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COMMUNITY NEWS San Fernando Valley Section
VOL. LXXVII SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1958
William S. Hart Park Opening Set

Rites to Dedicate Ranch
of First Cowboy Film Star
A living memorial to the nation'. first co11boy movie
star, William S. Hart, ll'ill be opened to the public Sat-
, urday morning in ewhall, thus unl'eillni: for a new gen-
eration a part of filmdom' most picturesque history.
\ The opening or thP 1:!0-1 . .
,acre \\'illiam S. Hart Park Harts ar t mastcrp1cces,
!at 24Jj! :-; San Fernando 11estcm lorP. mo\"le para-
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lRaad fulfills one or the la I r~~c~;:~~~ 0~ ;cr~:;t i :;~
wishes or the stern t·oi,bo) 11ere bt>qucathed to Los An-
who l,dlloped acro,· the st- gcles County at his clca1h )
lent screen between l:JH in l!H6 at thP R!!C of 71
and 1n:10. I The opening, howel"er.
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Admiring Public
l Hart knew that he owed \\'illtam s. lldll Jr. to break
his fame and \\Callh to an his fath1•r·s will.
admmng public and hl'-1 ,
Jic,cd 1hat upon his dralh. Tnbul• lo Harl, County
his earthly' trrasurrs shoulrl Superl"isot· Dorn, who will
hP returned to the pcoplr he one of the mam speakers
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STILL KING-King Volentine is still olive. At 39 he is content to posture on the eluding the fabulous hillto(Jlranch ··R tribUI<' not only to j
rolling hills, glancing up occosionolly ot the ranch hands and caretakers os- ranch home, smallei· ranch the character of William ·.
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signed to the East Newholl ranch. There ore six of Hort's horses on the ranch, I i ldings, stable areas, Hart anrl 10 his !K-rccn ca-
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:i which helped to make Los
Angeles County prosper."
Taking part \lith Dorn inl HARD-BITTEN COWBOY-Williom S. Hort, a doshing hero who toleralcd no
the dedication will be Fran• evil and gove no quarter to the villains of thot day, soves the heroine, Jone No•
Please Turn to Pg. II, Col. t vak, from destruct,an. Hort galloped silently across the screen on King Volent,ne.

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A LOOK AT THE PAST-Indian tapestries, paint- kit. The collections will be displayed Saturday, when FAMOUS FIREARMS - The Sponish-style modern 1:
ings and statues con be found in the some room the 220-ocre ronch in Newholl is turned over to hilltop ranch house includes one of the most exlen- I
with Hort's old greasepaint, cold cream and make-up the County of Los Angeles for use as o public park. sive private collection of fomous guns in the West. ,_, _______ _

HART ON HORSEBACK-Jomes Montgomery Flagg
pointed Hort on horse in 192-4. Fourteen Chorles
M. Russell originals and four bronzes ore included
in Hort's fomous collection of western art.
HILLTOP HOUSE-The entire ranch and surround- the structure stands a lmost unchanged today, except
ing countryside con be seen from the Spon,sh-style for the lavish furnishings and the collections of art
ranch house. Under construction from 1925 to 1927, ond western lore which Hort brought into the home,