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*?4t *M @uttc%Ticket Stub CountingThe stout little boxes supplied by the Highland Lumber Co*, where everyone put the stub from their cutter race donation tickets were opened on Monday. John Mackey had to go to Big Piney on business Monday mom-. ing, so he took the “Big Piney” box with him, and found Francis Tanner-.-m.-,help~Jiim^count_the contents. There were 145 stubs.•* The “Pinedale” box was opened in the presence of Earle Crandall, Buzz Fuller, Morton Spence, Sid and Amie Reynolds, and Mrs. Bob Tamblyn, president of the «* Pinedale Homemakers* Club. Everyone helped to count and add the total. It came to 813.Crandall gave Mrs, Tamblyn a cheque for $406.50, with the stipulation that it be used for equipment for the Pinedale public playground, in whatever* way seemed best to the Homemakers Club.- The $72.50'-was - mailed to the Big Piney Homemakers Club, in care of Mrs. Francis Tanner, Committeesi'he Executive Committee of the Sublette County Sporting Association was delighted with the whole Cutter Race weekend and hopes that all the able assistants, the contestants and the spectators enjoyed themselves as much as the Committee did. Crandall, Fuller, Hunt, Reynolds, Shanley and Worl say that they cannot be too emphatic in their thanks and appreciation for all the enthusiastic cooperation they received from every direction.The steely-eyed judges, Carroll Noble, Henry Hittle and Bill Carr, made a great many quick and close decisions, and not one was questioned. The starter, Gene Pfisterer, did his equally tough4 * job to everyone’s complete satisfaction. Crandall and Fuller and whatever help they could corral put-up the snowfences and wires along the street to keep the spectators out of harm’s way, with the fesult that the track was not only wide and smooth, it was also clear and safe. The track police, Joe Neely, Harry Shriver, Charles Raper and Blackie Shriver, helped to keep it that way. Even the dogs of Pinedale wereextremely cooperative. Only one was seen at large on the track during the two afternoons and he was very promptly removed and' shut up. It was between races and made no difference anyway.Dick Wilson arranged for quar-- ters for the put-of-town tejims.CoSKATING RACES _“The skating rink back of the Courthouse in Pinedale was in just about perfect shape for^the races on Saturday evening/Three or four very cold nights last week revived the surface, which had “been quite soft“foFth*e pre-vious ten days. Some 40 skaters took part in the competition, under’ the direction of Paul Coughlin, assisted by Sonny Korfanta and Leonard Brakke.Winners in the Junior Division were Barbara Burzlander, Karen Korfanta, Clifford Crowder, Lee Ziegler, George Young, Bobby Shaul, Lgonard Jensen and Quentin Skinner. Senior winners were Mary Lynn Worl, Sharon Murdock, Craig Crandall, Gary Bush, Ralph Wenz and Kent Smith. The boys’ finals were won by Quentin Skinner and Kent Smith.and any spare stable and corral room was readily available. Hay was donated by Henry Hittle, and hauled in by Carl Worl and others.The announcers, Bert Reinow on Saturday, and Bob O’Neil on Sunday, kept everyone informed and entertained over Glenn Wise’s loud'speaker system. Dr. Smith end Ruth Reinow, on the telephone, carried on a continuous conversation which Ruth said would have set the Crandalls up for life if they had had to pay for it. ^-.Kelly Wilson was}the^ Parade Marshall,^assisted by Harold Fal-er, Jack Lewis and Joe Neely. ParadeThe Parade was late starting on Saturday because the VFW colors and the Pinedale Band were waiting patiently at the School House mstead of at Toro’s.Following the Colors and the Pinedale High School Band came the Cub Scouts with a small cutter they had made for the occasion, pulled by a “team” of odd-looking horses with large eyes and long curly eyelashes. Their ’‘hides” were canvas and burlap and the effects was marvelous to behold. Johnnie Poljanec drove a similar cutter for the Sporting Association, pulled by Ronnie Worl, Denny diittle, Val Storey and’ Bud Talmadge in disguise,-The racing dogs with their sleds and trainers came next, then the High School Band from Big Piney, the FFA, floats fromCUE CAME ALONG• The cowboy and his faithful horse are 'supposed 'to be insep- * arable. The same is true, sometimes, of cutter race drivers.When Dick Wilson came in to the “office” of the Sporting As- j sdei atidm^ihtemporary* residence * after races on Sunday at the Chuck Room cafe, “Cue” came ( blong. Dick opened the door from lt;Pine street with a halter rope in ‘ his other hand. The horse was in” the halter, and* stepped carefully into the room and around*' the somewhat astonished diners, with Freda Hittle hastening to move the unoccupied chairs out of his way. Dick went on through the cafe, through another door and into the office. So did,the horse. Th'lt;m, money collected t and all “1 business checked on, they both turned ‘carefully around and went out again............the Sinclair Co., the Pinedale Homemakers, the Pinedale-Power Light, and the shining fire trucks from the Pinedale Volunteer Fire Dept..The cutter teams were led g* the parade, ^11 18 of them, some in stylish blankets, some in harness and some dressed only in halters and rosettes. Bert Silcock drove a dashing (?) span of Buck Baker’s donkeys to a cutter.Bert was wearing a Lion suit in honor of the Pinedale organization of the same name. The Sublette County ambulance paraded, too, and a comfortable-looking group from the Pinedale Inn who \frere having a picnic in a hay rack.The Pinedale Saddle Shop was represented by Mrs. Neal Blair, looking expert on a side saddle, and Neal riding the Charro saddle and leading a gray pony who carried the two young Blairs. Three teams of Pete Fear’s Shet-lands got a big hand. They were driven on miniature cutters by Kenneth and Frankie Fear and Alien Bradley, and put on an excellent race later in the days.Carroll Noble’s 4200-lb. team followed the'Shetlands, pulling a driving-sjed load of youngsters. Carroll was driving.The future cutter horses of America figured in the parade, i.e., any colt that a youngster J could lead was there. .Charles
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Pinedale, Wyoming, US
Wed, Feb 18, 1953
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