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Show Soldier Cast Readies Kearns "Bondwajon" For Friday, April 16 One hundred thirty million Americana believe that the U. S. army is the best on earth. Whether the soldiers are . snapping into action at the front or performing in musical successes to boost civilian morale and aid in war bond sales the U. S. soldiers put on a good show! Utah's outstanding military musical comes from Kearns army air forces basic training center, where the Bondwagon is readying a one-day performance for Bingham high school Friday, April 16. Students will witness an afternoon presentation. presen-tation. The 8 p.m. performance is for an audience of war savings sav-ings bond purchasers. All seats are reserved and tickets may be applied for by purchasing n $25-$50-$100-$500 or $1000 bond from the ticket committee headed by Mrs. Mike Brisk of Copperton. 1 For a ticket to the Bond- wagon performance, apply at Utah Power and Light company com-pany office tomorrow. Saturday, Satur-day, April 10. from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sales at the UP&L company com-pany office will continue next week, from 1 to 7 p.m., April 12-13-14-15-16. Mrs. Brisk emphasizes thut to be eligible for a ticket at the Kearns show, bond purchases must be made from the committee commit-tee at UP&L company office and the ticket obtained at the time of the bond purchase. In fairness, Mrs. Brisk warns that the committee com-mittee will operate on a "first come first served" basis. Assisting Assist-ing Mrs. Brisk in ticket sales will be W. R. Anderson, Mrs. J. Dewey Dew-ey Knudsen, Earl T. James, Elliott El-liott W. Evans and Richard Rub- . right. Ken Shulsen of R. C. Gemmell club is in charge of auditorium decorations for the Bondwagon show. Red, white and blue festooning fes-tooning will rope off seats into different sections. Baskets of cut flowers, potted plants and flags will decorate the stage. Minute Maids, under direction of Mrs. Ed W. Johnson, will sell war stamp corsages. Lfland G. Burress, general chairman, states that many persons per-sons have alread" pledged bond purchases to assure success of the appearance of the troupe from Kearns. The war department depart-ment permits soldiers to present entertainments for the sole purchase pur-chase of selling extra war bonds. The Kearns show is being brought to Bingham district to swell bond sales over and above regular monthly purchases. A $25,000 pledge was made the Kearns Bondwagon when application ap-plication to present the show here was made. Scheduled to appear with the 20 soldiers in the show are an eight-piece swing band of professional pro-fessional musicians. Specialty acts include Pvt. Stan Greenspan as emcee and impersonator; Sgt. John Payne, pianist, satirist, singer and comic; Pvt. Bob Stevenson, Stev-enson, whose piano repertoire includes blues and Beethoven Sgt. Ted Delay and Pvt. Tony Costello, vocalists; Pfc. Moro Gonzalez, chalk talker, whose patter is as fast as his fingers; Pvt. Albert Guiterrez, radio star; Pvt. William Pena, folk dancer. O |