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Show T- MENDON i . o Mendon The annual Mendon May Day celebration observed as a community festivity each year since 1885 was held Saturday in a most pretentious fashion to eclipse all previous May Day fetes. An interesting parade very complimentary com-plimentary in its participation and spectacle to a community the size of Mendon began the days activities at 9:30 a. m. Some outstanding out-standing representations were the ward M.I.A. float; the Farm Bureau Bur-eau and Relief Society entrants which added color to the event. Th3 South Cache band directed by W. H. Terry headed the line of March. Mrs. Sarah L. Hughes pio- j neer of Mendon and one of the first May Day queens of the com-! munity celebrations rode in the parade. It was in 1887 that she was crowned queen of the May. The largest crowd in the history of the community jammed the public square at the grand opening open-ing to witness the crowning of the queen Clara Larsen by her partner and escort, Barrett Richards. Rich-ards. The maids to the queen of the May . were Shirley Hughes; Edna Willie, Mary ILamont Barbara Bar-bara Larsen, Darlene Bird and their escorts were Douglas Shel-ton, Shel-ton, John D. Baker Jr. Jay Jensen, Jen-sen, Fred Walker and Laverne Buist. After the May queen ceremonies cere-monies the . May pole dance was staged by 20 charming youthful girls dressed attractively in pink An overflow crowd representing many visitors from other Cache communities besides nearly the entire en-tire populace of Mendon jammed the meeting house at 11 oclock for the following program, with Superintendent Sup-erintendent Claud A. Sorensen conducting. It featured selections from the South Cache band. The May day address was by Bishop H. C. Sorensen. Other numbers were: reading, Irene Barrett; vocal vo-cal . duet, FJdon Sorensen and Leo Ladle; tap dance, Kitty Col-len Col-len Carr; trombone solo, Wayne James; vocal solo, -La Donna Hardman; selection from a hillbilly hill-billy band led by Kay Sorensen; piano selection, by Mrs. Perry Morgan and company; reading, Helen Walker; remarks by E. J. Hancock and community singing. sing-ing. At 12 o'clock the band was entertained at a luncheon in the amusement hall by the band mothers. The afternoon prog: am began at 1 o'clock with a band concert by the South Cache band; children's dance at 2 and track meet and children's races at 3. A ball game at 4 o'clock between Mendon and Wellsvi'.le, the score being in favor of Mendon. A picture pic-ture show at 7 and a grand final dance at 9:30. A surprise party was held at the home of Miss Theta Barrett Friday honoring Wanda Hill of Salt Lake City. A social evening was enjoyed and supper served. The guests included besides Miss Hill, Geneva Barrett, Ruth Shel- i . ton, Beth Greon of Wellsville; ' Marjorie Johnson, Alfred Stone, j Roger Goodsell, Lawrence Gooa-j sell of Newton; Kenneth larsen, Keith Larsen, Gerald Johnson of Salt Lake City and Theta Ba:Tett.: Graduation exercises of the Men-don Men-don school were held in Mendon school house Friday evening, Prin-1 cipal Darrell Hughes being in charge; Principal Harold M.. Peterson Pe-terson of the Logan Junior high school was the principal speaker. Other parts on the program, were prayer by Oliver Taylor; chorus by graduates; class future, Bar-1 bara Hardman; class poem, Mary I Lamont; valedictory address, Rob- ert S. Welch; piano solo Darlene I Bird; awarding of certifcates, Prin- cipal Hughes; address Harold M. ! Peterson; trombone solo, Grant Bartlett; benediction, Claud Sor- j ensen. The graduates were Robert! S. "Welch, Howard Jensen Grant Kidman, Barbara Hardman; Barbara Bar-bara Larsen, Shirley Stauffer, Clara Larsen, Dorothy Wood, Shirley Shir-ley Hughes, Va.udis Baker, Mary Lamont, Darlene Bird. Mrs. Willard Rose of Weiser, Idaho, is here visiting relatives and friends and is the house guest of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Hancock. |