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Show Cedar City's Centennial Observed With Huqe Veek-Lonq Celebration Cedar City's Centennial celebration cele-bration came to an end Sunday evening with more than 1500 people gathered for the final program of the week long observance. ob-servance. Delivering the centennial ad-dress'at ad-dress'at the meeting held in the Third ward chapel was President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., of the First Presidency of the L D S church, who lauded the pioneers for their accomplishments through hardship and privations and ex- horted the people of today to maintain the spirit and integrity integri-ty of the pioneers if the world is to remain free. He praised the pioneers who came to settle this community one hundred years ago, for their faith and loyalty, and maintained main-tained that they were able to accomplish ac-complish their historic feats because be-cause they were working for an Ideal, a way of life, and not because be-cause they were seeking wealth. If the people continue to maintain main-tain such faith and Integrity as the pioneers possessed they will continue to develop and expand ex-pand the empire pioneered by tne early settlers. A welcome to the visitors at the centennial was given by Mayor L. V. Eroadbent, and short talks were given by Con. Walter K. Granger and Stake President Elwood Corry, D. C. Dix, centennial chairman, presided. pre-sided. Music for the occasion was provided by the combined choirs of the Cedar City wards under the direction of L. F. Luke. Special guests present at the meeting were former Cedar City mayors, W. H. Leigh, Parley Dalley, Walter K. Granger, Charles R. Hunter, H. H. Lunt, Myron F. Higbee and Gronway R. Parry. Also present as a special spe-cial guest was Elder Winslow Smith, a grandson of George A. Smith, founder of Iron county. A special citation, in the form of a scroll, was presented to Wm. R. Palmer, for his service to the community as a church leader (Continued on Back Page) I CENTENNIAL BALL (Continued from Page One) and who, as a historian has recorded re-corded the history of the community com-munity and county. I The final meeting was a climax cli-max to an excellent week-long centennial celebration, which I found large crowds gathering enthusiastically en-thusiastically for each event, especially es-pecially those events that bore directly on the background and 1 history of the area. Two such e vents, the play, "Woman Has Dominion", written by Miss Gladys McConnell, and depicting the life of the pioneers of the community, and the Music Night, presenting "a hundred years" of music, drew especially especial-ly large crowds., 1 The centennial ball, held In the fieldhouse Saturday evening, eve-ning, proved highly successful, and was the highlight of the week. The spacious hall was decorated in a pioneer theme, featuring "prairie schooners" with the traditional wooden barrel bar-rel chained on the side used as refreshment containers. A huge birthday cake, cut by Mayor L. V. Broadbent was served by Mia Maids of the Cedar L D S wards with the first piece going to James Fisher oldest living man in the community, and to Pres. J. Reuben Clark of the first presidency pres-idency of the church. The decorations e.lso included elaborate pictorial displays of Cedar City scenes on one side of the hall, and a blue and silver sil-ver lighted hillside scene on the other. A grand march, led by church and civic leaders, was the highlight high-light of the evening. Other events of the week included in-cluded the University of Utah Players, a light opera presented present-ed by the Music Arts Association, Associa-tion, ward reunions and church programs. Committees in charge of the celebration were as follows: General committee, D. C. Dix chairman; W. S. Leigh, Lanell Lunt, Miss Gladys McConnell, and Mrs. Zoe R. Palmer. Music festival, Mrs. Bernella Jones, Prof. Roy L. Halversen, Mrs. Annette W. Bentenson and William R. Palmer. Centennial play, Miss Gladys McConnell, Mrs. Matilda Ble-derman, Ble-derman, Mrs. Candace Ewing, Miss Carrie Leigh, and Mrs. Win-nifred Win-nifred L. Lunt. i Grand Centennial ball, Mr. and Mrs. Loren A. Whetten, Mr. and Mrs. Gail Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Larson, Mr.' and Mrs. Eldro iRigby, Mr. and Mrs. Smoot Seaman Sea-man and Mr. and Mrs. Udell Smith. |