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Show Jaycees name 4th winners, thank citizens Springville youngsters . and many adults enjoyed the 4th of July in Springville thanks to the Jaycees who sponsored the various events through the cooperation of the city. The miniature parade attracted attrac-ted a large crowd in the early evening and for this event a total of $50 was offered in prizes. The Fourth ward Primary Pri-mary float received first place and a $25 check for a, portrayal portray-al of Betsy Ross making the first American flag. The Fifth ward Primary received a $15 check for second place and the Tenth ward $10 for third. Many other fine entries by organizations and individuals expresed patriotic and cooperative cooper-ative spirit of townspeople in the celebration. Following the parade, an open-air program was held at the park with Attorney Boyd Bunnell of Price giving a patriotic pat-riotic address. At this time, the Jaycees with President Keith Waters in charge, presented pre-sented a plaque to J. F. Win-gate Win-gate in appreciation of his fine services as city justice of the peace for 14 years. He responded res-ponded with a, short talk. Another An-other plaque was exhibited and was to be given the retiring chief of police, H. M. Weight on his return from a vacation. During the program also, the trailer given away by the Jaycees Jay-cees to raise funds f,or community com-munity projects, went to Howard How-ard A. Anderson of American Fork. A quilt given away by the Auxiliary to VFW Post 5787, went to Mrs. Norma Jean Reed. The Jaycee organization expressed ex-pressed appreciation to the public for the success of the celebration stating that they expect to make it an annual affair. |