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Show Public Meeting Is Highlight Of Holiday Program Pioneer Day, observed here on Monday, July 25, passed quietly with no large observance planned plan-ned for the day but an afternoon of events in which a great many people took part. The three Parowan LDS Wards were sponsors of the day's events which began with a public meeting meet-ing at 1:30 p. m. at which a program pro-gram was given which recalled the early days of the community and state. Will L. Adams and F. C. Van Buren were the speakers, speak-ers, with Mr. Adams reading a list of the original pioneers to Parowan, who arrived in the valley val-ley on Jan. 13, 1951, the first group to come south of Provo. He called on those to stand who were descendants of members of the original band, and a large per cent of those in the audience stood at the call. Mr. Van Buren called atten tion to the fact that Parowan was the mother town of many of the other communities in southern Utah as well as towns in Arizona and other states, and stated that he felt that the observance of Pioneer Day should be and would be stressed more heavily In future fu-ture years'. He recalled the heritage heri-tage that belonged to the people of the city and called upon them to do more to preserve what we have. Othef features of the meeting were two songs by a choir made up of members of the Parowan Ward choir which was directed by George Durham prior to the time the ward was divided almost al-most 30 years ago; a solo by Bishop Howard Knight and a duet by" Patricia Urie and Vanda Mitchell. Mrs. Berta B. Rowley directed the choir and the colors were advanced and retired by Boy Scouts. This meeting was followed by a baseball game between two picked teams from the Parowan LltUe-Pony League teams, and a softball game between the Parowan Paro-wan First-Second and the Third Ward MIA girls. A dance In the high school gym ended the day's activities. |