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Pages The Signal/Fourth of July
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when there either was no parade oc it
was not run on lhe Founh. Paradclcss
years were 1937 and 1938. as were the
war )'CMS from 1942 through 1945. In
1973. the Fourth fell on II Wednesd4y
but the celebration was put orr 10 Slllur·
day so that the Parade could compli·
mcnt that ycar·s rodeo. However. lhc
ini1111wble 13obbie Trueblood. now
Bol>lue Davis. following whnt he w
as a family and commumty trudilion,
wanted a JJarJdc on the Founh. Many
ni;rccd.
So, on Wednesday morning, 11bou1
on hundred rifly folk snthcrcd 111
Lyons Avenue and San Fcnwndo Road.
A palanquin mugiclllly appeared with
six bearers in tow. Bobbie mounted the
swaying vcl1I le, 11 couple of buglcn
and dmmmer stepped ofT nd the
pnrndc, without permit or trufn
control. wended it~ way down· the
middle of Snn Fcrcnando Road to Hwt
Pmk. TI1crc was II man nuucl1ing on
crutches along slclc or 1he pal1111quln in
his World War Two officer"s "pink and
SERVING LOS ANGELES
COUNTY SINCE 1925
TREAT YOURSELF
TO AN UNFORGETTABLE
EXPERIENCE IN 1988 ...
FEATURING WHOLESOME AMERICAN FOOD
BREAKFAST- LUNCH- DINNER
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
AWARD-WINN G DRINKS
24737 Pico Canyon Rd. Valencia
259-1777
July 1,l?U:
- grccn"-unifonn and ·people arc -still
asking, even today, "Who was that
good looking sttan~.r'?"
The beer keg bringing up the rear wa.,
furnished by the canyon Countzy
<::hamber of Commerce. The NcwhaJJ.
Saugus-Valencia €hambcr was too
busy pulling up the stands for one of the
biggest Rodeos this Valley has ever
seen, to participate in this rump ycr:slon
of their cxuuvagnnza, except at the end
when the keg was Ulppcd. Good natured
rivalry came to a head when II was
found that nobody could slakctils or her
thirst. The liquid in the keg IUmed to
roam while being rolled a!Qng Son
Fernando Road! By the way, 11 few
years later, Bobble's son, Fred Ill, rnn
the parade and the eolcbralion.
Toe trodlUon morchcs on. '11tls
ycnr's parodo wlll be the blgcstond best
ycL"ChoirwomonJlll Klojlcsays. ''II ~
fun to be l)3rt of the history of smoll
10wn America and I hope that as our
Valley gro~s. the lllldlllon of the
Fourth of July will live on."