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Show Record Crowd Expected To Attend Celebration; History Of Project Given Diligent Work Is Rewarded' In Completion of Fine Statuary Realizing, to some extent, the trials and hardships endured by our pioneer mothers and feeling that some honor should be paid them, the Daughters of Pioneers, conceived the plan of erecting an appropriate memorial to our 1 pioneer mothers, at a conjoint meeting of the two local organizations, organiza-tions, June 18, 1925. From date until July 25, 1932. when the pioneer mother monument monu-ment will be formally unveiled, the various committees, selected from time'to. time, have worked diligently diligent-ly to reach the final goal. Their work began at the D. of P. meeting when Chairman Eliza Thorn with Mrs. Julia Packard, Mrs. Drucilla Clark, Mrs. Mary J. Finley, Mrs. Milendi Sumsion, Mrs. Reba Reynolds, Mrs. Mary L. Met-calf, Met-calf, Mrs. Harriet Dougall, and Mrs. Emily Crandall were appointed as a) committee from the D. of P. to investigate in-vestigate the possibility of a pioneer memorial. Shortly after their appointment, these ladies met with Mayor G. R. Maycoek and the city council and were granted a site on the southeast south-east portion of the city park, opposite oppo-site the memorial fountain, on which to erect a monument. On November 24, 1928, in a letter let-ter to Sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin, Boston, a native of Springville, the committee asked his opinion and personal advice on monument Day's Activities Will Portray Scenes of Early Pioneers, Dallin Is Coming Plans are complete for the largest Pioneer clay and home coming celebration in the his- ; tory of Springville, to be held Monday in connection with the unveiling of the pioneer mother monument, committee i chairmen report. Hundreds uf former residents and people from surrounding com- munities are expected to join local citizens in the days festivities. Ivlns To Speak Unveiling exercises begin at 10 a. m. at the city park. President ; Anthony W. Ivlns of the first presi- i dency of the L. D. S. church will give the oration of the day; George i Albert Smith of the quorum of " twelve apostles will offer the dedicatory dedi-catory prayer. The winner of the queen contest will unveil the monument. monu-ment. Sculptor Cyrus E. Dallon of Boston, Bos-ton, a native of Springville, who . designed the monument after a statue of his mother, Mrs. Jane Dallin, will be a special guest of , the city during the day and will i also speak at the unveiling program. pro-gram. The program will open with community com-munity siuging and selections by the Springville band. J. F. Bringhurst will offer the Invocation; Invoca-tion; Mayor John L. Whiting will give the address of welcome. Mrs. K. E. Snow, chairman of the state plans. Mr. Dallin not only favored erecting a monument to pioneer mothers, but during a visit in Springville the following summer, he proffered his services free of charge, providing the city would furnish the materials used. The approval of the local Kiwanis club and the cooperation of that organization organ-ization was also secured at this time. "The following December a regular regu-lar pioneer monument committee was organized with J. F. Mendenhall, Menden-hall, chairman; Mrs. Eliza Thorn, vice chairman; Mrs. Harriet Doug-all, Doug-all, secretary and C. G. Salisbury, treasurer. Representatives from the c-Uy council, the Kiwanis ciub and others from the D. of P. organizations or-ganizations were al30 asked to assist with the movement. Probably the biggest problem confronting the committee at this time was the financing of the project. pro-ject. Though Mr. Dallin had offered of-fered his services free of charge and the city had contributed a site, the cost of materials must be raised. To solve the problem a series of unique and successful entertainments entertain-ments have been given, extending over a period of seven years. Outstanding Out-standing among these was the three-day homecoming celebration, D. ot ir. organization, sail lane, and Mrs. Josephine Jones of the Utah county chapter, Provo, will give short talks. Singers Coming Music for the occasion will Include In-clude selections by former citizens and local talent. Mrs. Lola S. Kirkham, Salt Lake, will furnish a vocal solo; Will Parry and Ralph Weight, an instrumental duet; Albert Al-bert J. Southwick, Salt Lake, vocal solo; Mrs. Melba C. Osmund, Washington, D. C, vocal solo; Richard Condie, Salt Lake, vocal solo; Kenneth and Ireta Roylance, Salt Lake, instrumental selection. Chairman S. L. Mendenhall will act as master of ceremonies. The pioneer parade at 1:30 p. m. will be divided Into pioneer and modern sections. It will begin at Fourth North street and proceed along Main street to Eighth South, returning again to Fourth North. Charles Boyer will act as marshall of the day. Sports Progrum At 3 p. m. the sports program begins be-gins at the recreational park, featuring fea-turing a fine program, of horse races, horse pulling contests and a ball game. , During the afternoon a miniature minia-ture train, merry-go-round -and Ferris wheel will be operated at the corner of Main and Center streets, to entertain the children. Preceding the dance in the Memorial hall In the evening the Ariel orchestra will give an hour's concert in front of the building, be- ' ginning at-7:3(j o'clock. sponsored by the D, of P. September Septem-ber 18, 19, 20, 1930, and the community com-munity auction sale the preceding year. The proceeds from dinners, dances, shows, quilt and picture : sales have been added to the monu- ment fund, while the D. of P. members mem-bers have dropped their dimes, nickels and pennies into the monument monu-ment fund bottle at each monthly meeting. Committeemen have made a house to house canvas in the interest of the- movement and many contributions have been received re-ceived from former residents and friends. As plans for the monument advanced, ad-vanced, an increased number of committeemen were necessary and as various members- resigned or left town, new ones were added in their places to carry on the work. In February 1929, Seymour L. Mendenhall, Sr. was appointed chairman to succeed J. F. Mendenhall. Menden-hall. Since his appointment, Mr. Mendenhall and all committeemen have worked untiringly in their efforts to bring the movement to a successful etrmination. Other citizens with special training train-ing in vcarious forms of construction construc-tion work have been called upon to superintend the recent construction wotk. Formal dedication of the monument monu-ment site was held April 18. of this year. Shortly after this the foun- (Conlinued from Pae One) RECORD CROWD I IS EXPECTED (Continued On Pae Four) Uation and cornerstone were laid and other construction vok has gone rapidly forward. With the laying of the seven and one-hit If ton stone, on which rests the statue of the pioneer mother, the monument monu-ment will be complete. Though it is considered a 20.000 ! pitiject, the real value of the monu- 1 meat is said to be inestimable in dollars and cents. One might say t it purpose is two-fold that of ' pt rpetuating in bronze and stone the lives of those sturdy pioneer ! women whose devotion to the upbuilding up-building of this grout common- j wealth has become legendary In ; the lives of generations which have ! followed, and that of receiving a contribution from the hand of a native son, whose fame as a sculptor sculp-tor is heralded throughout the country. It is a memorial project of which j Springville may well be proud. , i |