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Show ALL SPRINGVILLE CELEBRATES FOURTH OF JULY PROGRAM , BASEBALL, RACES FEATURES S.li'inlll Fiiurlli of July pro-ui pro-ui In ki't'plng Willi the nmislun tit mrrli-il out In Siriiivllle Mon-!f Mon-!f rcoplc wero iiwnkenvil very jllv In H'e """"iiiiin I'.v the ronr 'tinn1"" from ""' "l',n'''.v ' i 10 oVloi'k tin- IiiiihI iilnyoil n ,'mlior of selwtloiis after wlileli u crowd iissemlilecl In the Oiora "lip to listen to the pntrilutlc ..(ITllll. E. E. Knuilseii noted ns mnster of niuimles. After n selection from Uo htiml the Invoeiitlon wns offer-jj offer-jj ,y Hev. S. Hall Barrett. Greet-j.-s were extended by Mayor O. U. jywk, nftor whkh Mrs. Hannah Coiiilie Tuekard sanK in siileudiil jjirt, "The FhiR Without a Stain." j rreston Creer, a former resident resi-dent of Spanish Fork, who now re-jijfj re-jijfj in Salt Lake City, was Intro jmfd as the orator of the day. In KrtstinS eompaiisons were drawn vtlip speaker on conditions as they tiisted in the nation 150 years ago mmiinred with the present time. He fire n general review of the eou-(Ulntkm eou-(Ulntkm and told of the many ac-(OBipllshments ac-(OBipllshments of our country. In ti'UiuK of conditions he called (tteiitlon to the fact thnt this nation na-tion b"s grown from one of the poor-tsl poor-tsl and most lowly to that of the richest and most powerful. He ured the importance of instilling Into the hearts of the yottnj;cr generation gen-eration a reverence and respect for the laws of this government and declared that the home is ,1110 proper prop-er place lo liegiu that leaching, fur the home, he said. Is the center of all character building. "It Is up to the common people to guide and direct the ship of state,"' declared Mr. Creer, "and the sanie loyal patriotism that guided the affairs af-fairs in the early history of the nation should be as pronounce;! today." to-day." He staled that it Is well that American citizens should pause each year and pay homage lo those pioneers pion-eers of the ration and do honor lo the flag. After Mr. Creer's speech, Jean Alleman played a clarinet so'o, the Springvi,He troop iif Boy Scouts saluted the flag and Rev. S. Hall Barrett gave the closing prayer. In the afternoon a ball game was played at the high school campus between the Springville boys and the Crane company team of Snlt Lake City. The game resulted in n victory of the local players, the score being 12 to 5. A fine program pro-gram of horseraces was conducted which created much interest. The day's activities closed with a band concert and dancing at Glengarry. |