Show Many hands help pageant to grow By MARGARET RUSSELL Richard Nibley expresses It well This effort this Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon Miracle pageant started as an acorn has grown to a mighty oak and will eventually be an entire forest There Is no denying that The Mormon Miracle seems to be becoming becoming becoming coming of ot age The list of ot persons persons persons per per- sons who are now actively In Involved Involved involved In- In In the project has grown almost beyond belief bellet Macksene Rux who Is giving her all and a little bit more must of ot necessity head this list It was Mrs Rux's suggestion at the first planning meeting that people of ot this area give a tithe or a tenth of their time to the pageant Many are giving more Larry and Joyce Stable Stahle will print programs Morgan and Helen Dyreng have found that producer can mean that when odd Items like wagon wheels are wanted that they have to produce them LaRue Jennings Anne Buchanan Buchanan Buchanan Bu Bu- chanan Donna and Christine McGarry have been painting backdrops Their accomplishments accomplishments accomplish accomplish- ments meals have Included a mighty but tragic creation of ot a Ne- Ne temple when a altar was needed Mary Witt and Marilyn Jorgensen are spending long hours on the choreography Two groups of mighty warriors warriors war war- led by Ivan Munk and James have been battling so valiantly at practices during the past week that a batch of ot wooden swords has already been reduced to terse The 13 contestants In the Miss Manti pageant will adopt the roles of ot wicked women women women wom wom- en and will thus be adorned In the bright laden jewelry-laden costumes as women who have gone astray Incidentally a full tull five pounds of ot the Jewelry used on the costumes was contributed contributed contributed con con- by Forest Washburn And this is as good a place as any to mention the wonderful wonder wonder- ful tul work being done on costumes costumes costumes cos cos- by Carolle Denton Phyllis Phyllis Phyllis Phyl Phyl- lis Carpenter and their many helpers raising Fund-raising benefits held earlier this year sparked by Carol Braithwaite were notably successful The Church has printed and Is passing out brochures at key points Snow College has been generous with equipment and staff The Brigham am Young University has helped with facilities and equipment The seed of ot Inspiration and creation was planted four years ago by our own Grace Johnson The difficult work of ot spading and nurturing the tender plant was carried on by Dorothy Gray and other dedicated people Now as was forseen the project Is beginning to roll forward forward for for- ward with a momentum of ot Its own What we are really seeing is the Sanpete Miracle the sort of ot thing that can happen when an entire area gets solidly behind an effort |