Show Voting Starts This Week on Picking Uranium Queen Here Voting gets underway this week to select the queen of the Uranium Uranium Uran Uran- ium lum Capital of the World for the Moab Uranium Days celebration August 18 17 with two late entries entries entries en en- tries swelling the field of candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates to eight Ballots are being distributed to merchants throughout the city to tobe tobe tobe be given one to each customer I for the purpose of balloting on the queen and attendants to reign over the two days of fun frolic and festivities The committee In charge of the celebration this week assigned the queen candidates to leading producing mining companies with headquarters In Moab The two new candidates added this week were Nancy who will be beMiss beMiss beMiss Miss Federal Uranium and Lelia Ritchie flitchie who will be Miss Mif Lisbon Uranium Uz Other company assignments Included in included included In- In Hallene Thorne Thome to represent sent Ute Ute Exploration Mary Ann Welsh to represent Hecla Mining company Mardy Thomson to represent represent rep rep- resent Standard Uranium Vilate Holyoak to represent Cord Mining Min Mm- ing wg company Yvonne Maddera to represent Homestake Uranium i and Janice to represent represent rep rep- resent Little Beaver Mining com corn pany Two packed jam-packed days of activities activities activities ac ac- ac- ac featured by parades on both hoth days and bringing down the curtain on Saturday night with a abIg abig abig big free street dance are being outlined by the chamber of COMmerce commerce com cori- merce committee in charge Bill Dill Harding larding chairman of the committee this week assigned other members to specific jobs Jop Ralph M Miller Iler Sr will be In be-In In charge harge of advertising and merchandise gifts Madge Cunningham will be beIn bein bein in charge of the queen contest Carl Harris will be in charge of the kids and pets parade and Ed Wheeler will swill be in charge of the commercial parade The Newcomers Club will supervise supervise supervise sup sup- the kids parade on Friday morning The Uranium Reduction company and a number of mining companies have already Indicated intentions of entering floats in the commercial parade on Saturday morning At least two mining companies of the area have Indicated they will enter miners In the ore loading loading load load- ing contest and a number of other mine contests are being planned a as a salute to the miners of the area Efforts to organize a local talent talent talent tal tal- tal- tal ent show for the celebration has been started and any local talent that would like to take part in the show are urged to contact either the Grand County Chamber or members of the celebration com corn Harding said that arrangements are being completed for the services services ser ser- vices of a first class orchestra for the grand finale Saturday night the street dance that willbe will willbe willbe be held on Center street which will be roped off for the party There was a report this week of some scattered balloting for forthe forthe forthe the queens has been started but there has been no count of the early votes to date The ballots for forthe forthe forthe the present is being deposited in boxes in the various stores but within a few days a central voting box will be set up on the bank bonk corner comer for the convenience of local local lo to- cal voters |