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By Leon Worden SCV Parade Committee, President Special to The Signal

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f Reno is the biggest little city in the world, then Santa Clarita is the smallest mid-size city in America – and nowhere is it more true than in the streets of Newhall on the Fourth of July.

We’re throwing a block party, and you’re invited.

We can’t guarantee 76 trombones at the starting line, but upwards of 100 horn players and drummers from all six local high schools will lead off Division 2, right behind a line of big, red fire trucks that are every little boy’s envy.

From the littlest Brownie to the oldest military veteran, everybody loves a parade. You might not know the person waving at you

from the shiny new Corvette or the back of a flatbed truck, but you’ll wave back, just the same. Santa Clarita’s annual Fourth of July parade is a magical thing.

Flowery floats don’t make a parade.

Neighbors do.

This year’s parade is extra special because it combines two local traditions into one.

About the only thing that’s been going on longer than the parade – besides the Newhall Ice Co., of course – is The Signal, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

That’s a big deal. Community newspapers don’t usually survive that long these days.

Maybe it has lasted into the 21st Century because The Signal, like the parade, is a reflection of the community.

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A celebration of freedom of speech

What to do today for the 4th From running to pancakes, residents have various options to choose

By Laurene Weste

By Emily Alvarenga Signal Staff Writer

Santa Clarita councilwoman

With 243 years of tradition behind it, Fourth of July celebrations are one of America’s most time-honored traditions.

It’s a day to celebrate our nation’s independence with a day off, a backyard barbecue in the sun and plenty of fireworks.

Independence Day is right around the corner, and it’s time to start deciding how you want to spend your Fourth of July. Every year, the City of Santa Clarita offers plenty of patriotic activities so you and your family to join in on the festivities.

he more things change, the more they are the same.

We are about to make our annual pilgrimage out to the Fourth of July Parade. It’s a grand tradition. What’s not to like? Kids, horses, the Rotary Pancake Breakfast, bands, veterans and flags everywhere!

On the Fourth of July, you can’t find a more red, white and blue community in the United States than Santa Clarita.

I looked back at the past 60 years, and the parade still starts at Hart Park with horses still staging in the South end, near the Saugus Train Station. The floats and vehicles are still staged at the North end of the park and along Newhall Avenue.

We no longer have a parade queen, but we have plenty of beautiful princesses coming down the parade route.

It might sound a little hokey, but we love it.

Santa Clarita is a big city with a small-town feel.

We wave flags, cheer for our firemen, military and law enforcement because they keep us all safe.

They are our heroes!

I love a parade!

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Independence Day Classic 5K and 10K Run/Walk Get a running start to your celebration bright and early with the Independence Day Classic. The event includes not only a 5K and 10K, but also a non-competitive walk and kid’s 1K. Last year’s 5K sold out, according to race director Carl Pantoja.

The 10K takes runners along the South See EVENTS, P23

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Some of the hundreds of runners who participated in the Independence Day Classic 5K and 10K Run/Walk head down toward Lyons Avenue in Newhall. This year’s 10K race is set for 7 a.m., and the 5K is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. There will also be a kid’s K, which is expected to start at 7:45 a.m. All races are set to start at Newhall Memorial Park.

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1-1. ROTC Color Guard 1-2. Division Marshal: Vietnam Veterans of America Lost Patrol 1-3. Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve 1-4. Grand Marshal: Richard & Chris Budman 1-5. The Signal 1-6. L.A. County Sheriff’s Department 1-7. LASD SCV Station Captain, SWAT Vehicle 1-8. Panorama Tow 1-9. California Highway Patrol Newhall Station Commander 1-10. L.A. County Fire Department 1-11. American Medical Response 1-12. U.S. Forestry & Smokey Bear 1-13. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 1-14. LA County Lifeguards, Castaic Lake 1-15. KHTS AM-1220 1-16. SCV Antique Auto Club 1-17. LA County Animal Control-Castaic Shelter 1-18. Santa Clarita Veteran Center 1-19. Senator Scott Wilk 1-20. Assemblywoman Christy Smith 1-21. San Fernando Valley Model A Club 1-22. Waste Management and Joshua

Division II

2-1. LA Commandry No. 9 2-2. Old West Masonic Lodge 2-3. Division Marshal: Fred Trueblood & Tony Newhall 2-4. All-SCV High School Marching Band 2-5. Miss SCV Pageant 2-6. Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers Inc. 2-7. Mayor Marsha McLean 2-8. Girl Scout Troops 70602 & 862 2-9. Councilwoman Laurene Weste 2-10. Cub Pack 490 2-11. Councilman Bill Miranda 2-12. Blue Star Mothers 2-13. Steve Zimmer, COC Trustee 2-14. Surface Busters 2-15. SCV Senior Center 2-16. Starhaven Stables 2-17. Erin Heiman 2-18. Nancy Degan & Cherries Jubilee 2-19. Congresswoman Katie Hill 2-20. Councilman Bob Kellar 2-21. Horse to Heart Tri Valley Jr. Posse

Division III

3-1. California Rangers Colorguard 3-2. California Rangers 3-3. Division Marshal: Zonta Club of Santa Clarita 3-4. Girl Scout Troop 1122

Parade Lineup 3-5. Dad’s Old Jeep 3-6. SCV Grizzlies Football & Cheer 3-7. S.C.O.P.E. 3-8. Fil-Am Association of Santa Clarita 3-9. Richard & Sylvia McKenzie 3-10. Canyon High Football & Cheer 3-11. Suncho School of Music 3-12. Cub Scout Pack 499 3-13. Mike Garcia for Congress 3-14. SCV Corvette Club 3-15. Ramorino Family 3-16. PFLAG of Santa Clarita 3-17. Santa Clarita Swim League 3-18. Boy Scout Troop 316 3-19. SCV Military Vehicles Club 3-20. Democratic Alliance for Action

Division IV

4-1. Prayer Angels/Young Marines Color Guard 4-2. Prayer Angels for the Military 4-3. Division Marshal: SCV Man & Woman of the Year, Ed Masterson & Pam Ingram 4-4. Old Orchard II Sharks Swim Team 4-5. Saugus High Cheer 4-6. Right Way Republicans 4-7. Trail Life USA 4-8. SCV Grizzlies Black Youth Football 4-9. Derek Smith 4-10. Gabriel Gagnon 4-11. Dome Sweet Dome 4-12. Canyon Theater Guild 4-13. Angela Underwood Jacobs for Congress 4-14. Santa Clarita Christian School 4-15. Rolling Sober 4-16. Daughters of the American Revolution 4-17. Jerry Salinas 4-18. SCV BMX 4-19. Cub Scout Pack 40

Division V

5-1. Loving Hearts 5-2. Division Marshal: SCV Boys & Girls Club Auction Winner, Joseph & Leslie Peyton 5-3. SCV Boys & Girls Club 5-4. Neighbors Being Neighborly 5-5. Moms Demand Action 5-6. Hart High Football & Cheer 5-7. All Locked Up Escape Room 5-8. Hugo’s Gym Fitness 5-9. Suzette Valladares for US Congress 5-10. Castaic Lake Dragons Boat Club 5-11. feedSCV 5-12. Chris Werthe for City Council 5-13. Painting Churches 5-14. Saugus Cafe 5-15. SCV Republicans 5-16. Hart PONY Baseball & Softball 5-17. U.S. Post Office

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1955 Fourth of July Parade This is downtown Newhall’s entire 1955 Fourth of July Parade. The Newhall-Saugus Kiwanis had organized the parade until 1938, when American Legion Post 507 took it over. By 1955, however, the parade was in the hands of an association called the “Old West” which, according to historian A.B. Perkins, had “died on its feet.” As seen in this photo, fourteen people (including photographer Richard Trueblood) insisted on keeping the tradition alive. Newhall had seen a Fourth of July Parade every year since 1932, with the exception of two war years.

From left: Clyde Houdeshell, owner of Howdy Cleaners (head obscured by flag); A.B. “Perk” Perkins (tilted against wheelbarrow); young Johnny Trueblood (with little flag); Signal editor Fred Trueblood Jr. (with flag and gun); Jim Buddell (with drum); Fred Trueblood, Sr. (with crutch); Johnny Houdeshell, Clyde’s son (playing fife); Fred Trueblood III (coonskin cap and flag); Don Steward (carrying sign reading, “Don’t Let the Tradition Die”); Charles Stanley (with bass drum); Buck Pryde (with large flag); Cecil Knaggs (with baton at rest). Carrying the Union Jack and obscured by the color bearer is Bobbie Trueblood (wife of Fred Jr.), who would go on to participate in 50 consecutive Independence Day Parades in Newhall from 1946 to 1995. Not shown: photographer Richard “Gus” Trueblood.

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The history of Old Glory Facts about the American flag: how it came to be, the significance of its colors and how it received its nickname

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ational flags serve to unite citizens of a given country. Flags wave proudly in front of government buildings and schools, and they also identify athletes during international sporting competitions. In many countries, flags also serve as symbols of honor for members of the military and their families.

For more than 200 years, the American flag has been a symbol of unity and pride in the United States. The red, white and blue flag has a storied history and has gone through various incarnations. The following are some of the more interesting facts pertaining to the American flag.

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Making pancakes during the Fourth of July festivities has been a tradition passed on from generation to generation.

Spirit of the Fourths past

By Daniel Hon The Signal July 1, 1988

A kaleidoscope of pancakes, barbecued beef, balloons, queens, carnivals, dances, fireworks, flags, floats, parades, shootouts, high stakes poker games, low stakes bingo, greased pigs and poles, speeches, rodeos, cotton candy, watermelons, traffic, heat, wind and crowds upon crowds of people have painted the environs of downtown Newhall since the first officially sponsored Fourth of July Parade was held in 1932: the epitome of small town America in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The idea of the celebration was born during the depths of the depression when people here, as in the rest of the country, had no money to use frivolously. The town fathers wanted to give the community a day to celebrate without the need to spend a lot. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

It has been variously called The Beeg Peerade, Placeritos Days, Old West Celebration and, simply, the Fourth of July. Fireworks came to it regularly and in a big way when Pat Lizza of Bermite Powder Company first donated them to the community in 1952. Several years thereafter, the Kiwanis Club took over the display until it became too expensive for them (they broke even one year by passing the hat in

the stands).

The Mighty Signal stepped in 10 years ago and filled the gap at the last minute when no other fireworks sponsor could be found.

Magic Mountain and the Saugus Speedway have complimented The Signal’s already incomparable show over the years with their own displays. But nothing has been done to compare with the extravaganza as Hart High School that is peculiarly home grown and loved by all, especially when the popcorn is plentiful.

Three generations of Truebloods have run the whole shebang while other chairmen have come and gone after being burned out by heavy volunteerism at the beginning and ending with the gasps of the few who actually did the work.

In 1953, Fred Trueblood Sr., owner and publisher of The Signal wrote, in a moment of pique: “Staging a full day’s activities is a job of enormous proportions in a community the size of Newhall.

The number of individuals who are capable of doing things, who have the requisite imagination and energy, is a relatively small one. Then, if you subtract from this minority the competent individuals who simply will not perform what they promise, you get down to a small hard core of workers who both CAN and WILL.” The editorial was written in

sympathy for Ted Lamkin who was the president of the Old West Association and ran that year’s parade with precious little help. Not only that, but this was the year that “little Tommy Frew came as a giant firecracker” and had to be extricated from his costume: He damned near suffocated in the 105 degree heat.

Mr. Trueblood, Sr. knew whereof he spoke. He ran the affair in 1939 and 1940 and again in 1952.

Even today, burnout is a problem.

Organizations such as the Jaycees, Rotary, Optimists, Lions, Kiwanis and the overall sponsor, the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, have to scramble to keep finding volunteers to take on such diverse tasks as publicity, communications, float and other entry judging, breakfasts, parade lineup, parade announcers, parade script writers, secretaries, sheriff coordination, refreshments, sign painters, VIP greeters, convertible top car owners to carry politicos in the parade itself, clean up crews and a myriad of others to handle details too numerous even to think about.

In earlier years there was even a street dance where Tresierras Market now is [24316 Main Street, Newhall — Ed.] It was the only Safeway in the valley. In 1939, Satchell McVay’s orchestra received great See SPIRIT, P14

nSix different flag designs were flown before Betsy Ross announced that she had sewn the official American flag. These designs included a series of alternating red and white stripes, the Liberty Tree, the Sons of Liberty and the Forester flag designs. The Continental Army once used a flag featuring a snake with the mantra “Don’t Tread on Me.” nOn June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress proposed and passed the Flag Act of 1777.

This resolution was designed to facilitate the creation of an official flag for a nation that was aiming to earn its independence from Great Britain. The flag was to have thirteen stripes, alternating red and white, with thirteen white stars on a blue field. The thirteen stars signified the original members of the Union. nThe American flag remained unchanged until 1795, when the stripes and stars were increased to 15 for the addition of Kentucky and Vermont to the Union. nAfter seeing the new stars-and-stripes flag flying over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem that would eventually become the nation’s national anthem. nA sea captain from Massachusetts named William Driver named a large, 10-foot-by-17-foot flag “Old Glory” after it survived multiple defacing attempts during the American Civil War. Driver’s nickname of the flag inspired the name to be used for all American flags. nAlthough Flag Day was established as a formal national holiday in 1949, it was not made a federal holiday. Flag Day is only an official holiday in the state of Pennsylvania. This may be fitting because legend holds that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag in Pennsylvania. nToday’s flag features the original 13 alternating white and red stripes (in 1818, another design went into effect, permanently setting the number of stripes at 13 in honor of the original colonies) and 50 stars to represent the states of the Union. The colors of the flag signify as follows: red for hardiness and valor, white for purity and innocence, and blue for vigilance, perseverance and justice.

The Color Association of the United States creates the palette of colors used for both private and public institutions and the U.S. Army. Mass-market flag manufacturers tend to use Pantone Matching Shade of Dark Red (193 C) and Navy Blue (281 C).

The American Flag has been a fixture of the United States for centuries and continues to serve as a symbol of pride, valor and history.

— Metro Creative

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Valley royalty: Queens of the SCV Seen below are photographs captured by Signal photographers of local residents who won or were nominated for queen during Fourth of July festivities. The photos selected are from 1950 to 1960.

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1) From left: just before the announcement of the winning 1950 candidate, are Barbara Ayres, 1949 queen, and the contestants, Opalee Adams, Esther Duran, Janet Cook and Ruth Walk. Behind them, in the same order, Ralph Brown, Mel Adams, Don Brunton, Junior Feltner and Bob Wilke. Janet Cook won the crown that year. 2) Myrna Cash was named queen of the celebration in 1960. 3) Patty Nichols was named queen in 1959. 4) From left: Ginger Gorman, Elberta McKissack, Kathleen Burckert, queen Margie Powell, wearing her crown and holding her trophy, Janet Cook, Barbara Ayres Brown, Jackie Frerichs and Janet Austin attend the Coronation Ball, which officially launched the Fourth of July celebration in 1951. (5) Various queens would be selected throughout the communities in 1957, but LaVonne Saunders, left, and Karen Manzer were seen as the ONLY July queens. 6) In this 1958 photo, queen Linda poses for a Signal photographer after he “blew” his shot during the Coronation Ball. 7) Barbara Melby Gallion, who was crowned queen in 1955, places the July 4th crown on Billie Sitton, who was a Hart High School student at the time.

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Happy Independence Day! I hope our Santa Clarita Valley community has a fun celebration and a wonderful summer with family, friends, and neighbors.

May this 4th of July allow us to express our gratitude for our service members and veterans who sacrificed so much to make our freedom possible.

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Rules on how to display U.S. flag

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he American flag symbolizes many things to many people.

While the American flag is proudly displayed in millions of buildings and homes across the United States year-round, it tends to draw special attention each summer, when Americans celebrate their independence on July 4.

The Flag Code formalizes and unifies the standards of respect that must be given to the flag, even containing specific instructions regarding how the flag should not be used. The following are some of the rules that govern how to display the American flag.

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1) Fred Lamkin’s Newhall Garage entry in Newhall’s 1934 Fourth of July Parade.

Lamkin operated a welltrafficked auto garage and eventually held the local Chevrolet franchise. 2) Parade participants pop up the front two wheels of their car. 3) The Masonic Club float passes by the Soledad Hotel at the southwest corner of 9th and Spruce streets in the 1930s.

4) Participants of the Fourth of July festivities in 1934 make their way down the parade route.

Raising and lowering the American flag

According to USFlag.org, the American flag should be raised quickly and lowered slowly and ceremoniously.

While the Flag Code suggests the flag should be displayed only between sunrise and sunset, if it is displayed at night, it should be illuminated. The flag should be saluted as it is hoisted, and when lowered that salute should be held until the flag is unsnapped from the halyard or through the final note of music, whichever is the longest.

When displayed indoors, the flag should be displayed to the right of the speaker, staging area or sanctuary. Any additional flags hanging in the room should always hang to the left of the American flag. When flags are grouped for display, the American flag should be in the center and at the highest point of any flag.

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The American flag is often displayed in mourning. When placing the flag at half staff, first hoist it to the peak for an instant before lowering it to a position halfway between the top and bottom of the staff. During mourning, when the time comes to lower the flag, it should once again be momentarily raised to the peak before it is lowered.

The American flag is flown at half

staff when mourning designated, principal government leaders. It also must be flown at half staff upon presidential or gubernatorial order.

When covering a casket, the American flag should be placed with the union at the head and over the left shoulder.

The flag should never be lowered into the grave

Parading the flag

When the American flag is carried in a procession, such as in a parade, the flag should always be to the right of the marchers when it is the lone flag being represented. When other flags are carried, the American flag may be centered in front of the others or carried to their right. Parade audiences should salute the flag as it passes in the procession.

Flag restrictions

There are many conditions under which the American flag is not to be used. These include: nThe flag should never be used as a decoration. Use bunting to decorate with the colors of the American flag, always ensuring the blue stripe of the bunting is on top. nThe flag should not be used as part of advertising. The flag also should not be embroidered, printed or impressed on articles such as cushions, napkins, boxes, or anything considered temporary that is likely to be discarded after use. nThe flag should not be used as part of a costume. The uniforms of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations are permitted to wear American flag insignias on their uniforms. nThe flag is not to be used as a receptacle to carry, deliver, hold, or receive anything.

The American flag is an enduring symbol of freedom and sacrifice to millions of people across the globe. The flag should always be displayed with the utmost respect and in adherence to the guidelines set forth by the Flag Code.

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fanfare in The Signal as being a “colored” band.

People came from miles around to dance and be entertained by his music. Howard Wingfield won the pie-eating contest.

Queens have come and gone: Barbara Borden, the sister of long time Saugus High math teacher Judy Stevens, Barbara Ayers, Carol Shaughnessy, Jimmy Wright, Barbara McIby, Billie Sitton, Linda Pigg and one lady in the late ‘30s who was the mother of two.

Lack of music has always been a problem because of the Fourth falling in the middle of summer vacation. The paucity of bands became so acute that Signal columnist Mimi [Ruth Newhall — Ed.] was forced to dub the 1977 effort as the “Plop Plop Parade,” because the only sound that could be heard was the dropping of road apples by horses as they plodded along the route. A year or so later, poor Proposition 13 was blamed for the kids not suiting up and marching — it simply was not in the budget.

Traditionally, however, Hart and Placerita have teamed up to march in some array or other. Usually, they are not uniformed but they always sound good, especially when Larry Thornton, the venerable Hart bandmaster, puts that famous wide smile on his face and marches proud down San Fernando Road leading his latest kids in the Stars and Stripes Forever.

Until recently, gambling always found its way into the melee. It got out of hand one year when some of our more illustrious citizens set up a highstakes poker game next to the low-stakes bingo game at Saxonia Park. Money passed hands furiously. That is, the money of the outlanders passed into the hands of our card sharks, in such huge sums that the fleeced complained to out-of-town newspapers. They raised such a

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The roper missed and the calf heads south. There was lots of excitement at the rodeo at Castaic.

There were three days of roping, riding and Western contests. In 1973, the Fourth fell on a Wednesday but the celebration was put off to Saturday so that the parade could complement that year’s rodeo. ruckus that bingo disappeared.

Then there was Dale Taylor who became the hero of at least three of his girlfriends with whom he shared his winnings in 1956. One of the carnival games boasted huge panda bears as prizes. All one had to do was to throw a dime so that it landed and stayed in one of the glass plates affixed to the heads of the bears.

No one won until Dale came along and hitched up his pants in true Newhallian fashion. He won a bear and people yelled with glee. He won another and a crowd started to gather. He quit after winning his third, much to the disappointment of his followers and to the relief of the carny running the game.

When asked why he had quit, the young man grumped, “I ran out of chewing gum!”

Saxonia Park. The very name brings a tear of nostalgia to any of us who have enjoyed the Fourth of July in Newhall over the last 30 or so years. Located on the north end of Quigley Canyon Road in Placerita Canyon, it was started by a downtown German Club for polka dancing and beer drinking.

Nothing could match the Fourth of July in that beautiful oak tree setting. It was not unusual for the Lions Club to feed 2,000 folks beef from a pit barbecue dug days in advance.

Ten times that many cups of beer and soft drinks were sold.

If one listens carefully, the strains of Western music can still be heard wafting through the trees, intermingled with the shouts of happy kids running sack races and making themselves sick in the pie-eating contests. It was here that highstakes (I once saw as much as $4,000 on the table in the ’50s) poker games abounded.

In the 1930s, it was not uncommon for the county supervisors to give keynote speeches. Roger Jessup said, in 1933, “Of course, you folks of Saugus and Newhall know also of the splendid work being done in Bouquet Canyon, which will bring thousands of motorists through this district to reach the westside of the Antelope Valley. Such improvements, I am sure, meet with the genuine approval of my people.” Oh, if he had only known what he wrought.

Law enforcement has had its troubles. As early as 1927, the sheriff was prepared to send enforcements to Eureka Villa, if need be. He even put some of them up at Castaic just in case they were needed. They weren’t. What is now called Val Verde stayed peaceful.

However, it might have been a different story for the Cub Scouts in 1948, if it weren’t for sympathetic Highway Patrol Captain Jack Miller. The Cubs found an old Model “T” rusting in a field. They pulled it to one of their member’s backyards and got it running just in time for the parade. The problem was that it had no license tags, and no one had thought to buy them.

They knew that the car couldn’t be driven on the street without tags, but the kids didn’t have enough money. Captain Miller, hearing of their plight, let the word out that he was sorry but his men would be “too busy up on 99 catching speeders to ‘help’ patrol the parade.”

The kids breathed a sigh of relief and rode in their Model “T.” For new comers to the Santa Clarita Valley, old Highway 99 was later replaced by Interstate 5, the

Golden State Freeway.

Although the first “official” parade was in 1932, there have been years when there either was no parade or it was not run on the Fourth. Paradeless years were 1937 and 1938, as were the war years from 1942 through 1945. In 1973, the Fourth fell on a Wednesday but the celebration was put off to Saturday so that the parade could compliment that year’s rodeo. However, the inimitable Bobbie Trueblood, now Bobbie Davis, following what she saw as a family and community tradition, wanted a parade on the Fourth. Many agreed.

So, on Wednesday morning, about one 150 folks gathered at Lyons Avenue and San Fernando Road. A palanquin magically appeared with six bearers in tow. Bobbie mounted the swaying vehicle, a couple of buglers and a drummer stepped off, and the parade, without permit or traffic control, wended its way down the middle of San Fernando Road to Hart Park. There was a man marching on crutches along side of the palanquin in his World War II officer’s “pink-and-green” uniform and people are still asking, even today, “Who was that good looking stranger?”

The beer keg bringing up the rear was furnished by the Canyon Country Chamber of Commerce. The Newhall-SaugusValencia Chamber was too busy putting up the stands for one of the biggest rodeos this valley has ever seen, to participate in this rump version of their extravaganza, except at the end when the keg was tapped. Good natured rivalry came to a head when it was found that nobody could slake his or her thirst. The liquid in the keg turned to foam while being rolled along San Fernando Road.

By the way, a few years later, Bobbie’s son, Fred III, ran the parade and the celebration.

The tradition marches on.

“This year’s parade will be the biggest and best yet,” Chairwoman Jill Klajic says. “It is fun to be part of the history of small town America, and I hope that as our valley grows, the tradition of the Fourth of July will live on.”

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2019 4th of July Committee, Judges and Sponsors Tom Pedersen

Parade Committee

Linda Tarnoff

Leon Worden, President Linda Storli-Koontz, Chairman

Pat Willett

Jessica Boyer

Sponsors

Dave Caldwell

SCVTV

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City of Santa Clarita

Maureen Daniels

The Signal newspaper

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Bruce Fortine

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Cheryl Hartman

Storli-Koontz Realty

Dennis M. Koontz

Fred Trueblood III

Laura Hauser, Equestrian

American Medical Response

Michael Mazzetti

Karen Warloe

Suzie Alziebler

Laurene Weste-McCarthy

Santa Clarita Amateur Radio Club

James McCarthy

Sharon Bronson

Gloria Mercado-Fortine

Chuck Willett

Diane Curtis

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Alan Wykoff

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t was July 3, 1996.

Herbert Hoover was in the White House. The nation’s economic troubles were looking like they would get worse before they got better. Nobody was in a particularly celebratory mood, and from his tiny office and print shop at 636 Spruce Street, Signal editor A.B.”Dad” Thatcher griped about Newhall’s lackluster display of patriotism on America’s 154th birthday.

“In the old days,” Thatcher writes, “two objects were to be attained, or a (July 4th) celebration was marked down as a fizzle. The first was to get the best known

speaker possible, and the other was to buy more fireworks than (any) other town.”

“It was July 4, all right. But as far as distinctive celebration was concerned, it might as well have been any other picnic day, or Sunday.”

The next year, 1931, was worse. Just months after Congress made the Star Spangled Banner our national anthem, “the population of Newhall celebrated the glorious Fourth by trips in every direction, most of that direction was toward the beach.”

Then a curious thing happened. Maybe it had something to do with a young upstart named Roosevelt who was promising national renewal and nipping at Hoover’s heels. I don’t know. But in 1932 the locals

got their act together and staged one wingding of a July 4th show.

“The national holiday was celebrated in Newhall with the greatest and most colorful festivity that has marked the public doings in town for many years,” the everpatriotic Thatcher writes.

It seems our town mothers and fathers, most notably the realtor-turned-historian A.B. Perkins and Chevy dealer Fred Lamkin, decided that Depression or no, Newhall would have a parade.

“The parade formed on Arch Street,” Thatcher writes, “from whence it marched to Newhall Avenue, which was followed to Tenth Street (now called Lyons See NEWHALL, P23

Celebrations throughout the years

Caption: SCVhistory.com / Signal file photos

(Above) No Fourth of July Parade entry attracted more attention or more favorable comment than this entry, conceived and worked out by C.V. Hurley in July 1959. The “Spirit of ’76” is familiar to just about every American, and when they saw it marching down the street before their very eyes, it gave most beholders a real thrill.(Below, left) A parade participant rides around town in a wheelbarrow while playing the accordion in July 1972. (Below, right) Opal Mayhue Houghton, the daughter of William and Pallie Mayhue, won the prize for “best ladies costume” in the parade on July 4, 1932. The photograph shows Mayhue Houghton, Jessie E. Richards and Jessie Nourse Sackrider with the horse, Cimarron, which one of the ladies probably just rode in the Newhall Fourth of July Parade. Mayhue Houghton, holding the bridle, is dressed the part, but the animal is draped with a banner that reads, “National Automobile Club.”

Festive facts for Fourth of July

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ach year on July 4, Americans celebrate the birth of their nation and independence from Great Britain. This day marks the anniversary of the presentation and acceptance of the Declaration of Independence, signed 242 years ago on July 4, 1776.

The Declaration of Independence began as a letter to Britain’s King George to explain why the Continental Congress was interested in declaring independence from Great Britain. The writing of the declaration began on July 2 and the final wording was established on July 4.

Besides the usual, another way to commemorate Independence Day is to educate oneself about the many historical and entertaining facts that surround the day. The following are some interesting details about the origins of Independence Day and the celebrations that surround it. nAlthough 56 people eventually signed the Declaration of Independence, only John Hancock signed the document on July 4, 1776. The rest added their names later on. John Hancock’s signature is ornate and widely recognized. Putting your “John Hancock” on a document has become synonymous with the process of signing something. nThe Declaration of Independence was adopted while the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Statehouse. That building is now known as Independence Hall. nThe average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was 45. The youngest person to sign was Thomas Lynch, Jr., who was 27 when he signed the document. Benjamin Franklin, at age 70, was the oldest signee. nJohn Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the only signees who went on to serve as presidents. Coincidentally, Jefferson and Adams both died on July 4, 1826, within hours of each other. nPhiladelphia is the birth place of much American history and is home to the Liberty Bell. Each Independence Day, the Liberty Bell is tapped (not rung, as the vibration would further damage the cracked bell) 13 times in honor of the original 13 American colonies. nThe original 13 American colonies were located all along the eastern seaboard. They include Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. nIndependence was gained in 1776, and the first celebration took place in Philadelphia four days later. The White House held its first Independence Day festivities in 1801. nBenjamin Franklin proposed that the turkey be the national bird of the United States. He was overruled. nThe only copy of the engrossed and signed Declaration of Independence is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Independence Day is a time for hot dogs, ice cream and, of course, revisiting America’s history.

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Santa Clarita Valley’s Fourth of July Parade route

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There used to be a lot more horses in the parade, and The Signal used to run farm reports.

Yesterday it was old-time prospectors and oil workers and military veterans. Today it’s kids and dogs and military veterans.

Want to know what’s important today?

Who the local politicians are? Which nonprofits are active? Watch the parade. Or read The Signal.

The paper started in 1919 and covered every local Fourth of July Parade since the first one in 1932 – which proceeded along many of the same streets as today. Listen carefully and you might hear whispers of the old-time muleteer or the ladies in their fancy hats or the lad who caught the greased pig in the park afterward. Back then, those

of volunteers who make the magic happen.

Led by Linda Storli, the Parade Committee members convene each spring and know their tasks so well, they could perform them in their sleep because they’ve done them so many times. It’s truly a team effort where every individual is critically important.

The door is always open.

Leon Worden is president of SCVTV, which hosts the parade committee.

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100th anniversary of our hometown paper — The Signal. They are the 2019 Grand Marshall, and we will be celebrating their amazing contributions to our community.

The Signal keeps us informed about what’s going on around town. They applaud our schools’ success, showcase our youth, honor our good deeds and remind us of what we can do to improve.

After all, there is always the Opinion section!

I am so proud to live in a community that stands for freedom of speech including the editorial cartoon section. We’ve had the legacy of cartoonist Randy Wicks as a guiding beacon to free speech. We can agree to disagree, and we can debate and challenge each other without hostility, but we only remain a great free nation by having dedicated journalists guarding our freedom.

The Signal has laughed with us and cried in our losses. When our community has been under attack, they have used the mighty pen to fight for us.

This year, as we proudly wave thousands of flags along our historic parade route, remember how blessed we are to be able to freely demonstrate our patriotism.

Give The Signal a big round of applause for being part of the team that keeps our country free and here’s to another 100 years of journalistic integrity.

streets were named Spruce and Tenth. Today they’re called Main and Lyons. They’re the same streets.

The parade has expanded a bit in the last 87 years. Now it runs down Orchard Village Road to a place called Valencia, which didn’t exist then.

The people who organize the parade today didn’t exist then, either, yet somehow, all of that institutional knowledge got passed down through the decades to a group

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Local court officials from the Soledad Judicial District ride in the 1935 Newhall Fourth of July Parade. The Newhall Garage can be seen in the background. This photograph’s date was misidentified sometime in the 1980s or ’90s, but it did in fact take place on July 4, 1935.

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Avenue), turning to Spruce Street (now called San Fernando Road) and moving south to Market Street, where it turned to the playground near the Community Church anddissolved.”

The parade had an “Old Time” theme — no kidding — with an “old-timeprospector and his family, the Mule Team freight line, cowboys, old time ranchers and others, along with the newer things that have become a part of our communitylife.”

Things like S.D. Dill’s brand-new 1932 school bus, which was “an impressive lesson of the progress both of transportation and the number of pupils.”

The “Catholic Ladies” won Sweepstakes for their model of the San Fernando Mission, complete with “Indians, Padre and other features.”

Newhall Ice — still in business today — won the “originality” prize for its blocks of ice with flowers and fruit inside.

“Jess Doty and his men put on an odd stunt. A car of 1913 was shown with some wheels out of center, and known as Galloping Lizzie, was followed by one of the newestmodels.”

“Herb Ball’s freight line got stuck, and lost the water wagon, but finally got its place with the sixteen mule team.”

After the parade, “fully two thousand people milled around, visiting, greeting friends, dodging the fire crackers, and waiting the opening of the barbecue dinner. Pictures of the old timers, who were there in force, were taken.”

Politicians made patriotic speeches, and sporting events lasted until sundown.

“The greased pig and greased pole contests seemed to make the most sport, the pole climbing being continued until finally Robert Poore, of Glendale, managed to overcome the slippery handicap and get the $2.50 prize.”

Evening festivities included a fireworks display on the grounds of Newhall School.

Every year after that, Newhall’s Fourth of July festivities just got bigger and bigger.

The 1933 parade saw no fewer than 27 official entries, with “about a hundred horsemen, rodeo performers, cowboys, cowgirls and movie stars.”

It is a fine tradition, one that has stayed the same more than it has changed over the years.

Sure, we’ll have a few more than 27 official entries tomorrow. More than 127, even. And the parade will draw a bit more than 2,000 spectators. It’ll likely be the biggest mass of humanity this town has ever seen at a single community event.

But this year’s “Life on the Frontier” theme isn’t too different from the “OldTime” motif of 64 years ago.

And we’re bound to have some 1930s-vintageautomobiles, as well as some of the “newer things that have become a part of our community life,” as Thatcher put it.

Newhall Park will again be the venue for post-parade activities. We might not have a greased pig contest, but we’ll have pig races and all sorts of other contests at Frontier Days, which start right after the parade and run through Sunday, July 7 at the fairgrounds on Soledad Canyon Road. And “Dad” Thatcher would be pleased to know we’ll have fireworks.

Fork Trail, while both the kid’s K and 5K takes runners along the parade route that’s fast and flat, with one of the best cheering sections in southern California, according to Pantoja.

“People are gathering for the parade, so when runners pass by a lot of people are cheering — it’s very nice,” Pantoja said.

All the proceeds will benefit the six cross country teams of the Santa Clarita Valley’s high schools, as well as other local charities.

“We try to encourage the sport of running, which is why we give the money to the cross country programs,” Pantoja said. “We are really proud to help grow the running community.”

The run is expected to use chip timers that monitor the starting and finishing times more accurately, and finishers are expected to receive a finisher’s medal with awards given to the overall male and female in the 5K and 10K, as well as top three finishers in each age group.

After the race, participants are welcome to stay and snag a prime spot for the parade.

The 10K race is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., followed by the kid’s K at 7:45 a.m. and the 5K at 8 a.m. with all races starting at Newhall Memorial Park, located at 24933 Newhall Ave. For more information, visit scrunners. org.

Rotary Club’s Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast

Whether you’re participating in the run and need a hearty breakfast to make it through the festivities of the day or are just a pancake lover and need to get your pancake fix, right down the street from the race, the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club is hosting its annual Pancake Breakfast.

“It’s been going on for more than 40 years as a tradition to support the community,” said Tom Cole, club president. “It’s our way to give back to the community, and just a perfect way to start Independence Day holiday.”

The club is expected to serve its famous hot pancakes, sausages, “Cowboy Coffee” and juice, all for $5 a person.

The breakfast is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the former Roger Dunn Golf parking lot, located at 24200 Main Street. For more information, visit scvrotaryclub.com.

City of Santa Clarita Fourth of July Parade

Even though Santa Clarita may be a big city, the Fourth of July Parade still has a small-town feel, according to Linda Storli, who’s been the parade’s chair for the past 25 years.

“We have even been described as the largest small-town parade in America,” Storli said.

This year, the parade will be honoring The Signal for its 100th birthday with the theme, “The Signal Century: Celebrating Our Press Freedom.”

More than 1,000 volunteers have been working hard to prepare for the parade, which will include members of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, political candidates and office holders, Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, horses and more, Storli said.

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(Above) Hannah Cesena, 9, eats her sausage and pancakes at the annual Rotary Club pancake breakfast in 2016. (Below) Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club cook up sausage and pancakes for the annual event. This year’s event is scheduled from 7 to 9 a.m. in the former Roger Dunn Golf parking lot, located at 24200 Main St.

“It’s an amazing parade that lets kids understand what the Fourth of July is all about,” Storli said.

“It’s not just about fireworks and hot dogs, but patriotism. We’ve got a lot of military and Gold Star parents in the community.”

The parade is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Main Street in Newhall, then work its way down Lyons Avenue and Orchard Village Road, and end on 16th Street. The parade’s website features an interactive map that not only shows the route, but also each significant stop along the way.

For more information, visit www. scvparade.com or call Linda Storli at 661-313-8960.

City’s Fourth of July Fireworks Show

Finish off your Independence Day celebration with the city’s annual fireworks display at the Westfield Valencia Town Center.

This year, Westfield will be putting on a block party before the fireworks

begin, so head over straight after the parade to enjoy food, drinks, face painting and games, such as both a hot dog- and pie-eating contest, as well as a cornhole tournament, according to Audra Cheney, marketing manager for Westfield Valencia Town Center.

Later in the evening, The Spazamatics, a new wave 80s band, is also expected to perform.

Fireworks are expected to be shot from the top of a parking structure, so attendees should have plenty of room to set up their blankets and chairs to watch the show.

As the fireworks are one of the most popular events of the day, those who attend are encouraged to arrive early as heavy traffic is common.

The block party is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. with the band performing at 7 p.m., followed by the fireworks show at 9:15 p.m. at the Westfield Valencia Town Center, located at 24201 West Valencia Blvd.

For more, visit westfield.com/valencia/fourthofjuly or santa-clarita.com/ Fireworks.

Dan Watson/The Signal

Drummers play “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as they head down Main Street in Newhall during the start of the annual Fourth of July Parade in 2016.

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