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Show I Many Enjoyed ;r Stake Anniversary In The celebration of tho 20th nnnt Hu vorsary 6f tho, Alpine Stako last HM Thursday was ono of tho most on HI Joynblo ovcntB over hold in tho stake. B Between 1000 and 1S00 porsons from g alt parts of tho Stako participated in B tho gonoral good tlnio. At tho nfter If noon meotlng 900 woro prosont and J tho ovonlng entertainment drow a H crowd ot over 1200. jj Besides all stako fjfllcers and a 81 : majority ot tho mombers a numbor ot Iff outsldo gueats woro present among H whom wcro: B Proa. Heber J. Orunt, Kldcr David J A. Smith ot tho presiding bishopric, B President Drimhall and Holier ot the M II. Y. V., Q. N. Chllds, Hobor Austin li ' Idaho, tho president ot tho Wasatch Bfl Stako and sovoral others. HI Tho afternoon session was a tcstl- JH monlnl to tho growth and develop MM tont of tho Stako, and tho work of R8 thosa In chargo, Among tho features KB of tho program wns K roll call of tho III members ot tho original organization, P and A report of tho nocrotary show PJP Ing tho growths etc., ot tho stako. Km Thg roport showed, nmohg othor Ml things, that $241,000 had boon spent Ijtflj for building purposos In this stako, BJ and that during tho past year, some PJPJ thing over $70,000 was paid by our KB stako tor tithing. This was a oub- PPJ stantlnl lncrcaso ovor tho first year. Hlfl According to tho census flguros, tho stake has only Increased, a llttlo better bet-ter than COO souls in tho twenty years. Another feature of tho afternoon program pro-gram was tho prosontatlon ot throo boaulful baskets ot flowers to tho Stako Presidency by twenty girls ran gtng In slzo from a llttlo tot to a young lady, each ctno representing a yoar in tho past twenty years, Tho Misses Delilah Moylo ot Alpine, Al-pine, Helen Swonson ot Pleasant Grove and Alloon Webb of Lehl presented pre-sented tho original stako officers with a carnation. Tho program consisted ot musical numbers, Intorsporscd with talks by leading men and womon ot our stako tolling of tho first organization and Its growth to tho presont time. Original Orig-inal lines, composed by Mary E. Abol and sung to tho tunu ot "Joseph Smith's First Prayer," and dedicated to tho Stako Presidency, was sung by tho congregation, After tho nftornoon program, tho out ot town guests woro sorvod a do llclou8 suppor In tho bnsomont ot tho tnbornaclo. . Tho ovenlng program, which consisted con-sisted ot musical numbors and readings read-ings by somo ot tho host talent in tho stnko, togothor with a tow romarks from tho distinguished visitors. Aftor tho. evening sosslon, tho crowds wont to tho basoment of tho labernnclo nhoro they enjoyed dancing, games and n short program. - |