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Show (c mate plus far Forty-mile parade, $5,000 prize list to feature Steelmark Days Springville will join other Utah county com-' com-' munities in decking out streets and store win- dows this weekend for the valley-wide Salute ;to Men of Steel" scheduled for Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. Multi-colored street and pole banners, a variety of displays, window decorations and car bumper strips will give a festive fes-tive air to every town located between Lehi and Santaquin taking part in the, three-day celebration. Plans for the big Utah Valley Val-ley Steelmark Days series of events moved into high gear this morning at a meeting of the coordinating committee mapping the observance. Some 21 entries, including several bands are now expected ex-pected to join the Valley-wide Valley-wide parade that will head north from Santaquin at 9 a.m. on Sept. 29. Covering what is believed one of the longest parade routes in history his-tory some 40 miles and nine w. novaflA will L if'lf MWllSlllU fJL.l imu ----- off Steelmark Days special events at each location. Final plans were also blueprinted blue-printed for a county-wide drawing for more than $5,000 worth of prizes over television televi-sion on Saturday, Oet. 1. The drawing will be performed by the nine coordinating committee commit-tee members one from each participating community. Heading the list of major prizes will be a 4-door automobile, auto-mobile, followed by some 16 other prizes including appliances, applian-ces, rifles and shot gun. Bulk of the prize money was raised by merchants who will locate registration boxes in their places pla-ces of business. Occupying the place of honor on the lead float for the big Steelmark Days parade will be nine of Utah County's Jovhest beauty queens, one from each Valley town. This Steelmark Days royalty will include: Karen Robbins, Miss Santaquin; Lorraine Fow-lke, Fow-lke, Miss Orem; Annette Loveless, Love-less, Payson's Harvest Days Queen; Deanna Rees, Pleasant Grove's Strawberry Days Queen; Tony Oxborrow, Miss Lehi Roundup; Linda Terry, Provo's Miss Merry Christmas; Kathy Hansen, Spanish, Fork Fiesta Days Queen; Mary Ann Gray, American Fork Steel Day Queen; and Mary Johnson, John-son, Art City Queen from Springville. Approximately fifty merchants merch-ants are now making plans to join the big Sidewalk Bazaar in connection with Steelmark days next week. There will be no parking on Main street all three days and a gay carnival atmosphere will prevail. There will be registration blanks at all participating stores to be used for individual prizes and later gathered up for Springville Spring-ville merchants grand prizes a hunting jeep. All the tickets will then be put with those from throughout the county for the grand prizes, i |