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;?·v SN CHEYENNE HITCHING POST PUNS TO KEEP ENTERTAINMENT GOING WITH NEW OWNER 5- vmrt ?√ß Keno, July 25 Wyoming, is hardly a name synonymous with entertainment, but one major operation there has kept entertainment going steadily in its lounge for many years, and has provided a continuous showcase for many cabaret acts, from the Jets to the Sons of the Pioneers, from the Kimberleys to the current hottest plains attraction, Train. The Hitching Post Inn has also just changed ownership, remaining in the Harry P. Smith family, but with majority ownership now belonging to Paul Smith, mortgage financing provided by ITT Industrial Credit Co. of Denver, Colo., and arranged through Hotel Investment Group of New York City. Paul Smith is the third generation owner of the complex that began 50 years ago as the Lincoln Auto Court established by his grandfather, Pete Smith. The Hitching Post, one of the charter members of the Best Western, has been owned and operated since the late 1930s by Harry and Mildred Smith, and has grown from a 24-unit motel into a 250-room inn with 12 meeting and banquet rooms (heavily used during Wyoming legislative years), two lounges (including the show lounge which accommodates around 250 and has a dance floor), three restaurants (with a new Carriage Court gourmet room), shops, a liquor store, and other resort amenities. Mildred Smith will continue to retain a part interest in the property which has been awarded Best Western?╟╓s Golden Crown, and is a AAA Four Star property. Paul Smith is 37 and a hotel management graduate from Michigan State University; he is also on the board of directors of the First National Bank of Cheyenne. Smith has no immediate plans for expansion, especially in this recessionary economy, but he recently remodeled the show lounge and added the Carriage Court. He has also added cocktail hour live music in the expansive lobby. Other than the Hitching Post truly professional entertainment is scarce in Cheyenne, most folk having to drive to Denver to see anyone of note, disre- By MEL SHIELDS ?╟÷ Cheyenne, gar ding the last full week every July when the town goes wild for Frontier Days, the west?╟╓s biggest rodeo; that?╟╓s when the big guns come into town, this year?╟╓s first shooter being the Charlie Daniels Band. The Hitching Post will feature Train, as usual giving people at least a little taste of what Nevadans are used to. ?╟úMeet me at the Hitch?╟Ñ is a Cheyenne slogan that looks to remain current for some time. Trust Holders Gain DeVille For $1.3 Mil Vegas, July 25 ?╟÷ The DeVille Casino was sold for $1,300,000 to companies holding the first deed of trust after no other bids were offered at the foreclosure auction for the unopened building. Sale did not include items in the casino such as air conditioning, smoke exhaust system and fixtures, to be settled when a buyer comes forward. Companies United Mortgage Trust and Keltner-Milam & Co. bid $1,305,406, the amount of money owed them in payments and attorney?╟╓s fees. The bid wiped out debt owed the companies. No money will change hands. The DeVille has been in bankruptcy since 1974 after owners Frank and Sue Caracciolo were denied gaming licenses. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd George ordered the auction after a $4,800,000 purchase by Irving Brand board chairman of Or-mont Drug & Chemical Co., of Miami, collapsed. The Caracciolos (aka Caroll) and other unsecured creditors, who were owed about $900,000, will not receive any money from the sale. Class To Hear Brock Wall Breck Wall, producer-star of ?╟úBottoms Up ?╟╓83?╟Ñ at the Sahara Las Vegas, will address the writing class of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on comedy writing Oct. 4. 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Tall, dark, handsome and impeccably dressed in white tie and tails, with saturnine countenance in sardonic smirk as he goes so elegantly about his trickery, it is no mystery that he is a world class conjurer. He just grabbed off top honors at the Federation International Society of Magicians meet in Lucerne, Switzerland, the first American in 45 years to win the Grand Prix award competing with top 150 magicians among the 2000 convened. The award is granted to those in the manipulation category where Burton displays his prowess twice nightly within the ?╟úFolies.?╟Ñ The incredible sleights produce doves and lighted candles from vivid purple scarves, or a bird cage with tiny white parakeet that levitates around a scarf. Whatever Burton handles with his hands reveals a masterful touch, all with an attitude that is as much a part of the hocus pocus as the deft manipulations. Marlin gets immediate attention and laughs as a contempc clown juggling rings and putting down that trick with a barnyard epithet. His way with boxes and as an Oriental stick whip-persnapper continue the amusing way he treats his juggles. But it is the balletic manner with which he tosses gossamer scarves to ?╟úWilliam Tell Overture?╟Ñ and ?╟úLa Gazza La dr a ?╟Ñ that is the cream of his adroit jesting. His is a different approach to the art and he manages all of his rapid activities with ribtickling monology. ?╟úFolies,?╟Ñ conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jackson, is now being pointed up and honed to finer perceptions throughout the five dance scenes. He does this from time to time in order that the show continues to sparkle. With its reasonable minimum of $19.50 for dinner and $13.95 midnight cocktail show, it is a bargain with quality. The audience counts over the past year, when other showrooms marked low attendance, have averaged out to about 800 per show. 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