Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-07-21
Thrill Day Will Be Leading Feature
At 1889 North Montana State Fair
Saturday Afternoon Program to Add
Aerial Thrill Stunts to Regular Horse
Racing and Rodeo Show; Fireworks,
Midway Attractions and Night Show
Conclude Weeks Showing at Great
Falls.

Thrill day Is the actual climax of
the 1899 North Montana State fair and
rodeo. 1t comes on the final afternoon
Of the fair, Aug. -, and features Dick
Granere, the greatest of all precision
pilots.
Granere was a Canadian World war
ace and has been featured for the past
five years at the national air races in
Cleveland: He uses specially designed
to put on one OF the most thrilling
and dangerous exhibitions of precision
flying, ever witnessed by an American
audience.
Flying his plane so close to the
the surface, and never rises more than
so feet IN the air, he performs all of
the well known airp1ane acrobatics
usually attempted only at minimum
height of 1,50O feet.
One of the feature stunts done by
this daring pilot, Is flying his plane
through a 4o-foot target which is but
feet wider than the plane itself. In
fact, he uses two targets, flying through
one at one end of the race track, pull
ing his plane into loop, and on the
T way dS THOUGH sa ne the Se Second hoop nsp
at the other end Of the track.
One outstanding part of this entire
performance, is that Granere keeps his
plane within full view of the stands.
At all times he is right over the infield
and race track, close to the ground,
ond the s't e4oRs p pTe Of s ne time
His show lasts for a half hour or
longer, and is done in two parts, the
second of which is in the character of
Colonel Throttlebottom. In this he
drags the wings Of the plane over the
ground, bounces 1t over automobiles,
flies sideways and upside down. and
ing at $50 feet from the ground. The
moral to this part Of his performance
is to show all of the things a good
pilot should not do with an airplane.
Dick Granere's part in the. thrill day
program is in addition to the regular
final day of the big rodeo, and all
the stage and track attractions the
fair management has arranged for this
bigger than ever North Montana State
fair.
On the grounds proper, more than a
exhibits. The National Hereford show
will again be part Of this exhibition
setting a new record for any fair re-
tanning this event for so many con-
Secutive years.
The night show, Bellies of Liberty
ever produced for road and outdoor
ing artists in its personnel, is varied
and colorful from start to finish.
Folks who enjoy this type of enter
tainment will appreciate the midweek
place Thursday of fair week. Hippo
drome acts, night show numbers, cos
tuning and characters will be replaced.
Reservations for grandstand seats
and boxes are pouring into the North
Montana State fair office. in Great
Falls. Mail orders must be accom-
panied by actual remittances for the
space wanted, and are based on the
regular seat cost of IS cents for a day
sections Of the grandstand, and SO
cents for day or night program in
all other sections.
Box seats cost 81 a program, or
/ $3.50 for the season. Strip tickets can
be bought only before the start of the
fair, and save the purchaser $1.50 over
the $3.50 regular admissions they rep
resent. These strip tickets cost 81 for
five, and are good any time, day or
night, for general admission to the
grounds.
The largest independent midway in
the country will be installed on the
fairgrounds to offer amusement in the
way of tent theaters and a variety OF
rides. Fireworks conclude each eve
ningis grandstand show, and parades,
! special shows, band concerts and gen.
slant source Of entertainment for
visitors.
| North Montana State fair and rodeo
dates are Aug. Z, 8, 9, 10, II and II.
Six days and nights of super-educa-
tional and entertainment opportunities,
this year, providing fair and rodeo
for the price Of one.