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October 2, 2019 www.DesertMessenger.com 5 FREE CLASSIFIEDS Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! HERE'S THE SMALL PRINT: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Ga- rage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com C & B LOCK & KEY Betty Crenshaw CML Owner 42 Years Experience 928-927-6589 MOBILE SERVICE ONLY Thanks for another great season! SEE YOU IN THE FALL! Bonded - Insured BLM Approved Serving Quartzsite and Surrounding Areas Time to get your YEE HAW on! "Peace brings with it so many positive emotions that it is worth aiming for in all circum- stances." —Estella Eliot Wanted: Retired couple interested in the history of Quartzsite to man- age the Museum and tell people about the Tyson's Well Stage Sta- tion and other points of interest in the area. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a. m. To 4 pm, excluding holidays when the museum is closed. Docent's duties include cleaning, security, and maintenance of the museum and grounds. Light book- keeping and reporting. The couple will receive an RV spot with full hookups on the premises, with Wi- Fi plus a monthly stipend. Please call 928-502-1255 to arrange an interview. Docents wanted for the museum Get ready for the Wild West time of your life! The Second Annual Buck Connors Western Days is a two-day west- ern festival to be held at Quartzsite Town Park November 9 & 10, 2019. The festivities start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, fi nishing on Sunday afternoon. Events include: Opening Ceremo- nies by Quartzsite VFW Post 769, Featured Entertainment - Dr. Buck's Wild West Show, "Vittles and Ven- dor's Row, Historic Pioneer Tour, ATV/UTV Challenge, Branding Iron Art Show, Cowboy Chili Cookoff, Bucking Horse Beer Garden, All Fired-Up Car Show, Lil' Buckaroo Kids Corral with games and activi- ties for the whole family, Cowboy Church, live music by "Alaska Dan", "Dan McCorison", Gypsy Wagyn and "Roadhouse" & More! Free admission and Free Parking at the Park. Vendor applications are available at Quartzsite Town Hall Monday thru Friday, 8am-5pm. For more information contact Town Hall at 927-928-4333. Visit www.BuckConnorsDays.com for the full schedule of events. Stay up to date at www.facebook.com/ BuckConnorsDays! Few have heard of George Washing- ton "Buck" Connors; yet, he had a di- verse military career as well as an ex- tensive movie industry career which included being a founding member of The Screen Actor's Guild. The Buck Connors Western Days in Quartzsite honors this unique personality and past Quartzsite resident. Real name: George Washington Conner Nicknames: "Buck", "Buckshot" 1880 - 1947 George Washington Conner was born November 22, 1880 in Streator, Illinois. Buck served in both Army and Navy. He was in the Mexican Revo- lution; and served as a Texas Rang- er for a couple of years. Following military duty, Buck spent several years with the "Two Bills Show", which was the com- bined Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East shows. His movie career spanned nearly thirty years and a hundred fi lms (begin- ning in 1911). was a founding mem- ber of the Screen Actors Guild. Most of his appearances were often sup- porting roles. He was Rob Steele's sidekick in many "talkie" fi lms in the 1920's. Buck directed a few silent fi lms; and, was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. When Buck passed away in 1947, he and his wife Hazel were living in Hollywood, California. He was visiting Yuma, Arizona and passed away on February 4, 1947 from heart problems at the Yuma Gen- eral Hospital. He and son George Jr. were interred on the Conner property located behind a business in Quartzsite, Arizona, and their re- mains were exhumed in 2008 and moved to the Pioneer section of the Hi Jolly Cemetery (on the National Register of Historic Places).

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