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Show Jessamine Lit.: Farewell The Jessamine Literary a ub met last Saturday at the home of Dora V. Trowbridge, with Lillian G. Garrett and Mary G. Clark assisting hostesses. LUNCHEON was served at 1:30 to 17 members and five guest artists. They were Janice Hart-vegesen, Hart-vegesen, Sherry Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Moon and their father Horace Beesley. Mary Beesley was a special guest FOLLOWING luncheon matters of club business were discussed. Club dues and a special assessment was paid. The assessment was for the last year's special club project. Ruby Layton was named club treasurer and Mary Clark auditor. Yearbooks for the club season were distributed. A plan to secure new members was discussed and a number jf names were submitted. These are to be voted on at the November meeting. THE LESSON for the day was presented by Bertha L. Muir, with the Beesley family mentioned above presenting the music. The lesson subject was "A Farewell to 1976." Mr. Beesley played a flute solo to set the mood for the salute to the flag which was led by Mrs. Trowbridge. Ruth Olsen, read George Washington's Prayer as the invocation. THE BEESLEY girls and Mr. Moon were dressed in colonial costumes. Mr. Beesley accompanied the group at the piano in singing the "Star Spangled Banner." He and Mrs. Hartvegesen were the accompanists for quartet and trio numbers by the girls and a solo by Mr. Moon. NUMBERS presented were "The National Anthem," "Oh My America," "The Flag Without a Stain," "America the Beautiful," "Those Dear Hearts and Gentle People in My Town," "America," "Give Me Your Tired and Poor," and "The Battle Hymn , of The Republic." Mrs. Muir was the narrator of historic events of the nation as it celebrated the bicentennial bicenten-nial year. SHE DISPLAYED an American flag and read an account of a crude American flag made from a white pet ticoat, a red army coat and a blue army shirt. The flag was made at Fort Schyler in 1777. She also urged all present to join in a project for Bountiful for a flag to be displayed at every home in the town on special days or every day except ex-cept stormy ones. USING A large framed picture pic-ture of the Statue of Liberty Mrs. Muir told the story of the Lady with the Lamp who stands as a sentinel in New York harbor. The picture is a replica of a newspaper article published when in Paris when the Statue of Liberty was shipped in many pieces from France to be reassembled in America. The statue was designed by Fridric Auguste Bartholdi. The French people contributed contribut-ed $250,000 and the Americans $250,000 for the building of the statue. EMILY Holbrook read America's Creed and Norene-Hatch Norene-Hatch led the group in singing the fourth verse of "America. Our Father's God to Thee" as the benediction. J Club adjourned to meet in October at the home of Alice A. Carlson in Salt Lake City, blm |