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Show 'COPPERFIELD 111 GIVEN FAREWELL RECEPTION . Big Crowd Attenos Meeting Held in Honor of Five Enlisted Men Appropriate Appro-priate Program Rendered Number of Promlnsnt Speakers Present. , Perhaps the most interesting and best attended patriotic meeting of the past week was held at the Copperfield I. O. O. F. hall last Friday night in honor of five young men of Copper, field who have enlisted In the service of their country. There is one thing that can be said of Copperfield people and that is that they are Intensely patriotic, and they have shown this by the splendid manner In which they have treated the soldiers who have gone out from that community. On every occasion of the departure of soldiers sol-diers Copperfield has shown the true American spirit and has treated tne boys In a way to make them feel that the community was proud of them. ; lAt the meeting last Friday night a number of well known speakers were present to address them and give them words of encouragement. Mayor Q. B. Kelly presided over the meeting meet-ing and the principal speakers were Jude John C. Green. R G. Sullivan and Rev. IP, A. Simuklns. In addition to the speaking a number of appropriate appropri-ate musical selections were rendered and this was followed by the serving of refreshments and a dance First on the program was the singing sing-ing of "America" by the entire audience. audi-ence. This was followed by a splendid splen-did address by Judg jonn C. Green " of Bingham. He paid a tribute to the men who had just enlisted and laid rreclal emphasis on the fact that the people at home must do something to feed, care for and clothe the men after they reach the trenches. And that In order to do this properly it was ncces. sary for the people of the camp to buy ILiberty Bonds. rrh next sDeaker was B. G Sulli- strong appeal to the people to invest In Liberty Bonds. , This was followed by a vocal rendition ren-dition of "When Yankee Doodle Dandy Me'ts a French Jjmsle." by Bobble Pnlyar. . and a vocal solo by Miss . Waukup. I (Refreshments were then served and ;a most enjoyable dance followed.. The young men In whose honor the 'affair was given are J. O. Howk, Dave C. Lyons, George A. Pslhos, Arthur Parno and John A., Daskalos. This meeting was attended by many people from Bingham and Highland Boy in addition to the people from Copperfield, and all who were present were hlirhlv entertained and were well pleased with the manner in which the nroirram was carried out. iManv Rood things have been said of the Conner. fild penr!" since this meeting -and there Is a feeling here that many other communities could adopt the plun started in Copperfield with good . results. j Copperfield is all nml and thf many soldiers who have enlit.ted from , there since the opening of the wai 'have pcod cause to he proud of thf If net that they nre citizens of thai patriotic community. van, superintendent of the Boston Consolidated mine. Mr. Sullivan Is a very forceful speaker and he praised the people of the camp for the splendid splen-did shewing they have made since the opening of the war. tile also took occasion oc-casion to say some good things of the 'nen v- ho have enlisted. lien followed the address of Rev. P. A S'uinklns of Salt Lake. Parson piipkina is a powerful ppeaker and j he swniod to be at his bwt on this, occasion, notwithstanding the fact that he hs hen on the platform almost al-most continuously since the Liberty , Loan campaign opened. He laid spe-rlal spe-rlal ero)'!!,.siH nn patriotism, harmony mid sacrifice 'and in the mun was a |