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Thursday July 30,1981 Vernonia Freedom—Page 7 MORE JAMBOREE PHOTOS Ninety-two entries made this year's Jamboree Parade the biggest ever. With 79 adult and 13 Kiddie entrants the streets of Vernonia were alive with a profusion of sights, sounds and colors Saturday morning as thousands of locals and visitors lined Bridge Street and Weed Ave. for a look at the procession. This year's winners in the various parade categories were: DECORATIVE FLOATS: (1>- Seaside Moose Hunters; (2) T-Ball Team; Steven's Trenching and Sunnyside Service, sponsors. QUEEN'S COURTS: (1) Washington County Diamond Rodeo Court; (2) Clatskanie Heritage Days Queen's Courts; (3) Hillsboro Pee Wee Rodeo Court. HORSE GROUPS/CLUBS: (1} Sunset Saddle Club-Mounted Horsewomen; (2) Forest Grove Ranch Riders; (3) Molalla Saddle Club Color Guard. HORSE AND RIDER: (1) Shirley Brennen of Vernonia, Arabian costume; (2) Heidy Gallaty of Vernonia, Trapper costume; (3) Mary Davis of Timber. NOVELTY AND HUMEROUS: (1) April Doty, Lady Godiva; (2) Jessily Welch of Vernonia; (3) Sharee Miller of Timber. ANTIQUE CARS: (1) Ron Smith of Banks; (2) Christine Knight of Vernonia driving her father's 1959 Ford Retractable; (3) Pete Klein of Buxton, 1901 Oldsmobile. MARCHING GROUPS: Black Powder Mountain Men, Vernonia Jay Cee’s. COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT: (1) 1927 Model T Antique Log Truck owned by T. Schneider of Gales Creek; (2) Steve Weller, Log Truck; (3) Dale Webb, Log Lifter. LODGE AND CHURCH GROUPS: First Baptist Church. JUNIOR ORGANIZATIONS: (1) Boy Scout Troop 860 of the Vernonia LDS Church, George Davis, Scoutmaster; (2) Vernonia 4-H Livestock Club; (3) Vernonia Junior League. KIDDIES ENTRIES: (1) Stacy McDonald-Love Couple and Court in the Love Bug. Everyone involved in this year's parade, as contestants and as organizers, would like to thank the parade judges; Genny Olmstead, Carl Poole and Janet Beattie for their excellent job. A special thanks also to those unsung heroes, the ‘Pooper- Scoopers', Robert Shafer, Jr. and Michael Shafer, Jr., who followed along behind the horses keeping the way clear for innocent by-standers. ABOVE— This young lady is putting the finishing touches on her horse in preparation for Saturday’s Horse Games at Anderson Park. Dozens of riders and their mounts showed up for this fhvorite event. BELOW— Scott Sword makes the chips fly during his winning go at the Unlimited Bucking contest. Professional clown Paul Mackenzie, of Vancouver, B.C., looks on, no doubt glad it’s Scott and not himself on the throttle of that saw. 1927 ANTIQUE MODEL—I LOG TRUCK First Place Winner-Antique Cars STILL GOING STRONG— T.A. Schneider’s classic log truck stole the show in the Antique Cars class although it needed a bit of help to get going. Jerry Sanders of Vernonia Control joined Schneider in the cab.