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Show Center Ward Closing M. I. A. Program Attracts Large Crowd An event that will long be remembered re-membered was the Center ward season-closing M. I. A. and annual an-nual ward social, which brought more than 300 persons, young and old, to the recreation . area of the Explorer's Cave and grotto Tuesday Tues-day evening. This is the second year the ward has celebrated at this location, but this year there was repeated praise given the St. George Lions and all others who have assisted in making the hilltop hill-top ' driveway safe and beautiful, and for the Explorer Scouts and their committee for the mammoth cave with its spacious fireplace, where the lunch was prepared and served. The weather man had contributed an ideal night for the event. Seated in circles around the natural nat-ural amphitheatre, the program commenced with community singing sing-ing lead by B. Glen Smith, Scout executive of the Snow Canyon district; prayer was by Bishop John H. Schmutz. Numbers were introduced by Leo G. Smith. Stunts included a comedy drama, "The Prisoner of Zembla", directed direc-ted by Mable Jarvis, with Adelia Hall, reader; Vernon Short, the princess; Walter Snow, the King; Calvin Cottam, Keith Bryner and Elwyn Cameron, the wooing princess. prin-cess. Juanita Brooks directed the Relief Society stunt, with dramatically dra-matically pantomimed silhouettes to the reading, "The Young Man Waited", featuring Marion Snow and Amber Schmutz, and with an encore number, "We Give You These". Vernon Short gave a dramatic dra-matic reading and Prof. Earl J. Bleak and company favored with a brass quartet, which was exceptionally ex-ceptionally beautiful in this setting. set-ting. George Thompson and Lynn Asay presented guitar and ac-cordian ac-cordian numbers in excellent style. This occasion was used for presenting pre-senting Charles R. Merkley with the Explorers' charter and Mr. Merkley with his associate com-Imittee com-Imittee members, Ralph Huntsman, Heber C. Cottam, Earl Cottam and Clarence Snow were given official of-ficial certificates of award. Clarence Clar-ence Snow, the Explorer leader, and his 16 boys were introduced and responded with a chorus. Uiidei1 the direction of Scoutmaster Scout-master Irvin Milne, Troop 404 Scouts erected a large national flag of timber, properly colored, showing the original banner with its circle of 13 stars, and later the flag of today, with its 48 stars and 13 strips. Walter Snow read the pageant script for this number, a large group of Scouts assisting, and the entire audience joining in the Pledge of Allegiance. |
