Show pioneer spirit reigns supreme on utah s holiday tooele thoele s pioneer day celebration july 24 marking the annever sary of the advent of the mormon pioneers into utah was highly satisfactory is from every point of view the days program provided entertainment tain ment for everyone and all enjoyed it thankful for the government an and d pioneer forbears who who made such a celebration possible A fitting tribute was paid too eles ele s own pioneers at the program in the forenoon especially for the young folks was the sports jamboree and later the children s dance young and old turned out for the ball game and at 5 30 p in came the grand parade with thousands of people lined up for the spectacle judged outstanding in the parade were floats elks 1st of such Is the kingdom 2nd fifth ward MIA 3rd fourth ward ath miniature floats cinderella third ward 1st pioneer friends 2nd queen of the west 3rd miss muffet james ath bicycles colleen white 1st janet schultz 2nd john cluff 3rd bobbie siebers ath horses men percy marshall 1st dal boyer 2nd bob brown 3rd women s claudia jorgensen 1st dorothy hughes 2nd doris gilles pie 3rd ponies sharon peterson 1st byron boyer 2nd roy snyder 3rd closing event of the big day was the highly applauded wild west show held at the rodeo grounds by courtesy of the bit and spur club the wild west lived again to the vast entertainment of the record breaking crowd ed gillespie directed the rodeo and provided the bucking horses howard clegg assisted and pro vided the cattle committee mem bers assisting were norval adams earl marshall and ken lewis funny men were byron Christ lansen floyd halsey and george buzianis Buz lanis announcers were harold england and jesse allred funds raised by the rodeo go to the third ward building fund and bishop george E nelson thanks the rodeo committee and the pub lie lic for their generous contribution |