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Show Springvilie Senior Citizens enjoy 1700-mile trip to famous pageant A most successful 1700-mile tour, sponsored by the Senior ! Citizens of Spring-ville, under the supervision of A. I. Tip- i petts, concluded Sunday even ing, with the return of forty-1 ,i one people from a five-day trip to Spearfish, So. Dakota, to S see the Passion Play. The group traveled by Con- tinental bus, making the first night stop at Casper, Wyo. The following afternoon and night was spent at Deadwood, So. Dakota. Here the group visited the museum and other places of historical interest including in-cluding the cemetery, where individuals in-dividuals famous in the early settlement days of this mining community, were buried. They were also invited by the city to stay over the following day for the Days of 1876 Celebration. Celebra-tion. The bus took them from Deadwood to Spearfish for the pageant and return. A highlight high-light of the evening in addition addi-tion to the pageant, attended by over 6500 people, was announcement an-nouncement over the public address system, at the beginning begin-ning of the entertainment, that the city of Spearfish was honored hon-ored wih the attendance of a group of 41 senior citizens who had come by bus from Spring-ville, Spring-ville, Utah, to view the pageant. pag-eant. From Deadwood, the tour continued to Rushmore National Nation-al Park, where the famous statue of the Presidents was viewed along with many other attractions. Returning by way of Hot Springs and Denver, Colo., the group stayed over-night in both cities, taking in many tourist attractions. A number visited the famous Elitch Gardens Gar-dens and attended the summer theater presentation in Denver. Others visited various parts of the city. Adding interest and variety to the tour, the director assisted assist-ed by Mrs. Tippetts arranged Bingo games and other types of entertainment. Near the close of the trip, the group presented Mr. and Mrs. Tippetts with a gift in appreciation of their efforts in making the trip an enjoyable one. Besides those who went from Springvilie, several made reservations re-servations from out-of-town including in-cluding Mr .and Mrs. Calvin Christensen of Provo ; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Young of Orem and Mrs. Edith Peterson of Spanish Fork . A number of colored slides and movies were taken by various var-ious individuals during the tour and these are to be shown at a Wednesday afternoon social for the Senior Citizens in the near future. Mr. Tippetts indicated thtt other tours may be planned at a later date to other places. The one to South Dakota was the second this season, the other being to Flaming Gorge. He also noted that he was sorry arrangements had not been made earlier for another bus-load to take the trip to Rushmore and Spearfish as some who did not make early reservations or did not learn of the trip soon enough, were disappointed. The tours are but one phase of the fine program of recreation recrea-tion planned for the retired or those nearing retirement in Springvilie. In addition to the weekly Wednesday afternoon socials which now include slide pictures, pic-tures, shuffle board, bingo and cards, also ceramics and rock-cutting, rock-cutting, the program features a weekly dance every Friday night at Memorial Hall. Mrs. J. M. Cranmer has just returned from a ten-day vacation vaca-tion to California. While there she attended the wedding of their granddaughter, Carolyn, daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Cranmer at Oxnard, Calif. She also visited a son Jay and family at Reseda. She was accompanied ac-companied on the trip by her sister, Mrs. Joe Briers of Salt Lake City. |
