The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 23

By McClafeKy Newpp Servic THE FRESNO IBankers Are Told Kk lv NEWS OF Thrill Packed Rodeo Will End Clovis Festival Continued From Fife 1-A the best civic croup entry The! Sanger Chamber was second and: the Woodlake Chamber third The Clovis 20-30 Club took top! honors among the western floats' with second prize going to the Eagles Lodge The Rancho del: Ilio was third First place among the mount-: ed groups went to the California I Rangercltcs attractively garbed In new tangerine uniforms and La CabalJista de Fresno was a close funner-up 'Tulare County captured first fi SB 1 1 c- 'ifl r-i 11 1 a rr-ssnti -f Vk xS itf -T I i t- V'1 Vi I Queen Janet Fairchild of Pinedale graces the throne of the royal float in Clovis Rodeo Celebration parade Her attendants are left front Pattie Reaves and Roberta Brisendine rear left Helen Leal and Dolores Carmack The fifth attendant Violet Hogan is hidden behind frontal design Photos by Schober Bee staff photographer prize for posses with Kings County second Fresno's Long fellow Junior High School baton twirlers got the nod over the Mendoia Lie-mentary School in their division with the Sanger High School third Another Fresno entry the Sciots Fun Team took top non-crs in the comic classification and the Tcmperance-Kurner Elementary School was second Other parade winners were: Decorated Clovis Com- tnunily Center first Clovis Girl Scouts second Best matched four horse team drawing Boar rr wagon Clovis High FI A first High Sierra Pack Station: Best Shetland two pony team -J Nunes first Dan John- son second Best fancy dressed tival Doubling for Santa as the driver is pretty Sandra Harris clad in bathing suit instead of furs second among community floats was this entry of the Sanger Chamber of Commerce advertising The Christmas Tree Fes -r "rr' '-Jfc -vf -V ter of the Clovis Union High School which also was judged the best high school entry The sweepstakes winner was this simple but graphic float of the Future Farmer Chap- Prophetic 'of interplanetary travel is the i left to right Barbara Fortune Virginia of the Clovis Community on which are setti Jovita Miramontes rider Forrest Riley Corcoran first Owen Hoover second Best working outfit cowboys Jack Simpson first Clyde Rakestraw second Best fancy dressed couple Mr and Mrs Lcs Everette Mr and Mrs Bud Vogel second Best fancy dressed cowgirl Spichtig Visalia first Mrs Jackie Hardin Fresno second Best working cowgirl Sylvia Miller first Kay Price second Best mounted boy over 10 Marvin Allen first Keith McIIalcy second Best mounted girl over Lorraine Benson first Betty Reynolds second Best mounted boy under 30 Bob Phillips first LeRoy Smith second Best mounted girl under 10 Charlotte Erickson Jane Robinson second Best Scout marching group Clovis Troop No 351 Commer-jrial entries High Sierra Pack Station first Veras Beauty Shop second Comic entries Fresno Sciots Fun Team first Temperance Kutner Elementary School second Best Shetland six pony team Rancho del Rio Best matched two horse team drawing float or Clovis 20-30 Club first Bill Redman second Rodeo officials said the scores of the more than 26o professional cowboys entered the two day event will npt be given until the final event Is over today The leaders in yesterday's events were listed as follows: Bud Linderman of Red Lodge Mont leading in the bareback riding Mel Ward of Angels Camp saddle bronc riding Gilbert Lucero bull ridmg Rudy Dussett of Phoenix Ariz bull-dogging Dan Poor and Bob Yanez team roping and Gordon Davis of Temple calf roping The cowboys are competing lor more than $8000 in prize money which will go to the 32 top performers The rodeo was marred by only cine iniury Several of Jim ribs were fractured when a bull named Tarzan stepped on him 1 Ip has been hospitalized and will not compete today Rodeo officials said the attendance yesterday was the best Saturday attendance in the history of the rodeo and a capacity crowd is expected today CVP Purchase By State Is Feasible YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK attending the Group II convention of the California Bankers Association were told yesterday by Gilbert Jertberg Fresno attorney it is financially and physically feasible for California to take over control cf the Central Valleys Project -Jertberg was the principal speaker at the opening general session of the convention held in the Ahwahnee Hotel and attended by 140 bankers from Fresno Kern1 Kings Madera Mariposa Merced Stanislaus Tulare and Tuolumne Counties In urging support of the plan for the state to lake over the CVP Jertberg suggested the operating rosts could be shared by the federal government ihe state and local irrigation districts with possibly additional help from cities and counties Assure I oral Control This he said would assure local control of water rather than having California water problems settled from 3 POO miles away It would assure compliance with all local laws and would retain ownership of water within the state Water is California's No 1 problem he declared but he said the state has sufficient water for all present and future needs if every drop is used wisely Another speaker yesterday was Backman assistant special agent in the San Francisco office of the Federal Bureau pi Investigation who spoke on Frauds Backman replaced Brown special agent in charge of the San Francisco office as speaker because of illness From the standpoint of one banker A Brown vice president of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles branch in Fresno and the new chairman of Group II of the organization valley business is very good Will Maintain Tare If there is any recession it already has occurred he said and he expects business to continue along present levels While agriculture figures were off slightly last year he said he does not expect them to drop further Reductions in the nation's armament program and in aid to Europe should have no effect on the valley Brown said Since the valley's business is mostly agriculture and so little of its manu-jfaeturing potential is concerned with armaments any change in the national program would have but fractional effect here The European aid program be said affects the valley only slightly and changes there also are not likely to be felt In the valley The only worry the valley bas in the national picture he asserted is in changes in the Export Subsidy Art which could result in competitive products from abroad being delivered in the United States at lower prices than the production cost here Tariff Too Low lie said the US protective tariff is not high enough to afford sufficient protection 16 local agriculture He suggested agriculture should be caieful about the surpluses built up under the subsidy program pointing out that if they become too high acreage control would result Surpluses also will govern whether prices will rise or fall He said he feels they have reached the top level and should remain there Brown said there still is opportunity for improvement in processing merchandising and distribution of California agricultural products The aim Is to get them into the hands of the consumers in the quickest possible time which also would have the effect of reducing the sur- pluses and solving agriculture's other problems sessions will be devoted to sectional and group meetings Last Rites Arc Held For Ralph Stout ExMariposa Judge MARIPOSA Mariposa Co Funeral services were held in the Ivers Alcorn Chapel for Ralph Stout 69 a Mariposa County resident for 41 years Stout died Monday in a Fresno convalescent home following a long illness Rev Herbert Graves of the Mariposa Community Methodist Church officiated at the rites Cremation was in Evergreen Memorial Park in Merced Stout served as justice of the peace in the Fifth District of Mariposa County 31 years retiring under the court reorganization plan last January He was a native of Sussex Wis and was one of the builders of the Madeira Mamore Railroad in Brazil He came to Mariposa County in 1912 and farmed for several years before opening a grocery store which he operated until 1934 He was appointed justice of the peace in 1918 and was returned to office at each succeeding election He is survived by four sons Stanley Stout and Morgan Stout of Oakland Thomas Stout of North Bend Ore- and Douglas Stout of Berkeley three daughters Mrs Margaret Bowery of Chowrhilla Mrs Patricia Martin and Mrs Barbara Kream-er of Fresno and 11 grandchildren Malaga Open House MALAGA Open house will be held in the Malaga Elementary School Tuesday evening in connection with the April meeting of the parcrt-teachcr association at 7:30 o'clock Installation of officers and a program of music by the school orchestra and the seventh and eighth grade chorus will be followed by open house in ihe classrooms Samples of work will be on display in all rooms K'f'sV: -'V left and Mary Galaniz It was decorated in blue and white The Woodlake float won third place among community entries On it are Trfni Sierra oi Commerce stage coach float titled Aim For The Best And You Will Hit Madera Marshall Ford left arid Linda Ford were in the seat on the Madera Chamber -v -A yr The best Shetland pony team of six was this entry of Rancho del Rio of Sanger The smartly uniformed Fresno Sciots driU of spectators with perfect timing and their team stepped briskly along drawing applause intricate formations Will Start Work On Cafetorium RIVERDALE Officials of the Riverdale Joint Union Elementary School the parenMeach-cr association and the Fresno County schools-office will take part in the ground breaking ceremonies tomorrow at 3 clock for the new $150000 cafe torium Principal George Williams said Mrs Vivian Roberts the president of the Riverdale School will turn the first shovelful of dirt Others attending the event will be Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Walter Martin Frank II Smith administrative assistant of the county schools office the members of the school board of trustees Peterson J- Siegfried Clarence Casmero Leonard Dorn and A Mendes Rafael II Lake of Iike Di Luck architects Wayne Tall the structural engineer and Oscar Ellberg of the contracting firm of Ellberg Conklin of Kingsburg The now cafetorium which is scheduled to be completed by November 18th will have a seating capacity of 450 for eating and 600 for programs The building will include a modem kitch en'a stage and a small multi purpose room -which may be used for group meetings The project is being financed tli rough a $150000 bond issue which was passed by the district last May Church Dinner PARLIER More than 10f persons attended the Spring dir ner given in the Methodist Com munity Church by the womei of the Armenian Congregational Church and the Methodist Church A handmade afghan made by Mrs Rachel Dividian brought $85 in an auction 1 lit i I iiyuii 0 ft ytv? OT- s5 'V '-I 'jar X'- Vj mE I 'K' A-y-y' vs Vi i st i t- 'i ii' 4 I Love A Parade is the theme of the Tulare Chamber of Commerce float Its colors were red white and blue In the cage are sight and Susan Cardella on the box car Stewart McGee a free riding' hobo? and in a place of honor atop the giant melon Charlene Gomi Sharon (left) and Barbara Fraser At the front of the float beside the gentle eyed but powerful bull is Pat Mathias Cantaloups go to Eastern markets in the miniature train entered by Firebaugh for her Cantaloup Roundup celebration late in July In the engine cab are Roddy Cardella out of i.