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Show Days of 47 To Feature Autry Rodeo As the highlight for the Days of '47, 1949 celebration, officers of the association have booked the Gene Autry World Championship Cham-pionship Rodeo to be presented at the Utah State Fair Grounds six nights, July 19 through 25, with the exception of Sunday, July 24. This rodeo of champion riders and performers, starring Gene Autry in, person with his horse, Champion, played to over-flow crowds during the 1948 celebration. celebra-tion. Completely new in stock and feature acts the show is expected ex-pected to draw even larger numbers num-bers this year. Free events planned by the Days of '47 include the mammoth mam-moth street parade scheduled for 9:30 A. M., Monday, July 25, the route to traverse parts cf both of Salt Lake's main down town streets. Fifteen bands, 40 floats, ten horsemen groups from all parts of the state, a large Indian contingent and the Queen's float bearing the charming charm-ing royalty of this year's celebration, cele-bration, Shauna Wood, Cherry Moslander and Robyn Tibbs, will make up a large portion of the parade, which is expected to be two miles long. Other free events are the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle Choir Concert with a famous guest soloist from the Metropolitan Opera, two street shows during the noon periods on Main and State streets, and the historical pageant, "This Land Be Ours," to be staged at the University of Utah stadium. The choir concert is set for Sunday, Sun-day, July 24, while the pageant follows on Monday, July 25. also the day reserved for the Pioneer Banquet honoring Utah's oldest pioneers. All Utahns are invited to join in the celebration commemorating commemorat-ing the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers to Utah and make Salt Lake City their Mecca from July 18 to 25. Mrs. Paul Pherson of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. David O. Stoker and family attended the Christ-ensen Christ-ensen reunion at Preston, Idaho, Saturday.. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Olseii and children enjoyed Monday at Lagoon. La-goon. A picnic was enjoyed Wednesday Wednes-day at Storm mountain by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davis and son Kenny of Midvale, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fike, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fike and children, Jackie Dahl-strom Dahl-strom and Gladys O'Conner and Harriet Atkinson of Salt Lake City. The occasion celebrated the birthdays of Mrs. O'Conner and Miss Atkinson. Tuesday guests at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Davis of Midvale were Mrs. J. A. Fike and Mrs. W. A. Fike. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mousk-y of Riverton were Tuesday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Olsen and iamily. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fike and . children enjoyed Sunday at Lagoon. La-goon. Mr. and Mrs. Max Tolman and children of Los Angeles, Calif., visited Saturday and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Fitzgerald. Visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs. George Nix is their daughter daugh-ter Mrs. Beverly Barnett and son Billv and new baby born Ju-i Ju-i lv 8 of Salt Lake City. |