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Show GALENA PARADES WERE SUCCESSFUL The historical parade September Septem-ber 11 and the miniature parade September 12 were pageants of Bingham's development from a pioneer mining camp to a world-famous world-famous source of metals. Grand prize went to the H. C. Gommell memorial club for the "Copper Bar", showing how min- ers "Worked and Played In the Good Old Days". Second went to Bingham Lions for the skid of ore pulled by two yoke of oxen. Bingham volunteer firemen, pulling pull-ing fire fighting equipment of ancient vintage and led by M. L. James wearing a fire chief's hat, uniform and carrying the alarm trumpet, were third. Humorous division prize winners win-ners were Vaun's Service with a 12-year old, diapered baby boy drinking from an oversized baby's bottle. Canyon Motor was second with a model T Ford. In the artistic division honors went to Jordan high school and second to the Utah Copper Foremen's Fore-men's Safety committee. Historical division winners included in-cluded the authentic prairie schooner which successfully completed com-pleted three trips across the plains. Miss Galena and her aids, Miss Eugenia Massa, Miss Betty rode in the wagon, entered by the junior chamber of commerce; Midvale saluted Bingham with an ore jig float entry which received re-ceived second in the historical division; Bingham hospital entry, en-try, a tandem bicycle ridden by Dr. Paul S. Richards and Miss Lenore Richards, was a most popular pop-ular entrant and placed third. The Bingham high school pep club was given a special award for the largest number of participants partici-pants on one float. The Women's Civic club entry, "Just Married",, buggy and occupants, occu-pants, won first in the humorous division. The Utah Livery "Jackass "Jack-ass Mining Company", the Bingham Bing-ham Mercantile historic surrey and Eli Mitchell of Midvale, old-dest old-dest person, also won awards. Others in the parade were as follows: (Continued on Page Four) .of floats and costuZ Lark grade s Principal Harold ' a covered wa, dressed as pioneers ' h Ct' . AlUradofCo joined in PreSontinE , t " pof theme with fll ? tumes of all nations ?Lar'5 mining and early were contrasted. y ri Highland By float ren were prepared by K Andrew Jones, while r schools Liberty Bell f floats were arranged La z on of Principal ; There were 1U entries J' The $loo nrizc miniature parade was e U' tnbuted among the sc ' rALEN DAY PARADES ! GALENA ERE SUCCESSFUL (Continued from page one) Old gray mare; boys on horse back- A. A. Macke on bicycle; Mayor and Mrs. Ed W. Johnson und City Councilman and Mrs. Dale Johnston in surrey and in costume; Councilmen Art J. Sor-enson Sor-enson and A. J. Ablett in costume and on horseback; American Legion color guard and American Legion auxiliary members in costume; General P. iE. Connor and U. S. volunteers in costume and horseback; James West Furniture company entry; Hogan dairy; Copperton Cash Market; two-horse tandem; Holy Rosarv float. "Fifty Years In Bingham"; Bingham Meat; Last Chance Saloun; The Bingham, Draper, Union and San.lv banns, in costume, were included in the line of 'march. Joel P. Jensen was par-jade par-jade chairman and S 175 in prizes ; was distributed. Delayed m starting one hour I because of showers, the miniature j parade the morning of Septem-I Septem-I her 12 was lead by Bingham Cen- tral school band, Uncle Sam and ' color bearers. A "living" American Ameri-can flag, made up of Bingham first graders dressed in red, white , and blue and lined up to form a I flag as they marched, cam.' next. A Goddess of liberty followed. Utah's industries uirnished the theme of Bingham Central grades, grad-es, with sheep raising, dairying, sugar beet farming, agriculture and mining industries presented. Principal R. R. Bell was chairman chair-man of the parade. Teachers of each grade directed preparation |