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Show Parade , Historical Pageant ThrillHundreds Thrill ThriI ! ; [ Hundreds of Visitors at Moab"One Moab I I"One "One One " of Best Centennial Observances Given in inStCte inStcte StC'te StCte ' " is Verdict of 1500 Spectators SpectatorsThe whichthere The most . elaborate oe.laborate oelaborate parade ever given at Moab m in whIch there were some 40 floats and other entries entnes followed by a spec spec- - tacular spectacular pageant portraying portraymg the t'he ' settlement and early history of ofMoab ofMoab otMoab Moab and staged in a naturalamphItheater natural - amphitheater -amphItheater in m the hills north of oftown oftown ottown town were tne the outstanding outstandmg attractions of the Grand county 'Centenl11al Centenl11al ' Centennial countyCentennial county'Centenl11al celebration g ven yen Friday Fnday at Moab The parade put on onunder onunder onunder under the sponsorsh p of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneerswas PIoneers PIoneerswas Pioneerswas was about a m mile e in length and included many beautiful and andpretentious andpretentious andpretentious pretentious floats that elicited el1clted the highest praise from vISItors vISItorsThe visitorsThe visitorsThe The pageant Moab Far Land of Blood and Sand was wItnessed wItnessedby witnessedby witnessedby by at least east 1500 people pcople Visitors who had seen other hIstorIcal hIstorIcalpageants historicalpageants historicalpageants pageants throughout throug'hoUJt throughoUJt throughoof ' the state during Centennial Centenmal year stated that thatthe thatthe thatthe the Moab production was by far the most mteresing Interesmg interesing and spec taoularly tacularly spectaoularly spectacularly produced of any they had seen The parade formed in m thestreet street east eas + of the Arches ball ballroom ballroom ballroom room and started promptly at at4pm 4 p m As each entrant turnedinto Into Main street at the First Na Natlonal National National tlonal tional Bank corner it was an announced anflounced announced nounced flounced over the Ithe loudspeaker loudspeakersystem loudspeakersystem loudspeakersystem system The PJ'ie PJie , ' line of march extended ex cx extended cxtended tended from the ballroom iballroom to the theCentenl11al theCentennial theCentennial Centenl11al Centennial park a distance of ofabout ofabout ofabout about a ! mile ffille and spectators spectators1 1 ned both sides of the * ' streets streetsand streetsand streetsand and highway hLghway for almost the en entire entire entire tire dIstanceThe distanceThe distance distanceThe The parade was led by the theGrand theGrand theGrand Grand county high hlg'h hlgh ' . school band bandfollowed bandfollowed bandfollowed followed by the marshal of the theday theday thrday day John E Pace 80 pIOneer pIOneerGrand pioneerGrand pioneelGrand Grand county citizen who was wasmounted wasmounted wa : mounted on a white horse that thatproudly thatproudly thaproudly proudly kept step with the band bandmus bandmus banemus mus c as he led the line lme of en entrants entrants entrants entrantsThe trants trantsThe The complete list l1st of entnes entries entriesin entnesIn In the parade followsCentennial follows followsCentennial Cent Centennial en mal queen float enter entered entered entered ed by ' \ Moab 'l\tIoab 'l l tIoab i\'Ioab i 'Ioab Ioab \ ' Drug company companyQueen companyQueen companyQueen Queen Miss Vera Holyoak at attendants attendants attendants tendants Miss Ruth RUJth SomervIlle SomervIlleand Somervilleand Somervilleand and Miss Norma McConkle McConkie McConklepage McConkiepage McConkiepage page Tommy Kelley flower flowergIrls flowergirls flowergirls gIrls Dian DJan Rymo Rynio and Judy Lar Larsen Larsen sen tf C1 tfCentennial senCentennial Centennial float carrying caTrymg pI pm pIoneers pmoneers pioneers oneers ofoab of ' \ "Moab Moab \oab oab " ' [ and Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county Made 1\Iade 1 Iade \ by Mrs J W WHawks WHawks WHawks WHawksSan Hawks HawksSan I San lJuan iJuan Juan Centennial Centenl1lal queen queenfloat queenfloat queenfloat float Queen Miss Betty Jensen Jensenattendants Jensenattendants Jensenattendants attendants 1\1 1 M \ Miss 1 ' i S s Jacquelme Jacqueline JacquelmeRedd JacquelineRedd JacquelineRedd Redd and Miss Aleen Aieen Reddtheme Reddtheme Redd Reddtheme -theme theme - theme Deseret the Beemve Beehive BeemveState BeehiveState BeehiveState State StateWomen I | ' Women s Literary Club floatMoab floatMoab float floatMoab Moab Lions Club float repre representmg representing reprcsenting sentmg senting a lion hon s cage and honor honorIng honoring honoring Ing Dr J W Williams Wllllams 93 the theoldest theoldest theoldest oldest living lIvmg member of LIOns LIOnsInternatIOnal LionsInternational LionsInternational InternatIOnal InternationalCastle I ] Castle Cat1e , Valley VaIley float showing showinga a striking representation of Cas Castle Castle Castie tle rock roch . and vicinity vlcmlty 1400 feethigh feet feethIgh feethigh hIgh Theme Castle RockYesterday Rock ' ] Yesterday Today and ForeverChristensen ForeverChristensen Forever I IChnstensen Chnstensen Christensen Motor company conipany companytractor conipanytractor corrfpanyitractor tractor floatCooley floatCooleys float I ICooley Cooley Cooleys s Market f float- float floattheme float loa t - | theme th-eme th eme - Past Present and Fu1ure FutUirst Fu 1ure tUirst | 1ureFIrst First National Bank of Moab Moabfloattheme Moabfloattheme Moabfloat float-theme float theme - theme In the FutureMoab FutureMoab Future FutureiMoab iMoab Moab Fruit Growers FutureI Co op operatlve operative operative I eratlve erative float representing representmg Mo Moab Moab Moabs ab s Coming Commg IndustryMoab IndustryMoab Industry IndustryMoab Moab Gas & Appliance Appl1ance com coin company coinpany cornoany pany float floa t _ - - - _ - - Hand cart made and pulled puneu pulledby puneuby puliecby by Mr and Mrs Steve DayM DayM Day DayM M mature ma.ture niature . handcart made madeand madeand madeand and pulled by Kennalee Kennaiee HawksHandcart HawksHandcart Hawks HawksHandcart Handcart pulled by Mrs Sar Sarah Sarah Sarah ah Barker Haywagon BarkerHaywagon ride Roy HolyoakdrIver Holyoakdriver HolyoaK HolyoaKdriver driverSpanish drIverSpamsh driver Spanish Spamsh caravan represent representIng representing representing Ing earliest earl1est white wlute ; through ' Moab 'Moab valleySIde valleySide valley valleySide Side saddle glrls--ID glrls ID girls-lMrs girls lMrs girls rs - - Mrs EdcProvonsha Provonsha and Mrs Lilla LllIa Lila Wm Win Wmbourn Winbourn Winbourn bourn 4 H Forestry rorestry dub Club floatp float floatFines float floatshOWIng floatshowing floatshowing 11 p Fines mes mesoJ oJ - ' Independent shOWIng huge front page of paper pa paper paper per advel adveitising tlsmg Centennial Centenmal cele celebratlon celebration celebration bratlon bration and rodeoWagon rodeoWagon rodeo rodeoWagon Wagon Wheel Cafe Ifloat- Ifloat float- float Ifloattheme floattheme tfloaA tfloaAtheme - . theme wagon wheelCovered wheelCovered wheel wheelCovered Covered wagon Mr and Mrs MrsD MrsD MrsD D M Perkins Jrl'iI1Uer JrMiller Jr JrMiller ' Miller l'iI1Uer liI1Uer s Moab Co op float- float floattheme floattheme float-theme float theme - - - theme Branching OutMounted OutMounted Out OutMounted Mounted cowboys led by byTheo byTheo biTiheo Theo OVIattAmencan OviattAmerican Oviatt OviattAmerican American Amencan Legion LcglOn Auxil ary- ary arytheme arytheme ary arytheme - ' theme Rehabilitation Rehabll1tatlon and andChIld andChild ancChild ChIld VI Vv ' Welfare WelfareGrand elIare elf are areGrand Grand Market float-theme float theme floatthemeCountry floatthemeCountry float - theme Country storeDaughteI StoreDaughteri Store Daughters Daught-eI Daught eI Daughteri - " : . of Utah Pioneers Pioneersliloattneme Pioneersdloattneme ! ' ' liloat-tneme liloat tneme dloat-tneme dloat - ineme And the Valley Vclley ValleyBlossomed VclleyBlossomed Valle , ; Blossomed BlossomediMoab BlossomedJiIoab BlossomedMoab . \ iMoab J\iIoab J iIoab Moab City Fire Department DepartmentDan DepartmentDan DepartmentDan Dan Winbourn Wmbourn chiefUtah chiefUtah chief chiefUtah Utah Grand Coal float from fromSego fromSego fronSego Sego carrying carrymg load of choIce choIcecoal choicecoal choicicoal coal and three miners nuners Home Homer HomerDavIs HomerDavis : Davis Norville Wolverton and andChester andChester amChester Chester IsomCoverpd IsomCovered Isom IsomCoverpd Coverpd Covered wagon driven by byJesse byJesse b ; ' Jesse Holyoak and wIfeMoab wifeMoab wife wifeiMoab iMoab Moab Ward Primary Ifloaitheme [ floattheme float floattheme theme Fust Fllst Fizst Primary 1869Grand 1869Grand 1869 1869Grand Grand County Rodeo QueenMoab QueenMoab Queen QueenMoab Moab Garage and Transportation Transpor Transportatlon Transportation tatlon tation Company float-theme float theme floatthemeHIstory floatthemeHistory float - themeHistory HIstory of Transportation TransporhtlOn Transport'ction Transportction ' In InGrand inGrand nGrand Grand County 1917 1947 1947The 1947The The Lost Trappers Lloyd Pe Pc Petersen Pctersen Petersen tersen and John Weech FIrst FIrstEnglish FirstEnglish FirsEnglish English speaking speakmg residents of ofMoab ofMoab oMoab ' Moab valley about 1820A 1820 1820A , A .A . Band of Indi-ms Indi ms Indl1ns Indi'ins Indiins ' - 17 in m all allby allEntered allEntered pageantI ' Entered by pageantMoab pageant pageantMoab . I Moab Cash Grocery float- float Doat- Doat - - theme Moab Cash Growmg Growing GrowmgUp GrowingUp GrowingUp GrowingUpRanchway Up UpRanchway Ranchway Store Stare float Em EmI Emmett Emmett Emmett mett A Troutt TrouttCentennIal TrouttCentennial TrouttCentennial I CentennIal PageaJlt Pageant PageaJltWitnessed PageantWitnessed PageantWitnessed Witnessed by 1500I 1500A 1500A 1500 1500A I A throng estimated at 1500witnessed 1500 1500I 1500wItnessed 1500witnessed wItnessed the pagean pageant \ , , Moab MoabFar MoabFar MoabFar I Far Land of Blood and Sand SandwhIch Sandwhich Sandwhich whIch started promptly at 5 30 30at 30at 30at paradeThe at the th-e th e - conclusion eOnclUSIO'1 eOnclUSIO1 conclusio'i conclusioi ' ' of the parade paradeThe paradeThe The site of the pageant was wasCentenmal wasCentennial wasCentennial Centenmal Centennial park a natural am amphlltheater amphitheater amphitheater phlltheater phitheater m in a small canyon canyonnorth canyonnorth canyonnorth north of town and only about about200 200 yards distant from the old oldI oldMormon oldMormon oldMormon I Mormon fort built bUllt by the fIrst fIrstsettlers firstsettlers firstsettlers protectionI settlers in 1855 for protection protectionagamst protectionagainst I against agamst the Indians The center centerof centerof centerof of the amphitheater had been beensmoothed beensmoothed been.smoothed beensmoothed . smoothed outtfor out [ ifor tfor or a stage and andseats andseats andseats I andI seats for the audience had been beenprovided beenprovIded beenprovided provided by terracing terracmg the sIde sIdeI sIdehIlls sidehills sidehills hIlls The spectacular and hIS hIStonc histone histone I tonc tone setting settmg added greatly to to'the tothe tothe the < success uccess of the production productlon 'the the ' The productionThe productlonThe pageant consisted of a asenes aseries aseries senes series of eight tableaux whIch whIchdepIcted whichdepicted whichdepicted depIcted the history of Moab Moabvalley Moabvalley Moabvalley valley from the start of thenineteenth the : nineteenth nmeteenth century to the pres presI present I ! ent time About 200 people took tookpart tookpart tookpart part in the productionThe productionThe production productionThe The script scnpt of the pageant was waswrItten waswritten waswritten wrItten by Lyman Duncan Duncanho DuncanWho Duncanwho \/ho ho Who \ ' / came down from Salt Lake LakeCity LakeCity LakeCity City to witness the presentationThe presentatlon presentation . The narration as related over overthe overthe overthe the loudspeaker loudsp-eaker loudsp eaker - system by Cal Calvm Calyin Calvin vm yin E Frandsen and Mrs Lu Luclle Lucile Ludie clle cile Pace was intensely mtensely mter inter mterestmg interesting interesting interestingThe estmg esting estmgThe estingThe The pageant wa was , presented presentedunder presentedunder presentedunder under the direction of the arb arts arbcommIttee artscommittee art ; > committee of the Centennial or orgamzatlon organization organization gamzatlon ganization \ ' [ Mrs 1\rs 1 rs Slbj Sib l I 1 Sullivan Sullivanbemg Sullivanbeing Sullivanbeing bemg being chairman and havmg having havmggeneral havinggeneral havinggeneral general charge of the drama dramaMrs dramaMrs dramaMrs Mrs Merlyn Maxwell a mem menl- menl menlber mem- mem member member - - ber of the committee comrruttee had haddharge hadcharge hadcharge dharge charge of the music and dIrect dIrected directed directed ed the mixed mL\.ed mL.ed mL .ed ed mL\ed ' \ . chorus choru " , , that added addedImmensely addedimmensely addedimmensely Immensely to the success andenjoyment and andenJoyment andenjoyment enJoyment of the productionThe productionThe production productionThe The successful presentation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the pageant was the result of ofhard ofhard ofhard hard work on the part ow oi of ! many manypeople manypeople manypeople people and the sincere smcere appre appre- apprecIation appreelation appreciation - - ciation elation of the general Centen Centenmal Centennial Centenmal mal nial committee Lommlttee is extended to toall toall toall all who aided m In the undertah undertak undertahmg undertakzag undertaking undertaking.following mg zag zagolbowing mg.l .l l . ! .following following ollowmg olbowing . the pageant pagean1 a gor gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous geous fireworks flrevorks firevorks , display was wasstaged wasstaged wasstaged staged from the el cliffs fs north of ofCentennial ofCentennial ofCentennial Centennial park |