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Show Lion Lecturer On Natural History District Governor A. 0. Treganza, Salt Lake, governor of the 2Sth Jis-tiict Jis-tiict of the Lions Club, was the special spe-cial guest at the regular banquet meeting of the local Lions club last evening, later giving a splendid lecture lec-ture on "Natural History" at the Casino theater. Governor Treangxa was warmly received and his lecture was one of the most interesting heard here for some time. Civic improvement, beautification of the homes by judicious planting of flowers, flow-ers, and lawns, he said, spoke of the emotions and feelings and pride, while the barren lot gave the opposite. oppo-site. The speaker dwelt at length on the symetrical planting of shrubbery, shrub-bery, the placing of the flower beds and the arrangements of the lawn and drives and added that beauty a-bout a-bout the house added pleasure and happiness. Bird life was also an interesting' theme of Mr. Treganza. The birds, he said, saved millions in dollars every year by the destructions .of insects. His talk along this line was highly educational and it was shown what is being done by the protection protec-tion of birds. Preceding the lecture at the theater thea-ter the local Lions club held a busy session and close to 100 per cent of the members were present. Reports from the committee named by the club to urge the passage of the law which made the Gunnison-Levan road a state high-way, was received and the committee received the high commendation of the club for their successful efforts. John Locke, of the Mt. Pleasant club, was a guest at the meeting. Mr. Locke gave a brief talk and stated that his club was making elaborate preparations for the district convention conven-tion which, is to be held at Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant next May. Other interesting numbers on the program was readings by Lavar Kump, 9-year-old son o f Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kump of Centerfield Young Kump made a hit with the Lions in presenting two comic readings, read-ings, "Aunt Mandy" and "I wish I was a Girl." Miss Aphilda Anderson gave two piano selections "Valse Parisiene" and "Midnight on the Hud son". Miss Laura Ferre also received receiv-ed a warm reception at the Treganza lecture by rendering two solos, "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" and "A Dream." Special guests in addition to Lion Treganza, were T. H. Gremsga;rd, manager for the J. C. Penney company, com-pany, and Reuben Christensen, who served faithfully and successfully as a member of the road committee. |