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Show lEGION SPONSORSJULY SPONSORS SPONSORSJUlY JUlY 4 CElEBRATION CELEBRATIONThe The Fourth of July was enjoyably enjoyablycelebrated enjoyablycelebrated enjoyablycelebrated celebrated at Moab last Thusday Thusda , , the theprogram theprogram theprogram program being sponsored spon.sored . by the Amen Amencan Amencan Amencan can Legion At daybreak , a salute nas nasfired \ wasfired \ ; as asfIred fIred , and at 10 o 0 clock a band con concert concent concert cert cent was staged on Main Mam stre strest street t followed fol- fol followed fol followed - lowed by a parade leading leadmg from Mam Main Mamstreet Mainstreet Mainstreet street to the at athletic atjaletic letIc field Sports SportsI Sportsfor Sportsfor Sportsfor I for children \ were \ ere given , liberal hberal prizes prizesbemg prizesbeing prizesbeing bemg being awaided awalded awarded to all voung oung young } folks foIls par par- partIClpating participating participating - , ticipating tIClpating In the afternoon , more morechldren morechldrens morechldrens chldren chldrens s sports wel weie were e given , together togetherW1th togetherwith togetherwith W1th with W1thstunts withstunts stunts by the older folks A wheel wheelbarroW wheelbarrow wheelbarrow barroW ' race by "newly newly " married mamed marred ' couples coupleswas coupleswas coupleswas was a feature of the program programA A junior baseball game between the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab and Monticello teams was played playedthe playedthe I Ithe the local bovs bOs boys ) winning wmning by a substantial substantialmargin substantialmargin substantialmarginIn I Imargm margm margin margmIn marginIn In the evening evenmg , a boxing boxmg card was wasstaged wasstaged wasstaged staged at the Recreation RecreatJon hall for the thebeneftt thebenefit thebenefit beneftt benefit of the Boy Scouts Some very verygood verygood verygood good bouts between Moib Moab M nb < , , MontIcella Monticela Monticelaand Monticellaand : and Blanding Blandmg boys w " "ere ere ere given , , and the thecard thecard I Icard card was one of the best seen here herefor herefor heretor for a long time The leadllner leadUner leadliner events eventswere eventswere eventswere were four round bouts bet\\ bet between beteen \ \ een Dean DeanShafer DeanShafer DeanShafer Shafer of Moab and ' 'Spin Spin Spm ' " Jones of ofBlanding ofBlanding ofBlanding Blanding , . the former winning winnmg and andEmit andEmit andEmit Emit Pittman of Moab and "Buster Buster "Buster'Dalton BusterDalton " ' ' Dalton of Monticello in m which Pittman Pittmanwon Pittmanwon Pittmanwon won The many preliminary prelunmary events eventswere eventswere eventswere were evenly mat matched < : hed and furnished a alot alot alot lot of entertainment entertunment : ; for the cro crowd crowdAll crowdAll " d dAll All of the boxers donated their services servicesand servicesand servicesand and the proceeds were given over to tothe tothe tothe the Boy Scouts |