Pauline Davis, Alvin Millard, and John Carr

Pauline started to assist Murphy Halloway with secretary and timing rodeos in the early 1960's. She has been involved with Rodeo in someway from grade school on and says, "It gets in your blood." In 1967, she was elected SDRA Secretary. Besides the duties of keeping track of points and printing a monthly news bulletin, which during the season became a weekly bulletin, she continued to secretary and time at lease one rodeo a week. The news bulletins took a lot of time, when she started there were only one hundred to do, by the time she quit there were over four hundred and fifty. They had to be typed and printed out on a hand crank mimeograph then stapled, and made ready to mail. Pauline resigned in 1978 when Harold's health sent them South for the winters. Pauline also worked with the NRCA making many friends from the five states the NRCA serves. She says her days working with the rodeo were the happiest twenty plus years of her life. By the time she quit working with the 4-H & High School Rodeos she had worked with three generations of some of the families. Pauline says that Husband, Harold, children Arlie and Roxie and grandsons Zach and Josh Davis and Austin and Marty Stambach have all participated and given her great support. She says, "It's given me great enjoyment to be a part of the greatest sport with the best camaraderie." Pauline has made many life long friends and dearly loved working with all the cowboys and cowgirls. She says that all the Committees, Contractors and Contestants always treated her with the greatest respect. Pauline wishes to thank the Casey Tibbs foundation for selecting her for this great honor. It came as a big surprise and is very humbling.

Alvin MIllard has lived in the Blunt area his entire life. He began riding horses at an early age, but his parents wouldn't allow him to compete n the arena until 1949 when he was twenty years old. Back then arenas were often made by parking cars in a circle or throwing up steel posts and number nine wire. He rode both barebacks and saddle broncs and dogged steers competitively until 1959 when he went into the service. In 1955 Alvin returned from the service and went straight back to the arena. He married Betty Hilmer on Feb 14, 1959. When Kenny and Steve hit the rodeo trail in the early 1970s, Alvin became a familiar face behind or in front of the bucking chutes on many 4-H and high school rodeos, be it pulling a flank, helping a kid or pulling the gate. He was no stranger to this part of arena life as he worked for Korkow Rodeos, Sutton Rodeos and Art Cowan over the years pulling flanks and pulling gates. Alvin helped build the original arena in Blunt out of the bridge plank on Sunday afternoons. In the early 1990's the Blunt 4-H rodeo was dedicated to Alvin and his family.

John (Jack) Carr has been a rancher all of his life, growing up on his father's ranch. There he learned how to raise cattle and was involved with horses. He especially liked working with the horses and had his favorites. In 1946, after marrying his wife Betty, they moved to a ranch west of White River. They have lived there ranching for nearly sixty-three years. Jack and Betty have five daughters three of them have participated in rodeos and horse shows. Rodeo has always been his favorite sport. Jack was a High School Rodeo Director for about twenty-five years and President of the High School Rodeo Association for six years. During the High School Rodeo finals at New Underwood he judged the small arena for several years. Jack was also active in 4-H Horse Shows and Rodeos for many years and judged the small arena at the 4-H Finals in Fort Pierre. He helped with the White River Frontier Days Rodeo for fifteen to twenty years. Back in 1943 Jack participated in the White River Frontier Days Rodeo. Jack has been very involved with his community. He was the Mayor of White River, served on the school board and ran the clock at the White River Basketball games for forty-six years. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, was the District Master several years, worked with Jobs Daughters and was Grand Associate Patron for several years. Jack is also a member of the Methodist Church. He wishes to thank the Casey Tibbs Foundation Board for this honor.
 

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