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Show CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY I Prophet Joseph Smith's Birthday Is to Be Celebrated. B One hundred years ago the corning B twenty-third of I'ecember, the Prophet B Joseph Smith wae born at Sharon, Win 1- sot county. Vt., and the anniversary of 1 his birth Is to be fittingly celebrated by the followers of the faith which he founded. Th. celebration will be held In H the Tabernacle on Sunday, December 24. both morning and afternoon, The Sun-H Sun-H day-schools of the lour city stakes will B participate in the morning exercises, the general stake authorities to have charge H of the afternoon programme 1 Presidents of the four city stakes, with H Richard Y. Young as chairman, lm e H charge of the programme for tin- arter- H noon. Ma J. Young was called to Denver Tuesday, and Nephi L Morris will act H in his H M. M. Young. 1 'tab's talented young H sculptor, in preparing a model for a bronze medallion to be struck off In honor of the occasion. On one side will be ft bust portrait of the prophet; on the other tld a sketch of the monument erected this year on the site of bis birthplace, surrounded by an Inscription explaining the occasion for the medallion. The plan Is to have the Tabernacle elaborately decorated and the committee has been at work for several days plan-nltiK plan-nltiK this fe ii n-e of the celebration. Dry-den Dry-den L Coombs Is chairman of this committee. com-mittee. Superintendents of the Sunday-schools Sunday-schools are arranging the programme to be friven by the children at the morning service. All the children of the four stakes will take part, |