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Show Festive Fareffiockei America Sjteel.Bay k . will add beauty and color of the By DENA G RANTX AMERICAN . FORK Thirty Parade pageantry. i Have hath Conbrnhor mi lyvivvtAiwyi ami Lyman B.. wight, general chair- imj hMthei man of the celebration, and. his 6, ONE, Monday, Sept special raised at ,the city hall by Boy Scouts at sunrise Everyone is welcome ana urgea to attend the exercises wnicn .wm De conauctea day for American Fork. Steel Day, committees, recognizing that indus by Boy Scouts the celebration .that saluted the No. try agriculture and culture go An art' exhibit,- sponsored by the 1 industry in Utah County, will get hand in hand in making this com Associated Artists of' American under way with a booming salute, munity a desirable place .in Fork, will be opened to the public at dawn tomorrow morning, fired which to live,t have shaped their at 3 ajn The exhibit will be in the festive plans accordingly. Basement of the Alpine Stake by the Utah National Guard Mindful of the i to freedomltabernacle, Main and First East precious are Record throngs expected such! as I streets. At least 100 beautiful nic- iuu otrmu makes celebrations eniov a day festive fare. There wall be mam this possible, Old Glory will - be'tures, mainly the work of local moth morning and evening parades, art and flower shows! kids races, horse shoe tournament, baseball game, outdoor vaudeville show, the awarding of a new automobile and dancing under the stars at the . artists will be shown. Featured wm be a junior section. From j n. r rt -- . v .v. X ; - - I lam-DacK- AA 1 Onoon'e "Rail A! 1 ' I .1 Carnival : concessions on North Center Street and j refreshment ctnnr1 1 , ea in Wnhinsnn ritv nark SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER . 5 1954 ODer- - ated by local church groups round 1 out the celebration j calendar. .I An outstanding feature of the 35- j float morning" and evening parades j will be the 1954 Steet Day queen, lovely brown eyed Sherma White ' l 7s tendants, Shirley Bailey andL Feggy float Hansen. Another will be that graced Iby- - Jeannette . Mercer, Miss American Fork, and . i her attendants, Mary Woolston and 1 Carolyn Chadwick. Prominent in ' the parade also will be a beauti- j fully decorated float calling at- tention to the swimming pool proj- t ect. The profits of thef 1954 celebra- I for the tion have been earmarked ' . new' swimming pool, 1 A number of floats decorated by local business firms and church y organizations, with floats outstand-- ' ing in other Salt Lake and Utah County celebrations, high stepping ,.f1 majorettes and marching bands iW ; I eye-catchi- ng t flowen will? be received for the flower show, which is the annual contri bution of the American Fork Gar-den Club to ;the day's succesx. Judging will begin at 9 a jn. and at , 12 o'clock noon the doors will open to the public. The. show themed to "The Desert Will Blossom as Rose" will alsosbe in the tabernacle ' basement Bothxflower and art exhibits will remain open until 9 pjn. There is no admission fee for either j and everyone is invited, r At 10 ajn. the mammoth parade will get underway. The parade route for the morning will be from the Owl Inn corner at 2nd East and Main along Main street to Lato: grounds oh the West. For the eve ning parade at 6 p.m. the parade route wui De reversea. Marshals of the day will be Owen Lynch, G. Easton Brown and Gay- len Blackburn. Dick . McKinney will be Uncle Sam and the Utah National Guard will' be the color guard. Prominent in the parade will be; Governor J. Bracken Lee and Mrs. Lee; and other visiting dignitaries. The American Fork Orem. Lehi and Pleasant prove high school ' (Continued en Pare f , . ALL SET Dick Hunter, left, publicity chairman, Lyman B. Wight, general chairman, and Gladys G. Williamson, f j secretary for American Fork's Steel ; Day handle 1 flood of final details, in prep- aration for Monday celebra- - I' -j t ajn. un. to 9 3-- A) j t 6 ! tion. ... ' , it 4 r . PRETTy FLOATS AND PRETTY GIRLS Two big parades, one at 10 a ra and one at 6 p.'nr., will give drama and pageantry-tthe Steel Day celebration Monday. In Schaum-burphotoabove, Grant Ivins, chairman of the Veterans Council and Mrs. G.-chairman of publicity and promotion, put finishing touches on a float. Addinz a .special" decorative touch to the float are Carol Dimitt and Tonita Mortenson. Dozens of beautiful floats are being readied for the occasion. - I; . 41 o r 1 I i .. - g; W. I . , x " jT nT' 4 r ' . its Q (7) ........ T .........1; Q ... it :::yp- . v '..' . .. ... .. w L " - v- . , m .1 i U .,; Qo A' 1;- trw , - :v4r hil try;, MEET THE QUEENS Being queens.of a celebration is no small job. Steel Day queen Sherma White, jienter,, and her attendants, Shirley Bailey (second from .left) and te instructions from Mrs, Bryan McFarlane, right, Peggy Hansen, get some queen committee chairman, and Mrs. Al Larsen, left, committee member; The queens will ride special floats in the parade and reign at the various other Steel Day last-minu- r 4WinC "V ;.! ,0 ...- - if - j r ) il other Aladies look on. Standing left to right, are Edith B. Jones, flower show chairman; Vera S. Thompson, presk dent of the Garden CltA, ,and Jean E. GorddJ. chairman of the art show. ; -, I kt ART AND FfWEBCAn art show from 9 a. m. tjo .9 p.,m. and a flower show from noon until 9 p. m. are among the scheduled. ' r Steel Day features. Above, Mrs. Lucile Weigel paints , a picture of a vase of roses (official American ' Fork flower) while three : 'i I i- -ii 1 . art-mind- ' " S. . V , v tA ( jx V "f ' . -- W FINGERS CROSSED photo at left, Stanley S. ft ..:: ' , ed ,1 ' vi.- ' '7 ' is- p, i :."' f v , x '- - '.. center. Pleasant Grove baseball player, crosses his fingers for which will play American Fork in a Steel e Day UUh Industrial game at 1 p. m. Monday. David Greenwood, and Lloyd Shannon, .left, right, respective managers of American Fork and Pleasant Grove teams, shake hands as a pre-gagood sportsmanship gesture. I J - 7r7, his-tea- . u '. In Mc- Allister,- ;n H ' siy I , - ' : , Lea-gu- , V- - -- ---j ! - K '"' -- "( : . 7 ' -- ic,r Vv-.- U 7 u i - j I ' - 77 ' . me 7-- i.'l 'BARNYARD GOLF, TOO' A horseshoe pitching contest at Robinson Park at 11 a.m. will test the skill of "barnyard golfers" of the state. In photo above, ace pltqher Alma Madsen prepares to fire a shot at the peg as several parade officials look on. From left to right are Elmer Bate, parade LeRoy Griffin, parade committeeman; Keith Richan, concessions; Mr. Madsen, in charge of the horseshoe tourney; Owen Lynch and Yukus Inoyu, vaudeville show committeemen; and Lynn . Melson, parade Strong and Bay x : . " 77 77 r 7 . - VV-.- ? It: . . A-v' 77' |