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Show LEGION POST 91 RAISESFLAGOVER CHECK .ST ATI 0 H An impressive flag raising ceremony cere-mony was held at the Santa Clara checking station on Sunday last, under the auspices of the American Ameri-can Legion, Lester Keate Post number 91 of St. George. Speakers were Governor Blood, K. C. Wright, state engineer, Mayor May-or Woodbury, Jr. of St. George, District Attorney Ellis Pickett, and Commander Williams who introduced in-troduced the speakers. The ceremony cere-mony opened by a selection from the college band under the direction direc-tion of Prof. Bleak. This was followed by a prayer by Mathew iM. Bentley, chaplin of the Legion 1 post. Mayor Woodbury stressed the need for such a station as the 'one at Santa Clara. He told of the connection between religon, ' patriotism and the American flag. and expressed the need for the . high ideals that these principals ! stand for in our daily life as cit-lizens cit-lizens of the United States. I District Attorney Pickett told I of the fight in Washington County ' in regard to law enforcement land the important part the checking check-ing station, as headquarters for j the state officers in this district, 'in helping control this important !item. He pointed out how the j records show that this county has an unusually large number I of arrests. A good many of which are directly traceable to the fact that this road through he-e is about the only way In which the criminal can travel. Mr. Pickett also called attention to the lack of interest and support by the general gener-al public and stated that si long as this condition remplT'orf it would be almost impossible to improve im-prove present conditions. "Beauty" was the theme of Governor Bloods talk. He called attention to the beauty of the location of the Santa Clara checking check-ing station and carried the same thought through his talk, pointing to the beauty of the American flag, and of the high ideals of American citizenship. The governor told that while we were going through a great readjustment period, a period when a great many of our ideals and ways of living might be changed, still he believed that we would come through this trying period just as we had come through the other changes in our lives as individuals and as a nation. na-tion. "This is a nation in which the majority rules, and if the majority maj-ority desires certain changes those in the minority must abide by their decision,"' said the governor. Captain L. L. Frayer and Fir-st Sergeant O. H. Lund, who is in charge of the checking station raised the flag after it had been turned over to them by Mr. Wright who had accepted for the state from Commander Williams. The station had been operating for some time but had never had an official flag raising ceremony. State officials expressed themselves well satisfied with the way the station was operating and with its personnel. They were particularly particu-larly impressed with the fine appearance ap-pearance of ' the gronuds surrounding sur-rounding the station. Sergeant Lund and the other officers have taken a great deal of pride in the appearance of the station and the grounds. Each month they have donated part of their salary towards to-wards its improvement until they now have a spot that the governor said was a wonderful impression to leave with motorists as they leave the state or for the first view as they enter. A white fence incloses the ground which has the appearance ' of a flower or shrubbery garden. Flower beds are marked off with rocks of uniform size, painted and cemented together. The personnel includes Patrolmen Patrol-men Marion Snow, Lorrell Porter Por-ter and Lorin Squires, in addition to Sergent Lund. |