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The Pendleton Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps staging for a parade in 1956.
Ted White (far right, next to the snare drummer) was the drum major of the Pendleton Sr. corps from 1956 until their end in 1963. He was also the corps Director from 1960 thru 1963 (est). The last known documentation of the Pendleton Sr. Corps was the August 13, 1963 Oregon State American Legion Championships, where they came in second to the Leathernecks of Portland Oregon.
In the fall of 1963, Ted White, Lee Allen, and others formed the Pendleton Rangers Jr Drum & Bugle Corps. Ted was the horn instructor from 1963 thru 1971 (est), and the Director from 1965 thru 1972. The Rangers disbanded after the 1973 season.
Bryan Branstetter (far left, next to the snare drummer) was the Secretary Treasurer of the senior corps. He also appears in the 1971 article (bottom of this page) presenting the Pendleton Sr. check to the Rangers.
Names of corps members: Kenneth Wright, Dean Fouquette, Bob Simonton, Fred Searcy, Leve McPherson, Ed Redfield, Clay Balance, Ted White, George Martin, Juliues Miltenberger, Bob Critchlow, Bob White, Lester Dessler, Tom Ryder, Dean Bush, Tad Neilson, Jerry Arbogast, Lauren Wright, Roy Lewis, Dick Goodin, Ray APowell, Walter Hill, Frank Adams, Cloid Stewart, Ralph Isackson, Matt Svelich, Bill Steagall, Larry Turnbull, Glen Walker, Roger Brandhagen, Morris Bruce.
Photo courtesy of the Umatilla County Historical Society Museum
1959 in Walla Walla WA
c. 1960
CA 1959 – 1960
This photo of the “Pendleton Senior Drum & Bugle Corps” was taken during the first Round-up Parade on the Saturday night before Round-up week. The parade was a small imitation of night parades you would have seen in larger cities.
Here’s some details: the parade assembled at around Washington grade school, where they assembled 5 to 6 floats (some were self-propelled). There were usually 5 to 6 school bands (both high school and junior high school) in addition to the Senior corps. The parade would march down Court Street until SE 1st, then turn left on that street and then turned right on Emigrant for one block, would then march up Main Street and turn left on Court (again). Then the parade would continue until getting to the Round-up grounds, where the parade would march around the track with the stands full of people. Quite a bit of marching for a small-town parade (marched with junior high and then high school band in those parades). The night parade morphed into a Saturday morning parade in the early in the 1960’s.
Photo courtesy of the Umatilla County Historical Society Museum
The photos below are from the Fourth of July event described in the article above.
1960 Pendleton
1960 Pendleton
1960 Pendleton
1960 Pendleton
1961 Pendleton Sr
In front of the old Rivoli Theater on 355 South Main Street.
Turning left onto SE Emigrant Ave
ca 1962 Pendleton Sr D&BC
There were two parades during Pendleton Round-Up. The first parade was the “Dress Up” parade which was held Saturday night.
The second parade was the “Westward Ho” parade which was held on a Friday morning. The photo above is from that parade.
1962 Westward Ho Parade, Pendleton
In front of the Owen Motors’ Rambler Dealership on SW Court Ave and SE 4th St, across from the Umatilla County Courthouse.
This area is now a parking lot.
The gentlemen in mustard yellow are the Pendleton Sr color guard.
1971
The Pendleton Sr corps closing their books and donating the proceeds to the Rangers Jr Drum & Bugle Corps.
Bryan Branstetter on the right.
(BTW $2,514.35 is equal to $17,253.36 in 2022 dollars)