Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-25 | Page 5 | Shaft on Peak to be Unveiled

SHAFT ON N PEAK 4 I Jo w wr BE UNVEILED r I Hundreds Expected to Attend Dedication of Monument Monument j ment Friday l' l l-F l Sev Several ral hundred people were expected ex to attend dedication services service Friday for the monument constructed Jon on n Ensign peak commemorating the 1 f anniversary of the first ascent by Young and seven other Mormon Mor Mor- lion inon mon pioneers July 26 1847 l Built Bunt of more than historic tones stones from notable places in the historY his his- torY lory of the church and the west the monument will be unveiled by ci eight ht 1 descendants of or the eight men ment meni t i who f-who who first climbed the peak The Rev John Edward Carver of Ogden n will willbe willbe be the tho principal speaker Carl A A. Badger will offer the invocation and George Cannon Young architect of 01 oft t t II the monument and grandson of Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young will pronounce the bene bene- diction p Music will be furnished by the field artillery band and the Orpheus club male chorus directed by Albert AlbertJ Greenwood chairman chairman chair J J. J Southwick M. M J. J chaIr I. J. I-J. man of the program committee of the L. L D D. S. S Ensign stake M. M I. I A A. will introduce in in- traduce the master of at ceremonies George Albert Smith president of the thet t Utah Pioneer Trails Trans and Landmarks k associations S s o 0 c cia f a ti o 0 n s. s B Both th organizations sponsored construction of the ment Boy Scouts of Ensign stake I will jWill hoist an American flag on the peak at sunrise and lower it at sunset as part of a court of honor they hold crt oft the peak each July 26 I Motorists can drive within yards of If the peak summit on a newly con con- road which branches of off the City Creek Canyon Canon road north norU of the state tate capitoL