Show S N LEE HONORED saturday eN evening ening the assembly room at the high school was tho the scene of a splendid reception in honor of S N lee upon the eye eve ot of his retirement as leader of the tabernacle choir tho the affair was not a surprise on 1 sir lee but proved to be very much of 0 a sur price to some of those present especially presidents denti L A snow and W C Vor dorsley sley suon soon after vie tae last quarterly conference the matter of giving a testimonial to aar ir ue lee before he retired from a service that has extended thru a period of thirty two years wis was taken up tip by the stake presidency and some of the members of the tabernacle choir it was considered fitting to have all those who lim have e everdeen ever been members of the chov under sir lee le meet together for an evenings pleasure the number was then increased to include the bishops awl all the stake 0 ulcers officers which brought the total invited up to nearly four hundred the task of getting thena the names of all the past and present choir members w was as no small one as all the old records were lost atthe time the old tabernacle was burned the committee did its very best in this regard and IE i any were missed i V dasent rely teat ional the choir members totaled one hun hundred tired and eighty kieven seven and invitations were sent out to that thai many at the soc social I 1 il there were approximately proximately proximately fy three hundred souls present abe the affair was arranged in su such ch a manner that the guests present would be tree free biorn as much worry and responsibility as possible and in order to overcome the matter of having the i ladies provide th the e s services er 0 o I 1 of the high school D domestic omes til c science department nere ft era solicited and gladly given ind alib lunche on n was vas served by th t cabig L adies dulies ot of th the e 0 rj A committee I 1 apro grain for the occasion to begin at 7 0 but it was sonic some time lime after eight beffie taster blaster of ceremonies john D peters stepped to the front of the rostrum and announced tile the first song let Us tre treat it each bach other kindly a sentiment which mr air lee fondly y hoped and expressed would be exercised in his behalf the program continued with readings reading songs and speeches alternating president L A shows number coming about in the middle of the list lie he made a few preliminary remarks and then presented sir mr lee with mith ai ainold gold ring rieng gold tie pin pill and a pair ot of gold cuff cliff buttons each bealing ills his monogram mono grain and the inside of the ring bore the inscription I 1 presented on his coth birthday by I 1 choir and friends air ir lee made al aj response suppressing the emotions that kept coming coining into his throat threat and he gave a briet brie account of his experiences as choir leader referred to I 1 ihu b e labors of his associates in the organization some of whom have been with tho the choir as long as lie he had and ile he p paid aid a tribute to their faithfulness also spoke of the organists which the choir has ever been blessed with and referred to each of them in terms of praise atter after mr lee had the real surprise of the evening occurred bishop wright was announced to speak on the subject songs song s thel the choir sins sings and after delivering himself of a number of humorous orous stories ho be read a a list of the songs that always I 1 ays pleased him songs that mr I 1 ice ce was alays ill the habit of 0 singing at the right time upon the right light occasion I 1 lie ile then ihen changed his tack and taking liking his cue from tho the splendid rocki rocking d ng chair that was handed up onto the began a complimentary address on the fidelity of president L A snow finishing off by presenting him the chair on behalf of his frien friends assembled sem bled bishop blackburn was then announced to speak on the subject how flow the choir sings me to sleep lie told old how bow he be slept solos how bow he be and bishop wright slept du guettes duet ettes tos and a number of other things aad d as the second chair was handed up before him he choln changed the subject and felicitated felicita ted president horsley attha same time prea presenting en him the chair D brief ef responses were made and then were served sered mrs tanner and her girls had prepared one of the most sumptuous lap luncheons lunch cona that any one could wish for the menu included sandwiches sandwich os salad and chocolate first farst course lee ice cream and cako cake second continued from pago page two LEE HONORED 1 continued from page course course the young ladies passed the trays around and while the guests were refreshing themselves toasts were given by various ones and some musical cl numbers umbers were rendered before the evening closed sir air leo lee was given the floor again and proposed that the tabernacle choir be released with him as he felt that the choir was entitled to a release and that would then give his successors an opportunity to organize a choir which they would be responsible for this action was heartily sustained by those present the hour hand band on the lie school clock reached twelve before all the guests had departed and the high school girls were left with an abundance of good things to dispose of cf as bet beat they could the testimonial was a grand success As he was passing doann doan the hall ball ou on his way home mr air lee confessed that he felt one hundred per cent better than he be did when he entered the building a lew few hours before his modest nature shrinks from public preferment but 1 his s host of 0 friends were unanimous in that h hs e avas was fully entitled and more to every honor shown himli ie pleas pleasure being 4 2 11 theirs in hav havsy 1 ane pi 1 Tege alto t ij t d 0 him the honor mr air lee celebrated firsth his fils goth th birthday on sunday sunday II |