the banquet. Complimentary tickets are being issued to exhibitors and advertisers and tickets will be sold at the door. There will be a welcome wel-come for all those who come - -don't miss it. The livestock show booklets have been available for several week, listing the rules, regulations events, awards, and participation of Future Farmers of America, and 4-H Clubs. The show is sponsored by the state of Utah, Millard County Com missioners, and Millard County Board of Education. Officers of the 1952 show are V. S. Barney, president; Edwin H. Knight, vice president; Howard Nlelson and Gene Walker, co-man- i agers; Mrs. Reliance Wood, secre- ! tary and treasurer; Cluff Talbot, ! clerk, and Bud Bassett, state representative. rep-resentative. FFA advisors and Marven Og-den, Og-den, Delta, Harold Lindsey, Fillmore Fill-more and Eldon Hurst, Hinckley. 4JH Club advisors are Rodney Rickenbach, Fillmore and Lehi S. Rogers, Delta. Show directors are V. S. Barney, Ted Knight, Esdras Finlinson, Howard Nielson, W. C. Cole, Mark S. Johnson, Rulon Anderson, Gene Walker and Derral Chrlstensen. Ring master is Wilford Munster, ; chairman, with Clayson Cahoon, Brose Roberts, Ivo Ogden, Ward Petersen and Golden Warnlck. Tharol Larson is announcer. Jim Mannings is auctioneer for the sale which opens Friday, May 23, at 10 a.m., with sale of hogs, then sheep and then the beef. SPECIAL AWARDS Many special awards will be made, Including a iat lamb award of $25 which comes from Sgt. Ralph D. Erlckson, now serving with the armed forces In Korea. Ralph, former exhibitor of grand champion stock, was present In uniform last year to make this i award. Special awards are from Brook-lawn Brook-lawn Creamery, Salt Lake Tribune, and Telegram. Delta Livestock Auction, Au-ction, Utah Poultry, Delta Milling j company and Deseret News. 1 Special features of the show will be the tractor driving contest and the calf scramble, directed by the Delta chapter of Young .Farmers. |