Show Pioneer Day to be celebrated Monday Ancestral and Uintah Basin Roots will be firmly planted Monday July 25 July 24 is a Sunday when 50 entries including Including including in In- four bands will parade up that's right right up up Vernal's Main Street from the Courthouse Courthouse Cour Cow Square to the new Bicentennial Pavilion just north of the Uintah High School at the Baseball Complex To put everyone in the proper propel frame of mind to enjoy a parade especially your wife says John Smith the day will begin at 6 am a.m. with a Boy Scout breakfast Serving will continue until 9 9 PARADE ENTRIES should begin assembling at 9 in the the places designated see map for their particular type of f entry CA Hardy nine months past years of age will be the Grand Marshall of the parade in the city of Vernal celebrating the coming of the Mormons to Utah My age doesn't bother me any says Charlie I forget about it it Throughout his long life his interests have been his rus family church work and community say friends and relatives He is the father of 12 children nine of whom are still living He never wasted a minute in his life disclosed Sarah Richardson a daughter he planted his last garden at 97 Mr Hardy was born Nov 20 1876 and at age 16 was a Pony Express rider carrying the mail from Maybell Colo to the Browns Park area SPECIAL GUEST in the parade will be Arthur W W. Sadler who was born Dec 30 1891 in England He lie is the only remaining link with the the original original Boy Scout troops of Lord Baden Powell who founded the Scouting program Involved for 69 of his 86 years in Scouting he earned the rank of Eagle and has received several awards over the years including the Boy Scouts of Americas America's highest honor the honor the Silver Beaver Award Mr Sadler comes from a Continued on Page rage 16 Pioneer Day Day Continued from Page 1 family of 13 and he and two of his brothers were among the first boys in England to be part of the Scouting program Both brothers gave their lives during World War I Arthur Sadler was a year 14 old newsboy when Robert S. S Powell Baden Powell hero hero of the Boer war and perhaps the greatest military scout in history- history published the first installment of his to soon-to-be-famous handbook handbook handbook hand hand- book Scouting for Boys As a newsboy Arthur was able to buy one of the first copies off the press and he devoured it to t the thelast thelast e last comma WHAT HE liE READ HEAD set his imagination on fire Every boy could be a scout just like Baden- Baden Powell only they would be not war scouts but peace scouts using the same techniques of woodcraft and survival that Powell had used in India and Africa Mr Sadlers Sadler's family has also been involved in Scouting a daughter Mrs Bart Bennion lives in Dryfork Canyon He presented the Silver Beaver to his only son Arthur B B. B in Las Vegas last fall and has several grandsons who have earned their Eagles Bands from the Vernal Jr High School Butler High School Roosevelt and the Vernal Elementary will be marching and playing Sno Cones ice cream bars and soft drinks will be sold along the parade route by the Scouts Concession stands games and booths for airplane rides will be beset beset beset set up at the Baseball Complex for a complete fun afternoon and Vernal Wards Ward's annual rodeo at 8 pm p.m. at the Fairgrounds will culminate the days events A rodeo the night of July 23 is also being sponsored by Vernal Ward |