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Show ! Santa Clara M.I. A. Event Rated One of Best Presented In That Town By MRS. EMIL GUBLER SANTA CLARA, Utah One of the most outstanding programs ever to be presented in Santa Clara was given Tuesday evening, Feb. 27, before a crowded house, by the M. I. A. The program was outlined by Mrs. Preston Hafen, young womens' president, Elva Graff, music director, and Junior Gates, drama director, assisted by Wm. T. Morris Jr. of St. George. "What Does a Soldier Dream Of" was the theme of this special program set to honor our forty-three' forty-three' men in uniform, who are serving in all parts of the world. It was presented in three parts; comedy, dancing and patriotic. Introductions In-troductions for parts one and two were in original verse, written by Mr. Morris and were presented by Mrs. Sylvan Graff, first counselor coun-selor to Mrs. Hafen. Music numbers num-bers were accompanied by Junior Gates, Mrs. ClarenCe Moss, Mrs. V. J. Frei and Mr. Morris. After congregational singing of "America' and prayer by Bp. Edward R. Frei Jr., the Lion and Wolf scout patrols under direction of their leader, Norman Gubler, sang, "Parlee-Voo." Other numbers num-bers in this division were two skits. "The Trolley Song" by Mrs. I Continued on page foar) Santa Clara M. I. A. (Continued from first page) Preston Hafen and Elva Graff and "Don't Fence Me In" by Mrs. ' Edward Frei and Mrs. Emil Gub- ler, with banjo accompaniment. Four old-time dances, with music by Mrs. " Dean Hafen ' of Ivins, Henry Graff of Santa Clara and ! Mr. Morris,, concluded this .part of the program. ' ' The partiotic division was di- i rectly in charge of Mrs. Hafen. ' The stage was set with red, white ! and blue streamers, a large U. S. flag in the background and small- ' er flags on standards, on either , side of the stage. Opening number was the theme ' song, " What Does A Soldier j Dream Of" by the Bee Hive and Junior girls dressed in white blouses and dark skirts. Other . numbers in sequence were a read- ing, "A Soldier's Prayer" by Mrs. Mason Barton; male quartet, j "Tenting Tonight" by Henry Graff, Leo F. and Ernest Reber and Vivian J. Frei; reading, "What Did You Do for Freedom Today" by Mrs. Clarence Moss; chorus, , "Sailing" by scouts in sailor uniforms; uni-forms; military drill by Yvonne 1 Frei, Charmagne Ray, Ila Clare ; Stucki and Bonnie Mason in uniform; uni-form; and vocal solo, "Anchors Aweigh" by Erie Wittwer. A tribute to our soldier boys, most of whom have worked for Rocky Mountain Serive, Inc., was given by Harvey Stucki, president of the company. Mrs. Pratt Miles of St. George, who has taught most of the boys in school, gave an original tribute in verse with piano accompaniment. "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight" featured fea-tured baby Joey Sammons kneeling kneel-ing in prayer for her daddy, Jimmie Sammons, who is overseas, with Mrs. Sammons, Mrs. Landon Frei and Elaine Graff singing the number. A vocal duct, "Together" by Elaine Graff and Spencer Reber Jr., in costume preceded the chorus "Moonlight and Roses" by the Junior girls in uniform, grouped in "V formation. A rosebud covered easel, holding hold-ing a plaque containing pictures of our servicemen formed the base of the large "V. At the conclusion conclus-ion of the chorus, Mrs. Hafen unveiled un-veiled the plaque and presented it to the Santa Clara ward. The finale featured the chorus saluting salut-ing the boys as they sang "Good Night Soldier."" The congregation joined in singing "Taps" and the benediction was by Ernest Reber. |