The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-29
VOLUME EIGHT

ever held in COOHdGe was cafI!eu
out without a hitch at the fair
grounds half a mile west OF Coo
ldge last Sunday afternoon, accord
to Commander NJ. NJ. Sonny"
Ware of the local American Legion
Post No. "a that sponsored the
entertainment, who is backed up i'll
making this claim by John d. GotH6,
who was chairman OF the entertain
ment COMMITTEE, Adjutant c. }.
PreeLe, and Mrs. II. B. Steward,
pres.del of the Legion Auxiliary,
the latter having supervised the
Legion dance held last Saturday
evening in Legion hall in North
Coolidge.
The dance and the rodeo were
both signal successes from any
angle one may Judge them. Assist
ant Postmaster A. E. Taylor was in
charge os the gate at the fair
grounds, and he turned in >$196.5O,
while the sale OF tickets for the
dance brought in $4,000. Several of
the LegiOnnaires told The Examiner
that Taylor handled his part of the
program more satisfactorily than
any previous event was handled.
The rodeo consisted of rOping
and horse races. The matched
horse race between Asa Gardner'S
3-year-old filly and Dave Bryce's b
yGar-old gelding was won by the
filiy. There were several other
horse races, including free-for-all
Some of the best rodeo performers
in the United States were present
and took part in the rOping events.
Only one attempt was made at
bulldogging, due to the fact that
the dust was so dense that 1t was
considered unsafe to indulge much
in this sport, more or less hazard
Gus under the most favorable condl-
tons
A partial list of the rodeo stars
present Sunday, included w. n.
Stevenson, of Reno, New, VINO is
president of the Nevada Dude
Ranchers' association; Buck Nlchois
and Leon Steward of Gilbert; Ben
Robins of Tempe; Barney Bernard.
Dick Powers, Asa Gardner anc
Nels Morrison of Coolidge, ana
Earl Thode, of Casa Grande, VINO
WAS manager of the arena. Thode
was given a big hand for the man
rer in which he handled the arena
The free-for-all horse race was
wol. by Leon Stewart OF Gilbert l..
Glenn of Benson taking second
place.
In the calf roping by professionals
"Rreezv" Cox was first in tying,
with o. C. Glenn second.
IN the team roping by pro-
fessionals Tony and Johnny Rhodes
go. first money, and Cox and
Johnny Rhodes took second.
IL the amateur rop;ng Leon Stew
- got first money, Sam Mckinney
nd a~d Roy Patton third.
= tie team roning Nols Mor'i n
Il: n..a. ap.,.nr get first money
80. + n,e-o al =. Connolly gol
go ID.
i. tae brIlog.ing E3r] T1ode
aoI Dick ~1wer5 Won, and Johnny
rscdes cook first money in steer
g.
-. Guutor of Nogales was offered
.re pet cash for his pinto rodeo
.,4 'Jigzs." the offe being made
T.. Dan Mckinney, and it was re
I'D
program vas handled by a
3c5kas hoollup provided by
t. Faanin Hardware Co., OF Phoe-
:. =, in cooperation with the Heinie
NI.at atric Co. of Coolidge. Paul H.
H 5by was at tht milk and Heinie
S.. '.awel relayed the scores made in
tho contests, and this service was
W. satisfactory.
Commander Ware, Chairman
CO ae, Adjutant Preece and Presi-
de- Mrs. Steward Of the Auxiliary
7. Guested The EXami0or 70 say to
I > people generally and the bust
re.5mcn Of Coolidge in particular
hcw much the Legion Post and
the Auxiliary appreciate the co
onaration the two organizations
ynra accorded in this years rodoo
and dance.
ythiaE undertaken b. the or
zst.ons for the event wa ac
Mpishod cleyerly. Thee We're nc
J. underatand;rgs o. disputes, and
none of the participants in the
I .ticipant5 IN the event was hurt
). c. Burt Of the Hub Cafe had q