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Show Sugar House Opens Gala Sugar Days Bargain Sales Thursday Shoppers in the Sugar House district will get to sweeten their purchases during the next three days.. The occasion . is . the community's com-munity's annual Sugar Days celebration sponsored by the Sugar House Chamber of Com-' mjerce, which started today and ends Saturday. . Shoppers in stores participating participat-ing in the program will receive coupons good "for sugar along with the regular purchases. A highlight of the area's celebration will be the annual Miss Sugar House contest. The contest, under the direction of Frankie Neilson " and Willis Carlisle, will be held tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hotel Utah. All contestants will be driven from the Hotel Utah to the Villa Theatre where the winner will be announced and Miss Sugar House will be crowned. The crowning ceremony will be held at 9 p.m. The program will be televised over KSL-TV KSL-TV from 10:45 to 11 p.m. The public will be admitted to the Villa at the regular admission price. In addition to free sugar and the Miss Sugar House contest, shoppers will receive other special considerations during Sugar Days. Free drinks, soda pop and coffee, will be dispensed from two booths, one on the plaza and one on Simpson Avenue Tickets . will be available free at' the stores. A carnival will be set up north ' of Deseret Industries with the public receiving free tickets at the Sugar House stores. .Balloons will be given free to tv thildren accompanied by adults. The Chamber of Commerce held its regular luncheon meeting. meet-ing. Wednesday at the Country Club to complete plans for the event. Joe Acquila is chairman of the annual bargain day promotion pro-motion an,d announced that purchases would be sweetened with sugar on the following scale: 1 pound with every $3.00 purchase; 2 pounds with $5.00 purchase; 5 pounds with $1000 purchase, 10 pounds with every $20.00 purchase, 25 pounds with $50.00 purchase and $50 pounds with $100.00 or over. The coupons will be redeemed at specified stores in Sugar House, all of which are members mem-bers of the local Chamber of Commerce, . Y |