| Show big three bay day cesil celebration opens tonight it two baseball games tonight will open tooele thoele county s three day centennial celebration which gov herbert B maw state queen cal leen robison and attendants and david 0 mckay general chair anian man of the utah centennial cele bration will attend according to aired alred M nelson county chairry mn gaining momentum with parades sports programs and receptions the climax will come with the pre sen tation of an original pageant the valley of tooele thoele saturday at 8 15 p in in the high school stadium written by mrs fairfax walkup of Pa sedena calif the pageant features the first history of the valley in 25 scenes the donner party the first pioneers first birth first school and interesting side lights of early pioneer life are in eluded mrs virginia W crandall local dramatist directed the huge production over people from lincoln erda Lake point grantsville Grants ville stock ton vernon tooele thoele and bauer will participate either in the cast pro or music of the pageant two men play the part 0 of f their great granda grandfathers athers K kenneth e n n e t h shields portrays the role of john gillespie captain of the tooele thoele militia authenticity is the keynote for costumes and stage properties as noted by the moving of an ong inal log cab n from lincoln to the stadium twenty people are in the make up department and it will be their job to put crepe lair whiskers on the majority of the male cast and paint the indians who will be dressed only in loin clothes parades receptions and sports events will highlight the rest of the gala celebration A parade of floats horsemen and bands friday at 7 p in will be followed by grace E evans eans ans centennial revue at the high school auditorium twelve acts of music dancing and corn com edy will be shown at 8 15 p in the most complete parade with the biggest float ever seen in utah begins the final day of the cele bration saturday a town holiday starting at 10 a in over 30 floats of historical religious civic comic or fraternal nature five bands marching groups and horse riders will be included in the colorful demonstration the tooele thoele county queen s float constructed at TOD park with cen tennial money measures 68 feet long mcloud ng covered giant tank wh ch pulls the display queen marzene green and her at tend ants emma lou adams and margene will grace the float in gowns designed especially for the occasion by genevieve lew is and lenore wagner calleen robison state centennial queen and her attendants wilf be featured on a 20 ft float with the bit and spur royalty and D U P queen kathryn gillette appearing in the parade also both friday and saturday saturdays s par ades will begin at 3rd south and 1st west traveling up main street to 2nd north howard whitehouse parade chairman urges all pants to meet at the starting point one half hour early to make up the parade 1000 in cash awards will be made to prize winning floats with james silvers salt lake float de signer and cliff burzell parade expert from Pa sedena california doing the judging A dinner for visiting dignitaries and committee members will be held at 12 15 saturday this will be followed by a public reception at 1 30 in the first ward hall where state and county centennial per bonnel will greet callers sporting events for the celebia tion tin begin tonight with baseball games between paulos motors and continued on back page celebration continued from front page an all star team at 7 30 p m the two best teams in utah pinney dis tribu tors and jordon valley minks will play at 8 30 friday afternoon swimming races at the municipal pool will hold the cash prizes will be a warded after the parade saturday morn ing competitive sports will be con ducted at the city park and 1 00 in cash prizes is waiting for the win ners foot races in age groups from 6 to 20 year olds are scheduled and a yd dash and three legged race will be open to all at 2 p m a free baseball game between too T ele an murray will end the sports events concluding th three day celebia tion saturday night after the bant will be a brilliant display of fireworks |
