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Show Tree Planting Ceremony Well Attended Here On Wednesday Afternoon A more auspicious setting, or a more beautiful day could not have been desired than the grounds surrounding sur-rounding the historic St. George stake Tabernacle and the warm sunshine which greeted the crowds who attended the Wednesday afternoon aft-ernoon centennial tree planting of the women's Relief Society of stake and wards. Significant also was the type of tree planted, the fruitless mulberry, which is historic his-toric in the silk industry of this section. Tree planting has been chosen as symbolic of the women's Relief Society movement the world over. College Brass Sextet From the high balcony of the stately Tabernacle Prof. Earl J. Bleak and his brass sextet from the Dixie college were heard first in a medley of L. D. S. hymns, including in-cluding as principle themes, the song of the plains, "All Is Well", and the state song, "Utah We Love Thee". Then from within the Tabernacle over the sound system set up for the occasion 'by B. Jarvis, were heard the recorded addresses of Amy Brown Lyman, present general president of the L. D. S. women's Relief Society, and remarks by Pres. Heber J. Grant. Pres. Harold S. Snow spoke briefly on the symbolic thoughts of the tree planting and read the poem, "Trees", which was sung by Leland Lamoreaux, with Althea Hafen reading the dedicatorial prayer. Earlier in the afternoon the (Continued on page eight) j Tree Planting Ceremony (Continued from first page) four wards had held their separate programs; the South and West wards plantng trees on their respective res-pective chapel grounds, while the Center ward and the stake trees were planted in the Tabernacle gardens. The entire ceremony was befitting such an occasion. For the evening memorial program pro-gram the Tabernacle was crowded to capacity in both the main hall and the galleries, to witness the I memorial pageant presented by the four wards under the direction direc-tion of the stake board, the script for which was assembled by Miss Lucille Gates, with Mrs. Gilbert Hyatt as the reader and Mrs. M. B. Langford as the present-day Relief Society woman. Four episodes in the history of the organization were artistically i depicted, each ward being res- j ponsible for one episode. |