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Show Provo Lists 7 Events For . July 4 Three On Next Day ? - A full day of entertainment featuring seven' principal events on July 4, and a day-long golf tournament and evening stadium nhow on the ' following day will :7be included in Provo'i Fourth of "July celebration according to a i 'program of events released Saturday. Satur-day. Events will begin at 9:30 a.m. On, Friday, July 4; with a grand parade, featuring the "History of Transportation' exhibit assembled assem-bled over a period of 20 years by Gronway Parry and brought to -Provo at considerable expense by the Fourth of July committee. The : parade, with several other fea tures, including a large Indian delegation, will start at Fourth West and Center, traveling east to - University avenue and then north to 12th North, ' All kids attending the celebra- tion may participate in races and other sports at 12:30 p.m. at North V'Park, under direction of Jessie "Schofield, city recreation director. Top-flight golfers of the -4: intermonnUin region will tee r off at 1 pjn. on the municipal ' i-' course te begin the Centennial Open, a Centennial sponsored sports event offerlnr $1000 in prizea and expected to draw an entry list from all over '. the IntermonnUin country. , The golf tournament will een-' een-' tlnue Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6. v At 2 p.m. Friday, July 4, the mammoth air show begins at the "municipal airport, featuring -"several types of military and ' private aircraft, a special hell f copter display and a parachute jump. In the Timpanogos ball park, Provo will meet Pinney Beverage at 4 p.m. in a regular Industrial league game. The evening of July 4, beginning begin-ning at 8 p.m., ope of the greatest events of the entire celebration " is scheduled in the BYU stadium, 'a mammoth historical cavalcade in drama form, depicting the history of Utah valley from pearliest times until the present. Those who attend the stadium 'show will also see three circus acts Imported from the west coast, pnd a grand fireworks display as the finale. Another leading attraction of the day will be the bona-fide bona-fide Indian village to be set . up on the lawn of the city and county building by a group of Indiana brought from New Mexico for this purpose, and to take part In the parade and evening cavalcade. caval-cade. Teepees, and a display of Indian arts and crafts will feature the village. On Saturday, July S, the Centennial Cen-tennial Open golf tournament will continue throughout the day, and the big stadium show will be repeated at 8 p.m. in the evening. The full evening's entertainment is slated for both nights, with the cavalcade,., circus acta and fireworks. fire-works. Provo merchants have voted to remain closed Saturday also, in compliance with the state-de clared holiday created by Governor Gover-nor Maw for July 5 as well as July 4. - -The Indian village will be on : .display July 5 also. Although the official celebra-: celebra-: tion will end the evening of July i 5, the Centennial. Open golf tournament will continue Sunday, July 6, and is expected to attract a sizeable gallery. , . - - ' ' The "History of Transportation" Transport-ation" exhibit in Friday's parade will begin with a cave man, and Include every type f vehicle up to and Including the airplane.' In the line-up will be an Indian squaw with travoie, pioneer scouts miner on a burre, prairie schooner covered wagon with ox team, pioneer freighter, stage coach, pony express, hand carts, "sheep wagon, buck board, beer wagon, and buggies of all kinds. A new era will be marked by early autos, including a Yellowstone Yellow-stone stage and . open bus. Next will come a 1925 open air bus, a 1939 bus, and a . 1947 bus. Oldest truck will be a 1922 model. The Gay Nineties period will be marked by the traditional high-wheeled bicycle, woman on horseback r'ding side saddle, and a sleigh, single horse cutter type. At the end, and' marking the beginning of modem transportation, transporta-tion, will be an r'rplane. Besides appearing in the parade, these vehicles wil be on display so citizens may examine them more closely. Equipment to be shown has been used many times by movie studios for props, according ac-cording to Mr. Parry. - Although the equipment belongs be-longs to Mr. Parry and company, many riders and a few vehicles will be from Utah county. A total of $150 in prizes will be given in the float division of the parade, Jessie Schofield, parade co-chair- j man, announced Saturday. I Competition will be divided into three divisions beauty, humor, and uniqueness and three prizes will be given in each section. Approximately 40 floats have thus far been entered. The 'Pioneers "Trove led This Way v i I '7 , til? it .Mi i 7; . 1 ;;&':-$ 1G.L Avcrded Did FcrProvbP6v;cr-Pknt FcrProvbP6v;cr-Pknt Switdi Gscr An old-type prairie schooner, and three yoke of oxen which will appear In ihe Provo July" 4 parade as part of the "History of Transportation' exhibit. 4 Building Permits Total $49,400 for Seven-Day Period Building permits issued or ap plied for at the cityv engineer's office totaled $49,400 last week, nearly $15,000 above the previous week and the highest seven-day total for several months. Permits included: Albert E. Terry, 1004 D street. $800, ga rage; Elmer M. Ivie, $2,000, 1050 South Fourth East, foundry; Dir-ker Dir-ker Lumber company by D. F. Dirker, $2,000, 1200 West Second South, business building; W. F. Johnson, $200, addition to home, 710 North Haws avenue, referred to the board of adjustment; Hugh S. Nuttall, $7,000, home, 860 East A street; Mrs. Lettie O. Hatch, $1,500, addition to home, 168 West Second North; Daisy B. bpear, $13,000, home, 670 North University Univer-sity avenue; Blake A. Reynolds, $7,500, home, 446 North Sixth East; John R. Edwards, $800, chicken coop. 1398 West Fifth North; Max H. Christensen, $1,000, garage, 10th West and Second North; Lawrence J. Young, 770 South Fifth West, $600, garage; Verne S. Nelson, $500, addition to home, 58 South Sixth West; M. S Ross, Eighth North and Snteath avenue, $12,-000, $12,-000, home; L. M. Atchison, $500, garage, referred to the board of adjustment. State Pays $24( for Mistake ; 7 y-&'-' , "7 r Ai , t, ' v. ' f r r . e ' 7 ' I, i t V '::7 ft 'A: 1 & .ti- It B nr. 4 1 Art , ja - LA v, F'" - ' rE TtUphoto) Approval by Illinois legislature of $24,000 appropriation for Joseph Majczek, 39, who wrongfully served 12 years in prison on murder charge, prompted , him to plan a long vacation for his work-worn mother who scrubbed floors to free him. Here his mother happily embraces her son at their Chicago home. Pioneer Showcase Project To Be Finished By Fall The Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Provo Saturday thanked the Provo city and Utah county commission for recent $1000 appropriations nd announced an-nounced that $3000 worth of new showcases for the display of local pioneer relics will be completed by early fall. The pioneers' organization plans to add $1000 to the $2000 already pledged by the city and county commissions. It has notified the commissions it already has $700 and plans to have the remainder shortly. Some Provo merchants are donating merchandise from which the pioneers will raise funds at their July 24 celebration. celebra-tion. E. D. Jones, president of the Provo Sons and Daughters of Utah Pioneers, said that although the job may take until fall, it will be pushed as rapidly as possible pos-sible and the building will be open throughout the summer for those who wish to see the relics. The job of building the showcases show-cases will be let by contract, he said. Long cases, three feet in depth and nearly 10 feet high are contemplated. Many relics now in the pioneer memorial building at North nark are not at nresent en closed, and hundreds of relics are in various homes throughout the county which will be placed in the building when display room is available. Mr. "Jones said the organiza tion plans to build further pioneer displays outside of the building to the north, when the show case project is finished. Included in these will be a shoeing rack used for the shoeing of oxen, and several old-type pioneer vehicles. This will take sheds for protection protec-tion and is a project for the future, after the showcases are installed. Mr. Jones claimed Saturday that descendants of Mormon pioneers number "80 percent of the population of Provo and 60 percent of Utah county." Moose Lodge To Hold Canyon Party The Provo Moose lodge members mem-bers and their families will participate par-ticipate in a canyon party today at Giles ranch in south' fork of Provo canyon. Members are re quested to bring a lunch, but refreshments re-freshments will be served by the committee. Activities are slated to begin at 10 a. m. consisting of games, races and contests for children and adults, to continue throughout the day. The regular Moose lodge meeting meet-ing - will be held Monday at 8 p. m. at the Pioneer Museum building. Fifth North and Fifth West, according to A. B. Snyder, Secretary. Important business will be considered. Boy Sentenced To State Prison SALT LAKE CITY. June 21 (UJ?) Alva Nathan Hales. 17- year-old juvenile and five-time escapee from the Utah industrial school, today had a seven-day stay, of execution before begin ning an indeterminate term of from one to 20 years in the Utah state prison. Third District Judge Roald A. Hogenson sentenced the youth yesterday and ordered the stay ox execution until the case can be referred to the adults parole and probation board. Hales pleaded guilty to charges oi second degree ourgiary. Value of the 210.924 church edi fices in the United States is placed at $3,839,500,610. Rotarians Contribute $1025 To New Provo Canyon Park Secretary Ed Stein announced Friday that recent contributions in cash made to the Rotary park in Provo canyon from seventy odd members now totals $1025. This is in addition to $1000 donated by members last year. In the near future 400 truck loads of gravel will be hauled into the park and Rotarians will don their work clothes and get the park ready for. more extensive use by the public. Many tables, stoves and other improvements have already been installed and the park is being used daily by tourists and local people. Provo Rotarians were admonished ad-monished by I. E. Brockbank to read their own magazine The Rotarlan, not because It is a duty but because this is i one of the finest magazines 1 published in America. Its articles are frequently republished re-published in Readers Digest and other .magazines and Its articles are- recognized as timely, Informative and Interesting. . New members who have joined the club recently were presented with a Rotary booklet by Paul Vincent. They included Hugh Brown, Bob Woolsey, Lionel King, Arlo Bailey, Ivan Sack. Visitors were George Killian, Bailey Lindstrom, J. L. Olsen of Provo; Lorin Stoddard, Gridley, Calf.; Ray Waggoner, Quaker-town, Quaker-town, Pa.; Howard Mendenhall, Seattle. P. E. Ashton announced that the annual installation party will be held Friday afternoon and eve ning at Schneiter's hot pots. Soft ball, swimming, dancing and other entertainment will be on the program. Dinner will be served later in the evening. . Generat Electric company Sat urday had been awarded the con tract to provide the switch gear for Provb's power plant extension. exten-sion. - ' , - The", G., JS. bid of $80,325 was chosen by the board of utilities over two .other bids 'submitted, according to J, Hamilton Calder, chairman ox the board of utilities. Westlnghousst bid $58 under General -Electric, but would not promise t delivery for 485 days, while G. E. agreed to .deliver the equipment within me year, Mr. Calder said. The third bidder' was AUis Chalmers which bid $81,440 plus supervision costs, -with delivery de-livery t 475 days, -- : The Utilities . board .will open bids on boilers for the new power unit June zo, ana., the -ws for condensers will be opened July 2. This will complete the bid on major units of the extension-ex cept the building which will be contracted around the first of the year. The contract for the turbo generator, was let to Elliott company com-pany May 7. Statistics BORN At Utah Valley Hospital Boy, Saturday, to Ivan E. and Lenore Reld Carlson. Boy, Saturday, to Elmer Ray and Shirley Strong Skinner. Girl, Friday to William B. and Mildred Edwards Joyner. Girl, Friday, to Jack and Norma Nor-ma Hutchings Fausett. Girl, Friday, in Salt Lake City, to Irwin L. and Dorothy Prusse Bailie. DIVORCE ASKED Gwen Norton vs. Preston L. Norton, intoxication. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor chil dren and "reasonable allowance" for their support. DIVORCES GRANTED Sybil A. Weaver Swell from Robert J. Ewell. Plaintiff granted custody of minor child and $50 monthly, Adelyn Weston from James F. Weston. Vivian Johnson Christopherson from Earl L. Christopherson. Cus tody of minor child awarded to its paternal grandparents at re- SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, June 22, 1947 City News Briefs s Mr. and Mrs. C W. Lev have returned from a delightful two-week two-week trip to San Francisco and vicinity. They attended Rotary International convention before going to Palo Alto, where they visited their son, William S. Love and wife. William is a student ot political science at Stanford university. The group attended outdoor graduation exercises for the Stanford graduates. Mr. and Mrs. Ervln J. Nelson and children Ervin and Janice, have returned from a three-week trip, which took them to Arizona, California, Tia Juana, Mex., Oregon Ore-gon and Idaho. They traveled the Redwood highway through. Yo-semite Yo-semite national park and the Columbia Co-lumbia highway to Portland, Ore, where they attended the Rose carnival. .They visited friends and relatives enroute. Terry Oakley left Saturday for Twin Falls,' Idaho, where he will join his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Oakley, for a trip through Yellowstone park. Chief E. VI. Mower, of Provo police department, and Mrs. Mower have returned from Denver, Den-ver, Colo., where they attended the Footprinters' convention. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bower of Salt Lake City. They stopped at points of interest enroute. Mrs. - Robert Snider (Lova Scott) of Elgin, 111., has returned to her home after spending the past month here as guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Scott. She was accompanied by her lit- tie daughter, Jill. President S. W. Russell presided, quest of the child's mother. 190 War Brides Settle in Utah SALT LAKE CITY, June 21 (U.R) Utah today has 293 more residents than it did a year ago all from foreign lands and 190 of them are war brides. The war brides, about two- thirds of the total , number of Immigrants heading for the Beehive Bee-hive state, were married to Utah men in foreign lands. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bandley and : Mr. and . Mrs. Wes Garrett have,'; returned from an extended trip through California. They visited : Mr. and Mrs. Don Bandley at San Jose, and points of interest in San Francisco, before going to Long Beach, where they attended ; the national Jaycee convention. : Mr. and Mrs. Bandley went by 4 way of Kalispell, Montana, whera -they visited relatives and friends. Miss Enrols Lay of Walla Walla. ' Wash., is' visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Adamson. - . : : : . -'z . Miss Beryl Jensen is leaving i Monday for Stockton, Calif., i, where she will attend .the College Col-lege of the Pacific. A summer -music camp is being held there. Miss Beth Madsen is vacation -ing for two weeks in Alta, Wyo, with her aunt, Mrs. Eatha Bleak ? BohL Mr. and Mrs. " Wilf ord E. Lee have returned to Provo to make their home, after an absence of .:. two years. Mr. Lee has been studying at University of Call- ' fornia at Berkeley. David and Richard Lee returned with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert IL Startup have returned from an extensive business and pleasure trip which took them to the southern Utah parks, Boulder dam, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Long Beach. 1 While in Long Beach they were entertained by Dr. and Mrs. A. Kay Berry (Elizabeth Holbrook). - WANTED ALL KINDS OF HIDES I Highest Prices Paid for BONES WOOL HIDES PELTS FURS and dead and useless animals. Pelt prices for dead and useless use-less sheep. Prompt Service UTAH HIDE & TALLOW CO. S Miles Wert f Spanish Fork Phone 28 - i SAVE -by Mail If It's More Convenient Many folks find it inconvenient to drop in regularly with their Savings but Utah Savings & Loan easy Save-by-Mail plan eliminates that bother lets you save from your own home. As little as $1.00 williopen your account CURRENT INTEREST RATE 3. To Save by Mail: Address Savings to . . . Utah Savings & Loan Association 172 W. Center St. Provo Russell's Barber Shop 45 North Univ. 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