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Show Blackhawk Sets Parade Today, Fights Saturday With approximately 500 de-scendents de-scendents of Utah Pioneers and Indian War Veterans In Cedar City, attending the annual Utah Blackhawk Encampment, the yearly fete is rapidly approaching approach-ing the Saturday climax of the six-day celebration. The members mem-bers of the unit are living in private homes, hotels, motor courts, and at the official camping camp-ing grounds at the B A C campus. The program opened 'Monday with a welcome pow-wow and get-together at the B A C campus llnHpr tho Hlror-tlnn nf 1. C Vflloo Cedar City post captain and general gen-eral chairman of the affair. Tuesday, Tues-day, the posts from Wasatch, Moroni and Spanish Fork presented pre-sented programs at the open-air stage on the college campus, and the Pasadena Players, presented a drama at the school auditorium. auditor-ium. Wednesday's post programs were under the direction of the Payson, Nephl and Springville posts, while the Master Singers entertained in the First ward chapel Wednesday night Richfield, Falrvlew, and Santa-quin Santa-quin presented the programs today to-day and the evening will be featured fea-tured by the big parade, band concert and a Blackhawk pag-eant. pag-eant. An honor night program is slated for Friday and the big event of the Saturday's schedule Is a fight card at the B A C stadium stad-ium under the direction of the local Elks lodge. State Commander, Alma Fullmer Full-mer of Springville, is very pleased pleas-ed with the treatment the campers camp-ers have received in Cedar City and stated that he would like to express his deep appreciation to Dr. H. Wayne Driggs for use of ithe campus, all civic clubs of Cedar City, the comDlete DODula- tion of Cedar, William R. Palmer, for his fine histories, and to all responsible for the tours and trips extended the Blackhawk veterans veter-ans while they are in Cedar City. Mr. Fullmer said he would like to see more Cedar City citizens cit-izens visit the camp and witness wit-ness some of the fine programs presented by the various posts. "Let me beg of you people to continue your support and get back of this organization which means more to the pioneers of the State of Utah than any other unit with the exception of the LDS church" he concluded. |