| Show I 9 See You §- f- uf : 1 ‘OK Teeth’ puked on the route Thoce that were then were of the early 20i vintage Tbday those early cars take a place in the parade itself Early floats were special even if they were built on a truck Paper streamers often fluttered from the cab as the truck was decanted as part of the float And in those days every car from carried a imaH American flag fluttering in the breeze Every child wore a Crusader Cape and hat those first few years By the were so 1930s only the sixth-gradprivileged Ibday nearly every parade reminds us some way of those early Grusaden for Health During die first two decades all die schools in Cache County participated in the parades and athletic events that followed The Maypoles were braided after the ers $ parade that first year and it also became a tradition In the late 1930s a " special new type braiding began This took on the flavor of a special dance as girls shuttled back and forth while the comer girls braided in and out It too became a tradition as was the school festival presented the evening before the parade There was a year in the in the mid 30s when people were amazed — following the evening outdoor performance of the festival when a storm disrupted the Maypole Dance — to see those Maypoles coming down the street in the parade the next morning Each girl was stepping lightly at the end of her streamer People called them the marching Maypoles and looked for them as a colorful part of each parade following that year The original Health Queen had a “knight” escort along with her court of honor Ibday die health Court and the Dairy Princes in have become one Fight foe clouds and foe continual threat of inclement weather the second week in May finally caused city officials to move the celebration to the second week of June With schools on summer break during the two years of change there seemed to be a “drought” of children in the traditional parade while foe storm clouds remained just as prominent in June as they had been in May Officials decided to make a strong effort to put foe kids back in Health Days with a move back to the traditional date HmM Jowralflt photo tradition wM bo the hist activity of Health Daya 1999 The opening basebal game of the SmilhfMd Blue Boa eee-eo- n wB be a double heeder wfth tie Utah Bmvee baeed out of SaR Lake Smokey the Bear wM be Knowing out the flrat pitch The Drat game atarts at 6 prn Saturday May 8 at tie Blue Boa Diamond Foneeler Acme A Play ball! - long-etand- Financing Available for all of your projects $500 minimum purchase OAC k A |
