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Show ; v - v -1 . v. - f ' "-n r-'- J , X p k ' . f A, - .y '- , i , ;. - Scary spooks and goblins galore highlight display dis-play by Phyllis Alvey at Escalante Public Library. Li-brary. Special exhibit is open to the public. Use A new Miss Garfield County will be selected Saturday night, at 7:30 p.m. at Panguitch High School auditorium when this year's pageant program is presented. Linda Carr, chosen in last year's contest to reign over the county, will make her final appearance and surrender her crown to the lucky new winner. Carr recently represented repre-sented the county at the Miss Utah State Fair competition in Salt Lake City where she captured a coveted trophy for her talent competition skills. Carr will provide piano entertainment en-tertainment at the Saturday evening program. Hosting the program will be popular entertainer and cowboy poet Hamilton Teichert. Teichert was born and reared on a ranch in Cokeville, Wyo. His mother, Minerva Teichert, was a talented artist, and young Teichert, exposed early to the fine arts, developed a long-standing appreciation of them. He recites his droll cowboy poetry daily May through September at Old Bryce Town at Rubys Inn to audiences from all over the world. His easy-going humor promises to lend some country spice to Saturday evening's program which is open to the public at $3 per person. of the library has increased each year, as a variety va-riety of art exhibits have attracted more people to see what 15,000-volume facility has to offer New Miss Garfield County Will Be Crowned Saturday Night At Panguitch High By the time the program starts, the five contestants will have been judged on two important parts of their competition, a personal interview inter-view with each judge (30 percent of their score) and swimwear competition competi-tion (15 percent). Both are held privately in sessions not open to the public. On Saturday afternoon, the judges spend seven minutes with each girl, assessing intelligence, intelli-gence, grammar, basic general knowledge. They are quizzed and asked to express personal opinions on local matters, political knowledge, knowl-edge, and other subjects. Questions from the judges (with the exception of one identical question asked of each girl), are spontaneous and often based upon contestants' resumes. re-sumes. Contestants are also asked to submit an essay describing the type of public service they will perform if selected The judges and Linda Carr and her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Milton Carr will be treated to a special dinner din-ner by Garfield County commissioners commis-sioners while the contestants take a brief rest prior to their evening public pub-lic competition. The five young women will compete in talent (40 percent) and evening gown competition (15 percent). per-cent). Twelve members of the Bryce Canyon Cloggers will join the five contestants in the opening production produc-tion number at the program. Final rehearsals began Wednesday and continue through Friday. Competing for this year's title will be Gayle Guillette, daughter of Carl and Faun Guillette, Panguitch; Malia Harris, daughter of Bob and Mary Harris, Panguitch; Alisha Hatch, daughter of Steve and Janice Hatch, Panguitch; Sherrie Mecham, daughter of Lowell and Margaret Mecham, Tropic; and Shantel Rich, daughter of Marty and Ethel Rich, Bryce. Linda Carr is the daughter of Rev. Milton Carr and his wife Mary, formerly of Escalante and now of Ely, Nev. |