Show THOUSAND JOIN JOINS JOIN'S S 'S IN TIMP lIMP CLIMB 1 By By STAFF CORRESPONDENT ASPEN GROVE More GROVE More than a thousand of the faithful faithful worship pers pel'S at the shrine of mighty Tim Tim- tolled toiled up p the weather weather- beaten east face of the rugged peak pek Saturday f Starting StarLing at this little grove o of aspens spens pens nestled midway up the northfork northfork north fork of Provo canyon a n thin thin- line o of hikers participants in the twenty twenty- fourth annual climb extended throughout the day along the one mile trail to toh the h granite peak jutting feet fee skyward Lightning Guide S 5 Their path lighted by jagged flashes of oC lightning rather than the expected moonlight the vanguard of hikers bikers left the grove immediately immediate immediate- ly Jy following the program Friday night The early hikers ting parting amid brief flurries of rain were rewarded by y clearing skies in early arly hours of the morning and a Resulting m magnificent sunrise pano pano- rama rania The downward trip was waz enlivened this tills year more than in sev several ral years past jast by a a. much larger glacier The novelty of sliding down snowbanks In midsummer was particularly thrilling to the novices making the climb for the first time More Marc than 1000 Timp Summit club buttons signifying successful participation in the hike were distributed dis distributed dis at the summit The Thc badges w were re presented by the Brigham Young university sponsor of the annual mass mass' climb Overcast t skies failed to dampen ampen the enthusiasm 0 of oC nearly people peo peo- pie who attended the program program program pro pro- gram at the grove Friday night The program arranged by Miss Wilma Jeppson in La cooperation with Charles J. J Hart hike director featured featured fea fea- four moods the moods the open trail or orS gypsy gyps gypsy the e campfire the Alpine and S finally the traditional Indian ritual climaxed by the lighting g of a a huge bonfire and the firing of 25 25 bombs denoting the age of the hike and andone andone andone one to grow on Bike Hike Sticks SUcks Given Fe Featured on the program were Ed Evans as master of ceremonies and fend Jack Reinhard who vho gave a sc serIes se- se ries of oC gypsy and cowboy dances Prior to the formal program Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Harrison R. R Merrill MerrUl of the school chool f faculty culty presented nine Tim- Tim pan gos hiking sticks to special guests Those receiving the sticks sUcks were David Broadhead 71 Heber City ity the oldest man present presentS who the hike in 1934 P. P L. L Patry 89 Roosevelt the oldest man pres present ant ent nt Mrs rs Mary A. A Ov Overlade 78 78 the theS S oldest woman present Melba June C Calder 5 Orem the youngest person person person per per- son son who made the 1934 hike Robert Fletcher Flushing Long Island N. N Y X who came caine from the longest dist distance nce C. C J. J OIs Olson n su supervisor r of f the Wasatch national forest forests Ab Jenkins automobile racer Dr L. L D. D Pfouts ts Pay Payson on chairman of the scout council jamboree committee and Professor Hard R R. Douglass of Minnesota university who wh according to Prof Professor sor Merrill Mer Mer- rill nh has climbed from every very side |