Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 24 | Primary Children in Celebration at Park

PRIMARY CHILDREN I IN CELEBRATiON TION 1 AT PARK Honor onor Is Paid Mrs Louise B. B Felt for Services of Long Duration Y S I S Seven S thousand persons g gathered gath gaUi- th- th ere ered at Liberty park yesterday to tow w watch th the exercises of the Salt L L I ake ke Primary y festival in ill in gM of the th th thirty six eal of faithful service of oC President Louie B Ii let l-elt and to commemorate the seven seventieth anniversary of or the enlistment o he Mormon onnon battalion sit w was Mas s estimated ted that h t 1500 children r ranging nging from 3 to to 16 years of f age i ici ci from m the six six stakes of the county took part palt in the tho exercises I 1 S 'S The festival began at 5 o'clock clock with witha a procession across the central parade pa parade parade pa- pa rade ground of the the park park from th the flag flagpole pole pol to toa a 8 a pavilion erected for President President President dent Louie B. B Felt The president led the procession attended by eighteen I little little children who strewed d flow flowers rs In h her i r r. path pa Twenty-five Twenty children dressed as cr cranes nes r representing the deaf and blind blinds blinds' s' s school hool at t Ogden marched In the procession procession pro pro- cession together with boys representing the Mormon battalion The boy oy cout scout organizations of the V various rious stakes were ere also represented and their services were employed In helping to k keep kep ep order Attending the festival as honored guests were Governor Spry and members mem mem- b bers rs of his staff members of the board of education so some sone ne of the twelve a apostles and the presidency of the Mormon ion church also Mrs Emmeline B. B Wells president of the Relief so society so- so fety and seven pioneers of 1847 Features of the afternoon were the mahy folk dances by girls of the V va various va- va M rious stales stakes the drilling of schoolboys school school- boys representing the Mormon bat bat- tallo and the singing of a chorus of thirteen girls With the boys In battalion front formation for for- mation matlon Moroni representing Captain Allen Alien read the historic circular cir cIr- cir cir- cular Brigham Youngs Young's reply was was read by Ralph Young Toung son of Maj Richard W V Young and a great grand son of thel fOl on I plon pioneer l er l leader ader rhe The you young g man juan w a capo cape which was WIlS worn Wolli by Pi- Pi President Brigham Young The boys hoys an n songs and General Kearney's R Cil speech eeb was T as read by William Lambert at the close chose Two little boys Thomas Alsop and of the tho Ogden I ch ol for tile the de deaf SC f and ami blind dressed 1 to represent a colonial herald and Undo Uncle Sam iam respectively The participation participation par parM by the O Ogden den children was under the direction of Mrs Belle Belie Salmon Ross Roes The Tho program was opened with Invocation in invocation In- In Invocation vocation by Fred Mrs Mr- Edna Harker Marker Thomas officiated officiated over the festival assisted by Mrs i I Belle Belie Salmon Ross floss Miss Anno Anne Neb- Neb cli r and arid Miss Eliza Bennion the June convention committee