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Show Plan Big Celebration Independence Day i Attention! Patriots, ccli-bra! m-s and all looking for a big, royal time. Gunnison is going to celebrate the grand and glorious Fouv:h of July -and it's to be a. leal event. Final i cLsiou to h.r a jubilant time in ' city wa re-nehe4 Wednesday nix'"'' last week, nc.i n iommitto; g . report of progress at I lie regular skm of the Gunnison Lions club. -.. the Lions club is sponsoring uu event . The city officials and citu-.i... however, are. joining and ela.bo'ma plans are being completed to er. retain re-tain men, women and child en i rum every wettlcmnt in the Great Gu'ix-son Gu'ix-son valley. It is going to ho a. "jan.-ily" "jan.-ily" affair, but invitations will be extend ex-tend oil to all who would enjoy a ro:i! Independence day celebration. In as much as the holiday wn on Sunday, the celebration will be her-l Monday and on this day every bus.-ness bus.-ness house will be closed, farmers will cease to toil in the fields! ami men, women and children wid cti;r their best "bib anil tucker" and om right, to Gunnison 'and -enjoy the Iht program, sports, dunces ami , otmsr amusements. Among the features tin- v,-'!l V afforded the visitors will be a ha; parade during the .morning. The v-ual- patriotic meet ing will be held before be-fore luncheon and during the afternoon after-noon and evening tho-r--. will by stunts,' contests, such as 'ace?;, wrestling and perhaps boxing matches, match-es, and everybody -will be entertained as never before enjoying tb" van. ;3 contests. In the parade will be f-vs-n two of Gunnison's fairest, rep'es.e;::-ing rep'es.e;::-ing the "Goddess of Liberty" ami "Utah". The selections of the as representatives have not. as yet been made, but will be announced I'll". Seve' al committees h:i.vo lyo'i n;-n ed and every member is now "in tha collar" and working dcligently to make the event a big success. The chairman of the various committee?! are: Finance F. H. Jones: program. Mayor Parley Christiansen; interior decoration, S. J. Duggins; exterior decoration, D. II. Whitenberg; parade, A. Hnring; publicity, A. M. Peterson; sports, Ira Overfelt. One of th? features that will be stressed by the committee on ilwr'j-tion, ilwr'j-tion, is that every citizen and business busi-ness man aid in this particular pa. t. All will be asked to use the Stars and Strips in profusion and not onlv decorate de-corate the business houses hut use the flag's and bunting at the homes, thus giving the day a real touch of patriotism. |