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Show Springville, Pleasant Grove In Pioneer Day Celebrations Many Beautiful Floats Found in Springvillt's Big Pioneer Parade. SPRINGVILLE. Frank Ci-agun of Provo held the lucky ticket and won the car given by the Springville Spring-ville American Legion Post No. 28 at the dance Thursday evening which concluded one of the most successful Pioneer day celebrations ever held in Springville. Pioneer Floats Timpanogos Slake Sunday Schools Sponsor Observance Observ-ance At Geneva. PLEASANT GROVE. Under the auspices of the Timpanogos stake Sunday school offerers, one of the largest and most successful cele-; cele-; brutions in honor of the pioneers of ' 1S47 was held at Geneva resort Thursday. Pioneer Parade j The day began with a unique 1 miniature parade depicting cus-I cus-I terns, characters and hardships of pioneer life. The six wards in the Timpanogos stake all contributed portions of the parade After a recess for dinner, a patriotic patri-otic program consisting of readings, musical numbers, skits, and tab-leaus tab-leaus was enjoyed. The next order of diversion was races for the smaller children on the lawn; competitive diving and swimming races for' the older ones in the pool. In a baseball game between Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove and Lindon, the latter team was victorious. The concluding event of the day was the dance in the evening. Much credit for the success of the entertainment is due the superin-tendency superin-tendency of the Timpanogos stake, James Cullimorc, J. D. Thorne and C. J. Cobbley. Hundreds of people from neigh- ; boring cities witnessed the parade in the forenoon. Numbering more j than fifty, the floats entered by the ! various civic and religious organi- I zations and the industrial enter- j prises and business institutions of j the city, formed an attractive and j pleasing ensemblo i "The Pioneer Mother" float ar- tanged by the Second ward called j forth nrrch favorable comment from the spectators as did also 'Utah" by the Fourth ward; and those entered by R. L. Jex, the Mothers' Study club, the Red and While stores, j. O. Reynolds, Dixon-1 Dixon-1 Taylor-Russell, Pazants, the Third ward, Home Culture club, the American Amer-ican Legion and Legion auxiliary, O. P. Skaggs, Kiwanis club, Utah Poultry and 4-H club. A float entered oy the J. C. Penney Pen-ney store in the form of a huge slipper was a unique feature of the parade. The Springville band, the Jrovo American Legion drum cn'rps md the Spanish Fork band furnished fur-nished music. Piobably the largest crowd of peo-" peo-" lie which has ever been in Spring-1 Spring-1 ;ille lined both sides of the main j itreet for a distance of several blocks to see the evening parade jvhich took place at 8 o'clock, t Large Roman candles placed a il few feet apart burned during the ! passing of the par ade presenting a I nvost spectacular- sight. A band concert with various : sports were features of the afler-1 afler-1 noon's entertainment. The local j Amer ican Legion or ganization un-! un-! der the direction of of Commander Ci. L. Barron was in charge of the day's activities. |