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Show Parades highlight two-day celebration Successful My 4th events dravj crowds Martin Conover was general chairman of the parade. . Literally hundreds of - children child-ren took advantage of the rides and other entertainment at the park, while adults enjoyed en-joyed the fine home-cooked foods and other items offered at the ward concessions. The weather' cooperated in making the day a success for the sponsoring organizations which provided a good . time for everyone. Springville turned out en-masse en-masse for the First Ward sponsored Fourth of July celebration. cel-ebration. From the time breakfast was served at the Park in the early morning, until the last cowboy rode his bucking Brahma Brah-ma at the evening rodeo, the townspeople patronized each and all events. A record crowd jammed Springville Main St. for the children's parade Wed. evening and again Thursday afternoon, to see the main Fourth of July parade. The rodeo in the evening attracted a large crowd of fun-loving young people and adults. First- place winner .among Primary children's floats Wednesday Wed-nesday evening, was that of the Tenth Ward,, entitled, "Let Freedom Ring," carried out in blue and gold featuring large gold bells. Second place went to Mapleton First Ward with American Astronauts and honorable hon-orable ' mention to the Fifth, Third and Second Wards. Mrs. Geraldine Wilson, -who acted as general chairman of parade arrangements for the Primary, said they established that approximately 900 boyS: and girls participated in the parade. All were invited to have refreshments. . . . All floats in the children's parade were described as exceptionally ex-ceptionally fine with many hours of work and time spent oh each, making it difficult for the judges to decide on the first place winner. Parade Winner The large paraoe July 4th, was one .of the. best seen in Springville, according to reports re-ports from many townspeople. Not only were the floats outstanding out-standing but ithey were placed and timed in good order eliminating elimi-nating any waiting between entries. Much praise was also given to the Junior high school band which made a fine showing in the parade and their sponsors are also to be commended. .'First place honors went to the Tenth Ward for a uniquely designed entry featuring an Hawaiian scene with blue water-like waves, sand on the beach,' ' hand-made palm trees and a glistening flying fish, large hibiscus entwined in white driftwood and other motifs. mo-tifs. Honorable mention went to the Sixth Ward for a lovely pink satin entry and to the Mapleton Ward for their float portraying "Freedom of Religion." Re-ligion." A beautiful entry in blue and white entered by Springville Spring-ville city, was not in competition competi-tion with those made by the various LDS Wards. The Springville City float had already al-ready appeared in the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Strawberry Days celebration in which it took second place in civic entries and was one of the outstanding outstand-ing floats in the Provo event. |