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Show INDEPENDENCE DM " FULLffflOTIl July 4th was fittingly and pat-... riotically celebrated in St. Geovfe under un-der the direction of the boys who offered of-fered the great sacrifice in the time of the world's great peril. The boys of Lester D. Keate Post of the American Amer-ican Legion had been making preparations prepar-ations for the great day for weeks in advance. With the consent of the City Council the celebration of the day was placed in charge of the Legion Leg-ion boys, and calls were immediately issued for floats for the parade. Voting Vot-ing for the Goddess of Liberty resulted re-sulted in the selection of Miss Roma Church for that position of honor; Miss Mary Graham and Miss Mona Woodbury ranking next in the voting. vot-ing. The morning opened fair and beautiful. The day-break salute was fired by Leslie and Claire Morris. At sunrise the folds of Old Glory floated free from the Court House and from the city flag pole, under the direction of Captain Brigham Jarvis, Jr. Flags also were displayed on the Woodward Wood-ward school and the Dixie College campus and from numerous business houses and private homes. The martial band serenaded the town in the early morning and its stirring strains reminded the people of the great things in store for the day. The parade formed at the Tabernacle Taber-nacle corner and proceeded west two blocks, north three blocks, east two blocks to Diagonal and Main; south four blocks on main street; east two blocks, north three blocks, west two blocks to Main Street and South to Tabernacle, where formal program was rendered in Tabernacle grove. The floats were unique and beautiful; beauti-ful; the first bore the Goddess of Liberty, Lib-erty, Miss Roma Church, and four maids: Roxie Romney, Miriam Bent-ley, Bent-ley, LaVerde Whitehead and Sylvia Gates. Then followed the silver band under the direction of Prof. E. J. Bleak. "The Melting Pot" followed. fol-lowed. This float was prepared by the East Ward Sunday school, and represented the nation made up of all nationalities, but being in one mass and finally under the direction of Uncle Sam, John McAllister, becoming be-coming Americans. "The Dixie Barber Bar-ber Shop" was a very realistic representation repre-sentation of John M. Higgins and his method of serving customers. "The Living Liberty Bell," made up of a host of children of the West Ward Sunday school was next in line. "The Nation's Birthday Cake" was staged by the O. K. Bakery, representing the 148th anniversary. Next followed the martial band. The next float carried the veterans of the Spanish American war, Thomas E. Sliamp and A. B. Harris. St. George Cafe and Bakery staged a visual representation of its dining room, very realistic. "Betsey Ross Home" was staged by the Stake M. I. A. Mrs. Roxie Romney Rom-ney represented Betsey Ross and Lloyd Bleak and Adareno McArlliur the two children. Watson's Dancing Pavilion was characteristically represented rep-resented by a unique float, showing the young people on the floor. The St. George Commercial Club had a float representing "Dixie." It presented pre-sented a turtle's back with painted roads and scenic attractions radiating from St. George. Bryan Lund was officer of the duy. J. I. Saunders was color bearer and Vernon Worthen and Will Hunt were guards of honor, representing the army and navy respectively. Grant Prisbrey bore the colors in the float with the Goddess of Liberty. It was1 9:30 before the parade got underway. The line of march was Hanked by crowds of pedestrians and rant in great numbers. Altogether the parade was unique and beautiful. The program which was rendered frorii the band stand in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle grove follows: Selection by the band. "The Man of the Hour;" Prayer by the Chaplain, Gordon Matins; Selection by the band, "All America March;" vocal solo by Iil-worlh Iil-worlh Snow, "The Sword of Hunker Hill." Ex-Mayor Albert E. Miller delivered the oration: "The birth of jthe American nation 148 years ago is the greatest in history, except only that or the Prince of Peace. A new (Continued on Fourth Pago.) LWEfEE DAY (Continued from First Page.) nation was l)"rn dedicated to the principle tli:it "II I"'-" were created equal. Our fathers made the heroic struggle which gave to the world this KlorioiiH nation. Lafayette and J Jo Kail) can)'- to our assistance and made ijoh.h i 1)1 1; (ho culmination of tin; great struggle with the aid of the French in the linal struggle, Corn-wullfti Corn-wullfti Kave up his sword and the war was won. In all the struggle since that day, the people of this country have sought only to uphold and to maintain the principles of humanity and equality." Ladies Chorus, under direction of Miss Gladys Glad-ys Taylor, "Are you For us or Against us?" (J rant 1'rishrey spoke of the ideals for which our fathers stood; for which our soldiers fought and died; it Is the purpose of the American Ameri-can Legion to perpetuate those ideals '- stand for service in time of lace as well as of war. Selection hy the hand, "The Star Spangled Hanncr." Hem-diction hy the Chaplain, Chap-lain, Gordon .Mathis. Numerous cars were in evidence I'liim other towns in J.he county; Santa Clara and Washington were especially well represented while Hurricane, La Verkin and other ' nearby towns added their quotas. I'ooplc front ail over the county had been invited to participate, but no organized activities were presented rrom outside SI. George. However there were very many people from outside the city in attendance. Children sports were staged in the Tabernacle grove at 3 o'clock p. m. Races of all kinds for boys and girls were held with prizes for all participants. partici-pants. A dance for the children was held In the gymnasium at 5 o'clock, and all the juniors had a lively time. The children's sports were handled by Grant Prisbrey, Vernon Wortheh, Henry Pickett and Ainbrose Cannon, while Miss LaBorla McGregor handled hand-led the, prizes. The sports in t he evening at the City Park opened with a demonstration demonstra-tion of the action of the machine gun obtained for this purpose at much trouble and expense. The crowd was much interested in this event, and watched the handling of the gun and listened to the patter of the shots with wide open eyes and ears. Following this was the great display dis-play of fireworks. The boys had at great expense secured the materials for this display, and it was watched with interest by a large and appreciative appreci-ative crowd. One thing detracted slightly from the interest and this was the fact that it was not dark when the display began, and the effect ef-fect was not so vivid as otherwise might have been the case. Also in one or two cases falling parts descending de-scending near hay hams before the lire had been completely extinguished, extinguish-ed, and in one case a Are was narrowly narrow-ly averted. The display was, however, how-ever, magnificent, and in variety was wonderful. Sky rockets, wheels, shooting stars, and numerous other varieties, made the sky a blaze of light. The final "Good Night" was a picture to behold. At the city park, after the fireworks, fire-works, announcement was made of the winning floats in the morning parade: "The Melting Pot," prepared prepar-ed by the East Ward Sunday school was awarded first prize, $60.00. "The Living Liberty Bell," prepared by the West Ward Sunday school, was awarded second prize, $40.00. "The Betsy Ross Home," prepared by the Stake M. I. A., and the St. George Cafe tloat tied for third prize, and the money was divided between them, $10.00 to each. |