The winning ticket for
the beautiful and unique Silver Screen Legend VII
Colt revolver and gorgeous Hollywood style hand
carved and silver mounted buscadero holster and belt
was drawn at our Curly’s Cowboy Christmas dinner and
show on Sunday evening, December 19, 2004. The
lucky winner is Mr. Joseph Benoit pictured on the
right with Joel "Dutch" Dortch, Executive Director
of Happy Trails Children's Foundation. Joseph
Benoit of Descanso, CA near San Diego, where he is
the new owner of a feed and tack store.
Joe is the first
winner to actually be present at the time of the
drawing. He told an interesting story of how
he ran away from home in Vermont at the age of 12,
to go to California and live with Roy Rogers and
help Roy with his horses. Of course, he didn’t
make it very far at that time although he did get to
meet Roy many years later and purchased two of Roy’s
horses, offspring of Trigger Jr., on behalf of his
employer at the time. He also told of losing
his gun collection and everything else he owned in
the huge
Cedar wildfire that consumed vast areas of
San Diego County in October 2003.
Joe wore the Silver
Screen Legend VII gun belt and holster for a photo
op and it looked like it was custom made for him.
He was one very happy cowboy. Even though the
final total is yet to be determined, it appears that
total ticket sales in 2004 will approach $80,000!
The Silver Screen
Legend VIII Opportunity Drawing Winner
Florida Policeman is
the Lucky Winner
The
drawing for the SILVER SCREEN LEGEND VIII, a
magnificent and unique Colt SAA .45 revolver and
beautiful Hollywood style hand carved and silver
mounted buscadero holster rig was held Sunday
evening, December 18. The highly anticipated
drawing was held during Curly’s Cowboy Christmas, at
the Quality Inn – Green Tree Inn in nearby
Victorville. This special Christmas event drew
more than 300 folks for an evening of good food and
entertainment featuring award winning western
singers Curly Jim Musgrave and Belinda Gail along
with special guests Justus Strummin, Rick Wrangler,
and noted cowboy poet Gary Robertson.
A total of 9,000 tickets were sold throughout 2005
and the lucky winner is James Blevins of Tampa, FL.
James is 38 years old, married and the proud father
of two children. He is a police officer on the
staff of the University of South Florida Campus
Police. James is a gun collector with a
special interest in Colt firearms and other guns of
the Old West. The Silver Screen Legend VIII
will make a great Christmas present for officer
Blevins. James said “This is unbelievable. I
have never won anything in my life. I guess I can
quit saying that now.” James is a first time
ticket buyer/donor to the foundation, purchasing two
tickets after reading an article in
Guns and Ammo.
To date, the Silver
Screen Legend project has raised more than $700,000
for abused children. It is truly a unique case
of guns doing good things for kids – subsidized by
the Internal Revenue Service.
The Silver Screen
Legend IX Opportunity Drawing
Winner
The winner of the
beautiful Silver Screen Legend IX fully engraved
Colt six-shooter and gorgeous Lone Ranger replica
holster rig was Mr. Ray Rohman of St. Louis, MO.
Ray is a life-long Roy Rogers fan, cap-gun
collector, and very generous supporter of the Happy
Trails Children’s Foundation. He has bought
tickets in all nine Silver Screen Legend drawings,
the two previous Silver Saddle drawings, the Roy
Rogers Silver Spurs drawing, and the autographed
Republic Pictures poster drawing. He is 65
years old and employed by the Boeing, Co., successor
to McDonnell Douglas, Co. where he has been employed
for the past 45 years.
The Silver Screen
Legend X
Opportunity Drawing Winner
The drawing for the
SILVER SCREEN LEGEND X, a gorgeous pair of Colt SAA
.45 revolvers and beautiful Hollywood style hand
carved and silver mounted Hopalong Cassidy replica
double holster rig was held Sunday evening, December
16. The highly anticipated drawing was held
during
Curly’s Cowboy Christmas, at the Ambassador
Hotel in nearby Victorville. This special
Christmas event drew more than 200 folks for an
evening of good food and entertainment featuring
award winning western singers Curly Jim Musgrave and
Belinda Gail along with special guest artist Juni
Fisher of Nashville, TN and noted cowboy poet Gary
Robertson. Mimi Rogers Swift, daughter of Roy
and Dale and a member of the Happy Trails Children's
Foundation board of directors drew the winning
ticket.
The drum was packed
with more than 12,000 ticket stubs representing
tickets sold throughout 2007. The lucky winner is
Rod Gross of Newport, NC with ticket
#6784.
He is 59 years old, married and about to retire in
the near future. Rod is a long-time member of
the NRA and an avid bench rest shooter. The Silver
Screen Legend X will make a great Christmas present
for Rod. Rod has been a regular ticket
buyer/donor to the foundation participating in the
annual Silver Screen Legend drawing for several
years.
The Silver Screen
Legend XI
Opportunity Drawing Winner
The drawing for the
SILVER SCREEN LEGEND XI, a gorgeous pair of gold
plated Colt SAA .45 revolvers and beautiful
Hollywood
style
hand carved Roy Rogers replica double holster rig
with gold plated spots and buckles, was held Sunday
evening, December 14. The highly anticipated
drawing was held during Curly’s Cowboy Christmas,
at the Ambassador Hotel in nearby Victorville.
This special Christmas event drew almost 200 folks
for an evening of good food and entertainment
featuring award winning western singers Curly Jim
Musgrave and Belinda Gail along with special guest
artists the Tumbling Tumbleweeds, an energetic group
of young men in the tradition of the renowned Sons
of the Pioneers. Mimi Rogers Swift, daughter of Roy
and Dale and a member of the Happy Trails Children's
Foundation board of directors drew the winning
ticket.
The drum was packed with almost 19,000 ticket stubs
representing tickets sold throughout 2008. The
winning ticket number was 17395. James Mills, 64
year old Navy veteran and Logistics Engineer,
working on GPS systems and satellites for
Science
Applications International Corp.
He has been married to the same lady for 37 years,
is the father of two adult children and he has one
grandson. James is a long-time member of the
NRA and an avid recreational shooter and collector.
The Silver Screen Legend XI will make a great
Christmas present for him. He has been a
regular ticket buyer/donor to the foundation
participating in the annual Silver Screen Legend
drawing for several years.
2007
LEGENDARY 1880’S SADDLE WINNER!
Jim
Morris of Caballos, NM, was the lucky winner in the
most recent Happy Trails Children’s Foundation
saddle opportunity drawing. The winning ticket
was drawn during the Roy Rogers Jr. Concert, Sunday
evening, February 18, 2007 in Apple Valley, CA.
Jim purchased the lucky ticket at the 2006 SASS
Convention in Las Vegas, NV.
Even though Jim is a
saddle maker by trade, he has proudly displayed his
new saddle in his saddle shop and stated that it has
drawn many compliments and led to orders for saddle
pockets, rifle scabbards, tapaderos and other items
that he makes.
This award winning
Legendary 1880’s Plains Saddle is a magnificent and
authentic hand-carved replica 1880’s stock saddle
similar to those made famous on the plains of old
Wyoming. The saddle has all the classic lines and
details that were the Hallmark of a fine stock
saddle of that era. This authentic beautifully
hand-carved piece was made by renowned Leather
Artist to the Stars, Will Ghormley, of Des Moines,
IA. The award winning outfit came complete
with matching bridle, bit, tapaderos, martingale,
lariat, saddle pockets, saddle blanket, rifle
scabbard and an authentic Hartford Model 1892 .45
Colt caliber lever action carbine. To
complement this extraordinary saddle was a beautiful
custom saddle stand, made especially for the
Legendary 1880’s Plains Saddle. This solid oak
stand was designed and created by Terry Kirk aka
Diamond Back Jack McCoy, SASS# 24761. We want
to thank everyone who participated in this drawing
which raised almost $68,000 to benefit the abused
children served by the foundation.
Watch for information
about a spectacular new silver saddle that is
currently being crafted in Idaho. Tickets will be
available soon.
The Silver Screen
Legend XII Opportunity Drawing
Winner
Missouri Pharmacist is Lucky
Winner
The drawing for the SILVER SCREEN LEGEND XII, a
gorgeous pair of two-toned nickel and blue engraved
Colt SAA .45 revolvers and beautiful Hollywood style
hand carved and border laced Wild Bill Elliott style
reverse draw double holster rig with a large oval
sterling silver buckle, was held Saturday evening,
December 19, at the Historic former Roy Rogers Apple
Valley Inn. The highly anticipated drawing was held
during
Curly’s Cowboy Christmas, dinner and show to
benefit abused children at the Cooper Home, a
project of the Happy Trails Children's Foundation.
Mimi Rogers Swift, daughter of Roy and Dale and a
member of the Happy Trails Children's Foundation
board of directors drew the winning ticket.
The drum was packed with almost 18,000 ticket stubs
representing tickets sold throughout 2009. The lucky
winner is Mr. Charles Ward Bond, of California, MO.
The winning ticket number was 16,685. Mr. “Wagon
Train” Bond, is soon to be 61 years of age, a
Pharmacist and holder of a Federal Firearms License.
He is an NRA member, gun collector and active in
Ducks Unlimited. The Silver Screen Legend XII
will make a great Christmas present for him.
He has been a regular ticket buyer/donor to the
foundation participating in the annual Silver Screen
Legend and other Happy Trails drawings for several
years. To date, the Silver Screen Legend
project has raised a well over $1,000,000.00 for
abused children. It is truly a unique case of
guns doing good things for kids. The Happy
Trails Children's Foundation is a charitable
non-profit organization. All donations are
fully tax-deductible, under the Internal Revenue
Code, Section 501(c)(3). The kids at the
Cooper Home for abused children offer a huge THANK
YOU to everyone who bought tickets for Silver Screen
Legend XII.
Your support is sincerely appreciated!
A big tip of the Stetson to those special people who
make this drawing possible each year including
General William Keys of Colt’s Mfg. Co. and the
folks in the Colt Custom Shop; Jim Lockwood, Jr. of
Legends in Leather; Conrad Anderson of Rocktree
Ranch Enterprises; Bob Leskovec of Precision Pro
Grips; Charles Sauer of Sauer Custom Knives and
Spurs; Ben Hansen of Beauty from Scratch; Mike
Ekstrom, of Custom Jewelry by Michael & Naomi
Ekstrom; Norvell C. Foster, of Norvell C. Foster
Custom Engraving; and Ron Love. Without these
fine folks, there would be no Silver Screen Legend
fund raising project. All of these wonderful
people and companies are enduring examples of that
very special American Spirit known as “the cowboy
way.”
Watch for Silver Screen Legend XIII, coming in
January 2010. Each year the outfit is a little
different from previous years. The Silver
Screen Legend XIII will present a
pair of unique silver plated Colt .45
SAA revolvers in a magnificent hand –carved and
sterling silver mounted deluxe Clayton Moore (as
legendary western hero, The Lone Ranger) style
double gun rig. This gorgeous outfit will once again
include a magnificent pair of collectible Damascus
steel spurs made by Charles Sauer.
Retired Mayor is Lucky Winner
of the
The Silver Screen
Legend XIII Opportunity Drawing
The drawing for the SILVER SCREEN LEGEND XIII, a
magnificent pair of silver-plated Colt SAA .45
revolvers and a gorgeous Hollywood style double
buscadero holster rig just like the one that Clayton
Moore wore as The Lone Ranger, was held Saturday
night, December 18, during Curly’s Cowboy
Christmas dinner and show, a benefit for abused
children at the Cooper Home, a project of Happy
Trails Children's Foundation. Mimi Rogers Swift,
daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and a member
of the Happy Trails Children's Foundation board of
directors drew the winning ticket.
The drum was packed with more than 20,000 ticket
stubs representing tickets sold throughout 2010.
The lucky winner is Mr. Tom Bayliss, of New Bern,
NC. The winning ticket number was 944, one of
two tickets Mr. Bayliss purchased at the Annual
Convention of the National Rifle Association, held
last May in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Bayliss, a
grandfather, is 66 years of age and retired from his
own business that he sold several years ago.
He is an NRA Life Member, target shooter and gun
collector. He was mayor of New Bern for 16 years and
a staunch supporter of 2nd Amendment
Rights. He took a year off from his business
several years ago to travel around North Carolina,
promoting a Concealed Carry law, which passed.
Mr. Bayliss was napping when phoned with the news
that he was the lucky winner. He kept thinking that
he was having a dream! When he finally
realized that he wasn’t dreaming, he was one happy
and excited winner. To date, the Silver Screen
Legend project has raised almost one and a half
million dollars for abused children. It is
truly a unique case of guns doing good things for
kids. The Happy Trails Children's Foundation
is a charitable non-profit organization. All
donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent
allowed by law, under the Internal Revenue Code,
Section 501(c)(3). The kids at the Cooper Home
for abused children offer a huge THANK YOU to
everyone who bought tickets for Silver Screen Legend
XIII.
Your support is sincerely appreciated!
A big tip of the Stetson to those special people who
make this drawing possible each year including
General William Keys of Colt’s Mfg. Co. and the
folks in the Colt Custom Shop; Jim Lockwood, Jr. of
Legends in Leather; Conrad Anderson of Rocktree
Ranch; Bob Leskovec of Precision Pro Grips; Mr.
David Warther, Jr. of Warther Carvings; Charles
Sauer of Sauer Custom Knives and Spurs; Mike
Ekstrom, of Custom Jewelry by Michael & Naomi
Ekstrom; Ron Love and Silverado Silversmiths..
Without these fine folks, there would be no Silver
Screen Legend fund raising project. All of
these wonderful people and companies are enduring
examples of that very special American Spirit known
as “the cowboy way.”
Watch for Silver Screen Legend XIV, coming in
January 2011. Each year the outfit is
different from previous years. The Silver
Screen Legend XIV will present a Tribute to Roy
Rogers in honor of his centennial, 1911 – 2011.
The outfit will feature a pair of unique
engraved and silver plated Colt .45 SAA
revolvers in a magnificent hand –carved and sterling
silver mounted deluxe Roy Rogers style double gun
rig. This gorgeous outfit will once again include a
magnificent pair of collectible Damascus steel spurs
made by Charles Sauer.
Frances Francis
Modesto, CA
is
Lucky Winner of the Lucky Quilt
A lady with the unusual name of Frances Francis,
from Modesto, CA was the lucky winner of the
beautiful quilt made and donated by Marilyn Pierson,
of Helendale, CA. The opportunity drawing for
the quilt was held Saturday night, December 18,
during Curly’s Cowboy Christmas dinner and
show to benefit abused children at the Cooper Home,
a project of the Happy Trails Children's Foundation.
The winning ticket number was 507 and Mrs. Double
Francis was present for the drawing. She was
one very happy winner!
A huge “Thank You” from the kids at the Cooper Home
to everyone who bought tickets in this drawing.
HOMEMAKER IS LUCKY WINNER
OF THE SILVER SCREEN LEGEND XIV
Apple Valley, CA.
The drawing for the SILVER SCREEN LEGEND XIV, a
magnificent pair of fully engraved and sterling
silver-plated Colt SAA .45 revolvers and a gorgeous
Hollywood style double buscadero holster rig just
like the one that Roy Rogers wore in his movies and
TV series, was held Saturday night, December 17,
2011 during Curly’s Cowboy Christmas dinner and
show, a benefit for abused children at the Cooper
Home, a project of Happy Trails Children's
Foundation. Mimi Rogers Swift, daughter of Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans and a member of the Happy
Trails Children's Foundation board of directors drew
the winning ticket.
The drum was packed with more than 20,000 ticket
stubs representing tickets sold throughout 2011. The
lucky winner is Mrs. Lavonne Novak-Dlouhy of Dodge,
Nebraska. The winning ticket number was 53, one of
eleven tickets Mrs. Novak-Dlouhy purchased by phone
for herself along with 11 tickets for her husband,
James. They saw it promoted in the American Rifleman
magazine and are first-time ticket buyers. Mr. and
Mrs. Dlouhy have a large blended family with 10
adult children and 21 grandchildren. They are both
NRA members and Lavonne enjoys deer hunting with
James. Lavonne is the first lady winner in the
fourteen year history of the Silver Screen Legend.
She is also only the second FFL holder to win. In
addition to being a semi-retired farmer, James is a
gun collector, owns a gun shop and does gun repairs.
To date, the Silver Screen Legend project has raised
more than $1,500,000.00 dollars for abused children.
It is truly a unique case of guns doing good things
for kids. The Happy Trails Children's Foundation is
a charitable non-profit organization. All donations
are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by
law, under the Internal Revenue Code, Section
501(c)(3). The kids at the Cooper Home for abused
children offer a huge THANK YOU to everyone who
bought tickets for Silver Screen Legend XIV. Your
support is sincerely appreciated!
A big tip of the Stetson to those special people who
make this drawing possible each year including
General William Keys of Colt’s Mfg. Co. and the
folks in the Colt Custom Shop; Jim Lockwood, Jr. of
Legends in Leather; Conrad Anderson of Rocktree
Ranch; Bob Leskovec of Precision Pro Grips; Mr.
David Warther, Jr. of Warther Carvings; Charles
Sauer of Sauer Custom Knives and Spurs; Mike Ekstrom,
of Custom Jewelry by Michael & Naomi Ekstrom; and
Ron Love. Without these fine folks, there would be
no Silver Screen Legend fund raising project. All of
these wonderful people and companies are enduring
examples of that very special American Spirit known
as "the cowboy way."
Watch for Silver Screen Legend XV, coming in January
2012. Each year the outfit is different from
previous years. The Silver Screen Legend XV will
present a Tribute to the singing cowboys, Tex Ritter
and Eddie Dean. The outfit will feature a pair of
unique engraved Colt .45 SAA revolvers in a
magnificent hand –carved and sterling silver mounted
deluxe Hollywood style double gun rig exactly like
the ones worn by Tex and Eddie.
