Show GREAT DAY SUNDAY SCHOOLS five thousand scholars and teachers attend the reunion PARADE A MILK LONG exercises in the park games athletics etc all closing with a big dance in the eveylne Even lne yesterday opened beautiful lul may day the atmosphere was cooled by the refreshing shower of the evening before and the balmy breezes mada more perfect the day upon which was lo 10 occur the grandest reunion ever ot the sundy schools ot the weber stake of zion and which was to make history of the eightieth birthday anniversary of that leader ot leaders and founder of the sunday schools ol 01 utah bupt supt richard early in the day the scholar teacher and the wards outside the city began 0 o gather at the S different wards and by 9 the t streets were alive with boys and girls 9 gay and happy hurrying toward the L rendezvous and making the air rine F with their merry chatter each of the outside precincts bad been assigned to a certain dili aion and each division congregated at one 0 the five wards in the city after the divi alone had been arranged in the different wards they marched to the corner ot grant avenue and twenty fourth street 1 where all the school of the city and the county tell into line four abreast and marched to lester park by going dp twenty fourth to washington then marching on sald street to awen ty fifth and back to twenty fourth to lester park it is estimated that there were in the procession the schools made fine appearance as they marched with their banners flags and with abe brasa bands through the streets so larce a procession of sunday school workers baa never before been teen in this city following Follo winK is the formation of parade marshal thoa ballantyne ogden brags band visitors in carriages S a stake k DIVISION i A jjohnson barahal ma rahal e second ward school hooper jacb valle taylor wei t weber aileon DIVISION pater anderson marshal north oden band third ward i pi ain city slaterville Slat erville poplar SIar harrisville farr west warren tried dirisio V F 0 chambers marshal pleasant view band fourth ward school north ogden pleasant view f lynne sigund fort 1 heber burton roa fifth ward school huntsville eden liberty 1 4 carl garff marshal first ward school Ri verdale roy arriving at the pavilion in aha park the marchere were joined by nearly others so that when order vaa called by master ol 01 ceremonies professor F fully people were elated on and near the improvised seats on ahe stand were president bis counselors of the stake presidency with a large number of from the wards of the connary e and the city superintendent ballantyne the founder of aba sabbath schools andalia andl lia assistants and a large number of superintendents also eldera angus M and david hi cannoo and apostle teasdale Tea adale and other salt bake city iii dudine the childrens special friend elder george goddard and W W cluff of the B Y academy provo the program was opened by musical selections by the north ogden and ant view banda and the hunte villa school eang ibe opening hymn joeph smilde first prayer elder angus M cannon 0 salt lake offered prayer and the plain city school followed with a bong the standard bearer eder A M cannon then made a short speech in which be told how forty fortye e yeara aeo a man then 32 years of aze bad come to biru and invited ahn to come to school in a bouee which eaid young man biad prepared for the u and bow he bad accepted and thus become a of the first sunday founded in this state the man was elder richard ballantyne whoso eightieth anniversary we celebrate today the speaker alluded to the progress that bad been made in sunday school work sauce that day and clofed by gods blessings upon the cause it shall spread lo 10 all the t A I 1 1 roaf ii 0 VA 1 rl a 1 i nations ot the earth he alto blessed elder ballantyne the next number was a duet by mrs and mrs sweet visions ot childhood which was very sweetly bung and appreciated apostle teasdale Tea adale made a stirring stir a striking feature of which wae the rich blee sioK which ho pronounced upon the head of superintendent ballan tyne he placed both his hands upon father head and him and his children and his childrens children to the latest generation closing his amen was sincerely reechoed re echoed by the the thousands thou sanda who stood and eat around anis wae followed by a olo by mrs clara R pike after which elder george W goddard spoke in a cheerful vein brother goddard introduced brother ballantyne aa a boy of 80 and pointing to himself he said 82 after a lively speech in which the children took special interest he sang a song in which everybody joined following brother God darda remarks the song the goblins was rendered by a quartet consisting of E F tout 0 W II inchcliff willard and hegbert anderson then occurred one of the pretty aad touching incidents of the exercises which was the presentation of twenty even boquete of lovely flowers to elder ballantyne by as many little irla from each of the twenty seven sunday schools in weber county the little girls were dressed in white and wore blue ribbons across their boulders father ballan tyne shook hands with them all as the tears down his cheeks he made a happy response thanking all for the honor shown to him the program continued with a aemi chorus by members of the fourth ward school a ablo by miss ethel pike of the fifth ward and a duet by scholars from the mound fort school short speeches were made by president shurtliff and by elder david IL cannon both ol 01 whom referred to the faithful labors of elder ballantyre Ballant yue who bad devoted his ufa to the advancement of the sabbath school cause aba laller was a member of the first school in utah in behalf of the sunday of weber county prof L F pre dented the resolutions of reaped to elder richaird ballantyne the resolutions were beautifully engrossed on alno paper and framed to RICHARD ballantyne by the Sabbath Schools of the weber stake of zion on the eightieth anniversary of bis birthday aug 26 A D 1897 DEAR BROTHER whereas in the providence of god yon have been mada the instrument in his hand in establish in the first sunday school in ilia church and whereas through hi divine assistance yon have eo faithfully discharged your duties at times under the most ad verse circumstance causing over officers teachers and children lo 10 look ti you as the father of the areat sunday chool movement and whereas in our stake especially the weber stake your hand end wise counsel as well aa your untiring efforts have been abe means of placing u in the front ranks of this grand organization now therefore be it that we your brethren in behalf of the weber litake of zion do hereby tender you our heartfelt and invoke the continued blessings 0 god upon you and we earnestly pray that god may yet spare your life for many more years that you may still further witness the fruita of your labors and thus increase conr joy until your soul shall be satisfied with life that when conr spirit shall depart from lie mortal tabernacle you may receive the crown of eternal life in the mansions of our father and god with the welcome words well done thou good and servant enar thou in the joy of abe lord that this may be your lot is be earnest prayer of your brethren H eserow BOYLE JESSE boux joux WATSON committee the testimonial was received by elder ballentyne with word a fraight with deepest feeling and everyone present felt of the earnest heartfelt remarks which fell from the lip of the aged sunday school worker the hooper school eane the closing song the benediction was pronounced by president 0 F middleton and the program was at a close the e crowds immediately distributed theme elvee over the park taking the tiona them and the noon picnic was enjoyed for an hour then came visiting and mutual association and handshaking everybody enjoying the abade of the lovely grove abo fountains and the abajy lawn at 3 p m there was all diode of innocent outdoor amusement amut ement ar by each school for its own children the consisted of foot racing buoite ball and a variety of other games and the little folks and of the older ones took part in these which were in charge of brother charlee greenwell Ore enwell nearly two hundred prizes were given away to the win nere and all were happy the games were over by five and gradually hereafter the crotea dis persed to their borne though a large number remained and took part in the dince al the pavilion in the evening fords orchestra was in attendance and the fascinations of dancing held the young talka until about 1230 when the benediction was pronounced and the areat celebration of the forty eighth anniversary niver sary 0 the organization of the sunday schools of zion and the eightieth birthday of the founder of those schools was a a day long to be remember eQ by rf dand young and to be of the most enjoyable BAY the resolutions in honor of superintendent ballantyne were beautifully eu by professor L F and were hung near the pavilion s during the mornine there was a abort runaway the team of elder singleton of margiotta Mar made a good ecart but ran into a buggy of will took a wheel off it and then broke the tongue of the singleton wagen before it was stopped A young son of moroni thomas fell from a tree in the park striking the the ground had first and hadly bruising bis face and headband hea dand dislocating hie left wrist during the general racing and aporte the hooper and plain city people bad deports of their own afterwards joining in the main games the visitors from salt lake were angus M cannon geo teasdale geo goddard and david M cannyn the parade was nearly a mile lona a mass of fluttering ribbons and banner nd a gala eight to all who witnessed it |