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Show lalcna Days Celebration I Is A Huge Success . en best costumed woman and man. Best dressed couple was Mrs. John J. Creedon and Earl T. James, while Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gust and son Don were selected se-lected the best dressed family. Both these contests were under un-der the direction of Juanita Buckle, chairman, assisted by Anes Milner and Doreen De-laney. De-laney. FOOTBALL GAME Bingham high Miners launched launch-ed their night football era with an impressive 26-6 win over the , h,nlll.r bi decked Main street, kJSS beards and old fash-5? fash-5? costumes reminiscent of lrly duvs of Bingham, lent jarful atmosphere of the old t0 this mining town aa it SLtfld Galena days Thurs-r Thurs-r Friday d Saturday of last V and which was occasion humecommg of many former tjjfie residents. This cclebra-, cclebra-, marked the 84th year of ohani as a Utah mining con- Varied contests and enter- uaent highlighted the three- IlLENA MUSEUM i)47 Galena days were officii offic-ii opened with the dedication ie Galena museum last Thui's-i Thui's-i at the Bingham branch of , Salt Lake County Library. ; Bingham high school band :ched up the street and be-l be-l the opening ceremonies with id music The museum, which i opened by John J. Creedon, irman of the museum com-Itt. com-Itt. contains ore specimens, souvenirs, and many photo-phs photo-phs of early Bingham and the it The museum will be per-lently per-lently located in the build-Also build-Also included on the pro-n pro-n were u flag ceremony, wel-iing wel-iing address by Mayor Dale nston and introduction of the ;na queen, Joyce Miller, and attendants, Erma June Gam-land Gam-land Jeanne Willis. Mr. Cree-was Cree-was assisted by Earl James. Millard Eagles last Fridav .'Veiling .'Veil-ing at high school stadium at Copperton. CAR WINNER Joe Iasella Jr. of Midvale was I announced the holder of the i winning number for the 1947 j Ford station wagon which was I given away by the Bingham i Canyon Lions club. PARADE HIGHLIGHTS The entertainment w Inch pleased the largest number of spectators at the Galena days celebration was the parade-miniature parade-miniature and large held last Friday afternoon. Named winners win-ners in the miniature division were the Jay-C-Ettes float, "Portrait "Por-trait of an old-fashioned couple" which was chosen first; a Harvest Har-vest Moon, entered by No. 2 Fire department was named second and a rainbow with pot of gold entered by the Women's Civic Club placed third. GALENA BANQUET More than 200 business, church, (kool, guests and civic leaders Bthered last Thursday evening t, a Qalena banquet given at ICO hall to pay tribute to Dr. LG Frazier, who received a Kcial congressional medal. Gov. men B. Maw presented the trial to Dr. Frazier on behalf if the United States congress, (kich voted the medal for his standing work as the senior Kdical officer with the 1939-41 I' S. Antarctic Service expedi-headed expedi-headed by Rear Adm. Rich-id Rich-id E. Byrd. Other speakers on the program we: Welcome address by Mayor Sale Johnston; Dr. Paul S. Rich-iris, Rich-iris, who spoke on the discovery s! Galena ore; Earl T. James, on ie history of Bingham Canyon; Galena days poem, read by told W. Nielsen; T. H. Mc-, iullin, principal of Bingham school, who gave a humor-K humor-K history of Dr. Frazier's life; keph Robinson, noted member s! the Explorers' Club in New ''A City, and David R. Trevi-k, Trevi-k, on the Utah Centennial. Musical numbers heard during ie evening were two vocal num- Deep River" and "Talla- f by the girls double trio imposed ef Roberta Johnston, frry Pollock, Kayo Abplanalp, togaret McKellar, Janice Han-rand Han-rand Mary Rekoutis, accom-ted accom-ted by Lois Groves and two 1 solos, "Indian Love Call" Jealousy" by Kaye Abplan-1 Abplan-1 accompanied by Miss Groves. W TIMERS GET-TOGETHER to old-timers get together held Friday and Saturday wnoon from 1 to 5 p.m. at hall at which time Dr. R. j'raziei showed historical pic- j P of Bingham Canyon and celebrations. This phase of Program was under the di-Jction di-Jction of Karl T. James, chair-m chair-m assisted by Irvin Stillman, grence West and Evan Miller. WILDREN'S CONTESTS P children's watermelon and1 f eating contests were held ; 'umay morning on the Bing- j 5? Mc porch under the di- of Ray Buckle, chairman, with Deakin of Bingham was nwier of the soap box derby 'a Saturday afternoon on Main The second race, held in V . "Knam, was won by n Moberg of Salt Lake City. tanra contests Mining contests held Saturday wnoon under direction of Mar-y Mar-y and Ford Boulware, were ' King and spike driving. The jKing contest which involved ,.,7lrg a ton of ore was won Juan Basco, first and Nicko z, second. tont'rS! prize in the spike driving u 'est was awarded to the team Young and Don Millett '"second prize went to the f of J Ramirez and C Cha- sif Gal(--a days committee cnes to thank the U. S. Mining 0 dnd Kennecott Copper Corp. med eo-Uipuient and materials i ' ir' :'' ' eontests and the cooperation given them in " a great celebration. EARDs AND COSTUMES fth D(-'ard contest, winners Wrttvair,",us lypes we?: w- E' C'1 Wackest; L. C. (Rass) i C rdest; Jack Lindseth, Cannes W. Bingham, best toyelt : :'nd Euenio Acet0' stth" Sostume contest Jack med dKd L,incla Nelson were Sri .j ,st costumed boy and iu nd, Mrs. William D. Cook waiter E. Rager were chos-. COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH Sunday school at .10 a.m. Church service at 11 o'clock. The ladies of the church will serve dinner at 12 o'clock noon today, Friday, October 3. October 5 is Communion Sunday throughout Methodism. Communion services will be held at Copperton at 10 a.m. and Bingham the following Sunday, October 12. The public is most cordially invited to all our services. Others in the miniature division divis-ion .were: Bingham high school band; Copperton school band; the LDS Primary float depicting the Primary children's hospital; a melting pot entered by a Bingham Bing-ham Central school class; a float inscribed Miss Galena 1847 and j ridden by an Indian maid was i entered by Copperton grade school. The fourth grade class at Bingham Bing-ham Central entered a rainbow float, and Mrs. Ivie's third grade entered a miniature fire engine. An old-fashioned ore jig was entered en-tered by Mrs. Mitchell's class and was followed by the Bingham Bing-ham Central band. The first school house was entered by the Lark school and Highland Boy entered a melting pot. The J. C. Penney float depicted the first Penney store in Utah and the Copperfield school entered an ore float. A donkey was entered by the Bingham Central school second grade and a wishing well j with Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, entered by Mrs. Burn-ham's Burn-ham's second and third grade, followed. Concluding the miniature minia-ture parade was a square dance by the sixth grade. In the large parade which followed fol-lowed the miniature parade, first prize went to the Saturday night in the 1900's", float entered by No. 1 Firemen's auxiliary, and second prize was awarded to No. 1 and No. 2 Fire departments tor their bucket brigade float, complete com-plete with flaming red house. Heading the large parade were John Hocking and Mrs. Rachel Mayne in a horse and buggy, who were followed by a color j guard and the Bingham high j school band. Also appearing in the parade were Centennial Queen Caleen Robinson and her two attendants. Other floats or those appearing in the large parade were: Miss Galena float, depicting the Utah Copper hill, made by the Bingham junior chamber of commerce on which rode Queen Galena Joyce Miller and her two attendants, Jeanne ; Willis and Erma June Gammell; j Lions club, Minerettes, Midvale; junior high band, Canyon Motor Co Bingham Coal and Lumber Co.'! Legion auxiliary, Riverton junior high band; The Utah Power & Light Co. entry which showed modern ana old-time lighting; the Japanese camp float which featured cherry cher-ry blossoms; an Eagles float ot white and light blue; Wait Jordan Jor-dan high band; the Kennecott Copper Corp. entry was the larg est float and was followed b an entry by Hogan Dairy; Draper junior high band; The Salt Lake County recreation recrea-tion department also had an entry en-try and was followed by a float depicting Galena Old Jordan digging 1864; followed by an en-1 frv by Millers Groceteria; Standard Stand-ard Garage; and a beauttfull decorated float in aataon color entered by Bingham and I Evans Hrues They were follow ea d the Salt Lake County Fire de-; n .rtment and South Jordan high ffd An all-white float portray inn early postal service in the West ways entered by postal em-ployees. em-ployees. judges of the parade swert County Commissioners George ; Morean Homer W. Jayne nf the Darade were Joe Vranes, chaiman Earl T. James andi Joel P- Jensen. |