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Show MANY FINE FLOATS ENTERED IN FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WWW ebration for over 25 years, the firemen received and deserved the applause they met. No. 2 Fire truck, the city's newest equipment for fire-fighting, was followed by a float on, which rode the No. 2 Fire auxiliary. aux-iliary. Boy Scout troop No. 150 made a fine appearance. The Highland Boy Community House was represented re-presented by a group of the children at the playground. Recently naturalized American Ameri-can citizens with a placard bearing the allegiance to ih American flag marched in a group, each carrying a flag. The goddess of Liberty, as personified per-sonified by Donna Davies, stood on a pedestal on the junior chamber of commerce float, about the base coiled a huge green snak labeled "fifth column". In the four corners of the float were Prizes in the Fourth of July parade yesterday went to the Bingham Canyon hospital, the junior chamber of commerce and the Fraternal Order of Eagles auxiliary No. 659, in that order. Selection was made by three judges from Salt Lake City. Tracy Welling, Larry Brennan and J. Wallace West, and prizes were presented by Boyd Ner-din, Ner-din, chairman of the parade committee, during the program at the Princess theatre. Probably more people witnessed witnes-sed the parade and found pleasure plea-sure in the contributions church, civic, fraternal and business groups made to a successful celebration, cele-bration, than any other event on the day's program. The American Legion color guard led the parade, and was followed by a car which had as passengers the Mayor and city officials. miniature church, school, home and industrial plant buildings. Dressed as follows were Connie Kuhni, education; Jack Robison, freedom of speech; Joe Uzelac, industry; Kay Robison, religion; Patricia Bennion, citizenship; Ray Pett, Boy Scout, character training. Finding favor for its pictorial charm was the float entered by the Bingham Central school recreational re-creational center. The old lady who lived in a shoe, portrayed by Frances Fullmer, her family and home were all on a float with a simulated garden background. The purple and gold Lions club colors decorated a huge lion and float for the Bingham unit, with a sign telling one club almi (Continued on Page Six) Next came the Bingham high school band. A beautiful float prepared by the No. 1 Firemen's Fire-men's auxiliary, all white studded stud-ded with metallic sparkle and an American flag as background, back-ground, carried "Miss Bingham," Bing-ham," Miss Joyce Durnford of Copperton, and her aids. Miss Irene Anderson and Miss Mary Frances Frazier. The young women wore sheer summery frocks. Miss Durnford in pink. Miss Frazier and Miss Anderson Ander-son in blue, and made a charming charm-ing picture. Over thirty Bingham volunteer volun-teer firemen, in white shirts and trousers and parade caps and sashes, marched next. As sponsors spon-sors of the Independence day eel- of Ihe yellow and green boal decorated io glide in a stream of traffic as Ihe Bingham ward M. I. A. entry. Miss DeLana Pollock in a picture hal and summery frock and Billie Da-vies Da-vies were the couple. A huge yellow basket filled with Bingham ward Primary association as-sociation children, "Earth's Fairest Fair-est Flowers," had all the appeal of healthy, happy childhood. Boy Scout troop 112 decorated their truck with placards of trie Scout Oath. Adderley and Nichols Nich-ols used red, white and blue for their float. Midway Service chose colored color-ed pictures of intermountain scenic wonders to cover sides of their. Standard Oil Company truck. Copperton Cash Market had an ingenious weiner factory erected on the back of their decorated truck. Becker's Beer float was red, white and blue. The Mexican Honorary commission com-mission had a float with the beginnings be-ginnings of a Mexican colony good time: an elaborately gowned gown-ed senorita, a handsome senoi and Sammy Garcia and his orchestra. MANY FINK FLOATS KNTKRKI) IN FOFKTII OF JULY F AHA OK (Continued from page one) 'Fostering Conimunily Americanism". Ameri-canism". A float entry by Miller apartments apart-ments pictured the Angel of Mercy over the graves i f Flanders Fland-ers field with the inscription "May It Never Come Again". The junior band in w hite slacks and shirts marched nest. Ileddy Kilowatt rode on a red white and blue colored Utah Power and Light company car. One of the most handsome large floats in the parade was that entered by the Utah Copper Company Foremen's Safety committee, com-mittee, carrying out a safety theme in red, white and blue. Deon Barrett, Betty Jean Benson and Helen Wideman were riding on the float. For ingenuity and mechanical interest, the locomotive designed and entered by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, En-gineers, No. 844. should have received re-ceived a special award. A shield with wording "Charity, Sobriety, Protection of Industry," was on both sides of the engine. Members Mem-bers of No. 844 walked behind the entry. The third place winner, "For Home, For Country and For God," carried out the banner theme, and was ihe work of the auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 659, In the Bogan Hardware cai rode a group of youngsters ir costume. Bingham grocery and Chipian's Food store each made their contribution con-tribution to the parade by elaborately elabo-rately decorating cars. Comparison of the happy lot of American youth with the tragic trag-ic circumstances of young people in Europe was made by the Copperton Cop-perton baseball playground. Gas masks vs. catchers masks was one inscription the ball players in uniforms held. A real contribution to the parade par-ade was the patriotic music over the loud speaker system installed in a car by the Bingham Radio shop. Phonograph records o) "God Bless America" and many others gave the proper musical background. Last to appear on the street for parade was the finest float of all, first place winner by acclamation, ac-clamation, the replica of an American Am-erican battleship, the trim white and blue U.S.S. Bingham, by the Bingham Canyon hospital. "Democracy, "Dem-ocracy, Our Priceless Heritage. Defend it We Must. Freedom oi Speech; Freedom of Press; Freedom Free-dom of Assembly; Freedom ol Religion." O Hard luck renioed a beautiful float from the lin.-up when Leonard Leon-ard Carlson, driver of the Bingham Bing-ham Merc, float, became unconscious uncon-scious from fumes of the exhaust and smashed into the mountain side above No. 2 Fire hall. The float was white and carried a bevy of pretty little girls dressed in ruffled red, white and blue frocks and carrying matching parasols. No one was hurt in the mishap, but the float was damaged dam-aged irreparably. A bit of humor was contributed contribut-ed by the comic orchestra on a float labeled "Hoot Owl". The swing they played was authentic, however. Amy's Beauty shop had a colorful color-ful enry. "Happy Sailing" was theme |